 Thursday Announcements July 6, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements   Birthdays Daniel Harvey July 9 Anniversaries Erica Croft July 10 The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a collection for the CAPWN Food Pantry. This will replace our collection of personal hygiene items in June and July. The Food Pantry is expecting a higher demand as the agencies that provide two meals a day to children and families will only be providing one meal a day in the month of July. This is due to a change in vendors. We will be collecting June 25 and all Sundays in July. Please bring non-perishable items and place in the baskets in the narthex. Some suggested items include: cereal, peanut butter, canned tuna and meats, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, dry beans, rice, masa harina, individual serving packages of fruits and vegetables, flour. Please check expiration dates. Thank you for your ongoing support of our community!  “Christmas In July Bazaar” being held in the Parish Hall on July 22, from 8-2pm. We are looking for items that could be used as gifts or decorations at Christmas, or craft items you have. PLEASE NO CLOTHING! We will also have a baked goods table. Food items should be brought no sooner than July 21st. Other donations can be brought starting Sunday, July 16th-21st, to the tables on the East Wall of the Parish Hall. Please call Barb Manasek if you have any questions or need donations picked up at your home, at 436-7767. Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message),
email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for August- October are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  Thursday Announcements June 29, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Have a Happy & Safe 4th of July!!  Birthdays Adena Taylor July 1 Keith Viola July 1 Ayden Reed July 2 Joyce Walsh July 2 Marvin Lamont July 5 Joan Worthman July 8 Anniversaries Alan & Jan Johnson July 1 Matt & Jeane Anderson July 2 Fernando & Sara Moreno July 5 The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a collection for the CAPWN Food Pantry. This will replace our collection of personal hygiene items in June and July. The Food Pantry is expecting a higher demand as the agencies that provide two meals a day to children and families will only be providing one meal a day in the month of July. This is due to a change in vendors. We will be collecting June 25 and all Sundays in July. Please bring non-perishable items and place in the baskets in the narthex. Some suggested items include: cereal, peanut butter, canned tuna and meats, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, dry beans, rice, masa harina, individual serving packages of fruits and vegetables, flour. Please check expiration dates. Thank you for your ongoing support of our community!  “Christmas In July Bazaar” being held in the Parish Hall on July 22, from 8-2pm. We are looking for items that could be used as gifts or decorations at Christmas, or craft items you have. PLEASE NO CLOTHING! We will also have a baked goods table. Food items should be brought no sooner than July 21st. Other donations can be brought starting Sunday, July 16th-21st, to the tables on the East Wall of the Parish Hall. Please call Barb Manasek if you have any questions or need donations picked up at your home, at 436-7767. Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for August- October are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. Recent Attendance Trends Single Month Averages March: 62 April: 82 (including Easter) May: 65 June: 58 Six Month Averages as of the end of April: 71 as of the end of May: 70 as of the end of June: 66 Threshold to add a second Sunday service: 90  FAITH, FORGIVENESS, AND FR. KANO (OUR NE SAINT)
May 10th, 2023 This past Sunday in our prayers of the people we remembered Fr. Hiram Kano, Nebraska's saint. His story is one of faith and forgiveness that most of us cannot imagine. When Hiram Kano was a teenager in Japan just after 1900, he fell gravely ill, and the doctors said it was hopeless. He felt God's presence and did not give up, and 100 days later left the hospital as a "miracle case." He was baptized by a missionary and, in 1916, left Japan to attend the University of Nebraska with a letter of recommendation from William Jennings Bryan, who had visited the Kano family. Hiram graduated from UNL in 1918 with a master's in agricultural economics and established a 300-acre farm north of Kearney. Anti-Asian sentiment arose in Nebraska, and legislation was introduced in the state legislature to restrict Japanese-Americans from owning land, or even leasing it for more than two years because they were not considered to be "white." Horrifically, there was also legislation proposed to prevent them from serving as guardians for their own children. These were defeated in great part due to Kano's testimony in the legislature. This testimony brought him to the attention of Episcopal Bishop George Beecher, who also strongly opposed the anti-Japanese legislation. Beecher urged Kano to take up missionary work in western Nebraska, and Kano was ordained a priest in 1936. Fr. Kano established two congregations: St. Mary's in Mitchell and St. George's in North Platte. By 1934 he had baptized more than 250 people. On Sunday, December 7th, 1941, after the Pearl Harbor attack, Fr. Kano was arrested on the steps of his church after leading worship, denied contact with his wife and children, tried without an attorney, and sent to a Japanese internment camp. 120,000 people of Japanese descent—men, women, and children—were relocated to ten internment camps far from their homes. In several of these camps, and across four states, Fr. Kano led worship and ministered to many, including his own jailers, people of Japanese background, AWOL American soldiers, and German prisoners of war. Fr. Kano was released in 1944 (not a single case of subversive activity was ever found in any of those thousands interned), but could not return to his home in Scottsbluff because of threats. He returned to seminary at Nashota House and earned his master's degree. On Trinity Sunday, 1946, Fr. Kano was able to resume his ministry in Nebraska among his welcoming and fervent congregation. Fr. Kano retired in 1957 and died in 1988 at age 99; his ashes are buried in Scottsbluff. During his internment, Fr. Kano wrote this: "We must bring into our hearts the God who is the source of life, wisdom, love, peace, and justice. We must firmly believe that our hearts are the palace of our God, then our world will naturally become more light; strength with hope will be given to us; our bodies, even if under the restraints of imprisonment, will transcend time and space in the environment of freedom. This huge happiness we can have now if we have faith." That is a prayer for us all, and his story is a reminder of the sin of fear and hatred of "the others" whom Scripture calls us to welcome and love. Blessings and peace, Fr. Keith+ This piece was written by Keith Winton, Rector of St. Andrew's, Omaha.  Thursday Announcements June 22, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Birthdays Rick Anderson June 26 Kathy Graham June 28 Lisa Ledbetter June 28 Mary Kay Versen June 30 Dan Witko June 30 Anniversaries Robert & Lisa Brenner June 25 Cory & Gretchen Foster June 26 The ECW (Episcopal Church Women) will be holding a meeting on Saturday, June 24th at 10am in the Parish Hall. We will be making plans for the “Christmas in July Bazaar” on July 22nd. We can really use your help! We will also discuss other ideas for future events. Refreshments will be served. The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a collection for the CAPWN Food Pantry. This will replace our collection of personal hygiene items in June and July. The Food Pantry is expecting a higher demand as the agencies that provide two meals a day to children and families will only be providing one meal a day in the month of July. This is due to a change in vendors. We will be collecting June 25 and all Sundays in July. Please bring non-perishable items and place in the baskets in the narthex. Some suggested items include: cereal, peanut butter, canned tuna and meats, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, dry beans, rice, masa harina, individual serving packages of fruits and vegetables, flour. Please check expiration dates. Thank you for your ongoing support of our community! Noteworthy news: Safeway is selling $.92 CASES of water (LIMIT 2 CASES per customer, with a member card)!! (Offer runs through Tuesday the 27th.) This is a spectacular offer, and… is just so happens that our Wednesday lunch program goes through 2 CASES of water each time we’re hosting. Please bring any donations to the kitchen. “Christmas In July Bazaar” being held in the Parish Hall on July 22, from 8-2pm. We are looking for items that could be used as gifts or decorations at Christmas, or craft items you have. PLEASE NO CLOTHING! We will also have a baked goods table. Food items should be brought no sooner than July 21st. Other donations can be brought starting Sunday, July 16th-21st, to the tables on the East Wall of the Parish Hall. Please call Barb Manasek if you have any questions or need donations picked up at your home, at 436-7767. Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for August- October are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  FAITH, FORGIVENESS, AND FR. KANO (OUR NE SAINT) May 10th, 2023 This past Sunday in our prayers of the people we remembered Fr. Hiram Kano, Nebraska's saint. His story is one of faith and forgiveness that most of us cannot imagine. When Hiram Kano was a teenager in Japan just after 1900, he fell gravely ill, and the doctors said it was hopeless. He felt God's presence and did not give up, and 100 days later left the hospital as a "miracle case." He was baptized by a missionary and, in 1916, left Japan to attend the University of Nebraska with a letter of recommendation from William Jennings Bryan, who had visited the Kano family. Hiram graduated from UNL in 1918 with a master's in agricultural economics and established a 300-acre farm north of Kearney. Anti-Asian sentiment arose in Nebraska, and legislation was introduced in the state legislature to restrict Japanese-Americans from owning land, or even leasing it for more than two years because they were not considered to be "white." Horrifically, there was also legislation proposed to prevent them from serving as guardians for their own children. These were defeated in great part due to Kano's testimony in the legislature. This testimony brought him to the attention of Episcopal Bishop George Beecher, who also strongly opposed the anti-Japanese legislation. Beecher urged Kano to take up missionary work in western Nebraska, and Kano was ordained a priest in 1936. Fr. Kano established two congregations: St. Mary's in Mitchell and St. George's in North Platte. By 1934 he had baptized more than 250 people. On Sunday, December 7th, 1941, after the Pearl Harbor attack, Fr. Kano was arrested on the steps of his church after leading worship, denied contact with his wife and children, tried without an attorney, and sent to a Japanese internment camp. 120,000 people of Japanese descent—men, women, and children—were relocated to ten internment camps far from their homes. In several of these camps, and across four states, Fr. Kano led worship and ministered to many, including his own jailers, people of Japanese background, AWOL American soldiers, and German prisoners of war. Fr. Kano was released in 1944 (not a single case of subversive activity was ever found in any of those thousands interned), but could not return to his home in Scottsbluff because of threats. He returned to seminary at Nashota House and earned his master's degree. On Trinity Sunday, 1946, Fr. Kano was able to resume his ministry in Nebraska among his welcoming and fervent congregation. \Fr. Kano retired in 1957 and died in 1988 at age 99; his ashes are buried in Scottsbluff. During his internment, Fr. Kano wrote this: "We must bring into our hearts the God who is the source of life, wisdom, love, peace, and justice. We must firmly believe that our hearts are the palace of our God, hen our world will naturally become more light; strength with hope will be given to us; our bodies, even if under the restraints of imprisonment, will transcend time and space in the environment of freedom. This huge happiness we can have now if we have faith." That is a prayer for us all, and his story is a reminder of the sin of fear and hatred of "the others" whom Scripture calls us to welcome and love. Blessings and peace, Fr. Keith+ This piece was written by Keith Winton, Rector of St. Andrew's, Omaha.  Thursday Announcements June 15, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Happy Father’s Day to our Fathers..and Father Figures! Birthdays Mindy Baird June 18 Jane Sayre June 23 Anniversaries John & Cricket Simmons June 20 Justin & Jacklyn Cawiezel June 21 Al & Barb Williams June 21 The Daughters of the King are sponsoring a collection for the CAPWN Food Pantry. This will replace our collection of personal hygiene items in June and July. The Food Pantry is expecting a higher demand as the agencies that provide two meals a day to children and families will only be providing one meal a day in the month of July. This is due to a change in vendors. We will be collecting June 25 and all Sundays in July. Please bring non-perishable items and place in the baskets in the narthex. Some suggested items include: cereal, peanut butter, canned tuna and meats, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta, dry beans, rice, masa harina, individual serving packages of fruits and vegetables, flour. Please check expiration dates. Thank you for your ongoing support of our community! The ECW (Episcopal Church Women) will be holding a meeting on Saturday, June 24th at 10am in the Parish Hall. We will be making plans for the “Christmas in July Bazaar” on July 22nd. We can really use your help! We will also discuss other ideas for future events. Refreshments will be served. “Christmas In July Bazaar” being held in the Parish Hall on July 22, from 8-2pm. We are looking for items that could be used as gifts or decorations at Christmas, or craft items you have. PLEASE NO CLOTHING! We will also have a baked goods table. Food items should be brought no sooner than July 21st. Other donations can be brought starting Sunday, July 16th-21st, to the tables on the East Wall of the Parish Hall. Please call Barb Manasek if you have any questions or need donations picked up at your home, at 436-7767. Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  FAITH, FORGIVENESS, AND FR. KANO (OUR NE SAINT) May 10th, 2023 This past Sunday in our prayers of the people we remembered Fr. Hiram Kano, Nebraska's saint. His story is one of faith and forgiveness that most of us cannot imagine. When Hiram Kano was a teenager in Japan just after 1900, he fell gravely ill, and the doctors said it was hopeless. He felt God's presence and did not give up, and 100 days later left the hospital as a "miracle case." e was baptized by a missionary and, in 1916, left Japan to attend the University of Nebraska with a letter of recommendation from William Jennings Bryan, who had visited the Kano family. Hiram graduated from UNL in 1918 with a master's in agricultural economics and established a 300-acre farm north of Kearney. Anti-Asian sentiment arose in Nebraska, and legislation was introduced in the state legislature to restrict Japanese-Americans from owning land, or even leasing it for more than two years because they were not considered to be "white." Horrifically, there was also legislation proposed to prevent them from serving as guardians for their own children. These were defeated in great part due to Kano's testimony in the legislature. This testimony brought him to the attention of Episcopal Bishop George Beecher, who also strongly opposed the anti-Japanese legislation. Beecher urged Kano to take up missionary work in western Nebraska, and Kano was ordained a priest in 1936. Fr. Kano established two congregations: St. Mary's in Mitchell and St. George's in North Platte. By 1934 he had baptized more than 250 people. On Sunday, December 7th, 1941, after the Pearl Harbor attack, Fr. Kano was arrested on the steps of his church after leading worship, denied contact with his wife and children, tried without an attorney, and sent to a Japanese internment camp. 120,000 people of Japanese descent—men, women, and children—were relocated to ten internment camps far from their homes. In several of these camps, and across four states, Fr. Kano led worship and ministered to many, including his own jailers, people of Japanese background, AWOL American soldiers, and German prisoners of war. Fr. Kano was released in 1944 (not a single case of subversive activity was ever found in any of those thousands interned),but could not return to his home in Scottsbluff because of threats. He returned to seminary at Nashota House and earned his master's degree. On Trinity Sunday, 1946, Fr. Kano was able to resume his ministry in Nebraska among his welcoming and fervent congregation. Fr. Kano retired in 1957 and died in 1988 at age 99; his ashes are buried in Scottsbluff. During his internment, Fr. Kano wrote this: "We must bring into our hearts the God who is the source of life, wisdom, love, peace, and justice. We must firmly believe that our hearts are the palace of our God, then our world will naturally become more light; strength with hope will be given to us; our bodies, even if under the restraints of imprisonment, will transcend time and space in the environment of freedom. This huge happiness we can have now if we have faith." That is a prayer for us all, and his story is a reminder of the sin of fear and hatred of "the others" whom Scripture calls us to welcome and love. Blessings and peace, Fr. Keith+ This piece was written by Keith Winton, Rector of St. Andrew's, Omaha.  Thursday Announcements June 8, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Birthdays Elliott Selzer June 11 Carolyn Pevey June 12 Jenny Bohl June 14 Kevin Lehr June 15 Jake Collins June 16 Hudson McKeehan June 16 Michael Thyfault June 16 Dana Samson June 17 Anniversaries Brett & Demuri Parrish June 11 Jared & Tiffanny Mackrill June 12 Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  Calling All Women of Nebraska to the Annual Daughters Day with Nancy Severin, National President of Daughters of the King Theme: How Do We Live Into Our Vow Of Service? What does this mean? How is this part of our faith walk? Who is Invited:
All women are welcome. There is no charge for this ZOOM. Zoom Session: June 10, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Central Time Workshop from 2:30-3:30 p.m. DOK Business Meeting 3:30-4:00 p.m. Register Here: HERE For information: Nan Smutko at billsmutko@gmail.com  Thursday Announcements June 1, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
Attendance Report Monthly averages as of the end of... March: 62 April: 82 May: 65 Six-month average as of the end of May: 70  Nebraska Episcopal Cursillo #27 June 22-25 at Immaculata Monastery, Norfolk Register now for Cursillo #27! The planning team must determine whether there is enough interest to hold the event this year. Cursillo is a ministry of the Episcopal Church. The weekend is intended to renew and deepen Christian commitment. Erin Rhian and Heather Bauer are the Co-Rectoras (leaders) for this weekend. They have chosen the verse Titus 3:5 for the weekend’s theme: "He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy". The event will begin the evening of June 22 and run through mid-afternoon June 25 at Immaculata Monastery and spiritual center in Norfolk. View the event flyer here and the application here. Feel free to contact Erin or Heather with questions. If you have attended a Cursillo weekend in the past, we can also use more team members and prayers! Hard copies of the flyer and application are available in the narthex. From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Sandhills Posies! Birthdays Jim Petitt June 4 Mary Bowman June 7 Kristi Weiss June 9 Anniversaries Stan & Diane Eskam June 7 Glen Amateis June 9 Don & Nancy Kepler June 10 Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Thursday Announcements May 28, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
 Nebraska Episcopal Cursillo #27 June 22-25 at Immaculata Monastery, Norfolk Register now for Cursillo #27! The planning team must determine whether there is enough interest to hold the event this year. Cursillo is a ministry of the Episcopal Church. The weekend is intended to renew and deepen Christian commitment. Erin Rhian and Heather Bauer are the Co-Rectoras (leaders) for this weekend. They have chosen the verse Titus 3:5 for the weekend’s theme: "He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy". The event will begin the evening of June 22 and run through mid-afternoon June 25 at Immaculata Monastery and spiritual center in Norfolk. View the event flyer here and the application here. Feel free to contact Erin or Heather with questions. If you have attended a Cursillo weekend in the past, we can also use more team members and prayers! Hard copies of the flyer and application are available in the narthex. Learn More _______________________________________________________________________________________________ From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Remember and honor those who have served.  Birthdays Stan Eskam May 29 Jon Meyer May 30 Brooklyn Mills May 30 Clark Wisniewski May 30 Julie Fancher May 31 Anniversaries Scott & Alyssa Harvey June 2 The ECW (Episcopal Church Women) will be hosting a “Ladies Salad Luncheon" on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. We will be welcoming vocalist Stephanie Coley! See you there! Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recent Attendance Trends Easter Attendance (including both Sunday services & Easter Vigil): 151 Single Month Averages... January Average: 62 February Average: 65 March Average: 62 April Average (Including 3 Easter Services): 82 April Average (Excluding Easter): 65 Six-Month Averages... as of the end of October: 62 as of the end of November: 63 as of the end of December: 67 as of the end of January: 69 as of the end of February: 69 as of the end of March: 68 as of the end of April... (including Easter): 71 (excluding Easter): 68 Threshold to Add a Second Service Sundays: 90 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Thursday Announcements May 18, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES 
Learn More Nebraska Episcopal Cursillo #27 June 22-25 at Immaculata Monastery, Norfolk Register now for Cursillo #27! The planning team must determine whether there is enough interest to hold the event this year. Cursillo is a ministry of the Episcopal Church. The weekend is intended to renew and deepen Christian commitment. Erin Rhian and Heather Bauer are the Co-Rectoras (leaders) for this weekend. They have chosen the verse Titus 3:5 for the weekend’s theme: "He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy". The event will begin the evening of June 22 and run through mid-afternoon June 25 at Immaculata Monastery and spiritual center in Norfolk. View the event flyer here and the application here. Feel free to contact Erin or Heather with questions. If you have attended a Cursillo weekend in the past, we can also use more team members and prayers! Hard copies of the flyer and application are available in the narthex. From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Birthdays Donetta Petitt May 21 Rae Whitney May 21 Travis Ironshell May 25 Nancy Kepler May 26 Conlan Nielsen May 26 Jill Young May 26 Kira Bowhay May 27 Anniversaries Greg & Ann Peterson May 20 Erik & Lori Peterson May 22 Rick & Christy Anderson May 24 Dan & Cindy Dickinson May 24 Gary & Karen Larson May 26 John A. & Ann Selzer May 26 Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  The ECW (Episcopal Church Women) will be hosting a “Ladies Salad Luncheon” on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. We will be welcoming vocalist Stephanie Coley! Please RSVP by Friday, May 28th to Nancy Kepler 635-0734 or Barb Manasek 436-7767, if you can attend. Please let us know how many are attending, and if you can share a salad! St. Francis' Recent Attendance Trends Easter Attendance (including both Sunday services & Easter Vigil): 151 Single Month Averages... January Average: 62 February Average: 65 March Average: 62 April Average (Including 3 Easter Services): 82 April Average (Excluding Easter): 65 Six-Month Averages... as of the end of October: 62 as of the end of November: 63 as of the end of December: 67 as of the end of January: 69 as of the end of February: 69 as of the end of March: 68 as of the end of April... (including Easter): 71 (excluding Easter): 68 Threshold to Add a Second Service Sundays: 90  Calling All Women of Nebraska to the Annual Daughters Day with Nancy Severin, National President of Daughters of the King Theme: How Do We Live Into Our Vow Of Service? What does this mean? How is this part of our faith walk? Who is Invited: All women are welcome. There is no charge for this ZOOM. Zoom Session: June 10, 2:30-4:00 p.m. Central Time Workshop from 2:30-3:30 p.m. DOK Business Meeting 3:30-4:00 p.m. Register Here: HERE For information: Nan Smutko at billsmutko@gmail.com  Thursday Announcements May 11, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES From the office—Ann’s Announcements  Birthdays Karen Larson May 14 Cheri Witko May 14 Janet Craven May 15 Lola Parrish May 19 Jeff Weiss May 19 Anniversaries Jeff & Kristi Weiss May 19 Greg & Ann Peterson May 20 (50th anniversary)  St. Francis Church will be hosting a Graduation Reception during coffee Hour following the 9:00 am service, this Sunday, May 14th. So far we have Anna Kelley as our only High School graduate. If you know of other family members graduating from High School or College, please call the church office & we can include them in our celebration of their accomplishments. The ECW (Episcopal Church Women) will be hosting a “Ladies Salad Luncheon” on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 11:30 am in the Parish Hall. We will be welcoming vocalist Stephanie Coley!
Please RSVP by Friday, May 28th to Nancy Kepler 635-0734 or Barb Manasek 436-7767, if you can attend. Please let us know how many are attending, and if you can share a salad! Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Forward Day by Day Booklets We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.  Thursday Announcements May 4, 2023  ERIN’S EPISTLETTES
From the office—Ann’s Announcements   Birthdays
William Croft May 8 Lisa Brenner May 12 Cindy Dickinson May 12 Daughters of the King will be collecting toiletries, etc. again this month. Your offerings to this cause are always appreciated. Beth McKibbin St. Francis Church will be hosting a Graduation Reception during the coffee Hour following the 9:00 am service on May 14th. So far we have Anna Kelley as our only High School graduate. If you know of any other of our church family that is graduating from High School or College, please call the church office so we can include them in our celebration of their accomplishment. Prayer Requests * Please make sure your request is received by Wednesday of each week. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message), email stfrancis@allophone.com or mail to: St. Francis Episcopal Church P.O. Box 1201 Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Forward Day by Day Booklets We have the Forward Day by Day’s for May-July are here in regular and large print. If you’d like one of these mailed to you, please email or call the church. |
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