Weekly News from St. Francis Lutheran Church for August 10 2008

There is an opening for next week, August 10th for Flowers and Coffee Host. If you can help, please sign your name on the chart in the Parish Hall or contact Dave Walda in the office.

More ushers are needed, especially for the 3rd Sunday. If you would like to help or need more information, contact Dave Walda at the church office. There is a listing of the usher duties available on the website under “Worship & Spirituality” and from Dave.

We appreciate all the help that individuals give for our Worship Services.

PERTH, W. AUSSIE GREETINGS

We received the following email from Ben and Chung from Perth: All is well down under. Our household goods finally arrived last month so we finally feel settled. Perth is wet in the winter, but usually via rolling thunder-storms with intermittent sunshine, so fabulous rainbows are a daily occurrence.

Finding a church has been an adventure. Do you all know how good you have it at St. Francis?

Most of the places we tried, both Anglican and Lutheran, held bizarre services reminiscent of the 1970s in suburban America. The Anglican church two blocks from our house was friendly, and had just had a split with the minister over ordination of women (remember what I said about the time warp?)...

We eventually landed on St. George's Anglican, downtown Perth. It's a fabulous cathedral with a strong congregation, wonderful boys choir, spectacular pipe organ, and even a printed program with a service very similar to St. Francis'. Our only complaint is the climate inside during the winter months which is positively frigid. See http://www.perthcathedral.org.

We miss the church and the bay area! Hello to everyone! Ben Sloan and Chung Bae

You’re Invited

Bradford Christian Hubert & Martin Sven Thompson

request the honor of your presence, participation and celebration in their Union,
invoking God’s blessing through the Rite of Marriage and Holy Communion

Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2pm

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco

Reception with light refreshments will follow in Heritage Hall
(lower level of St. Mark’s)

SENIOR COOK NEEDED

A cook is needed for the Wednesday meals at our Senior Center. The cook would be responsible for planning the meal, purchasing ingredients and cooking the meal on Wednesdays. Some experience cooking for large groups is needed. A detailed job description can be found on the website under What's New.

Contact Pr. Dawn, Director of the Senior Center if you need a copy mailed to you.

All interested applicants should send a resume to the attention of Pr. Dawn. Resumes will be accepted until September 30, 2008. The resumes will be reviewed and applicants will be notified if the Senior Committee is interested in an interview. Applicants will be asked to plan, purchase ingredients, and prepare a meal as part of the interview.

WINE TASTING FOR THE KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE

The St. Francis and Friends team for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure invites you to a wine tasting and finger food event

Sunday, August 24, 2008 3:00-6:00

Hosted by Debbie Cote and Nancy Burns at their home
4645 California St San Francisco

Our own, Scott Beckerley, will be the specialist serving 12 wines from K&L Wine Merchants

All money raised will go to the San Francisco Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation to fight breast cancer

Suggested contribution for this event: $25 (scholarships are available)

THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKET

BULLETIN #10

August 6, 2008

We’re back from our trip to Oregon with Bailey. We mostly stayed with friend and thanks to remarkably good behavior by all 3 of us, they are still our friends.

My report on how we’re doing in our fundraising is going to be a bit vague because I haven’t yet received any information from AWSF on how individuals have done. They tell me I should get it by Friday. (In years past, I would get it a week after the walk.) So all I have to go on are the on-line team roster for 8/6 and whatever you have told me you have raised since the walk.

First, the on-line changes: On 7/19, our total $15,211. Today this total is $17,871, a gain of $2,660. In addition, I’ve heard from Grant Burger, Richard Copperud, and Greg Jahnke. They report an increase of $920. So right here we can safely add about $4,000 to the $29, 718 total on 7/20.

More worrisome are the 26 Lutheran on our team who so far have raised nothing on-line and were not at the walk. 5 of these are former star-walkers! So in the coming week I will be contacting the 26 to find out where they stand. Hopefully I will hear good news from most of those super nice and generous folk.

Finally- and here I have statistics that I control– my own totals are continuing to rise. On July 23rd (AW notice #9) I had heard from 93 friends who had raised $8117. As of yesterday, I’ve heard from 135 friends who have raised $10,414. And I still haven’t heard from 38 local folks and 50 national friends, who last year wrote checks to the total of $4435. So I’m hopeful that by the 15th I will be pretty close to what I raised last year. I truly hope we all can continue to receive support for this cause.

Maxie

USHER TEAMS

More ushers are needed, especially for the 3rd Sunday. If you would like to help or need more information, contact Dave Walda at the church office. There is a listing of the usher duties available on the website under “Worship & Spirituality” and from Dave.