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PARISH OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE/VOLUNTEER
Engaged Spirituality and Birth of a Church If you weren’t able to attend our Lenten Retreat – and even if you were – you may want to read "Engaged Spirituality and Birth of a Church".
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Breakfast Ministry Collection: Saturday, July 4 & Sunday, July 5 The Breakfast and Step Ministry can always use your financial support as well. Donation envelopes marked "Step/Breakfast Ministry Contribution" are located in the racks in the back of the church. You may place envelopes in the collection basket or mail them to the Parish Center. God bless you for your generosity and compassionate care.
Parish Painting Project, July 11 & 18 All are welcome to participate! Come help clean and paint the parish center dining room. Our GLBT community is coordinating this service project. Cleaning, prepping and taping will precede the painting and refurbishment. Two workdays have been selected: Saturday, July 11th and Saturday, July 18 from 9 – 1 PM. Come either one or both. Donations are needed to cover the cost of paint and materials. Anyone who would like to
Caregivers Support Group: Monday, July 13 Please join with us at our Caregivers Support Group that meets the second Monday of the month at 7:00pm in Parlor 1 in the Parish Center. More Information:
Building Centennial Church Tours: Sunday, June 28 Monthly tours are scheduled for the fourth Sunday of each month, after Noon Mass. If you want to learn more about this
beautiful, spiritual building, plan to attend one of these
tours during the Building Centennial year. Share Your Faith Or would you be willing to work with Preschoolers or toddlers (during the 9:30 Mass) using a structured curriculum? With enough volunteers, you wouldn't need to work every Sunday; you'd share the responsibilities and have a chance to make new friends. We also need a couple of adults to help with the Nursery program once or twice a month (as a lead babysitter - we have teen helpers.) Your time is a precious gift to parents of very young children! Please contact Georgie (443-8084 x112 or georgies@stfrancisparish.com.) Children's Faith Formation 2009-2010 Volunteer Sign-Up
Tithing Committee Needs Your Input The number of organizations to receive awards and the amounts awarded are determined each year as part of the parish budget process. For our fiscal year 2008/09, $3,000 was budgeted for grants of $250/organization. 3rd and 4th quarter 2009 recipients are: Foundation for Int’l Community Assistance, Heifer Int’l, Loaves and Fishes, Solar Cookers Int’l, W.E.A.V.E, and New Ways Ministry.
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Our Shelves Runneth Over
If you have books or DVDs that you would like to donate:
Franciscan-Minded People Sign up and receive information on current issues via emails, electronic newsletters, action alerts, and a means to respond–suggested emails, phone numbers of representatives and senators, and talking points. More info: www.franciscanaction.org or Fr. Larry (397-0055) or pick up a fl yer on the back table. More Information or to register:
Help Welcome New Parishioners!
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Spiritual Direction Opportunity A woman parishioner is participating in the Spiritual Direction Internship offered by the Bread of Life Center. She is available to offer spiritual direction at no cost.
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From the Pews: Submit Your Creative Work For reasons of space, we ask that submissions be no longer than 500 words. All work will be reviewed and may be edited by the Communications Committee for space or clarity.
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Praise God's Name with Dancing...! If you have ever thought you would like to join the dancers at one of our feastday liturgies, now is your chance! The Sacred Movement Ministry invites you to join us for the 2008 Centennial Celebration liturgies on the weekend of the Feast of Francis, October 4 and 5.
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Sing Joyfully To Our God! 2008-2009 promises to be a special time for music ministers as we celebrate the centennial of our church building. We are planning to sing some new and exciting music for a special concert to celebrate the event. We especially need altos, tenors and basses (sopranos are always welcome too). If you can carry a tune and can regularly attend rehearsals and liturgies, we will train you to be part of this rewarding ministry.
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Breakfast Ministry Invites You Help is needed for 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays. We need you!
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Minister to Our Homeless Guests As a Step Minister you will have the opportunity to
serve as a welcoming presence for the homeless
guests of the St. Francis Step Ministry one day a
week from 6:00-7:30pm.
The Step Ministry helps
our parish provide them with a safe, peaceful and
private place to sleep in the Parish Center courtyard.
This ministry is rooted in Scripture and responds to
the call to welcome strangers, provide shelter to the
wanderer, love our neighbor, and not turn away from
the needs of others. More Information:
Calling All Candle Jars
It’s that time, but we’re missing quite a few
jars! If you have empty candle jars, please bring
them with you to church and place them in the
sacristy, or drop them by the parish center during the
week. Help us recycle!
Taizé Prayer Every Wednesday evening, St. Francis of Assisi Parish hosts Taizé-style evening prayer from 6-7PM in the Church. Come share this deeply moving experience with us. All are welcome to participate in this contemplative and spirit-filled service. More Information:
Infant Baptism Program: Donation So, if you are looking for a way to contribute directly to the parish, please consider donating towards the purchase of a new computer for our Infant Baptism Program. Checks can be made out to St. Francis Parish with “Infant Baptism Program” specified in the memo line, and dropped into the collection basket or mailed to the parish center, attention Sr. Peggy.
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Jail Ministry: Bibles & Catechisms Needed If you would like to help, contact Fr. Larry (916) 448-8924 x30. If you would like to make a financial contribution for this purpose, checks may be made out to Franciscan Friars and marked for Jail Ministry and sent to:
Fr. Larry Dunphy, OFM
Teens: Help with Coffee & Donuts
Catechumenate for Children
Self-Help Groups
For times and locations of meetings, please call the Parish Center: (916) 443-8084
General Mills Box Tops & Campbell's Labels Just drop them in the jar marked “BoxTops” at the main entrance to the church. Thank you for your support!
A Call For Youth Ministers If you are interested in helping the Church of the Future, you are invited to become part of a team that ministers in the present to teens and younger adolescents in our High School and Jr. High Youth Ministry Programs. We want to provide fun, faith-filled opportunities for our youth to experience the love of God and to help them grow in that love. Please consider sharing your time, talent and faith with our teens.
Interested? Questions?
Join Our Teen Group
For more information about our group, or to join,
please contact
In-Home Caregivers
If you are a caregiver and would like your name added,
Pastoral Care Retreat for Victims of Abuse or Violence: Friday October 2, 2009 More Information:
Christan Brothers High School Expands Summer School Course Offerings More Information: Christian Brothers High School
Chaplain Program
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Healing Prayer Requests by Email
2009 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: January 18-25 The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity for 2009, “That they may become one in your hand” (Ezekiel 37:15-19, 22-24a), is rooted in the experience of the churches in Korea. In the context of national division, these churches have turned for inspiration to the prophet Ezekiel, who also lived in a divided nation and longed for the unity of his people. Here we discover God's fervent wish for the unity of the divided tribes of Israel. Ezekiel’s prophetic vision of joining together two pieces of wood symbolizes the reunifi cation of the two kingdoms, northern and southern, into which Israel had been divided: “Join them together into one stick, so that they may become one in your hand” (Ezekiel. 37:17). For Ezekiel, this unity is not simply the joining of previously divided groups; it is rather a new creation, the birth of a new people which should be a sign of hope to other peoples and, indeed, to all of humanity. For the Christian churches of Korea this text of Ezekiel offered compelling parallels to their own situation within a divided country and also for a divided Christendom. Ezekiel’s words give them hope that God will gather God’s people again into one, calling them God’s own, and blessing them to make them a mighty people—that God will create a new world. Worship Resources for the Week of Prayer and throughout 2009:
Help the Hungry More Information on how to support their efforts:
Sr. Nora's Place More Information:
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Cost: $16 per book
1st Weekend of every month 
7PM, Parlor 1 in the Parish Center 
4th Sundays,
1PM
We invite you to help St. Francis by teching children about God's love for us (11:00-11:55am on Sundays, September-May). We have teacher manuals and offer training in August and September to prepare you for this opportunity!
Please consider serving on our
St. Francis Tithing Commitee,
which meets quarterly to select for the pastor’s approval
local, national and international justice/advocacy organizations
whose missions are compatible with our own.
We are grateful for the many generous
donations to our parish library,
but our shelves are literally overflowing
and many of the donated books and other materials
are duplicates or not a “good fit” for our small collection.
Franciscan Action Network (FAN)
is seeking people from the
ministries we serve to join with
Franciscans of the First Orders,
Third Order Regulars, and Seculars,
so that we can speak with a
common voice of advocacy in
Washington, D.C. on issues of peace-making,
poverty, human rights, and care for creation.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING to contact newly
registered members of our parish and
share your enthusiasm for St. Francis?
Or prepare a dish to share and help us
welcome newcomers at St. Francis Parish 101, our new
parishioner orientations?
We can use your help with this
rewarding ministry of welcome.
"St. Francis of Assisi Parish
in A Larger World 
The St. Francis Parish Communications Committee of the Parish Council invites you to submit your own creative work–fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, photography, artwork--related to your spiritual journey for possible inclusion in a new feature called,
“From the Pews” that will appear in parish publications.
“Let them praise God’s name with
dancing, making melody to God with
tambourine and lyre” (Ps 149:3).
If you have ever thought about
singing at one of the St. Francis
liturgies, here is your chance to
give it a try! We are looking for
singers at all levels of ability to be a
part of the Music Ministry.
Start your day by offering a hot
cup of coffee, a warm smile
and a light breakfast to our
patio guests.
Homeless not only for a room made of
bricks but homeless from being
rejected, unwanted, completely torn out
of society . . .That unwanted one is my
brother and my sister. . .We belong to
each other. –Mother Teresa
What do we do with the tall votive
candle jars once the wax is gone?
Our church cleaners collect them
each week and store them in the
original shipping cartons. Several times a year, the
jars are sent back to the supplier to be refilled with
wax.
Wednesdays at 6PM in the Church 
How do we reach out to the parents of the babies who join
our Church community each year, welcome them, make
sure that we get the names of the babies and godparents
right, arrange baptism dates and times? By computer!
Unfortunately, the computer in the Infant Baptism
office stopped working this past week....
Fr. Larry Dunphy, OFM is requesting your
support for his ministry in the county jail:
“The inmates are at a time in their lives
when they recognize the need for God.
They request Catholic Bibles. Some want to become
Catholics or make First Communion, and need Catechisms.”
Join us in helping serve coffee and donuts 
Please bring your General Mills cereal box tops and Campbell’s Soup labels for St. Francis Elementary School.
It has been said that our Youth are the Church of the Future – actually, the youth are in our Church right here and now!
Our Outreach office often receive requests for a list of caregivers who provide services for elderly and infirm individuals
needing various levels of In-Home Care. We'd like to expand our list.
The annual Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity begins
Sunday Jan 18 and concludes next
Sunday, Jan 25. Begun in 1908
by the Franciscan Friars
of the Atonement in New
York, these days have been
set aside each year so that
Christians the world over
may share the prayer of Jesus: “that all may be one...
that the world may believe.” (John 17:21)
Each week, your prayers are requested for those serving in the Armed Forces. 
The Franciscan retreat house in San Juan Bautista recently suffered a fire: their stately victorian House burned to the ground,
and the friars’ home and belongings, kitchen and dining rooms, upper conference room and all files and equipment were destroyed.