St. Francis Episcopal Church

Fr. Ed will take the first of a three week vacation beginning Wednesday, June 6, through Tuesday, June 12th.  The Reverend Melody Williams will be here to substitute for Fr. Ed on Sunday, June 10th.

Suzanne LeVesconte will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Priests on Saturday, June 9 at 11:00 AM at Saint Patrick’s Episcopal Church, 7121 Muirfield Drive, Dublin, Ohio. Suzanne was an active member at Saint Francis during the 1990’s and early 2000’s and would be honored to have members of Saint Francis join in the celebration of her ordination to the priesthood

Robert Boyd joins St. Francis on May 27th, 2012 as bass soloist for our Post Communion Anthem!  Please give him a warm St. Francis welcome! We thank God that he is sharing his gift of singing with us!

Congratulations to Kimmie Sprowles who will be graduating from Middletown High School on Saturday, May 26, 2012.  Kimmie will attend Miami University in the Fall of 2012. May God bless and keep her as she begins a new chapter of her life!

Procter Summer Camps are a wonderful opportunity for kids, teens, and families in our diocese! There are brochures available on the table in the narthex that contains all the pertinent information. If you should look and they are all gone, please let me know and I will be sure we get more. You can also email youth@diosohio.org for more information.

The Last Sunday School for the Program Year will be May 13th. Sunday School will begin again after Labor Day in the Fall.  Please mark your calendars!

Come One, Come All

Visitors’ Sunday at St. Francis is May 6th.  Help us share the gospel with new faces.  Please bring a friend!

On April 29^th, we will again celebrate all the youth of St. Francis on Youth Sunday. The Children’s Choir will sing, and members of the Youth Group will serve as readers, ushers, acolytes and preacher that day. The Youth Group will also provide Coffee Hour on that Sunday.  Kimmie Sprowles will be the preacher.  So be sure to mark your calendars for this big day!

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“Many thanks to all the young people in the parish that have agreed to be readers, acolytes, ushers, preacher and singers for this celebration of our youth!  We are a parish blessed with many children and young adults and look forward to this special  service AND Coffee Hour that they are  presenting to God and St. Francis parishioners.  A list of all who have agreed to participate will be sent out soon. Thank you!”

Children’s Choir To Sing On Youth Sunday, April 29th – just a reminder that the Children’s Choir will rehearse after church on April 15th and 22nd in the choir room (remember, when you hear the BELL it is time to get to rehearsal!), and then at 10 a.m. in the nave on Youth Sunday the 29th.  Please speak with Kimmie or Donna Sprowles for any questions.

Adopt-a-Brunch?
Are you asking yourself: “Okay, so I saved the date, April 22 (after church), but what’s this surprise about? What do I put on my calendar for the “event”?”  If questions like this are keeping you awake at night, let me set you at ease and give you more detail for your calendar – call it Adopt-a-Brunch, and know that more info is bound to be leaked in the near future.

Save the date: April 22nd Adopt-A-Brunch after church. Bring your appetite; great fellowship and brunch provided.