With the recent addition of a new staff member, we have expanded our office and building hours. You can can find at least one staff member during these hours: Mondays 9am-1pmTuesdays 9am-4pmWednesdays 9am-3pmThursdays 9am-4pmSundays 7:30am – 12:30pm
Help us provide backpacks to students at Meramec Valley School District who won’t otherwise get them!! Any time between now and July 28, you can help us reach our PROMISED DONATION of 150 backpacks by: This Backpack Drive fits within our Service + Justice Principles. Read a recent writeup connecting the dots on our Service +Justice work.
Q: What is a Canon? A: “Canon” has a variety of meanings in the Episcopal Church, with one being especially salient during General Convention. Canon law is the list of rules by which the church is guided and governed, and national canons are changed by a meeting of the whole church at General Convention. This …
Q: What is a Children’s Sermon? Wait, what’s a Sermon? A: Children’s sermons emphasize animating the essential messages of scripture through appealing to human senses, rather than the more typical intellectual appeal in general sermon. During children’s sermons at St. Francis, all children are invited to come to the front of the sanctuary and sit …
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Beginning June 23: Summer Scripture Study. During the Season of Pentecost, the first reading each week will follow the stories in the books of 1 & 2 Samuel. Explore these books during Sunday Forum to deepen and enrich your experience of hearing the readings from Samuel during liturgy in the coming months. June 23 and 30: Samuel …
Laurie+ recently accepted an invitation from Rockwood School District to serve on their Strategic Plan Committee, a commitment of one year to support the creation of a 5 year plan for Rockwood. You might ask, Why? Clearly, supporting the work of our local school district aligns with the work of a community church–in general. But …
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Q: What is Sacrament from the Reserve? A: Sacrament from the Reserve is administration of communion by a deacon to a congregation when a priest is unavailable, using consecrated bread and wine. It is customary to keep the consecrated elements in a tabernacle or an aumbry or covered with a veil on a table or altar. A lamp …
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Q: What is General Convention? A: The national legislative body of the Episcopal Church. It consists of a House of Bishops, which includes all active and retired bishops, and a House of Deputies, which includes four lay persons and four clergy from each diocese, each area mission, and the Convocation of the American Churches in …
Q: What is a collect? A: Pronounced “KAHL’-ekt,” a collect is “a short prayer that ‘collects’ the silent prayers of the people and consists of an invocation, a petition, and an ascription of glory to God. The collect of the day immediately precedes the reading of the lessons in the Liturgy of the Word in …
Q: What is a “narthex?” Is that just Missouri-speak for “northex” the same way “forty-four” is pronounced “farty-far?” A: Narthex is an architectural term and is indeed correct! It is not a Missourization of “northex.” Narthex: An entry space, foyer, or anteroom of a church between the door and the nave. The term is from …
