The Seventh Sunday of Easter May 8th

The Collect of the Day

O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Link to Readings: The Lectionary Page

Acts 16:16-34; Revelation 22:12-14,16-17,20-21 John 17:20-26; Psalm 97

REGULAR EVENTS

Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

Men’s Group 2nd Mondays, 6:30 pm Undercroft

Outreach Committee 3rd Sunday after worship Sunday School area

Vestry 3rd Mondays, 6:30 pm, Hearth Room

OUTSIDE GROUPS

Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting2nd Saturdays, 7 pm Undercroft

YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS STUDY CONTINUES

Mondays at 11 am or

Wednesdays at 6:30 pm

Please pick up the readings for the upcoming session

in the Narthex.

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

St. Francis Episcopal Church

Pentecost is Coming! The Celebration of the

Holy Spirit

Sunday, May 15th1 - Wear Red

2 - Join in the Lord’s Prayer in another language

Check here for other languages

E-Canticle May 2, 2016

St Francis Episcopal Church(262) 251-7420

www.stfrancisepiscopal.orgMailing Address: P.O. BOX 194,

Menomonee Falls WI 53052-0194Church Location:

N84 W16525 Menomonee AvenueMenomonee Falls, WI 53051

Rector: The Rev. Martha BergerDeacon: The Rev. Ken CastelloPriest Emerita: The Rev. Sue

ClarkSenior Warden: Craig Korn

Junior Warden: Ron JohnsonVestry Members:

Class of 2017Sue Hafert, Barb Spain

Class of 2018Chuck Sherry, JD Polley

Class of 2019Keith MacGaffey

Upcoming Meetings and Events

May 5, Thursday - ASCENSION DAY DINNER - 6 pm Evening Prayer, 6:30 DinnerMay 14, Saturday - Food Pantry Food Sorting - 1:30 - 5:30 (Postal Food Drive)May 15, Sunday - PENTECOST!!May 16, Monday - Vestry, 6:30 pmMay 21, Saturday - Vestry Retreat, 9 am - 3 pmMay 22, Sunday - Blue Jean Sunday, following service. (Trinity Sunday!)June 5, Sunday - Worship Committee Meeting following the morning serviceJune 20-21 - Mother Martha at Diversity Training in Baltimore, MDAugust 17, Wednesday - Food Pantry Picnic for all volunteers, Rotary Park, Area 1

Daniel Berrigan’s 10 “Commandments” for living:

1) Call on Jesus when all else fails. Call on Him when all else succeeds (except that never happens).

2) Don't be afraid to be afraid or appalled to be appalled. How do you think the trees feel these days, or the whales, or, for that matter, most humans?

3) Keep your soul to yourself. Soul is a possession worth paying for, they're growing rarer. Learn from monks, they have secrets worth knowing.

4) About practically everything in the world, there's nothing you can do. This is Socratic wisdom. However, about a few things you can do something. Do it, with a good heart.

5) On a long drive, there's bound to be a dull stretch or two. Don't go anywhere with someone who expects you to be interesting all the time. And don't be hard on your fellow travelers. Try to smile after a coffee stop.

6) Practically no one has the stomach to love you, if you don't love yourself. They just endure. So do you.

7) About healing: The gospels tell us that this was Jesus' specialty and he was heard to say: "Take up your couch and walk!” (Last Sunday’s Sermon!)

8) When traveling on an airplane, watch the movie, but don't use the earphones. Then you'll be able to see what's going on, but not understand what's happening, and so you'll feel right at home, little different then you do on the ground.

9) Know that sometimes the only writing material you have is your own blood.

10) Start with the impossible. Proceed calmly towards the improbable. No worry, there are at least five exits.

Rest in Peace: Daniel Joseph Berrigan, S.J. (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016)American Jesuit priest, Anti-war activist, and poet.

Like many others during the 1960s, Berrigan's active protest of the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, but it was his participation in the Catonsville Nine that made him famous. It also landed him on the FBI's "most wanted list," on the cover of TIME magazine, and in prison. His own particular form of militancy and radical spirituality in the service of social and political justice was significant enough, at that time, to "shape the tactics of resistance to the Vietnam War" in the United States.

For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the US's leading anti-war activists. In 1980, he founded the Plowshares Movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight. He was also an award-winning and prolific author of some 50 books, a teacher, and a university educator.