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MAY 2021 Franciscan a monthly publication of St. Francis Episcopal Church Sunday, May 23rd we celebrate Pentecost, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the gift of God’s indwelling in our lives. The Holy Spirit working in us can be difficult to define, but we know the fruits of the spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. A gift that we can give one another is to celebrate where we see this fruit coming forth in each other. This May I invite us to look for these fruits in each other’s lives at St Francis and to practice naming those when we see them at work in our church. It is such an encouraging gift to hear from others that we are growing, changing for the good, or impacting people. A friend of almost forty years recently came for a visit to meet baby Reynolds. After spending a week together we each commented on the areas of our lives where we saw transfor- mation, in some cases patience and in others kindness. We were able to offer one another the gift of mutual encouragement by celebrating the gifts of the spirit present and working in our lives. In this practice we are tracking the movement of The Holy Spirit. Beyond encouraging each other I invite us to name where we see Gods spirit moving in our neighborhoods. Where do you see goodness? Where do you see joy? Where do you see faithfulness? Let’s find ways to encourage those in our broader community to continue to cultivate this fruit. St Francis can offer a gift to our neighbors by being a place that celebrates the power and presence of God wherever the Spirit is moving. Perhaps these are also the places or people with whom St Francis can partner with to love our neighbors. May we be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to be participants in God’s creative love that envelops the world. ~ Fr. Jed Dearing “A Publication of St. Francis Episcopal Church—“Proclaiming the Good News in word and deed.”
MAY 2021
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Holy Eucharist, Jazzercise Zoom Morning Bible Study Barbershop Jazzercise
Rite II 10:30 am 4:45 pm Prayer 7:30 am 10:30 am Singers 7:00 pm 4:45 pm
Sunday School Election Day Jazzercise Alanon 7:30 pm
10:30 am 4:45 pm
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Holy Eucharist, Jazzercise Zoom Morning Bible Study Barbershop Jazzercise
Rite II 10:30 am 4:45 pm Prayer 7:30 am 10:30 am Singers 7:00 pm 4:45 pm
Jazzercise
Sunday School 4:45 pm Jazzercise Alanon 7:30 pm
10:30 am 4:45 pm
Boy Scouts Feast of
Mother’s Day 6:00 pm & Ascension
7:00 pm 6:30 pm
Vestry Meeting
7:00 pm
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Holy Eucharist, Jazzercise Zoom Morning Bible Study Barbershop Jazzercise
Rite II 10:30 am 4:45 pm Prayer 7:30 am 10:30 am Singers 7:00 pm 4:45 pm
Sunday School Jazzercise
Jazzercise Alanon 7:30 pm
10:30 am 4:45 pm
4:45 pm
Boy Scouts
Blessing of the 6:00 pm &
Bicycles 7:00 pm
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Holy Eucharist, Jazzercise Zoom Morning Bible Study Barbershop Jazzercise
Rite II 10:30 am 4:45 pm Prayer 7:30 am 10:30 am Singers 7:00 pm 4:45 pm
Sunday School Jazzercise
Wine Down Alanon 7:30 pm
10:30 am 4:45 pm
Wednesday
Boy Scouts 7:00 pm
30 31 6:00 pm &
7:00 pm
Holy Eucharist, Jazzercise
Rite II 10:30 am 4:45 pm
Sunday School
Memorial
10:30 am
Day
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May Birthdays May Anniversaries
Jeff Baldrige on May 1 Dick and Barb Pascoe on May 16
Barb Pascoe on May 9
Ron Thomas on May 10
Rachel Willmarth on May 24
If your name does not appear on
our birthday or anniversary list,
please contact the church office.
Praying the Daily Offices
Join together every Tuesday morning on Zoom to pray Rite II Morning
Prayer. On days that include a commemoration we will remember the holy
women and holy men who have gone before us in the faith.
All are welcome to join. The Zoom link is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85912344872
Meeting ID: 859 1234 4872
Morning Prayer starts at 7:30 am and typically lasts thirty minutes. The
Zoom Link is recurring and can be used weekly. Bulletins will be provided in
the Zoom Chat Box but all services can be joined using a Book of Common
Prayer.
May 4 - Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo
May 11 - Johann Arndt and Jacob Boehme
May 18 - No Commemoration
May 25 - Bede the Venerable
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St. Francis would like to memorialize your loved ones and
friends who passed away, whether as veterans, from
COVID19, mass shooting victims, or other issues with small
flags in the front yard for Memorial Day in May. If you would
like to contribute flags for the people you would like to
celebrate, fill out the memorial form on the table in the Narthex
and place it in the offering plate by May 15. If you have any
questions, contact Mary Harris at (937) 672-7993.
On May 26 at 7:00 pm St. Francis will be hosting a parish wine
tasting. all participating in the wine tasting are asked to bring a
$10.00 to $15.00 bottle of wine and deliver it to the kitchen in a
bag. The wine bottles will be decorated to hide the label. Wine
will be tasted one bottle at a time and when done we'll vote for
our favorite. The winner will receive a fun prize. All ages 21
and up are welcome. If you don't like wine, come to socialize
and bring your drink of choice. Water and ice tea will be
provided as well as light snacks. This is no dinner! Cheers! Call
Kathi Oaks at (937) 866-3310 for more information.
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The Sound of Music—La Comedia Dinner
Theater on June 10, 5:30
Join the parish in an evening of dinner and a musical at
a greatly reduced rate. La Comedia Dinner Theater is
open again, offering dinner followed by their
production of The Sound of Music. The theater is on
Central Avenue, less than two miles from Saint Francis. Cost is $42 per
person and the money must be paid in advance—get it to Ginny Culp
or Steve Graham by Sunday, May 9. Don’t miss out on a great evening!
Ascension Day
Thursday, May 13 at 6:30 pm // Feast of the Ascension -
Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Merry Ascension! Merry Ascension? What’s that? Well, its a way of saying there’s
a huge feast in the life of the church. It’s one of our principal feasts, and just like
Christmas is a principal feast, and Easter and All Saints Day, so is the Feast of the
Ascension. Merry Ascension! It’s a way of reminding us that there’s something big
worth celebrating right now. We often forget about it because Ascension Day falls on a
Thursday every year. It can be easy to forget, be easy to let it pass by, but I encourage
you not to let the Ascension pass by without your notice and a prayer of Thanksgiving
to the living God on the Feast of the Ascension. We remember and we commemorate
Jesus — his body rising into heaven and leaving his disciples there knowing that his
Holy Spirit was soon to come upon them.
This was 40 days after the Resurrection and Jesus’ body ascended, but he was clear
with his disciples that even though he was leaving, the work that he had begun was not
over. Let me repeat that: Even though Jesus was ascending, the work that he began
was not over, and he handed that work off to his apostles, to the church, to the people of
God, and that generation and the next generation, all the way down to ours and for
generations to come — who are called to continue the work of Christ. It is a powerful
testimony and statement that the very work of God, the most important work of God
begun in Jesus Christ, has been handed to us to continue to carry on in His name — to
feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to visit the prisoner, to share the Good News of
God. What a blessing it is.
Friends in Christ, Christ is risen and Christ has ascended. And in that fact, we have
been empowered — empowered to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. So go celebrate
a Merry Ascension. Celebrate the good news of Jesus Christ and share it with a world
aching to hear it. *Adapted from Rt. Rev Kevin S. Brown
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St. Francis will have another Rummage Sale
on Saturday, June 5 from 9:00 am—
am—1:00 pm.
While you Spring Clean don’t throw it away,
keep it for the Rummage Sale. There is no
time like the present to clean house and
donate any of the items you find to St.
Francis. You can collect home décor, toys
and games, books, movies, jewelry,
clothing, etc.
Reminder that St. Francis will be having a Fall Rummage Sale
as well, so start collecting anything you would like to donate
for that sale.
If you have any questions, please contact Mary Harris at
(937) 672-
672-7993.
Outreach Ministry Program
Each month for Ingathering Sunday, there will be certain items that need to
be collected. For the month of May please collect any items for the Food
Pantry and place them in the Ingathering baskets in the Foyer.
Outreach Ministry Jars
Please look for jars around the church to throw your loose change in.
They will be located on the table in the Foyer, near the coffee pots in the
kitchen, and on the table during coffee hour.
The donations for May will help to pay for any repairs we have around
the church.
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Bike to Church Sunday and Blessing of the Bicycles
Sunday May, 16th at 10:30am
Springboro is celebrating National Bicycle Month in May
and if you are a bicyclist, we invite you to bicycle to church
Sunday, May 16. We will offer a blessing of the
bicycles (or tricycles or unicycles) immediately following
the service.
We will hear from guest preacher and avid bicyclist, Jonathan Youngman.
Jonathan Youngman is the Managing Director of Franklinton Cycleworks (an
Episcopal Mission Enterprise in Columbus Ohio), who works to educate their
neighborhood about the personal, environmental, social, and physical benefits
of biking. They empower all of their neighborhood to take advantage of
the benefits of biking while building a strong, tightly-knit biking
community. Jonathan has served on the vestry of St. John's Episcopal Columbus
and as a member of the Commission on Ministry for the Diocese of Southern
Ohio. Jonathan will help us explore what it means to "be sent into the world" by
Jesus and each bring our gifts, skills and passions to love our neighbors.
Monthly Food Donations Drive
On Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2 First United Methodist in
Springboro will be holding a food drive for the Springboro
Community Assistance Center who is desperately in need of
donations. If you would like to donate any
food items you have to First United Methodist,
please drop them off at 60 E North St,
Springboro, OH 45066, Phone: (937) 748-2612.
This is a wonderful continuation of the Food
Drive St. Francis held back in January. Please
come and show your support!
7READING BETWEEN THE LINES
"Alleluia! Sing To Jesus" H1982 #460
This well-loved hymn, originally entitled "Redemption
Through The Precious Blood" is set here to the hymn tune
Hyfrydol. It is a Welsh tune, and was composed by
Rowland Hugh Prichard (born in Graienyn,
Merionetshire, Wales, 1811-1887). Pritchard composed
the tune in 1830 before he was twenty years old, and
published the tune in his handbook to the children's song-
book Cyfaill y Cantorian in 1844. In Welsh, Hyfrydol
means "delightful, agreeable, pleasant, beautiful, fair, fine, sweet, melodious".
Pritchard was also well-known as a precentor - a cantor.
The words to this hymn were written by William Chatterton Dix (born in
Bristol, England in 1837, died in Cheddar, Somerset, England in 1898) who
was a maritime insurance agent in Glasgow, Scotland. It was inspired by
Revelations 5:9, "And they sang a new song with these words: 'You are wor-
thy...For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God'".
In this glorious hymn, Dix invites us to sing of that new life in Christ.
Dix wrote this as a Communion hymn on Ascension Sunday, six weeks after
Easter. The first stanza reminds us of the Revelations scene, the second recalls
Christ's ascension and even His words of comfort in the upper room, "I will
not abandon you as orphans" (John 14:18). The last stanza tells of the
ascended Christ in heaven as the Great High Priest, interceding for his own.
"After this, I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe
and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb.
They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. And
they were shouting with a mighty shout, "Salvation comes from our God who
sits on the throne, and from the Lamb!" ~ Revelations 7:9-10
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News around the Ohio area
“It’s our connection to God and each other that gives meaning to our lives.”
Clarifying vision and mission of the diocese
Over the past several years the Program and Ministry Review Committee of Diocesan Council has worked to
clarify the vision, mission and strategy for our diocese. The committee has included a number of activities
and initiatives. Council has reviewed the past ten years of strategy work and identified plans and ideas to
carry forward. We have done this with visioning sessions with diocesan leaders, we have accessed learnings
from the Exodus Convocation and have increased our awareness of ideas and trends across the diocese.
We have done these things while keeping theologically based in Becoming Beloved Community.
The recent survey results, as we move forward to welcoming a new bishop, indicate that a shared vision is
essential for a healthy diocese and we welcome this opportunity to share what has developed thus far. This
will continue to be refined as we move ahead, and your input is welcome and appreciated. Please feel wel-
come to contact us at diocesancouncil@diosohio.org
Dave Thomson, 1 st VP Diocesan Council
Lisa Barker, VP Diocesan Council
OUR VISION
A church focused outside our doors, loving and serving Jesus Christ in our beloved communities in relevant
ways, both new and traditional.
OUR MISSION
Christ is calling us into meaningful connections with each other that transcend all boundaries, and to act on
those connections for the benefit of all. By these connections we are made whole.
Our Umbrella Theology
Becoming Beloved Community
Relationship | Justice | Dignity | Community: For and with all
Strategic Commitments
RELATIONSHIPS
Mission and Relationship with all Community Members
DISCIPLESHIP
Foster Formation and Discipleship
TRANSFORMATION
Missional Engagement for Growth and Transformation
Supporting Programs and Missions
Creation Care and Evangelism
Telling the Truth | Proclaiming the Dream | Practicing the Way of Love | Repairing the Breach
9Saint Francis Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church in Springboro
225 N. Main Street, Springboro, OH 45066
(937)
937) 748-
748-2592 www.saintfran.org
Worship Tim_s
Sun^[ys [t 10:30 [m - Holy Eu]h[rist, Rit_ II
Sun^[ys [t 10:30 [m - Sun^[y S]hool
Tu_s^[ys [t 7:30 pm - Morning Pr[y_r on Zoom
W_^n_s^[ys [t 10:30 [m - Bi\l_ Stu^y
Pr[y_r for M[y
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our str_ngth: By th_ might of thy Spirit lift us, w_ pr[y
th__, to thy pr_s_n]_, wh_r_ w_ m[y \_ still [n^ know th[t
thou [rt Go^; through J_sus Christ our Lor^. @m_n.
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Clergy Resident - The Rev. Jed Dearing
Senior Warden - Stephan Graham
Junior Warden - Joe Spangler
Vestry Clerk - Ginny Culp
Financial Secretary - Sue Starner
Parish Secretary - Alisha Minamyer
Choir Director - Donna Sprowles
Organist - Diana Graham
Sunday School Director - Jenny Catalan
Vestry Members - Stephan Graham,
Jenny Catalan, Barb Roy, Chuck Oduah, Jack Emerson, Mary Harris,
Ron Thomas, Kimmie Sprowles, and Ginny Culp.
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