After a three-week break in June, we’re bringing back Forum! We’ll start with a three-week Scripture Study the first three weeks in July and then move on to individual sessions. July 3, 10 and 17 Join Laurie+ in July’s Summer Scripture Study. There are two ways to participate: in person at 9:15am with coffee and …
Looking for a little quiet amidst all the chaos?Ever wanted to develop a Christian meditation practice? As an outgrowth of our Lenten Prayer Forums, four parishioners asked to launch a Centering Prayer Group. Centering Prayer is a simple practice of Christian silent prayer or meditation in which we experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, …
Calling all students, teachers, custodians and therapists . . . anyone connected to the upcoming academic year! St. Francis will bless backpacks, computers, or any school gear on Sunday August 22nd at both the 8:00am and 10:30 services. We will also bless and distribute erasers for we only learn through the mistakes we make! This is …
Rev. Laurie is one of four women clergy featured in Duke University’s most recent edition of Faith & Leadership. Click here to read the article: “Women Clergy and the Pandemic: Weary, But Not Giving Up.”
The spirit is alive and well here at St. Francis’, where we welcomed new members from 7 households this morning! We are thrilled to be growing: growing in numbers, growing in depth of faith, and growing our capacity to be the church that the world needs! Thank you to our members, especially our Hospitality Chair …
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We are just a few short weeks away from the beginning of our program year: August 22, 2021! We will have a new, full Sunday-morning schedule for parishioners and visitors of all ages! Look forward to: Early Eucharist worship at 8:00am Coffee Hour and Forum at 9:15am, beginning with Vicar’s Forum on Aug. 22 and …
I received an email a from parishioner this week (who permitted us to print this but wanted to remain anonymous). In it he said: I was looking through a book, and I came across a paragraph that explains that a quantum physicist recognizes that to observe an experiment is to affect its outcome. It made …
