What's Happening at St. Francis this week

Thursday Announcements March 21, 2024

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Holy Week Services

• Palm Sunday ~ 03/24 @ 9a*
• Tenebrae ~ Weds 03/27 @ 7:30p*
• Maundy Thursday ~ 03/28 @ 6:30p*
• Good Friday ~ 03/29 @ 12p & 6:30p*
• Holy Saturday Day Service ~ 03/30 @ 10a
• Easter Vigil ~ 03/30 @ 7:30p*
• Easter Day ~ 03/31 @ 9a & 10:30a*

*Services Marked with an asterisk will be live streamed.
 
Correction: Easter Sunday will be live streamed at 10:30 & not 9 as previously advertised.

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 ERIN’S EPISTLETTES

• I sent a letter via email to the parish early last week. 
  • If you missed it, it's available on our website here. 
  • Hard copies will be mailed to our shut-ins this week. If you aren't on that list and would like a copy mailed to you, please contact the front office.  
• During the two Good Friday services on March 29, the offering we collect will go towards the Good Friday Offering. 
  • For more information on this century-old Episcopal tradition supporting the ministries of the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, ​visit their website. 
  • For more information on the situation Al Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza, a beneficiary of the Good Friday Offering, see this article on Episcopal News Service. 
  • Thank you in advance for your prayers and generosity.

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Please note:
There will be no enews on either March 28 or April 4, and
the office will be closed April 2.        
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​From the office—Ann’s Announcements

​Birthdays
 
Patty Clown Horse        March 25
Eain Peterson               March 26
Melissa Moreno            March 28
Gretchen Castaneda     March 30
Erin Rath                       March 31

United Thank Offering
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"The flap of a butterfly wing can change the weather hundreds of miles away. 
Our voice, our hands, our coins can make the difference.  We can change the world."  Sue Casebeer

Thank you, Jenny Bohl

UTO ingathering will be April 21st at both services.

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Pill bottle Donation Ministry:  ​

Our Daughters of the King chapter will be collecting clean, empty pill bottles on an ongoing basis.  We will periodically send shipments of the donated pill bottles to
Matthew 25: Ministries.  The donation collection box is in the Narthex.  You may drop your pill bottles there anytime you are in the church. 
​For your privacy, we ask that you remove labels from the pill bottles before depositing them in the collection box.

​Since 1991, Matthew 25: Ministries has grown from a small suitcase ministry into an international relief organization distributing more than 20 million pounds
of products each year. In total, Matthew 25 has sent more than 300 million pounds of aid across the United States and into approximately 70 countries worldwide.
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The work of Matthew 25: Ministries helps the poorest of the poor and disaster victims
throughout the United States and around the world.
Matthew 25: Ministries accepts donations of empty plastic pill bottles for inclusion in shipments
of medical supplies. The pill bottle program fulfills the dual needs of improving medical care
in developing countries and caring for our environment.
Thank you for your generous support of this ministry.

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The Forward Day by Day’s for February-April 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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