  Thursday Announcements-February 6, 2025 ERIN’S EPISTLETTES A letter was mailed to Saint Francis' active members earlier this week. Please check your mailbox for this. If you think you should have received it but didn't, please contact the front office. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DioNeb's next EfM Event, Caring for a Loved One with Memory Loss: Team Building and Financial Planning is on Saturday, Feb. 15 from 9am-12pm CT / 8-11am MT. The event will occur in person at St. Augustine's, Elkhorn (285 So. 208th St.) and online via Zoom. The agenda will include three presentations, personal stories, and time for questions. It is free to attend, with a suggested $25 donation to The Benedictine Way or the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. Learn more from the flyer and register online. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 🎶🎵🎶 Liturgical Notes 🎶🎵🎶 January/February 2025 ~ by the Rev. Erin Rath Sunday, January 12 marked the beginning of a new season in the church year: Epiphany. The day of Epiphany recalls the wise men's arrival, with gifts in hand, at the manger which cradled the infant Jesus. It comes immediately after the short season of Christmas, often called "the twelve days of Christmas," so named for the twelve days between Christmas Day and the celebration of Epiphany. In many Christian cultures, particularly in the Orthodox world, Epiphany is the primary day of celebration rather than Christmas. The light and insight the star above Bethlehem gifted the wise men, which ultimately led them to Jesus' cradle, become common themes of this season. These themes are mentioned throughout our current prayers of the people, which were composed specifically for this season. Though the six forms of the Prayers of the People provided in the Book of Common Prayer (1979) are worthy of regular use and reflection, I do not feel they address these themes as explicitly as this season and the needs of our time call for. The instructions (often referred to as rubrics) at the beginning of the Prayers of the People in the BCP not only allow for but encourage prayers to be composed beyond the bounds of the forms printed therein. The only requirement is that any composed Prayers of the People include the topics listed in the rubrics (see BCP page 383). In addition to the Book of Common Prayer, Enriching Our Worship 1 (approved in 1997 and published in 1998) provides extensive liturgical resources for morning and evening prayer and Eucharist. Seasonal blessings are provided in the Book of Occasional Services (originally published in 1979 and most recently revised in 2018). In this current season of our shared worship life, in addition to utilizing the contemporary form of the Lord's Prayer, we're using a post communion prayer from Enriching Our Worship 1. (We used a different post communion prayer from Enriching Our Worship 1 during the seasons of Advent and Christmas.) The blessing being used this season is from the Book of Occasional Services, as are most of the lengthier blessings utilized over the course of the liturgical year. We'll take a closer look at some of the theological themes brought out by the various post communion prayers in a future Liturgical Notes. If you have a topic or question you'd like addressed in an upcoming Liturgical Notes, please let me know. To those who've read to the end, I thank you for your interest. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ministry Teams, February 9, 9am Musician Barb Becker Media Team Jack Schaaf Ushers Christian & Stacy Bach Acolyte Master Clark Wisniewski Acolytes Emma Schaaf, Will Schaaf Lector/Intercessor Jim Petitt Eucharistic Minister Jan Johnson Altar Guild Collette Suhr, Ann Peterson, Jane Sayre Coffee Hosts Annual Meeting (Brunch hosted by the ECW) Flowers: Tosh Nanbara In memory of loved ones Upcoming Events at St. Francis: Lectionary Study and Compline, Tuesday 2pm, Library Evening Prayer on Zoom, Wednesday @ 6pm Men’s Bible Study Thursday, 8am Discipleship Group. Thursday @ 12pm ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From the Office—Ann’s Announcements
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