Weekly News from St. Francis Lutheran Church for August 31 2008

Worship participants are needed for Sunday Sept. 7th. Contact Dave Walda in the office if you can help or sign up at the board in the Parish Hall.

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.

Congratulations to Max Kirkeberg and Gabriel Proo married on August 23^rd.
Send us your wedding photos.

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)

FIGHT PROPOSITION 8

The Merchants of Upper Market & Castro (of which St. Francis Church is a member) recently passed a resolution against State Proposition 8.
Other organizations fighting this proposition are:

EQUALITY CALIFORNIA

(www.eqca.org) located at 2370 Market St 2nd Fl, 415/581-0005 ex 300. Individuals can help by hosting a party or fundraising event, or even becoming an EQCA member and fundraise on-line. See their website for a host kit and more information.

THE NO ON 8, EQUALITY FOR ALL CAMPAIGN (WWW.EQUALITYFORALL.COM)

This organization is composed of many organizations including PFLAG. Persons may volunteer, or host a house party, just to name a few opportunities.

Contact one of these organizations if you are interested in defeating proposition 8.

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.

The St. Francis and Friends Team thanks everyone for making the recent wine tasting event such a success. $2925 was raised for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Special thanks go to Deb Cote and Nancy Burns for hosting the event at their lovely home, to Scott Beckerley for his knowledge and enthusiasm in pouring, to Barb Kling, Janet Thuesen, Marilyn Jackson, Nancy Loewe,and Paul Johnson for providing the food, and to Mamie Rheingold and to Bank of the West for their special raffle items. THANK YOU ALL!

On Sunday, September 14, the St. Francis and Friends Team for Race for the Cure will be hosting coffee hour. At that time, anyone who would like to made a donation to the team, may. A drawing will be held.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS that Katharine von Bora , Martin Luther’s wife, will be preaching next Sunday, Sept. 7 at St. Francis.

Brother Martin cannot be there because he is busy working with our dearly beloved Word Alone folk who, he says, have screwed up the whole point of his werk, oops, work of reforming the Christian church.

ARE YOU A GAY OR LESBIAN STEP-GRANDPARENT?

If you are gay or lesbian, age 50 or above, and also the partner to a biological grandparent, you are needed for an interview for a university-related research project. The results from these interviews will better inform us about the role of gay and lesbian grandparents and stepgrandparents in the lives of their families.

Dr. David Jenkins, a professor of social work, is in charge of this project and Judith Levin, MSW will be available for confidential interviews during the months of August and September. Each participant will get a $30 gift certificate for their time in the project. If you are interested in participating or know of someone that may be interested, please email to D.jenkins@tcu.edu. You can also contact David at (817) 808-3676

FOOD BASKET DONATIONS

St. Francis was recently the recipient of at least 50 lbs of food dropped off by a family from our area. This family had obviously just been to Costco and with the help of their two boys, brought in all kinds of food. Some of the food will be used for the Thanksgiving dinner, and some for the Hospitality Hour meals served on Sunday.

St. Francis can use canned soups, vegetables beans, noodles and canned meats for the Hospitality Hour. Donations of the large packages of individually wrapped granola bars, cookies and crackers can also be given to our guests that attend the Hospitality Hour. Contact Chuck Hancock if you have questions about other food that can be used. Food not used at St Francis will be turned over to the San Francisco Food Bank.

BULLETIN #12

August 20, 2008

Last Friday afternoon I met with our team coordinator and together we went through our team roster. Thirty one Lutheran (and friends Tyler and David) raised a total of $19,950. Twenty one Geographers raised a total of $9,837—$300 was donated just to the team. And I raised $13,117. Add all that together and we get $43,204. Yea!

All of the Lutherans were regulars, having walked before, and most have done this every year since we began as a team in 1996. A huge thank you to the nine Lutherans raising over $1000: Jim Asp, Sylvia Braselmann, Grant Burger, Richard Copperud, Greg Egertson, Bruce Jervis, Paul Johnson, Anika Orun and Gabriel Proo. An equally big thank you to the other Lutherans: Diane DeLange, Robert Goldstein, Bev Hines, Marilyn Jackson, Greg Jahnke, Hans-Christian Kasper, Brian Knittel, Jim Kowalski, Steve Lawson, Leona Lee, Michael Mallory, Carol Moilan, Mehmet Orun, Nancy Record, Tyler Reed, Robin Ressler, Eric Shifler, David Somers, Carl Tebell, Sarah Wells and Marsha White.
Maxie

A WORD OF THANKS. The pastors and congregation thank Max Kirkeberg for his years of leadership, promotion and paperwork behind the scenes that have made our contribution to the AIDS WALK such a success. Max, your good work is deeply appreciated.

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.

NEW MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

A new church directory will be available in September. Please contact Dave Walda soon if you have a change of address, phone number or other information that should be reflected in our records and the directory. If you need your picture taken or want a new one taken let Dave know also.

The church office is open from 8:30 am to 5 PM, It is highly recommended that appointments be made when visiting Dave Walda, the Senior Parish Administrator to insure that he will be available to assist you. Thanks!

FUNDRAISER FOR THE WELCOME MINISTRY

Saturday November 8th 10:00 AM to 2 PM
Old First Presbyterian Church

A fine opportunity to recycle things you don't need. Bring small household items: blankets, knicknacks, electrical appliances, (all in working condition), lamps, dishes, pans, books, tapes, dvds, etc.

We will not accept clothing for the rummage sale, but the Welcome Ministry does need clothing for adults. Please do not bring items to the church on Saturday or Sunday. Contact Pastor Rohrer for more info at 567-2661 Help us out while you help yourself! 

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR HARVEY MILK ACADEMY

Please lend a hand and help the students from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy (HMCRA). As a result of this year's anticipated state budget cuts, HMCRA has only $32 for supplies for the entire school year!

HMCRA is a small, public alternative elementary school located at 4235 19th Street with 240 students from K through 5th grade. Donations are needed badly.

HMCRA is seeking supplies like backpacks, crayons, spiral notebooks, markers, calculators, glue sticks, scissors, folders, pencils and rulers. Please also feel free to donate gift cards to the school.

For more information please call the school at 415-241-6276 or http://harveymilk.com/.