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On Easter Sunday, the veil of Lent has been lifted, and flowers and joy come out in abundance. St. Francis looks breathtakingly beautiful on Easter Sunday, and our hearts feel this happiness. Many hands make this possible, so on Easter Saturday, April 16th, we gather and create beauty with lovely flowers. We gather at 9 am for a few hours, and have a really sweet, fun time of creating and sharing friendships - old and new. All flowers are provided. Previous flower arranging experience is not necessary. A sign up sheet is in the Information Center for those who would to help on this glorious day. Thank you. Apryl Garmon and Jane Domagalski  Many people remember the Lenten practice of having a mite box during Lent in which to put a daily offering - in thanksgiving, in reverence, in penitence, in affirmation, in joy - all the things that brought us closer to a godly life and to God. The children in Sunday School will each have a little mite box during Lent. If an adult would also like one, there will be some in the Information Center. They will be offered up on Easter Sunday in the offertory. The main idea is the daily walk with God, and trying to do his will, the best we all can do. Jane Domagalski, seydom@canby.com  Please bring food items to church by Sunday, November 14 or to the Church Office by Wednesday, November 17. Items needed: Canned Corn Canned Green Beans Canned Peas Flour (5 lb. package) Sugar (4 lb. package) Canned Cranberry Sauce Large cans of Pumpkin Pie Filling Other ways to help (Sign–up sheets are at the Information Center in the Narthex) Medium-size boxes needed by Wednesday, November 17. Pack food boxes – Saturday, November 20. It’s fun! Bring your kids! Help load cars on delivery day, Sunday, November 21. Deliver food boxes, Sunday, November 21 after church. Cash donations always welcome for purchase of meat and other foods. Food Items brought after November 17, 2021 are donated to Wilsonville Food Bank.  We will be celebrating and acknowledging our veterans on Sunday, November 14. On that day, flags will be placed on the burial places of veterans in the Memorial Gardens. The names of the veterans will be listed in the bulletin. Names can be submitted on the green forms in your bulletin or in the narthex. Deadline for names is Wednesday, November 10. Click here for printable form.  During this Stewardship season we are focusing on wellness, which includes getting involved, contributing to our community, sharing our talents and skills, cultivating healthy relationships and communicating our thoughts, feelings and ideas. If you are interested in a ministry that “checks all of these boxes,” please consider joining the Threads of Love Sewing Ministry. We are a very collaborative group and meet in person twice each month, but have options for ministry members to participate from home as well. Current Projects Baby Blanket Ensembles - We are busy making baby blanket ensembles for the Salud Medical Center in Woodburn. Each ensemble is unique and includes a double weight flannel receiving blanket, burp cloth and knitted cap - a perfect welcome for a new baby! In January 2021, we gifted Salud with almost 100 ensembles and are striving for 125 to present to them in January 2022. If you can cut fabric, iron, sew straight seams or knit, we welcome your help. Pre-cut kits are available for members to sew at home, which makes completing an ensemble a quick and fun project! Stewardship Quilt - When the Stewardship Campaign is complete, our ministry will help with the preparation of the quilt top and backing for professional quilting and then add the binding after it is quilted. If you would like to help with this effort or would like to learn more about the process, please join us. Our meeting dates are listed in the weekly parish email blast and also in the Sunday bulletins. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming meeting! Jean Atwell, Mary Kirk, Dale Rushton, Betsy Yacob  All Souls Day will be celebrated at St. Francis with a quiet and reflective service, which will include Eucharist and the lighting of candles by which our loved ones, the saints in our lives, are remembered. The service is at 5:00 pm. The names of the departed to be listed in the All Souls bulletin can be submitted through pink forms in your bulletin and in the narthex. Deadline for names is Thursday, October 28. Click her for printable sumission form.  We celebrate Cancer Care Sunday.
We especially pray for those with cancer, those in remission and those who have died. Here is the YouTube link for service at 10:30 am. The bulletin is also attached. Join our Sunday Service Sunday Eucharist Bulletin Currently, we are meeting for adult formation outside, so it is not available on Zoom at this time. If for any reason, you cannot access the YouTube service, try the St. Francis YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqy4LzoXc0PbbtK_RPrmBQ St. Francis Day - Blessing of the Animals We celebrate St. Francis Day and the blessing of the animals. We will be blessing animals at both services, and offering drive-by blessings, as well. Here is the YouTube link for service at 10:30 am. The bulletin is also attached. Join our Sunday Service Sunday Eucharist Bulletin Currently, we are meeting for adult formation outside, so it is not available on Zoom at this time. If for any reason, you cannot access the YouTube service, try the St. Francis YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqy4LzoXc0PbbtK_RPrmBQ  First, a huge “Thank You” to everyone who donated clothing and other items for the homeless folks in Brookings. Your response was overwhelming! Thanks to Kent Lloyd, Ed Burnside, Barbara Bridge and Tiffanie Clifford who helped sort and pack; to Lance and Nyla Emory for loaning their Suburban to transport your gifts to Brookings; to Lance and Nyla, Tiffanie, Ed and Bill Frazier for packing everything into the SUV. We were truly amazed that it all fit! Bill and Ann Frazier drove to Brookings last Friday, and on Saturday morning delivered the boxes and bins to St Timothy’s church. The Vicar, Deacon and several homeless people stacked everything in a storage room, which was filled to the ceiling. Afterwards, Vicar Bernie Lindley gave us a tour of the church and all their many outreach activities: the clothes closet, food pantry, meals five days a week, showers, plus Covid testing and vaccinations for everyone in Brookings. And their most recent project – a community garden that involves several other churches and groups in town. It was truly amazing to see how much this small congregation is achieving, and it has not gone un-noticed by Bishop Akiyama. She will visiting St Timothy’s this coming weekend to help with Covid testing and vaccinations.
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