What's Happening at St. Francis this Week

Thursday Announcements
 November 18, 2021 

FATHER MARK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. This Sunday is Consecration Sunday, when we will gather and bless our offerings for next year and celebrate with a special Coffee Hour following both services. Thank you  to everyone single member for your continued faithful and generous support of this parish and our common ministries! This will be an exciting year for St. Francis!
2. A word on pledges – if we haven’t otherwise heard from you, we will carry your amount forward at the same level for 2022. Please know that your estimate of giving is just that, -- an estimate and not a contract. Life happens and things change and you can update us anytime during the year if you need to adjust your giving. Every sacrificial gift we receive is deeply appreciated and used to support our work to serve God in our communities.
3. Next Sunday we begin the short and powerful season of Advent, preparing our hearts for the coming of Christ. I will be leading an Advent study using the book “Love Came Down – Anglican Readings for Advent and Christmas” by Christopher Webber (available wherever you buy books.) This collection of readings, poems, and songs is meant to be used for daily meditation, and my idea is that we will read the daily offerings individually and gather weekly Thursday evenings at 6:00 P.M. on Zoom to discuss and share. You can sign-up to participate here: https://saintf.breezechms.com/form/c6ee033180 

 

ANN’S ADDITIONS

Happy Birthday!!
 
Gretchen Foster                    November 24
Tosh Nanbara                        November 27

Anniversaries
 
Kim Hurst                               November 27
 
The women of ECW wanted to let you know what we did with the proceeds from the “Christmas in July” Bazaar, that you all donated to so generously.  We first purchased a new coffee maker for the church kitchen. Our Outreach donations included the Buckboard Academy, Cooperative Ministries for Backpacks, Gracies’ Promise, Team Ashton, Episcopal Relief and Development, Eight Days of Hope, Women to Women, Orphan Grain Train, Wheel Chair Ministries, Firefighters Ministry, and the St. Francis Sack Lunch Ministry. 
Thank you for all your help!
 
We will have a Shred Bin here for one more week.   If you  have papers to shred please feel free to bring them to add to the bin.

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 November-December in regular and large print. If you would like any of these mailed to you, please email or call the church.