What's Happening at St. Francis this week

October 16, 2025

• Saint Francis will host our next Deanery meeting on Saturday, October 18. We'll gather at 9a for coffee, conversation and an opportunity to connect with Episcopalians from around the Panhandle, followed by a program featuring cowboy poet and minister Curt Cooper. All are warmly welcomed to join us! Lunch will be provided. An RSVP is helpful but not required. Please contact the front office to let us know your plans to attend. 

• Deanery meetings are an excellent opportunity to connect with and learn from other Episcopalians from across the Panhandle. On Saturday, the Western Deanery will gather at Saint Francis at 9 a.m. Our speaker will be minister and cowboy poet Curt Cooper. Lunch will be provided. Even if you didn't have a chance to RSVP, we hope you'll attend.  

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• A Message from Brother James Dowd: The Benedictine Way's All Souls Service     Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8am CT / 7am MT

    All are invited to attend The Benedictine Way’s annual All Souls Service on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8am CT / 7am MT, in-person at Incarnation Monastery (3020 Belvedere Blvd., Omaha) or live streamed online on our YouTube Channel. Together we will pray in remembrance of loved ones who have gone before us. If you would like to submit names to be read aloud during the service, please email them to Abby Z. Ybay at [email protected] no later than Monday, Oct. 20.

• This past Sunday, Youth Fellowship participated in the CROP Walk. CROP's motto is "Ending hunger one step at a time." The program began when US-based farmers were asked to provide food and seed to Asian and European neighbors in desperate need in the aftermath of World War II. A portion of funds raised are returned to our community and will support a local food pantry. The rest are utilized by the program's host, Church World Service, to fight hunger around the globe. Those who wish to help the youth in this important ministry are invited to direct their donations to the rector's discretionary fund. 

• We had consistent attendance at our midweek evening Eucharist during Lent when we offered it in conjunction with Soup, Stations and Eucharist. Only three midweek evening Eucharists in the six months since have seen anyone (besides me) attend. If you're interested in regularly participating in an in-person, midweek evening service offering and there's a different day or time that's more amenable to your schedule, please let me know. I remember what it was like to be a busy layperson who was working full-time but still wanted to be involved in church. I therefore want to do what I can to accommodate working-age folks who work standard business hours. ~Rev. Erin+

• Given the unpredictable season of winter storms is just around the corner, this seems like as good a time as any to remind folks of how closure decisions are communicated, be it on Sunday or during the week. The information will be communicated in the following ways:

Emailed to those on the list to receive the weekly enews.
Texted to those who have a current cell number on file. As messages are sent through the system we use to schedule worship volunteers, it will not come from a number with a 308-area code. So you know it's legitimate, we'll sign off with a notation that the message was "sent via MSP."  For those with access to MSP, you'll see you're a part of the Weather Cancellation Notice group.
Posted on the home page of our website.
Posted on our Facebook page.
Posted to KNEB's website (Because we don't have control over how quickly our information is posted or how long it's left up, we encourage you to check our website or Facebook page first.)

• While I was happy with the turnout at our eccumenical pet blessing held October 12, I expect that afternoon's high winds kept some folks home. If, for whatever reason, you weren't able to attend, I'm happy to do a curbside, backyard or in-home blessing of your beloved pet. Let me know if you're interested. ~Rev. Erin
  

 

• We've been having regular issues with the audio and video cutting out on our Sunday morning livestream. Our A/V team has been diligently troubleshooting and recently discovered that, at five-and-a-half years old, the processing power of our laptop is no longer adequate to run our livestream. We're in the process of carefully shopping for a laptop that will not only meet but exceed the requirements needed for a quality and consistent livestream. We hope to have this resolved within the next few weeks, and apologize for any inconvenience or frustration in the interim. 

Those who serve, Sunday, October 19, 9am
Musician                      Barb Becker
Media Team                 Steve Trickler
Ushers                         Richard Gable, Kathy Shambaugh
Acolyte Master             Clark Wisniewski
Acolytes                      Walker Anderson, Ella Iron Shell
Lector/Intercessor       Bill Mann
Eucharistic Minister     Monica Shambaugh
Altar Guild             Collette Suhr, Ann Peterson, Jane Sayre
Coffee Hosts          Diane Morrison, Barb Manasek
 
Flowers:
Open
 
Upcoming Events at St. Francis:
Monday 10/20 Cooperative Ministries 12p Heritage Estates' Clubhouse, Gering
Tuesday 10/21 Centering Prayer 11:15a Library
     Vestry 6p
Wednesday 10/22 Lectionary Study & Compline 2p Library
     Zoom Evening Prayer 6p
Thursday-Saturday 10/23-25 Diocese Of Nebraska Annual Council,
     Trinity Cathedral, Omaha
     Thursday 10/23 Discipleship Group 12p Library
Friday 10/24 Men's Bible Study 8a Library
Saturday 10/25 Episcopal Church Women, Parish Hall 10a
Sunday 10/26 Sunday Eucharist St. Francis 9a
Godly Play Sunday School 9a Conference Room
 
 
                                                                                                                 From the Office—Ann’s Announcements

                                                                    ​                                                            photo courtesy of Sarah Schaaf
 
Birthdays:
Tayen Feather Earring                 October 20
Danika Bohl                                 October 21
Laura Lee Margheim                   October 21
Samuel Selzer                             October 22

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It is time for our Fall ECW meeting on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 10 am in the Parish Hall.  We will be discussing Outreach projects we want to support with money made at the “Christmas in July Bazaar”, and Upcoming events including The Christmas Cookie Exchange, Adopting Christmas Families, and the Ladies Luncheon.
Call Barb Manasek 436-7767 if you have any questions.
 
Prayer Requests
Prayer requests need to be received by Tuesday, if you’d like them to be printed in the bulletin. You may call (308) 632-4626 (leave a message) or email.
 
The Forward Day by Day’s for August-October are available in regular and large print.  If you’d like either of these mailed to you, please email us or call the church office.
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