ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR
The Fourth Sunday of
Easter
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Welcome also to our visitors. We invite you to join us for coffee and fellowship in the foyer following the 8 am service and in the Parish Hall following the 10 am service.
8:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant.
10:00 am: Holy Baptism and Choral Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant.
10:00 am: Sunday School Rooms 2, 3, 4 and 5
Name Tags: Everyone feels welcome when they can greet you by name. If you need one, please leave a message for the office.
Prayer Requests: Please write your prayer requests in the Red Intercessions and Thanksgivings Binder in the Foyer. If you have an on-going prayer request, please write it on the “On-Going” Intercession page in the book, or leave the intercession in Margie’s mail box. Thank you.
Prayer Chapel: Our small side prayer chapel is for everyone’s use, but we ask that adults accompany children. Please light only one candle at a time, do not blow out other people’s candles, and kneel–don’t stand–on the kneeler (Prie-Dieu). This will keep the chapel a sacred place for all.
8:00 am: Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant.
10:00 am: Holy Baptism and Choral Holy Eucharist, Chapel: The Rev. David Ota, Celebrant.
10:00 am: Sunday School Rooms 2, 3, 4 and 5
Name Tags: Everyone feels welcome when they can greet you by name. If you need one, please leave a message for the office.
Prayer Requests: Please write your prayer requests in the Red Intercessions and Thanksgivings Binder in the Foyer. If you have an on-going prayer request, please write it on the “On-Going” Intercession page in the book, or leave the intercession in Margie’s mail box. Thank you.
Prayer Chapel: Our small side prayer chapel is for everyone’s use, but we ask that adults accompany children. Please light only one candle at a time, do not blow out other people’s candles, and kneel–don’t stand–on the kneeler (Prie-Dieu). This will keep the chapel a sacred place for all.
TODAY
Youth Group: Sunday, April 22, 8 am, Room 5
Baptism of Randy Jew and Sydney Jew: Sunday, April 22, 10 am, Chapel
Baptism of Randy Jew and Sydney Jew: Sunday, April 22, 10 am, Chapel
THIS WEEK
Bible Study on Acts: Monday, April 23, 7 pm, 887 Erickson Lane, Foster City
Bible Study on Job: Tuesday, April 24, 12:45 pm, Foyer
Vestry Meeting: Tuesday, April 24, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
Capital Campaign Committee Meeting: Thursday, April 26, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
Choir Practice: Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm, Chapel
S.F. Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers game rescheduled to: Saturday, April 28, 1:05 pm,
AT&T Park
Bible Study on Job: Tuesday, April 24, 12:45 pm, Foyer
Vestry Meeting: Tuesday, April 24, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
Capital Campaign Committee Meeting: Thursday, April 26, 7:00 pm, Parish Hall
Choir Practice: Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm, Chapel
S.F. Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers game rescheduled to: Saturday, April 28, 1:05 pm,
AT&T Park
ST. AMBROSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Children’s Choir
Children are invited to join the Children’s Choir each Sunday immediately following the 10 am service for a fifteen minute time of instruction and singing. They will from time to time sing an anthem during the 10 am service once they have mastered a song.
Adult Choir
Come one, come all as we resume rehearsals with the Adult Choir. Rehearsals are on Thursdays, at 7:30 PM. We invite and encourage any and all interested people to participate in the choir, the hymn phrase, "All are welcome in this place" definitely apply to the choir. Please contact Maureen Fromme after church, by phone (415.990.6758) or email (mhfromme@yahoo.com). The more, the merrier!
Study Groups
The Monday study group has embarked on the Good Book Club daily lessons from Luke and Acts in the seasons of Lent and Easter. At each of our meetings, on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, we will discuss the readings we have completed to that point. For more information on the Good Book Club go to the link: http://www.goodbookclub.org/readings/
They will meet next this month on Monday, April 23 at 7 pm in the home of Shelley Keefe, 887 Erickson Lane, Foster City. They will also meet on Mondays, May 14 and 28 from 7:30 pm, at a location to be determined.
The Tuesday Bible Study group meets each week from 12:45 pm to 2 pm in the foyer. They will be meeting on April 17 and 24. They are reading the Book of Job. All are welcome to join.
The study groups are open to any interested person.
San Francisco Giant Game outings
Join members of St. Ambrose in cheering the San Francisco Giants as they begin a new season of baseball. Two outings have been scheduled to attend Giants games. The games will be as follows:
Huge Parking Lot Sale, Saturday, May 12 8:00 am – 2 pm
Proceeds from St. Ambrose Parking Lot Sale go to support St. Ambrose Youth Group summer mission trip to Smith River.
You can participate in two ways:
1. DONATE items for sale. You can drop off items on Friday, May 11th 6 -8pm at St. Ambrose Church. We CAN accept the following items:
Small furniture (unsold furniture must be picked up at end of day)
Questions? Call or text Brenda Matsuo at (650) 520-1140.
A Family Affair: Saturday, May 12
Bring your children ages 4 to 12 to the Parish Hall between noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 to make final preparations for the Mother’s Day celebration the following day. Chef extraordinaire Kyn Dellinger will guide the children in making muffins for the breakfast and artist Nilda Chong will help the children beautify the Parish Hall for the event honoring our mothers, the mothers of our children, and all women. Interested children may also fill in simple gift certificates for their mothers or guardians, offering to help in meaningful ways. Friends of your children are welcome, too, as always.
This event will dovetail with the parking lot sale sponsored by the Youth of St. Ambrose. This confluence of activities will give parents an opportunity, if they choose, to shop at the youth parking lot sale or even to volunteer as a salesperson there, while their younger children are in a supervised setting, preparing for Mother’s Day. Hope you and yours can make it!
Children are invited to join the Children’s Choir each Sunday immediately following the 10 am service for a fifteen minute time of instruction and singing. They will from time to time sing an anthem during the 10 am service once they have mastered a song.
Adult Choir
Come one, come all as we resume rehearsals with the Adult Choir. Rehearsals are on Thursdays, at 7:30 PM. We invite and encourage any and all interested people to participate in the choir, the hymn phrase, "All are welcome in this place" definitely apply to the choir. Please contact Maureen Fromme after church, by phone (415.990.6758) or email (mhfromme@yahoo.com). The more, the merrier!
Study Groups
The Monday study group has embarked on the Good Book Club daily lessons from Luke and Acts in the seasons of Lent and Easter. At each of our meetings, on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, we will discuss the readings we have completed to that point. For more information on the Good Book Club go to the link: http://www.goodbookclub.org/readings/
They will meet next this month on Monday, April 23 at 7 pm in the home of Shelley Keefe, 887 Erickson Lane, Foster City. They will also meet on Mondays, May 14 and 28 from 7:30 pm, at a location to be determined.
The Tuesday Bible Study group meets each week from 12:45 pm to 2 pm in the foyer. They will be meeting on April 17 and 24. They are reading the Book of Job. All are welcome to join.
The study groups are open to any interested person.
San Francisco Giant Game outings
Join members of St. Ambrose in cheering the San Francisco Giants as they begin a new season of baseball. Two outings have been scheduled to attend Giants games. The games will be as follows:
- Saturday, April 28 @ 1:05 p.m. Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. There are still some tickets for this game which was rescheduled from the Saturday, April 6th night game which was rained out.
- Friday, May 18 @ 7:15 p.m. Giants and Colorado Rockies, View Reserve Section 314, Rows, 14, 15 and 16. The tickets cost $29 for Row 14 and $28 for Rows 15 and 16.
Huge Parking Lot Sale, Saturday, May 12 8:00 am – 2 pm
Proceeds from St. Ambrose Parking Lot Sale go to support St. Ambrose Youth Group summer mission trip to Smith River.
You can participate in two ways:
1. DONATE items for sale. You can drop off items on Friday, May 11th 6 -8pm at St. Ambrose Church. We CAN accept the following items:
Small furniture (unsold furniture must be picked up at end of day)
- Gently used clothing (good condition), shoes and accessories
- Sportswear and sporting equipment
- Household items
- Books, games and toys
- Flat-panel HDTVs only (NO rear-projection HDTVs
- Jewelry
- Records, compact disks, video tapes and DVDs
- Housewares: dishes, glassware, kitchen utensils, lamps and small kitchen appliances
- Collectibles, antiques, knickknacks and other giftware
- Hand tools and small power tools
- Domestics: linens, curtains, blankets, etc. (no pillows)
- Electronics: Stereos, radios, VCRs, DVD players, etc.
Questions? Call or text Brenda Matsuo at (650) 520-1140.
A Family Affair: Saturday, May 12
Bring your children ages 4 to 12 to the Parish Hall between noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 to make final preparations for the Mother’s Day celebration the following day. Chef extraordinaire Kyn Dellinger will guide the children in making muffins for the breakfast and artist Nilda Chong will help the children beautify the Parish Hall for the event honoring our mothers, the mothers of our children, and all women. Interested children may also fill in simple gift certificates for their mothers or guardians, offering to help in meaningful ways. Friends of your children are welcome, too, as always.
This event will dovetail with the parking lot sale sponsored by the Youth of St. Ambrose. This confluence of activities will give parents an opportunity, if they choose, to shop at the youth parking lot sale or even to volunteer as a salesperson there, while their younger children are in a supervised setting, preparing for Mother’s Day. Hope you and yours can make it!
Shhhhhhh! Top Secret Mission for Men
A comment I heard recently from one of our children: “I can help with the Mother’s Day breakfast. I know how to pour my cereal into the bowl!”
On Sunday, May 13 from 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. St. Ambrose children will be offering a top-secret, special breakfast in gratitude for the women who love and care for them. Table decorations and simple gifts are being prepared by the children, and they will help serve the food on the morning of the breakfast.
We need a few good men to take the lead in the kitchen. What better way to honor the mother of your children, your own mother, or another woman special to you! Chef hats will be provided for men willing to brown the sausage, scramble the eggs, cut up the fruit, and especially to take charge of the kitchen on the morning of Sunday, May 13. Men, please call the Rev. Karen Swanson at 650-200-8449 if are able to lead or assist in this very important mission. Thank you!
On Sunday, May 13 from 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. St. Ambrose children will be offering a top-secret, special breakfast in gratitude for the women who love and care for them. Table decorations and simple gifts are being prepared by the children, and they will help serve the food on the morning of the breakfast.
We need a few good men to take the lead in the kitchen. What better way to honor the mother of your children, your own mother, or another woman special to you! Chef hats will be provided for men willing to brown the sausage, scramble the eggs, cut up the fruit, and especially to take charge of the kitchen on the morning of Sunday, May 13. Men, please call the Rev. Karen Swanson at 650-200-8449 if are able to lead or assist in this very important mission. Thank you!
Save the Date: Mother’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, May 13 from 8:45 – 9:45 a.m.
St. Ambrose Directory
Please pick up a copy of the St. Ambrose Church Directory in the foyer. Let us know that you picked up your copy by signing the pick-up sheets in the foyer or the Parish Hall.
Forward Day by Day
New books for May, June and July are also now available for pickup in the foyer.
Episcopal Shields are available
Episcopal Shields are available in the office for your cars. We have two kinds. One can be used as a bumper sticker. The other can be used in your car window. These shields will show that you are part of the Episcopal Church, and when you park in our parking lot, the school will know that you most likely here for church purposes.
Volunteers to give Eugene Hetzer a ride on Sundays
Long-time member Eugene Hetzer can use some transportation help on Sundays to worship at 10 am. The bus service is not very good on Sundays. Jim Neubert, who recently moved to Redwood City, had been giving him a ride, but can’t do so on a regular basis. If you are willing to give Eugene a ride occasionally please sign up on a Volunteers to Eugene Hetzer a ride, or contact our Administrative Assistant, Margie Lee at stambrose@mindspring.com or call her between 9 am and 1 pm at 650 574-1369. Also, a sign-up sheet for volunteers able to give Eugene a ride is posted on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall
Altar Guild Flower Fund:
The St. Ambrose Altar Guild prepares the altar and sanctuary for each service. As part of these responsibilities, the guild provides the beautiful flower arrangements for the sanctuary. The cost of the Altar flowers is $65 per week, but any amount is welcome. These flowers are funded by individual donations. You may contribute toward flowers in celebration of birthdays, anniversaries, and other special days or in the memory of loved ones. To make a donation please complete the blue form in the flower pot in the Foyer. Checks can be made to the St. Ambrose Episcopal Church. Please put “Altar Flowers” in the note. Cash can be put in the white envelopes. Donations in any amount will be appreciated. Thank you. If you have any questions, please talk to Charlene Adolph.
Sign up for E-script:
Good news: SaveMart, Lucky, and Food Maxx have recently partnered with E-script. If you haven’t already signed up for E-script, please sign up under Group name: St Ambrose and Group ID #139618933. All your support helps.
Please pick up a copy of the St. Ambrose Church Directory in the foyer. Let us know that you picked up your copy by signing the pick-up sheets in the foyer or the Parish Hall.
Forward Day by Day
New books for May, June and July are also now available for pickup in the foyer.
Episcopal Shields are available
Episcopal Shields are available in the office for your cars. We have two kinds. One can be used as a bumper sticker. The other can be used in your car window. These shields will show that you are part of the Episcopal Church, and when you park in our parking lot, the school will know that you most likely here for church purposes.
Volunteers to give Eugene Hetzer a ride on Sundays
Long-time member Eugene Hetzer can use some transportation help on Sundays to worship at 10 am. The bus service is not very good on Sundays. Jim Neubert, who recently moved to Redwood City, had been giving him a ride, but can’t do so on a regular basis. If you are willing to give Eugene a ride occasionally please sign up on a Volunteers to Eugene Hetzer a ride, or contact our Administrative Assistant, Margie Lee at stambrose@mindspring.com or call her between 9 am and 1 pm at 650 574-1369. Also, a sign-up sheet for volunteers able to give Eugene a ride is posted on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall
Altar Guild Flower Fund:
The St. Ambrose Altar Guild prepares the altar and sanctuary for each service. As part of these responsibilities, the guild provides the beautiful flower arrangements for the sanctuary. The cost of the Altar flowers is $65 per week, but any amount is welcome. These flowers are funded by individual donations. You may contribute toward flowers in celebration of birthdays, anniversaries, and other special days or in the memory of loved ones. To make a donation please complete the blue form in the flower pot in the Foyer. Checks can be made to the St. Ambrose Episcopal Church. Please put “Altar Flowers” in the note. Cash can be put in the white envelopes. Donations in any amount will be appreciated. Thank you. If you have any questions, please talk to Charlene Adolph.
Sign up for E-script:
Good news: SaveMart, Lucky, and Food Maxx have recently partnered with E-script. If you haven’t already signed up for E-script, please sign up under Group name: St Ambrose and Group ID #139618933. All your support helps.
Mark Your Calendars:
- Rector at General Convention Deputation Meeting: Wednesday, April 25, 4:00 pm, Diocesan House
- Capital Campaign Executive Committee meetings: Thursdays, April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, June 7, 14, 21 and 28, 7:00 pm, Chapel
- S.F. Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers game rescheduled to: Saturday, April 28, 1:05 pm, AT&T Park
- Sandwiches on Sundays: Sunday, April 29, 11:30 am, Fair Oaks Community Center, Redwood City
- Home and Hope: Tuesday, May 8 and Thursday, May 10, 6 pm, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, 600 42nd Ave., San Mateo
- Youth Mission Trip Parking Lot Sale Fundraiser: Saturday, May 12, 8 am, Parking Lot
- A Family Affair: Saturday, May 12, 12 Noon, Parish Hall
- Mothers’ Day Breakfast: Sunday, May 13, 8:50 am, Parish Hall
- Day of Pentecost: Sunday, May 20, 8 am and 10 am services, Chapel
- United Thank Offering Ingathering: Sunday, May 20, 8 am and 10 am services
- Youth Group Meeting: Sunday, May 20, 8 am, Room 5
- S.F. Giants and Colorado Rockies game: Friday, May 18, 7:15 pm, AT&T Park
- The Day of Pentecost: Sunday, May 20, Holy Eucharist, 8:00 am, and Choral Holy Eucharist, 10:00 am, Chapel
- Deanery of the Peninsula Meeting: Thursday, May 24, 7 pm, Transfiguration Church, San Mateo
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Sandwiches on Sunday: On Sunday, April 29th, members and friends of St. Ambrose will be serving a hot lunch of baked chicken & rice and salad for about 70 people. We need seven (7) entrée trays, and seven (7) salads. Plus we can use some bread or rolls.
Who: St. Ambrose members and friends
What: 1) Prepare lunch (chicken & rice and salad); 2) serve lunch and clean up.
Where: Fair Oaks Community Center in Redwood City, 2600 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
When: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm.
If you can help to prepare a dish and/or serve and clean up, please put your name on the sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Rob Richards (rob.richards@tensorlabs.com, 577-8924).
Home and Hope: Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church will temporarily shelter four families—11 to 15 people, half are children—during the week of May 6th. We need volunteers to make dinner on Tuesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 10th. A sign-up sheet has been posted in the Parish Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Yuen (stevebyuen@aol.com, 650-341-1966).
United Thank Offering: Please donate to The United Thank Offering (UTO) spring campaign. The UTO has supported the missions of the Episcopal Church since 1889 and alleviates poverty throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion. Please make your checks to St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, designated “UTO”. Blue envelopes for cash and checks, as well as the traditional “blue boxes” for loose change are set out for your convenience. Donations can be dropped off at the church office or placed in the offering through Sunday, May 20th. Thank you!
Second Harvest Food Barrel: Thanks to all who donate. We have a new barrel to fill! Please bring cans of food when you come to worship and place it in the Second Harvest Food Barrel in the foyer. Monetary contributions to Second Harvest may be made to St. Ambrose, designated “Second Harvest,” or directly to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Attention: Donation Dept., P.O. Box 213, San Mateo, CA 94401-0213.
Who: St. Ambrose members and friends
What: 1) Prepare lunch (chicken & rice and salad); 2) serve lunch and clean up.
Where: Fair Oaks Community Center in Redwood City, 2600 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City
When: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm.
If you can help to prepare a dish and/or serve and clean up, please put your name on the sign-up sheet in the Parish Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Rob Richards (rob.richards@tensorlabs.com, 577-8924).
Home and Hope: Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church will temporarily shelter four families—11 to 15 people, half are children—during the week of May 6th. We need volunteers to make dinner on Tuesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 10th. A sign-up sheet has been posted in the Parish Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Yuen (stevebyuen@aol.com, 650-341-1966).
United Thank Offering: Please donate to The United Thank Offering (UTO) spring campaign. The UTO has supported the missions of the Episcopal Church since 1889 and alleviates poverty throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion. Please make your checks to St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, designated “UTO”. Blue envelopes for cash and checks, as well as the traditional “blue boxes” for loose change are set out for your convenience. Donations can be dropped off at the church office or placed in the offering through Sunday, May 20th. Thank you!
Second Harvest Food Barrel: Thanks to all who donate. We have a new barrel to fill! Please bring cans of food when you come to worship and place it in the Second Harvest Food Barrel in the foyer. Monetary contributions to Second Harvest may be made to St. Ambrose, designated “Second Harvest,” or directly to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, Attention: Donation Dept., P.O. Box 213, San Mateo, CA 94401-0213.
DIOCESAN ANNOUNCEMENTS
Multi-Cultural Conversation Training in Woodland
Is your church/school/community changing, so rapidly you feel you can’t keep up? Is it difficult to have conversations in your community across the blue/red line or with newcomers and neighbors? Ms. Ana Hernandez, cultural conversationalist, will teach a workshop on Multi-Cultural Conversation training on Saturday, April 28 at St Luke’s, Woodland. The workshop will focus on active listening skills as well as how to engage in effective communications across cultural lines. This workshop is important for anyone working with congregations, communities, and schools and is essential for anyone interested in healing racism and reconciliation work. Ms. Anna Hernandez has years of work in the Episcopal Church as a workshop facilitator on cultural issues, church musical and advisor to churches and dioceses. This event is co-sponsored by Province VIII of the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of California, and the Diocese of Northern California.
When: April 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: St. Luke’s, 515 Second Street, Woodland
Cost: $20 (lunch included, scholarship is available)
Contact: the Rev. Eric Metoyer, ericm@diocal.org
Is your church/school/community changing, so rapidly you feel you can’t keep up? Is it difficult to have conversations in your community across the blue/red line or with newcomers and neighbors? Ms. Ana Hernandez, cultural conversationalist, will teach a workshop on Multi-Cultural Conversation training on Saturday, April 28 at St Luke’s, Woodland. The workshop will focus on active listening skills as well as how to engage in effective communications across cultural lines. This workshop is important for anyone working with congregations, communities, and schools and is essential for anyone interested in healing racism and reconciliation work. Ms. Anna Hernandez has years of work in the Episcopal Church as a workshop facilitator on cultural issues, church musical and advisor to churches and dioceses. This event is co-sponsored by Province VIII of the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of California, and the Diocese of Northern California.
When: April 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: St. Luke’s, 515 Second Street, Woodland
Cost: $20 (lunch included, scholarship is available)
Contact: the Rev. Eric Metoyer, ericm@diocal.org
An afternoon of Broadway musicals and spring tea at St. Matthew's, San Mateo
Join the Thrift Shop staff in a fun-filled afternoon tea. The soloists, children, and youth choirs of St. Matthew’s will perform selections from Broadway musicals. Tea sandwiches, small savories, and desserts will be served with tea and punch. Raffle tickets are available for purchase. Prizes include dinners at local San Mateo restaurants. All proceeds go to the organ fund. Space is limited and tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door.
When: Saturday, April 28, 2 to 4 p.m.
Join the Thrift Shop staff in a fun-filled afternoon tea. The soloists, children, and youth choirs of St. Matthew’s will perform selections from Broadway musicals. Tea sandwiches, small savories, and desserts will be served with tea and punch. Raffle tickets are available for purchase. Prizes include dinners at local San Mateo restaurants. All proceeds go to the organ fund. Space is limited and tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door.
When: Saturday, April 28, 2 to 4 p.m.
Where: St. Matthew's, 1 South El Camino Real, San Mateo
Cost: $15, Raffle tickets: $2 each or three for $5
Contact: Victoria Wolcott, Parish Administrator, vlwolcott@episcopalstmatthew.org, 650-342-1481
Join the Thrift Shop staff in a fun-filled afternoon tea. The soloists, children, and youth choirs of St. Matthew’s will perform selections from Broadway musicals. Tea sandwiches, small savories, and desserts will be served with tea and punch. Raffle tickets are available for purchase. Prizes include dinners at local San Mateo restaurants. All proceeds go to the organ fund. Space is limited and tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door.
When: Saturday, April 28, 2 to 4 p.m.
Join the Thrift Shop staff in a fun-filled afternoon tea. The soloists, children, and youth choirs of St. Matthew’s will perform selections from Broadway musicals. Tea sandwiches, small savories, and desserts will be served with tea and punch. Raffle tickets are available for purchase. Prizes include dinners at local San Mateo restaurants. All proceeds go to the organ fund. Space is limited and tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door.
When: Saturday, April 28, 2 to 4 p.m.
Where: St. Matthew's, 1 South El Camino Real, San Mateo
Cost: $15, Raffle tickets: $2 each or three for $5
Contact: Victoria Wolcott, Parish Administrator, vlwolcott@episcopalstmatthew.org, 650-342-1481
Day of Discernment
Would you like to explore some new discernment practices? Are you discerning a call to holy orders or some other ministry? Join us for this one-day workshop, grounded in our Baptismal Covenant, that can help frame your journey. While the focus is on discernment for ministry in daily life, Day of Discernment is a pre-requisite for application for postulancy in the Diocese of California.
When: Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: St. James, 1540 12th Ave., Oakland
Cost: $25 (fee covers materials and lunch; scholarship assistance is available)
Contact: Melissa Ridlon, melissar@diocal.org
Upcoming Eucharistic Visitor/Eucharistic Minister training in San Francisco
There will a Eucharistic Visitor/Eucharistic Minister training on Saturday, May 12 at True Sunshine, San Francisco. To register for this training, email Amy Cook, amyc@diocal.org.
We are seeking host churches in each deanery for these trainings so that we can set a calendar for the rest of the year. If you would like to schedule an EV/EM training, please email Amy Cook.
When: Saturday, May 12, 2 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: True Sunshine, 1430 Mason Street, San Francisco
Register: Amy Cook, amyc@diocal.org
There will a Eucharistic Visitor/Eucharistic Minister training on Saturday, May 12 at True Sunshine, San Francisco. To register for this training, email Amy Cook, amyc@diocal.org.
We are seeking host churches in each deanery for these trainings so that we can set a calendar for the rest of the year. If you would like to schedule an EV/EM training, please email Amy Cook.
When: Saturday, May 12, 2 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: True Sunshine, 1430 Mason Street, San Francisco
Register: Amy Cook, amyc@diocal.org
Support Trinity Center: A Ground-Breaking Episcopal Response to The Bay Area Affordable Housing Crisis
Homelessness is an epidemic in the Bay Area, driven by rents that now force hard-working lower-income people to live on the streets or in their cars. Join Bishop Marc in supporting the Trinity Center, the first program of its kind in the Diocese, combining affordable housing and resources to raise individuals and families out of poverty, homelessness, and hopelessness to a life of dignity, safety, and opportunity. Bishop Marc and his wife, Sheila, have graciously offered to host a dinner for 10 at their home as a fundraiser. Your tickets for the drawing double as a donation to Trinity Center and can be purchased by clicking the ticket link below.
What: Fundraiser drawing for dinner with Bishop Marc supporting Trinity Center
When: Drawing will be on Saturday, August 25.
Where: Dinner at Bishop Marc’s home in San Francisco
Tickets: http://helptrinity.org/
Deadline to buy tickets: Saturday, August 25 (Tickets will be drawn at 5:30 pm PST
Homelessness is an epidemic in the Bay Area, driven by rents that now force hard-working lower-income people to live on the streets or in their cars. Join Bishop Marc in supporting the Trinity Center, the first program of its kind in the Diocese, combining affordable housing and resources to raise individuals and families out of poverty, homelessness, and hopelessness to a life of dignity, safety, and opportunity. Bishop Marc and his wife, Sheila, have graciously offered to host a dinner for 10 at their home as a fundraiser. Your tickets for the drawing double as a donation to Trinity Center and can be purchased by clicking the ticket link below.
What: Fundraiser drawing for dinner with Bishop Marc supporting Trinity Center
When: Drawing will be on Saturday, August 25.
Where: Dinner at Bishop Marc’s home in San Francisco
Tickets: http://helptrinity.org/
Deadline to buy tickets: Saturday, August 25 (Tickets will be drawn at 5:30 pm PST
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
HIP Housing is a Non-Profit Organization in San Mateo County:
People can find the Rooms for Rent Provider and Rooms for Rent Seeker on the website. The fliers are posted in the Parish Hall on the Community News Bulletin Board. Contact HIP Housing at 650-348-6660. To schedule an appointment to discuss home sharing opportunities or other available affordable housing visit www.HIPhousing.org.
