Canticle Newsletter of St. Francis Episcopal Church of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

January 2015; Volume 1, Issue 2

Regular Events

Men’s Group

2nd Mondays, 6:30 pm

Undercroft

Outreach Ministry

3rd Sundays following

worship. Sunday School

area downstairs.

Vestry

3rd Mondays, 6:30 pm

Hearth Room

Worship Committee as

announced

Outside Groups Yoga

Saturdays, 10-11 am

Undercroft

A.A. Open Meeting

2nd Saturdays, 7:00 pm

Undercroft

A.A. Regular Meeting

Tuesdays, 7:00 pm

Undercroft

Upcoming Events

January 18th

Morning Prayer-Sermon

by The Rev. Sue Clark.

January 25th

Pot Luck & Annual Meeting

following the service.

The Collect of the Day

for next Sunday, Second Sunday after Epiphany

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things to your well-beloved

Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth,

divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gra-

cious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

Click on this link to read the upcoming bible passages: The Lectionary Page

1 Samuel 3:1-10(11-20), Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, John 1:43-51

`And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"

Mother Martha has successfully begun holding ‘open’ staff meetings. These meetings are

open to everyone and begin each Monday at 10:30 am in the Hearth Room. This is meant

to give each of us an opportunity to bring up subjects and questions that need to be

discussed.

Open Staff Meetings

Outreach - Giving Tree “A Christmas Tree was set up in the Narthex of the church waiting for a needy family. I had

contacted Ben Franklin School and talked to the social worker, Michelle Olson, about any families

that might need a little help for the holidays. Michelle gave us ages of 5 children from two families

with things that were suggested for them.

One family was a single mother with 3 children that had their house in foreclosure. The other was

Grandparents that were taking care of 2 children.

Our congregation was very generous in picking off the tags and buying the suggested items.

On Dec. 14 Ron and I collected all the presents and went to the school to give them to Michelle. She

and the principal were overwhelmed by the generosity of our church members.

I hope to do the same thing next year.

Respectfully submitted by

Shala Johnson”

Outreach Committee Report for 2014

This past year we sent out checks to the following worthy projects:

The Yellow Box yielded 1500 pounds of clothing that went to Red Door, Waukesha Men' Center, Hope

Women's Center and Trinity Clothes Closet. Ron Johnson was taking care of this and has now handed over

the reins to Steve Kupcho.

Again we help sponsor 2 children in Haiti. One boy, Billy Erneus, and one girl, Samenta Voltaire.

We started a partnership with St. Albans Church to help work at the Community Dinners that are at St. James

Church. Various churches take turns cooking, setting up and cleaning up. The dinners are held once a month

for those who want to come. It is a free will dinner. We worked 5 times with St. Albans. Thanks to the

Polley's, Kupcho's and Jud for their help.

We continue to help work at the Food Pantry. This is much appreciated by the staff and the recipients' of the

pantry. Thanks to everyone that volunteered for the pantry. Ron's grandchildren (Eli, Amira & Sunny) helped

man the Hot Dog Stand at Piggly Wiggly one Sat. for the Food Pantry.

In Sept. we took a collection of school supplies for the Auer Elementary School. One of the teachers, Charles

Newman, expressed the need of these items. Thank you to those who brought supplies.

Again we had a Giving Tree for a needy families that we a huge success again. Report under separate cover.

We will continue to support the Singing Rooster Coffee endeavor to help Haiti.

Respectfully Submitted by

Shala Johnson

$200.00 Haiti water Project $100.00 Episcopal Relief Development (Ebola)

$250.00 St. Francis Comm. Center - Salina, Ks $202.00 Greta Bemi - Angels Closet

$400.00 Haiti sponsoring 2 children $100.00 Fisher House - to house Vets Families

$200.00 Sussex Community Dinner $247.50 Singing Rooster supporting Haiti relief

$209.02 Greta Bemi - Angels Closet

The grand total of our worthy projects is $1908.5

Canticle—Newsletter of St. Francis Episcopal Church of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin January 2015; Volume 1, Issue 2

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Dousman will be

broadcasting via webcast the Trinity Institutes an-

nual conference. Among the guest speakers this

year is

The Most Rev. Justin Welby, The Archbishop of

Canterbury.

The conferences central topic will be economic

inequality and “...practical tools we can use to

make a positive economic impact.”

WHERE: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 36014 Sun-

set Dr, Dousman, WI

WHEN: Two Opportunities:

Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:00am-Noon

Monday, February 9, 2015 6:00pm-8:30pm

COST: $25.00 per participant

For more information or to register please click on

the following link:

Recap

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In the Words of our Clergy

Don’t forget that recordings of all of the sermons

given at St. Francis can be heard via our Facebook

page at https://www.facebook.com/stfrancischurch

Vestry

Senior Warden: Craig Korn

Junior Warden: Ron Johnson

Vestry Members:

Class of 2015 & Class of 2016

Jan Leisner, Jud Williams,

JD Polley, Mary Jancik

Class of 2017

Sue Hafert, Barb Spain

Mailing Address:

P.O. BOX 194

Menomonee Falls, WI 53052

Church Location:

N84 W16525 Menomonee Av

Menomonee Falls WI 53052

(262) 251-7420

Clergy

Rector: The Rev. Martha Berger

Deacon: The Rev. Ken Castello

Priest Emerita: The Rev. Sue Clark

St Francis Episcopal Church

January 2015 Service Schedule

4th 11th 18th 25th

Karen Jacobs Karen Jacobs Karen Jacobs Karen Jacobs Altar Setup

Ann Sherry Ann Sherry Ann Sherry Ann Sherry Altar Takedown

Craig Korn J.D. Polley Kurt Hoff Ron Johnson Crucifer

Craig Korn Jud Williams Morning Prayer Ron Johnson Server

Linda Mary Kupcho Linda Mary Kupcho Linda Mary Kupcho Linda Mary Kupcho OT Reader

Karen Korn Julie Maddox Craig Korn Evelyn Castello Chalice Bearer/Psalmist

NT Lector/Epistle Reader Julie Maddox Evelyn Castello Craig Korn Chuck Sherry

Usher/Greeter #1 Sue Hafert Gary Maddox Sue Hafert J.D. Polley

Usher/Greeter #2 Liz Stolaski Ben Frey Liz Stolaski Sally Polley

Counter #1 Craig Korn Jan Leisner Barb Spain Sally Polley

Counter #2 Ben Frey Mary Jancik Kurt Hoff Chuck Sherry

* Additions to the schedule for Morning Prayer on 01/18: Officiant –Evelyn Castello, Intercessor-Karen Korn

Canticle—Newsletter of St. Francis Episcopal Church of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin January 2015; Volume 1, Issue 2