“Your church is very busy!” I heard someone say this as we finished up the discussion portion of our Liturgy Lab on Sunday evening. I ended the discussion at 7:00 pm because I knew that AA would be there soon to set up for their meeting at 7:30, and sure enough, just as we were pushing back our chairs, someone came in to begin setting up.
Our church is busy. Both AA and Al-Anon have weekly meetings in the Parish Hall, as do quilters and beaders. In addition, there are yoga classes that meet twice a week and our grief group that meets once a week.
Tomorrow we will celebrate Lunar New Year with a delicious dinner and a wonderfully fun auction, and on Saturday we will have a celebration of music put on by David Knight, Alex Sams, Kathy Capellino, and multiple other people. Saturday’s musical celebration will be raising money for Harbor Connects and our music program.
The Lunar New Year’s party raises money for St. Teresa’s, one of our many guilds at St. Francis. The money raised by St. Teresa’s is used to fund various charitable projects in and out of the church.
On Monday, February 9, the Friars will be hosting a dinner that begins at 6:00 pm.
On our last Sunday service before Lent, we will have an instructed Eucharist, a chance during worship for people to learn why we do what we do.
There is a lot happening at St. Francis – we ARE a busy church! Come and see!
The Rev. Jason Shelby
Rector
jason.shelby@stfrancispalosverdes.org