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Thursday Announcements, August 26, 2021

8/26/2021

 
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FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
 1) Sunday September 5th we will kick-off our programming for the year. This is always an exciting day when the air is fresh and families and kids are back full-force and the church comes more alive again after a lazy summer. Last fall was so different with COVID-19 precautions that it hardly felt like we came “back” in any real sense. This year, even though the Delta variant is keeping us vigilant, we are moving forward with our schedule to include in-person youth programming on Sundays, as follows:

          What               Who                When              Where             Leader(s)
         Nursery*         up to age 5     10:00 A.M.      Upstairs          Monica Lehr
         Godly Play*    
               Elementary  ages 6-10        10:00 A.M.      Upstairs           Barb Manasek &
               Pre-Teen     ages 11-12        10:00 A.M.     Parish Hall       Peggy Wymore
          Youth Group**
             MS                    ages 13-15        4:30 P.M.       1st Presby       Trudy Schnell &
             HS                     ages 16-18        6:00 P.M.       1st Presby       Amy Meyer

           *  starting date for Nursery and Godly Play is Sunday, September 5th  
           ** starting date for youth group tba

2) Adult Programming — some has already begun, more will begin in September. Here’s a list of what is happening:

          What                             Who        When                  Where             Leader(s)
          Men’s Bible Study*       fellers  Fri     8:00 A.M.        Library            Fr. Mark
          Lectionary Study*         all        Sun   9:00 A.M.        Library            Rae Whitney
          Discipleship Group**    all        Thurs 12:00 P.M.      Library            Fr. Mark
          Zoom Book Study**      all        Thurs 6:00 P.M        Online            Fr. Mark

          *  has begun, come and join in
          ** starting date tba

3) COVID-19 Update: As announced, we are requiring masks for in-person worship and Godly Play now through the end of September as both a response to the marked increase in local COVID cases and also as a precaution as schools reopen. This obviously isn’t what we had had hoped but what is driving my decision is the health and safety of our children and youth who are not able to be vaccinated at this time. If one of our little ones were to become sick from attending church or Godly Play, it would break my heart. It really is as simple as that.
 
4) As noted above, I will begin a Zoom online book study reading and discussing the book “Waking Up White — and Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” by Debbie Irving. I recently read this book as a part of the  diocesan study “Sacred Ground,” and found it both thought-provoking and very relevant to my own experience and would like to read it together with anyone interested. The book has short chapters grouped into 9 themes, and so I would expect we can read and discuss in 10 meetings. We’ll start Thursday September 16 and meet Thursdays at 6:00 P.M. via Zoom. Here is the link to sign-up https://saintf.breezechms.com/form/c6ee0331

ANN’S ADDITIONS
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Happy Birthday!!
 
Alan Johnson                                           August 30
Karen Anderson                                       September 1
Kathy Tabor                                              September 2
 
Happy Anniversary!!

Clark & Amy Wisniewski                        September 4
Thomas Jones & Carolyn Pevey           September 2
 
Please join the Search Committee for Holy Conversations to help us collect 
information that will help us find the next priest for our parish.  YOUR ideas
matter!  These meetings will last between 1 hour - 1.5 hours.
 
Wednesday, September 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall  
 
Sunday, September 5 at 9:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall after the 8:00 service
(Grab your coffee and join in the conversation)
 
Sunday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall after the 10:00 service
(Grab your coffee and join the conversation)
 
Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. via zoom
 
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 August-October in regular and large print.
If you would like any of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.

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    Rev. Erin Rath

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