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February 24, 2008
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

First Reading:      Exodus 17:1-17
Second Reading  Romans 5:1-11
Holy Gospel:        John 4: 5-42
Psalmody:           Psalm 95

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER:

• Phil Horne
• Diane Reyneker, teacher at Friends of St. Francis Childcare Center, who had surgery recently
• Shana Reznek, friend of Janet Thuesen
• Mary, cousin of Michael Petrelis
• our shut-ins and Devin Grant who has moved to assisted living in Ashland Oregon
• Dorothy Smith, of the childcare center
• Pastor Bradley Schmeling and St. John's Lutheran Church, Atlanta, Georgia, as they ponder their future with the ELCA

Those serving in the world:

• The Rev. Megan Rohrer, Missionary to the Homeless of SF through The Welcome Ministry;
• The Rev. Pieter Oberholzer and his partner, Fanie Zondagh, and the staff at Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) in South Africa, serving LGBT people and allies;
• Catharine Coon and the Children of Hope Project in Uganda.

COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTALLED AND
HONORED SUNDAY

The 2008 Church Council will be installed during worship this Sunday morning. Members are:

YOUR LENTEN DEVOTION

Our annual journey through Lent to Holy Week has begun. Remember your nail to take along your Lenten journey as a reminder of Jesus’ love and give to that nail any sadness, any pain in your life. You will be invited to place that nail with all its gathered significance for you at the foot of the cross on Good Friday.

To help you on your Lenten journey members of the Stewardship committee are sponsoring small group meals and discussions. (See below) May God bless us as we grow in grace during Lent.

TAKE A LENTEN JOURNEY!

If you would like to attend the last week of the Lenten Journey, contact Bruce Jervis and Jim Kowalski February 25 at their home in Bernal Heights or Grant Burger, February. 28 at the church in the St. Clare's room. Groups for March and April will be announced later.

During the Sundays in Lent the Pastors will focus their sermons on Catechism and its meaning for today. This Sunday we will focus on the Sacrament of Baptism.

SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, April 13: This Brunch will take the place of coffee hour following worship to formally introduce the fall 2007 and spring 2008 new members to the congregation! This festive, annual gathering is for every member and all visitors attending worship that Sunday. Please mark your calendar now!

ST. FRANCIS SUPPORTED FILM AT BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Moscow, February 4, Interfax - The EAST/WEST - Sex & Politics documentary by German director Jochen Hick was shown at the Annual International Film Festival Berlinale this month. The film is about Russian sexual minority's attempts to hold a Gay Pride parade in Moscow. Hick and his colleagues visited Russia for two years. The director filmed the two unauthorized Moscow Gay Pride parades of May 2006 and		May 2007, the protest against Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov during his meeting with other mayors in London, and a visit of Russian gay activists to the European Parliament. Hick's film will vie for the Teddy award as the best movie on gays and lesbians, Alexeyev said. St. Francis is listed as one of the financial contributors to the film’s production costs.

THE HOMELESS AND ST. FRANCIS

Members have raised concerns regarding homeless persons and access of members and visitors to St. Francis on Sunday mornings. We pastors encourage the St. Francis community to consider prayerfully the complex situation we are all trying to address and we recommend to Church Council that the next Fifth Sunday Forum on March 30th be devoted to a congregational discussion towards a faithful response of these matters.

Pastors Robert Goldstein and Dawn Roginski

In the meantime, please bring any concerns you have to Council members & the Pastors so that we can assure they are appropriately addressed.

If you would like one of your pastors to listen to your concerns or pain, don't hesitate to ask us -make an appointment, or ask us to call you or mark the pew card. We can be distracted at times on Sundays, so it is best to set aside another time when we can really listen. Pastors Robert and Dawn

ADULT FORUM

Adult Forum is currently studying the Sunday lectionary. Join us on Sundays at 9:30 AM in the Conference Room.

THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKET

San Francisco has nearly 150,000 persons who live under the threat of hunger.
Consider purchasing extra cans of food, and bring them on Sunday to put in our basket. Food not used for Hospitality will be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank. Food that can be accepted include canned vegetables, canned fruit, tuna, canned meats, soups, stews and chili, peanut butter and cereal (no glass containers or perishable food, please).

Several St. Francis people are going out to lunch at Sinbad’s after Easter Sunday’s church service. If you interested in joining them, please talk to Barbara Kling.

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Lectionary for the Fourth Sunday in Lent

• First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
• Second Reading Ephesians 5:8-14
• Gospel: John 9:1-41
• Psalmody: Psalm 23

  Safeway parking permits are available in the back of the church. The permits allow parking for Sunday services ONLY.

  St. Francis Lutheran Church

  A Place for Gathering: Memory, Presence and Promise
  152 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94114-1111

  (415) 621-2635, FAX (415) 621-8819

  Contact us:

  Directions to St. Francis: Ext 21
  Worship Service schedule: Ext 20
  Pr. Robert Goldstein: Ext 11
  Pr. Dawn Roginksi Ext 12
  Dr. David Schofield, Music Director: Ext 23
  Senior Center Coordinator: Ext 22
  Dave Walda, Senior Parish Administrator: Ext 10
  Clifton King, Sexton
  Susan Tucceri, Congregation President
  Dale Leininger, Treasurer; Ext 14

  Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday

  General Email: St.FrancisSF - at - sbcglobal.net

  The Rev. Robert Goldstein: RevRGoldstein-at-sbcglobal.net
  The Rev. Dawn Roginski RevDRoginski-at-sbcglobal.net
  Dr. David Schofield StFrancischoir-at-sbcglobal.net
  David Walda, Senior Parish Administrator: St.FrancisSF-at-sbcglobal.net

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