Weekly News from St. Francis Lutheran Church for July 12, 2009 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER: |
ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 7, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — An ordinance recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries went into effect Tuesday in the District of Columbia, and a member of the City Council said he planned to follow up with a measure to allow same-sex marriage in the city.
The bill recognizing the marriages was approved 12 to 1 by the City Council in May. Congress, which has the final say over the city’s laws, had 30 days to review the legislation. Since it took no action, the bill automatically became law.
Councilman David Catania is fine-tuning a bill that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in Washington.
During the Congressional review period, some opponents of the Washington ordinance sought a referendum on the matter. The effort was spearheaded by Bishop Harry Jackson, who leads a church in Beltsville, Md.
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GARDEN THERAPY |
Saturday July 18 |
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Please join the Yard Committee on July 18, from 9AM to 1 PM for a few hours of stress reduction. We will be pruning the “Great Laurus nobilis I Hedge”. All helping hands and pruning shears are welcome.
Aroma therapy also provided
free of charge.
From the Facebook Page: "We must do everything in our power to enlist our straight allies, family members, co-workers to march side by side with us on October 11 for the National Equality March on Washington." If you are Straight, if you are LGBT, COME OUT to March on Washington this October, to demand equal protection under the law for EVERYONE!
See their website:
www.nationalequalitymarch.com which includes a blog and the Facebook page for more information.
Woe, woe, woe. We got problems. The couple that previously told me they would have the after-walk barbeque have now informed me that they will not be able to do it. Our budget for the Walk expenses is limited to $150.00. Box lunches cost $9.00 from the AIDS-Walk caterers (9 x 50 = $450). It’s possible we won’t have a post-walk lunch. Unfortunate, but not the end of the world.
A week ago, our on-line team total was $7,425. It is now $9,560. Of 100 team members, four geographers have raised $3,340 and 13 Lutherans have raised $4,085. But that leaves 83 team members with no on-line donations. I hope that means checks and cash rather than “I’ll get to it tomorrow.”
Ten days left to the Walk.
MaxTo sponsor a walker, talk to one of the walkers on our St. Francis team. You can also sponsor a walker directly on-line by going to http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/, and click on the button on the left button that says Sponsor a Walker.
To find out who is on the St. Francis team, click on the left button of the homepage that says Team Info. On the following page, look for the link 2009 Registered Teams, and scan down for the team St Francis Lutheran Church/SFSUGeography-1127.
On Thursday, September 10, the All San Francisco Concert Committee will sponsor a concert for the whole community at Davies Symphony Hall. The Concert recreates the Opening Night concert program with Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Ilya Yakushev:
We will need a minimum of 10 tickets at $10 each paid in advance no later than Sunday, July 26. Let’s go together and enjoy that special evening! First 10 people to sign up will enjoy a light dinner at Pastor Robert's Condo 3 blocks from the Symphony Hall. See Sam Aller.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts attorney general, Martha Coakley, sued the federal government Wednesday to overturn a section of the law denying federal benefits to spouses in same-sex marriages.
With the suit, Massachusetts becomes the first state to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed by Congress in 1996 and prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage. Massachusetts was also the first state, in 2003, to grant gay couples the right to marry.
Lutheran True Confessions
Illustrating the cost that the ELCA is going to pay for approving the ordination of LGBTQ pastors in committed relationships at the Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis this August, Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Arizona, an ELCA mega congregation with weekly attendance at approximately 2500, voted on June 28 to sever its relationship with the ELCA and join Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ.
Megapastor Walt Kallestad says his church "will not accept or comply with any such denominational decision....I would say to you that we’re going to do everything we can to pray and seek God that this would not prevail, that the vote of the acceptance of leadership and the ordination of gays and lesbian pastors, I believe, would break God’s heart, it would break many people’s hearts. But at the end of the day, should they choose to do that, we’ll ask God what do you want us to do at that point?”
The SF Marathon will be running through San Francisco Sunday July 26 from west to east SF, starting early in the morning. The route will go east on Haight St. to Buchanan, then to Guerrero. The marathon is expected to affect the traffic in the church’s area at least through 11:30 A.M.
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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!
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Join us at the Thrivent Builds/Habitat for Humanity site this year on our special days. Thrivent is fundraising a third entire home in San Francisco. Real commitment to our community - and you can help. Our Lutheran sweat-equity and donor support will make it work. Mark your calendar to volunteer for our next Build dates:
July 25th
August 8th and more
Contact your congregational coordinator / Thrivent Champion Diane DeLange for more information.
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CROP HUNGER WALK |
Sunday Oct 18 1:30 P.M. |
Walk around Lake Merced followed by a Big Rumble Block Party!!
CROP Hunger Walks help children and families worldwide -- and right here in the U.S. -- to have food for today, while building for a better tomorrow. Each year some two million CROP Walkers, volunteers, and sponsors put their hearts and soles in motion, raising over $16 million per year to help end hunger and poverty around the world -- as well as here in our backyard of San Francisco. Come and be a part of this walk to end hunger on October 18!
The 2009 San Francisco CROP Walk, our 30th year, will benefit the San Francisco Food Bank, the San Francisco Interfaith Council Winter Shelter Program, as well as Church World Service, the sponsoring organization that provides a broad range of poverty fighting projects around the world.
For more information or to join the walk team, contact Marc Jung, Walk Coordinator, at 510-848-7024, or via email, marcauditor@juno.com or Marilyn Saner at 414-265-3809, or via email, msaner@att.net
Sign up as an individual. You can also register the day of the walk too!
For more information go to www.cropwalksf.org/CWS/2009_SF_CROP_Hunger_Walk.html
Lectionary for next Sunday
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
Deadline for Times material is Wednesday at 2 p.m.
Every effort will be made to accommodate all submissions according
to space availability.
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