​What makes a community? 

Partly it is working together using gifts towards a common end. The choir, for example, gathers to sing – but they also watch out for one another. It is not uncommon to see an email, “so-and-so needs dinners while they recover,” and soon other emails come in, “I can do . . ..” Conversation around sewing machines at the Threads of Love meetings strays far from the topic of sewing. 

​St. Francis also has many activities deliberately designed to foster community.
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Coffee Hour, for example, is a time for visiting and eating. It is enabled by the Hospitality Committee and many volunteers (men and women of all ages) who bring food and host the gatherings.

​While the adults talk, the children may play in the playground.

Guys and Gals Night Out, and Ladies Lunch, are regular monthly meals in restaurants organized by people in the church and to which all church members are welcome.

​Check out the church’s Facebook page for current invitations.

Some activities are hard to categorize. Is Dinner Church “Worship?” or “Community?”

​About once a month, the priest in charge and several volunteers organize an informal worship service, with sharing and prayers, around dinner.

Coffee Hour

Helping us stay connected is the Caring Committee, who share information about peoples’ birthdays and anniversaries and send cards to members of the congregation.

​A special annual event that connects St. Francis and a broader community is the Memorial Garden Remembrance Sunday, when families of everyone interred in the church’s memorial gardens are invited to church and to a reception.