Late February/

March 2019

Pax et Bonum

From the Interim Rector Last month I wrote about New Year’s resolutions. This month, as we approach Lent, another opportunity presents itself to reinforce resolutions—by giving something up or by taking on something new for the season of Lent. Lent provides a whole season to try on new behavior, reminding yourself who you are and whose you are. You may want to take on a new discipline—prayer, study, service, or forego something unhealthy—sugar, alcohol, inactivity. You may take on a new ministry or get in touch with a part of yourself that has been dormant. At St. Francis’ you have additional ways to deepen your experience of the season. Attend Sunday worship with a Lenten liturgy, come for Night Prayer and fellowship around bowls of soup on Wednesdays at 6 pm, donate items for Bayview Mission. Attend all the Holy Week services in preparation for the outpouring of Easter on April 21. On Tuesday, March 5 come for a big blow-out pancake supper where we will celebrate before quieting things down for the penitential season of Lent. On March 6, come at noon or 6 pm for Ash Wednesday and remember the comforting truth that you are dust and to dust you shall return. Join in fully with the season and move, this year, toward the spirit of Easter with great intentionality.

Christine +

A NEWSLETTER FOR

ST. FRANCIS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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Search Update As Lent and Easter lie ahead and the program year has commenced, this time presents a good chance to check in with the parish with an update on the Rector Search. Our Interim Rector has settled into her first two quarters with us. The vestry has chosen members of the Search Committee who bios follow. In the meantime, the vestry will review the previous parish survey as they compile an updated survey. This survey will be distributed in the parish and its results will help in producing the Parish Profile. We feel good about the timing and unfolding of the process. Please continue to pray for this congregation of St. Francis’ now and as we move forward: O God of patient and gentle strength, who knows our needs even before we ask, may your loving presence guide us as we seek the next settled rector for St. Francis’. Give us an open spirit, discerning hearts and clear minds, that we may trust your will for us and become ever more united as we walk the way of Christ. Inspire our conversation, deepen our prayer, and make us a community of humility and grace. Bless our current leadership and encourage us in transition. All this we ask through your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

Search Committee Members

WENDY DWYER Hello. I'm Wendy Dwyer, you may have seen me scuttling about St Francis Episcopal Church as I have been a member since 1994, and during the summer and Christmas season from 2000-2008 due to assignments in New Delhi, India and Singapore. I have been involved in the following ministries: Vestry, Food Bank, Laguna Honda, Braid Mentor, Hospitality, Sanctuary Dinners, the Burrito Project, Bridgewatch Angels, One Warm Coat drive and the Bayview Mission. I do prefer to stay in the background. Though not entirely an omniscient observer, I do like to think I listen to our parish community's concerns and try to troubleshoot, or lend a hand, when it seems necessary and helpful for the greater good. I have been so appreciative and inspired by the rectors and staff throughout these decades and have made treasured friendships within our community. I am truly looking forward to being on this search committee team with honest communication, trust, responsibility, respect, confidentiality and dedication as our hallmarks that will lead us to our next Rector.

JOHN DUUS

My name is John Duus. I have been attending St. Francis’ Church since 2004. l was confirmed in the Episcopal Church in 2005 by Bishop Swing. I was baptized and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in San Jose where I grew up. I graduated from San Jose State with a BA in Photojournalism and worked for a commercial and industrial photography company. After 10 and a half years of working in the photography industry I knew I needed to work with people not with cameras. I still enjoy my photography on the side and am now working with Seniors. I moved to San Francisco from San Jose in 2000 to start my career in skilled nursing as an activity assistant. In 2004 I was promoted as an Activity Director and have enjoyed it since. I married my husband, Ed Splichal in 2013 here at St. Francis on my 50th Birthday. This was the best birthday gift ever. Ed and I have 6 children. Five with feathers (hens) and one with four paws and a beautiful tail (cat). My hobbies are photography, gardening, singing in the St. Francis Choir and assisting with the flowers for the Altar Guild. I have previously served as a Vestry member and this will be my second opportunity to be on a rector search committee.

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DAVID KRIEGH

I've been a parishioner at St. Francis' since 2013. I am a cradle Episcopalian, but it was a big cradle because I was baptized at age 8. I was drawn to St. Francis' because it reminded me of the parish I grew up in, and I actually visited St. Francis’ back in the 1990's as part of diocesan youth activities. I have served the church is a variety of roles, including vestry and deanery. I am frequently seen around the altar on Sundays as a lector, crucifer, and eucharistic minister, and preached on two occasions. I live in Pacifica with my wife Frances, mother-in-law Carolyn, and four cats (Linus, Trevor, Momo, and Callie). I am a professional librarian and I have worked at various public and academic libraries. I have been the library director of St. Patrick's, a Catholic seminary in Menlo Park, for the past six years. I am excited to participate in the important process of discovering our next rector with my fellow parishioners.

LISA NAPOLI I am a lifelong Episcopalian, and a grateful member of the St Francis community for close to 20 years. I have

been married 30 years to the incomparable Gregg and proud mom of John, Sophie and Nicholas. My career interest has focused on philanthropy both in grantmaking and fundraising. I am current president of Alternatives for Burmese Children, a foundation dedicated to improving the lives of displaced children in Burma. I am skilled in event and volunteer management, as well as nonprofit organization. My background is

strong in business development with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) focused in International Business from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

BEVERLY POPEK Beverly Popek is a native San Franciscan, a daughter, wife, and a mother of two children. Her journey with St. Francis’ Episcopal Church started in 1978 when she very young and attended Sunday School! Beverly received the Sacrament of Confirmation and was married at St. Francis’. Examples of her service to St. Francis’ and the greater Episcopal Church have been serving as an acolyte, lay reader, youth delegate to General Convention, elected California Diocesan Representative to Synod, Thrift Shop volunteer, Godly play teacher and coordinator, member of the Vestry, previous search committee member and currently Tween and Youth Group Leader. Beverly’s two sons, Jeffrey and Tristan, regularly attend services and her mother, Pat Ho-A-Yun, is an usher and a member of the Altar Guild. Since 2011, Beverly has been employed at the City and County of San Francisco as a compliance and enforcement officer in various agencies. Currently, she serves at the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement where she investigates compensation and healthcare violations. Previously, she has worked as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Anthropology Department at Skyline Community College (San Bruno, CA) and a Project Director at ASIAN, Inc. (nonprofit) for six years concurrently. Beverly is a certified mediator and some of her notable skills are in project management, presentations, stakeholder relations, training and instruction, negotiations and settlements. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Anthropology and Political Science from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

KEN QUANDT I was born and raised here in San Francisco and educated at UC Berkeley (Ph.D. in Classics 1979). I have a wife (Laura) and two kids (Eric and Zoe) with three grandchildren so far (Ava, Brady, and Jack). I started a parking lot design and striping business thirty years ago and recently retired. Throughout these years I have been studying Plato, in Greek, and have been writing commentaries on Plato for fifteen years and translating books by European friends. I have been in and out of church several times, having left when I thought I was a sinner and rejoined when I thought I wasn’t, except for this time, when I have been for several years part of the blessed community of St. Francis’, where we confess each week. CHRISTINA STEPHEN My name is Christina Stephen and I am honored to be part of the Rector Search Committee. My husband Craig and I have attended St. Francis’ Episcopal since about 2003 and have participated in many of the church’s ministries since then. I served on the vestry, taught Sunday School, helped organize several fundraisers, and helped with various other jobs. Currently, I am keeping the website up-to-date and sending out the weekly email that details upcoming events at St. Francis’. I also try to do coffee hour every few months or so. I’m looking forward to being part of the search process. WOLF MANOWSKI

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Valentine-Making

On Sunday, February 10 at the coffee hour, all ages gathered to make Valentines for people who are shut-in and cannot make it to church and for veterans. Lots of creativity and love went into bountiful supplies to make an abundant array of pink, white, and red cards. Thank you to Carol Thollander, Buffy Francisco, Janet Giannini for spearheading this project. And thank you to all who turned out and brought their loving craft to make cards.

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Liturgy Notes Traditionally, Lent is observed as a penitential season. To set of the 40 day season, we have instituted a number of changes to the way we worship together. Instead of processing in to a hymn, the choir and altar party will come in to the tolling of bells for a more austere sound. Sundays in Lent will open with the Penitential Order found in the Book of Common Prayer on p. 351. This Order recites the Decalogue or a Summary of the Law and moves the confession up to the front of the service. In this way we begin “on our knees” in an attitude of contrition. Following the Penitential Order, we say or sing the Trisagion—a hymn with a triple invocation of God as holy. We return to the Nicene Creed for our statement of faith. The Prayers of the People are written by liturgist Rick Morley and are based on Psalm 51. The Eucharistic Prayer is based on the Scottish Rite and has rich imagery of creation, reconciliation, and redemption. The Post-Communion Prayer simplifies and streamlines the language to give a succinct thank you for the holiest of meals we have just shared. Throughout the season of Lent we omit all Alleluias.

Gethsemane

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Tuesday, March 5 at 6 pm in the Parish Hall Traditionally before the fasting season of Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday, people clean out the cup-boards and eat up the food in preparation. Since most cupboards have the ingredients to make pancakes, it be-came a practice to have pancakes on the eve of Lent. Come feast before the fast at this Shrove Tuesday bash. Come eat pancakes, sausage and fruit as you “clear out” room for the season of Lent.

SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER

Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Services at Noon (spoken) and 6 pm (choral)

Ash Wednesday begins the 40 days of Lent. Traditionally, people receive the imposition of ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. This cross reflects the cross made on the forehead when one was chrismated at baptism and “sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.” The ashes imposed are made from previous years’ Palm Sunday dried and burned fronds.

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Laguna Honda Ministry

For decades volunteers from St. Francis’ have been hosting a Eucharist service at Laguna Honda Hospital. LHH provides care for seniors and adults with disabilities by combining expert health services with careful attention to the needs of each person served. Helping meet the spiritual needs of residents and staff, we offer a service on the second Wednesday of each month. In addition to attending the service, volunteers help residents get to and from the chapel. New volunteers are always welcomed and needed. More people can help more residents attend the service. Please speak to the Rev. Christine Trainor to find out more.

Five Wednesdays in Lent Come for midweek prayer, refreshment, conversation, and community during Lent. At 6 pm we meet in the choir of the church for night prayer. We will use the New Zealand Prayer Book rite. Following prayer, we meet in the Guild Hall for soup and conversation. We may decide to do a reading together. Please sign up to bring soup on the bulletin board by the kitchen door. Come be a part of this forming and formational gathering! Meeting days: March 13 - April 10. We will not meet in Holy Week.

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CALENDAR

Ongoing Weekly Events . Monday to Friday YMCA Preschool in Session—8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday Lynn Douthit School of Dance 3;00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.-Parish Hall Monday to Thursday Julie Vernon tutoring 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.-Godly Play Room Tuesday INTO Bible Study and Lunch 11:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m.—Parish Hall Tuesday Café Shalom—Israeli Folk Dance 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.—Parish Hall Wednesday Food Pantry, 3:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m. Courtyard/Kitchen/Guild Hall Thursday St. Francis’ Choir Rehearsal—7 p.m.—Church Friday Tai Chi--10:00-11:30--Parish Hall Friday INTO Youth Group —7:00 p.m.-9:00 pm—Guild Hall Saturday Yoga class—8:00 a.m., 9:15 a.m.,10:30 a.m.— Guild Hall Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Church) and Coffee Hour—Kitchen 9:15a.m., Bible Study in the Guild Hall 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Church) and Coffee Hour, Parish Hall 10:00 Godly Play—Sunday School room Teen and Tween Class, Guild Hall 1 p.m. Church Service, INTO( Church), and Coffee Hour /Parish Hall 7:30p.m. 12-Step Rap Group Meeting in the Guild Hall

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Birthdays Please contact the Parish Office

if you would like to list a birthday.

Aiden Cooper—March 1 Edina Florio—March 2 Carol Kossler—March 3 Kaysea Ray—March 3 Leo Cole—March 4 Rich Trezevant —March 4 Catherine O’Neal—March 8 Mark Giannini—March 8 Nancy Greenland—March 8 Brooke Powell—March 10 Virginia Wells—March 11 Mary Nicole Finch—March 12 Patrick Kossler—March 12 John O’Neal—March 14 Britany Steinway—March 15 Walt Terris—March 16 William Hage—March 17 Pat Vassar—March 17 Margaret van der Reis—March 18 Lisa Cole—March 18 Jim O’Neal—March 21 LeeAnn DeSalles—March 21 John Gates—March 22 Elizabeth DeSaussay—March 25 Vera Eby—March 27 John Greenland—March 28 Johanna Hart—March 30 Karl Clayter—March 31

Aquamarine Daffodil

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READINGS

March 3 Exodus 34:29-35 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a Psalm 99

March 10

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:8b-13 Luke 4:1-13 Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

March 17

Genesis 15:1-12,17-18 Philippians 3:17-4:1 Luke 13:31-35 Psalm 27

March 24

Exodus 3:1-15 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8

March 31

Joshua 5:9-12 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Psalm 32

Luke 13:1-9

Luke 31-35

Moses with the Ten Commandments by Philippe de Champaigne.

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St. Francis’ Episcopal Church 399 San Fernando Way

San Francisco, CA 94127 www.stfrancisepiscopal.org

Office: (415) 334-1590 Email: retcor@stfrancisepiscopal.org Keith A. Smith, AHC Parish Administrator Office: (415) 334-1590 Fax: (415) 334-1591 Email: administrtor@stfrancisepiscopal.org

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: M-TH: 10am to 5pm

F: 10AM to Noon

2018 Vestry Kate Kassuba (2020) Sr .Warden Ed Splichal, (2020) Jr .Warden Class of 2019 Nicholas Cole-Farrell Meighan Merono Michelle Herrera Class of 2020 Shae Brown David Kriegh Class of 2021 Melinda Lee Emily Papworth Claudia Quinn Maryla Salt Drake Pike, Treasurer Deanery Delegates Alice Gates Richard Young Betsy Zobell

Staff Interim Rector The Rev. Christine Trainor Assisting Clergy The Rev. Dominic George, T.S.S.F. The Rev. Robert Kossler Music Director Dale Richards Organist Jason Jia Parish Administrator Keith A. Smith, AHC Sunday School Coordinators Amy Cole-Farrell and Beverly Popek Nursery Caregiver Carol Fine