Weekly News from St. Francis Lutheran Church for June 22 2008

GALA THIS SATURDAY JUNE 21

Do come on Saturday evening to the Mini-GALA!

> Sterling Silver Cross
> 2 nights & breakfast at the farm of Tom Tragardh & David Cortez
> Bowl made by Jack Kling at Holden Village
> $50.00 gift certificate to Rainbow Grocery
> Ice cream maker
> Candle Scaping Kit
> Russian Plates
> All-Clad Grill Pan & Enameled Pannini Press
> Safeway Giftcards
> Hearts of San Francisco photograph by Roman Kominski
> Gift Certificate to Bodywork Massage
> 1945 White Rose Sewing Machine in a mahogany cabinet

ST.VINCENT dePAUL COMMITTEE RAISES THE DOUGH

Cookie dough, that is.

The St. Vincent de Paul Committee held a bake sale on June 15th. After the final tally, the sale raised $349.00 for the committee's programs. Under the coordination of Barbara Kling, 6 persons met at the church kitchen the day before to bake cookies and brownies for the sale. Carl Tebell brought cookie dough from a couple of his delicious recipes. Tables were set up near the kitchen and everyone helped to make cookie dough, prepare the cookie sheets, bake, label and fill the cookie bags.

There were three special items that were auctioned off - a strawberry rhubarb pie baked by Pastor Robert and 2 cream cheese pumpkin logs made by Carl.

The money raised will be used for the programs of the committee, the Sunday Hospitality and the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner. The extra fund raising is necessary as the cost of food and supplies continues to rise. Anyone interested in making a donation to the committee can send in a check marked "St. Vincent de Paul Committee.

THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKET

BULLETIN #4

We have good news and then really, really disappointing news. First the good news: the geographers who have been preparing (at their cost!) our after-the-walk barbeque, have announced that they will do it again. Yea, yea, yea. I’ve also had a geographer hand in her checks since she is off to Italy for a month. She achieved Starwalker status by raising $1050.00. Way to go, Ellen!

Now for some disappointing news, followed by the really, really disappointing stuff. I have heard from no (zero) Lutherans about either a) commiting themselves to achieve Starwalker status or b) recruiting folks to the team. I’m hoping the problem is communication- i.e. you just haven’t gotten around to telling me your great news. As to the really, really disappointing news, I have heard from one of my long time sponsors that she will be sponsoring “C.T.” and not “MCK” because he asked her first. Because I am way too busy with classes, my solicitation letter will be late. Let this notice inform all previous sponsors that I’m asking for your help again. And so I’m asking first. You know who you are. Thanks for reading along.
“Tack så mycket.” Maxie

We are using many hymns from the new ELCA hymnal. This hymnal includes hymns from Asia, Africa and Latin America —often with the first verse in the original language. They have also done this with German and Swedish hymns.

FEAST OF THE PRUNING
OF THE GREAT HEDGE JULY 19

This annual event will meet to trim the hedge that runs along the Memorial Terrace to the back garden. It starts at 10 AM and runs to 2 PM. Bring your work gloves, water, and anything else appropriate to the occasion.

CHEF CHUCK RESIGNS

Church Council received with regret and thanks the resignation of Chuck Hancock as a chef of the Senior Center, effective September 30th. Chuck, along with Diane DeLange, have provided nutritious and delicious meals for the seniors and staff.

Chuck cited health reasons for his decision. We will miss his presence and skills on Wednesdays. He says he will continue working for the Sunday morning meal. Diane will continue, of course to cook for the senior center.

We are now looking for a replacement chef for the Senior Program beginning December 1st. If you know someone please contact the church office.

As previously announced we now have usher teams. There has been a great response to the request for team members to pick a Sunday on which they will be responsible once a month. The current team list is below.

Each team should have a team leader to whom the rest of the team would contact to confirm their participation on the respective Sunday of the month. If the team leader has not been informed of the ushers available for their Sunday, the leader can contact the team individuals to insure coverage.

The 2nd Sunday team has a leader. The other teams’ members should select (or volunteer) a leader and inform the church office so it can be publicized in the Times and on the website. The website has the teams and usher duties. Look for the link on the homepage.

Other individuals may still sign up to usher. Please contact the church office to add your name.

A B  I  G THANK YOU

The St. Francis/St. Vincent DePaul Committee gives a big THANK YOU to all who responded to the WE NEED YOUR HELP survey. Thanks to you, we have some help ready to go.

If you, or a close friend needs a meal--phone/email Elaine Whitney-970-9066 eh_whitney@yahoo.com

Still Needed:

A person to coordinate rides to doctors' appointments, etc.

A person to coordinate odd jobs-gardening, sewing, computer work, etc

A person/people willing to sign up to drive Faye Robinson to/from church, one or more Sundays a month.

A couple of more people willing to prepare and/or deliver a meal, when needed. We currently have 4 volunteers to cook and 4 to deliver meals, but could use a couple of more people to do each.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE, PLEASE NOTIFY BARBARA KLING AT 584-1568 OR barliz@comcast.net

FROM CATHARINE COONS

We’ve had our regular holiday programs for the Kampala kids, plus our on-ongoing Saturday Clubs. Letter-writing and giving out of school supplies took place just before the second school term of the year started a couple of weeks ago.

We plan to air a documentary on Hope Alive! on nation-wide television, as well as create shorter secular and Christian versions that I and others can show in the U.S. to raise awareness about what Hope Alive! is doing to meet the overwhelming needs here in Uganda. I’ll let you know dates as they become available.

Other exciting news is that we are now sponsoring almost 500 kids and are enrolling more! Just today we hired a site manager for our Masaka site, and we have someone we’ll be interviewing for our Kampala site, as well. May God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in your life through Jesus Christ.

Catharine Coon, Director, Hope Alive! catharinecoon@worldventure.net P.O. Box 40059, Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda [011] 256-772-371-766

A St. Francis member has donated a scholarship of $85 towards registration costs. If you are interested please see the pastors.