st. francis' eureka mo 2010 march newsletter

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Holy Eucharist

Sunday service is at 10 a.m.

at 616 Stockell Drive,

Eureka, MO.

Visit our parish office at

126 S. Central in Old Town,Eureka.

Phone: 636-938-3733

Vicar

The Rev. Sally S. Weaver

Phone No.s: Home 636-938-7773

C e l l : 3 1 4 - 6 5 1 - 3 8 3 6

In this issue

A c t i v i t i e s / I t e m s o f

I n f o r m a t i o n & I n t e r -e s t , p g 5 - 8 ;

A t t e n d a n c e c o m p a r i -s o n , p g 1 1 ;

B C f o r 2 0 1 0 , p g 2 ;

B i b l e S t u d y , p g 2 ;

B i r t h d a y s , p g 8 ;

C a l e n d a r , p g 9 ;

C o m m u n i t y H a p p e n -i n g s , p g 1 2 ;

D a y l i g h t S a v i n g T i m e ,p g 1 1 ;

D i r e c t o r y A v a i l a b l e ,p g 1 1 ;

F i n a n c i a l U p d a t e , p g1 1 ;

G o a l s 2 0 1 0 , p g 3 ;

H o l y W e e k , p g 8 ;

P a s t o r s C o r n e r , p g 1 ;

P e o p l e w e P r a y f o r , p g1 2 ;

P l a n n i n g C a l e n d a r , p g2 - 5 ;

R e a c h i n g t h e V i c a r , p g2 ;

S a l l y s C a l e n d a r , p g 6 ;

S t . F r a n c i s P r a y e r , p g2 ;

T h a n k s , p g 1 0 ;

W o r s h i p S c h e d u l e , p g1 0

The ChaliceSt. Francis Episcopal Church

Eureka MOM a r c h

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More members. More kids. More families. Moreyoung adults. These are typical answers from St. Francis

members when asked the question, What do we wantmost, whats a priority for us in 2010? We want ourchurch to grow. Were just not sure how to accomplish it.

We no longer live in a society that knows the stories of the Bible or thegood news of Jesus Christ. Only 7% of Americans attend mainline denomina-tional churches. Over 25% of Americans under the age of 30, have no back-ground in any organized religion. We cannot expect people to come through ourdoors just because we open them widely.

Beginning April 11, we will undertake a 6-week journey together as acongregation, using a curriculum called Unbinding Your Heart. We will read,pray, and discuss this book during our Adult forum time, from 11:30 a.m. to

12:15 p.m. on Sundays.Will Unbinding Your Heart provide us sure-fire tricks for rapid church

growth? No. What this process will do is focus us on sharing our faith.Churches grow because people who love God share their faith with other people.We who know that our lives are enriched beyond measure because of Gods loveshare that love with others. Our motivation is spreading the message of Godslove, not adding to the rolls of our church. We are fed each week with Christsbody. Shouldnt we be offering that food to the vast numbers around us who arespiritually hungry?

How will we grow?

By deepening our relationship with God, by strengthening our faith through

prayer and worship

By feeling comfortable with describing for other people the difference thatbeing a Christian makes in our lives

By making sure that St. Francis maintains a focus on growing our membersrelationship with Christ and by sharing that faith with others

Unbinding Your Heart will help us begin our journey, doing thesethings. Its sure to be an exciting ride. Im grateful that well have each other astraveling companions. I look forward to our shared adventure.

The Pastors Corner


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T

Bishops Committee: Bar-

bara Sacco, Sr. Warden; Suz-

anne Jones, Jr. Warden;

Cassie Eckhardt, Bill Cody;Leroy Young; Kathleen

McDonald; Lori Scissors;

Bob Hosutt; Steve Strat-

hearn, Clerk;

Nancy Bergman, Treasurer.

Annual Meeting

An Annual Meeting is held

each year at the end of Janu-

ary at which new BishopsCommittee and Convention

Delegates are elected.

St. Francis Episcopal Church

is a mission of the Episcopal

Diocese of Missouri.

The Chaliceis the newsletter

of St. Francis Episcopal

Church, Eureka, and is pub-

lished at least 10 times peryear.

Submissions for The Chal-

ice are due on the 20th of

each month and may be sent

or e-mailed to the Parish

Office.

2010 Bishops Committee & Delegates

Bob Hosutt Cassie Eckhardt

Bill Cody Leroy YoungLori Scissors Kathleen McDonald

Barbara Sacco, Sr. Warden Suzanne Jones, Jr. Warden

Steve Strathearn, Clerk Nancy Bergmann, Treasurer

Convention Delegates: Michael Booker & Cassie Eckhardt

If you need to reach the Vicar

Pastor Sally can be reached at the following numbers:

Cell phone: 314-651-3836

Home: 636-938-7773

St. Francis: 636-938-3733

You can always call the church office (636-938-3733) and listen to the message.

These numbers are also listed on the worship service leaflet each Sunday.

Pastor Sally wants to hear from you when you have an urgent pastoral need.

Please call her home or cell number to reach her at any hour of the day or night

when a pastoral emergency occurs.

Friday morning Bible study at Michelles

On Fridays from 10-11:30 a.m. we gather at Michelles

Caf to study the Bible readings for the upcoming Sunday. Mi-

chelles is at 104 S. Central Ave., on the same side of the street as

the parish house toward the railroad tracks. Please join us for

lively conversation and good coffee.

Prayer for St. Francis

We pray for the witness, renewal, and growth of our parish family.Open the door of St. Francis Church, O God, wide enough to beckon

those of every age and situation. Smooth the threshold into an inviting

pathway for children and for straying feet; and fill all who enter here

with your Divine love and peace, and with our human love and fellow-

ship. Amen.


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T h e C h a l i c e w w w . s t f r a n c i s e u r e k a . o r g

St. Francis 2010 Goals

These are our 2010 goals, as developed by the Bishops Committee at the February 13 retreat.Youll be hearing about our progress against these goals quarterly, throughout the year.

What By when

Christian education for all ages year-round, in place April

Nursery up and running April

Congregation-wide participation in church growth program June

(Unbinding Your Heart)

Local Outreach project identified, planned, begun June

Communications committee formed and running June

Average Sunday attendance of 45 consistently Year-end

St. Francis Planning CalendarMarch

Eat n Pray, 6-7:30 p.m. at Parish house March 4, 11, 18

Taize worship service, 7 p.m. at Parish house March 25

Palm Sunday March 28

Scarves for the homeless knitting begins

Schedule for Adult forums for 2010 is developed

Adult forum to discuss a local outreach project

Nursery worker is hired

Youth Group involves our teens

Website is redone using the new, easier-to-use software and content is updated

Space is reserved for Eureka Days

February 13s BC retreat work and the 2010 goals presented at an Adult Forum

Forum Dinners begin

April

Maundy Thursday service, 7 p.m. at the Lodge April 1

Good Friday service, 7 p.m. at the Parish house April 2

Easter April 4


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Begin Unbinding Your Heart (6-week program) as the Adult Forum April 11

At Worship & Music Committee meeting, identify Eucharistic Visitors April 5

Christian Formation for kids is up and running

Nursery service available

Forum Dinner this month is Feed the World from your Dining Room

Outreach has plan for 2010 which is published on Website

Eucharistic Visitor training

May

Finalize plans at Worship & Music Committee meeting for Mass in the Grass May 3

Train Eucharistic Visitors

Pentecost May 23

Trinity hot lunch May 30June

Communications Committee is functioning, has plan for 2010

Local Outreach project is up and running

Adopt-a-Highway plan

Eureka Food Pantry drive

Quarterly committee reports and review of 2010 goals at BC meeting

Mass in the Grass in a Eureka park, followed by a congregational picnic

July

School supplies drive

Camp Phoenix July 25-31

Partner with Eureka UMC with Vacation Bible School July 25-31

August

Planning for Christian Formation (both adults & children) for program year

School supplies distribution

Trinity hot lunch August 29September

Eureka Days September 11-12

Bishop Smith visits St. Francis with confirmation ceremony September 12

Stewardship program begins

Youth Group resumes

Quarterly committee reports and review of 2010 goals at BC meeting


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Fair trade coffee

October

Pet blessing October 2

Trinity hot lunch October 31

November

All Saints

Stewardship ingathering

Nominating committee formed

Cathedral Lessons & Carols ask for choir participation

2011 budget planning

Adopt-a-family

Scarves for the homeless collection November 14 Diocesan Convention November 19-20

Thanksgiving November 25

December

Advent

Adopt-a-family

Christmas

Bishops Committee candidate slate presented to congregation

2011 budget adopted by Bishops Committee

Reports for annual meeting submitted to office

Eureka tree lighting and carol singing

Quarterly committee reports and schedule for 2011 at BC meeting

Send Christmas cards to former parishioners, reminding them that theyre still in our thoughts

January 2011

Annual meeting

Trinity hot lunch January 30

Eat n Pray

Join us on Thursdays in Lent Mar 4, 11, and 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the parish house

(126 S. Central) for Eat n Pray. Well spend the first part of each meeting eating our own brown

bag dinner. Then well learn about and practice prayer. Well pay particular attention to praying

with Scripture. Well end each session with Evening Prayer.


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Sallys Calendar

In last months Chalice some of the odd items (MOCA, Chi Alpha) on Sallys calendarwere explained. Here are more explanation of the calendar, found on page 9 of this issue.

ERM Every other month Sally participates in a committee of the Diocese, Episcopal Re-

covery Ministries (ERM). This committee focuses on helping Episcopal clergy identify and ad-dress the effects of addiction. The committee strives to deepen understanding of addiction, andprovide resources for those suffering from addiction and substance abuse.

Spiritual advising Sally both has a spiritual advisor and is a spiritual advisor. Eachmonth Sally meets with her spiritual advisor to discuss her prayer life and spiritual practices. Of-ten Sally then undertakes a specific spiritual discipline for a season. Sally also provides this guid-ance to a fellow spiritual pilgrim.

Fresh Start This monthly, all-day meeting is a program offered by the Diocese to allclergy who are in new positions. Whether clergy people have been ordained for decades ormonths, any time they find themselves in a new church job they participate for 2 program years in

Fresh Start.

Name tags

Have you ever attended a gathering where everyone there seemed to know each other wellbut you didnt know anyone? Perhaps the people there were friendly and introduced themselves.You were told everyones nameand remembered no ones. Thats what its like for someonenew who walks into St. Francis. And thats why its so important that we wear our name tagsduring the service and throughout our fellowship and Adult Forum time.

If you need a name tag, just please complete the form in the lobby or let Sally know.Thank you for remembering to wear your name tag as an important sign of hospitality and wel-come.

Chairs

Visitors entering a worship space want to sit where theres an abundance of space aroundthem. They will probably choose an aisle seat, near the back. People who study church growthknow that newcomers are put off if they enter a worship space and it appears that there arentplenty of open chairs.

Thats why you may notice that were putting out lots of extra chairs each Sunday. Wewant visitors to have the sense that theres more than enough room and welcome for them.

So would you faithful St. Franciscans please consider sitting up front? (We realize thatthis is a big request.) That would leave the seats in the back open for the new folks. Who knows,you might actually like sitting closer to the choir and altar.

From Sally: Who to talk to?

Ive been asked to whom members should talk, if they have issues with me as their Vicar.I would hope that if I have annoyed, worried, or wounded you in any way you would feel com-fortable talking to me. If there is an issue that you feel you cannot address with me, the appropri-ate person to discuss it with is the Senior Warden, Barb Sacco.


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With love, Jesus confronted those around him. We are called to do the same thing. We are allvery human beings, so we will surely at times disappoint, hurt, and confuse one another. Itsmy hope that we can discuss our failings and be reconciled. Conflict is not bad, its necessaryand normal. Conflict that is dealt with well can result in deeper and more trusting relationships.

ThanksgivingsYoure invited to come forward following the announcements on the 1st Sunday of the

month to tell the congregation what you are thankful for. Our red box for thanksgiving offer-ings is on the table in the aisle each week. You are always welcome to make donations in grati-tude for Gods blessings.

Each 1st Sunday we make a point to tell one another how we have been blessed, so thatwe may rejoice together.

Anointing

During worship, immediately following communion, on the 4th Sunday of each month

were offering prayers of healing with anointing of oil. Its a time for you to come forward sothat the priest and your fellow parishioners may lay their hands upon you to soothe your body,heart, mind.

You are the one being anointed -- the prayers are being offered on your behalf. If youwant prayers for someone else, let us add that name to our prayer list; we will pray for that per-son for at least 6 weeks. During the anointing we will not ask what the prayers are for; thatsbetween you and God. We offer our prayers in support of your healing.

Youth Group for St. Francis teens

St. Francis teens have been invited to join the Eureka United Methodist Church (UMC)youth group, known as MUCK. MUCK meets approximately once a month under the directionof Tim Schulte. MUCK combines fun, worship, and service; the youth are planning a missiontrip this summer.

The next MUCK meeting is Sunday, March 7 from 6-8 p.m. at Eureka UMC, CentralAve. and 3rd St.

Metro IV

All of the Episcopal congregations within the Diocese of Missouri are grouped into clus-ters (convocations) called Metros. St. Francis is a part of Metro IV, which met on Jan 30 toplan our meetings for 2010. Our Vicar Sally Weaver and our Diocesan Convention delegates,Cassie Eckhardt and Michael Booker, are invited to Metro IV meetings.

In addition to St. Francis, Metro IV includes St. Timothys Creve Coeur, St. Peters Ladue, Church of the Good Shepherd Town and Country, St. Lukes Manchester, St. Mar-tins Ellisville, Christ Church Rolla, St. John & St. James Sullivan, and Trinity St.James.


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March BirthdaysArlene Underwood 3/12

Cassie Eckhardt 3/14

Paddy Wrob 3/17

Sean Smith 3/18May God bless you on your birthday!

We would love to publish important dates for ALL members of the congregation

your birth date, anniversaries, and others of importance to you. BUT in order to

publish we need the facts! So that official parish records may be updated, you are

urged to pick up and complete the salmon-colored sheets that will be available in the

lobby at the Lodge on Sunday and return it to the Parish Office or just leave with the

Teller sheets for Maxine to pick up. Knowing who to serve and how best to serve our

members, requires data on who we are. Lets help the Vicar, Bishops Committee and

Committee Chairpersons in planning appropriate programs and activities by letting them

Taize March 25

What is Taize? Cryptically, its a worship service centering around music that is chant-like, us-ing simple phrases that are repeated over and over again. Taize worship uses repetition of music andwords as a means of deepening the participants spiritual experience.

We are offering a service of Taize at the parish house on Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. Comeenter into this simple, hypnotic practice of worship.

Holy Week services

Holy Week isnt as far off as you think. Here are the services of worship being offered duringthat week:

Palm Sunday March 28 10 a.m. Masonic Lodge

Maundy Thursday April 1 7 p.m. Masonic Lodge

Good Friday April 2 7 p.m. Parish House

Easter April 4 10 a.m. Masonic Lodge

What happened to our values?

In the past each Chalice listed values welcome, worship, common life, spiritual growth, ser-vice, creation and a list of that months activities relating to those values. You may have noticed thatthose have been missing since Sally became Vicar.

At the Feb 13 retreat, Sally presented to the Bishops Committee a framework for thinking aboutour individual and corporate lives called the Christian Life Model. This model encompasses all of thevalues previously reported onand adds a few. So, while the values checklist wont be appearing in

The Chalice as in the past, the values are still held in high esteem.

A description of the Christian Life Model and how the Bishops Committee used it will be thetopic of an Adult Forum (following Sunday worship) in March. And watch for more about the ChristianLife Model in the April Chalice.


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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

16:30 p.m.

Worship &

Music Mtg

Parish House

29:30-2 pm

Fresh Start

3Office closed

11:30-1 pm

Eureka

Chamber of

Commerce

lunch

411:30 am MOCA

6-7:30 pm

Lenten program

at Parish House

57:30-9 am Chi

Alpha

10 am Bible

Study, Michelles

Caf

69 3 pm

Leadership Conf

at St. Martins

78:30 a Choir

Practice

10 a.m. Holy

Eucharist-Lodge

11:30 am Adult

Forum

8

3:30-5 pm

Episcopal

Recovery

Ministries

9

1:30-3 pm

Sermon

Lectionary

Group

10 Officeclosed

11

11:30 am Rollalectionary group

6-7:30 pm

Lenten program

at Parish House

12

10 am Bible

Study, Michelles

Caf

139 1 pm Care

& Counseling

preventing

sexual

misconduct

148:30 a Choir

Practice

10 a.m. Holy

Eucharist-Lodge

11:30 am Adult

Forum

15

11:301 pm

Spiritual

direction

16Noon--1:30 pm

spiritual Director

1:30-3 pm

Sermon

Lectionary

Group

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6-7:30 pm

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Practice

10 a.m. Holy

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Adult Forum

BC Meeting

29 30 31 Officeclosed

March 2010March 2010March 2010March 2010

St. Francis Episcopal Church

126 S. Central Avenue

Eureka, MO 63025

Please call or e-mail ([email protected]) the Parish

Office with items for the calendar before the last week in

each month to get on the following months calendar.

Shaded area indicates days Maxine is in office

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Worship Participant Schedule March 2010Palm Sun-

day

Ministry 07-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 28-Mar

SACRISTAN Rich Mayfield Jim Eckhardt Rich Mayfield

LECTORS

Ruth Dick & CarrollDick

Kathleen McDon-ald & Bob Smith

Bob Smith & Mi-chael Booker

Paddy Wrob &Kathleen McDon-ald

INTERCESSOR Sarah Branchfield Paddy Wrob Barb SaccoSarah Branch-field

CHALICE Michael Booker Michael BookerKathleen McDon-ald Barb Sacco

ALTAR GUILDLinda Doolittle &Stevie Sewell

Brigitte Jung &Jerry Smith

Stevie Sewell &Steve Strathearn

Jerry Smith &Linda Doolittle

USHER Rich Mayfield Bob Smith Jim Eckhardt Michael Booker

HOSPITALITY/COFFEE HOUR Laura Dick

Kathleen McDon-ald & Rich May-field

Della & Bob Ho-sutt

TELLERS

Carroll Dick & BobSmith

Ed Kindley & Suz-anne Jones

Rich Mayfield &Arlene Under-wood

Ed Kindley & JimEckhardt

Outreach Appreciation

Following is an excerpt from a letter received from Cleta Null from the 2009 Adopt-A-Family Christmas Pro-

gram.

On behalf of the entire community, I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous con-

tribution to our 2009 Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program.. You provided assistance to 652 families

with a total of over 2000 children, 120 senior citizens and nursing home patients. We gave out

approximately 60 bicycles to every child who asked for one. Not a single person who requested assis-

tance was turned away.

And she continues.

What started out as an idea and a small endeavor to be of assistance to those in need has cer-

tainly grown into more that I could have ever imagined this has been, as always, a labor of love

for myself and the other committee members; Debbie Kelley and Doris Petsch. We would like to thank

all the volunteers who make our workload lighter and we are looking forward to working with you again

next year.


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Financial Update January 2010

2009 Comparison

(January)

Budget 2010 to

date

Total Income $11,580 $11,929 $ 8,850 $84,396

Total Expenses 9,088 10,780 9,752 101,821

Difference $ 2,492 $ 1,149 ($ 902) ($17,425)

Checking AccountRockwood Bank $13,718

Balance in Edward Jones Money Market 21,673

Balance in Diocesan Investment pooled fund-general 3,750

Balance in Diocesan Investment pooled fund-Sp Growth 2,829

Received year to date for special growth fund 0

Notes:

A pledge payment in stock was received in January and deposited to the Money Market Account.

Memorials for Terri Bumsted were received in January.

Service 2009 2010

Christmas Eve 68 69

Christmas 1 30 25

Christmas 2 38 38

Epiphany 1 38 44

Epiphany 2 45 39

Epiphany 3 50 39

Epiphany 4 41 43

Epiphany 5 40 30

Epiphany 6 30 N/A

Last Epiphany 52 29

Ash Wednesday 31 10

1 Lent 52 36

St. Francis Worship Attendance The Chalice Calendar Worship

Schedule for March

Dont forget that the Chalice is available in living

collar on the website www.stfranciseureka.org. Hard copiesof the Chalice, as well as an updated Directory and the Wor-

ship Schedule for March are also available in the lobby area

each week. The Chalice is mailed to the Diocesan Office

and Archivist, as well as the Bishop,

and a few churches who like to see

other churchs newsletters. Note:

We receive some newsletters from

other churches as well, which area

kept in the Church Office for a

while and available if anyone wouldlike to look at them.

Day Light Saving Time

Its that time again! Day Light Saving Time begins on March 14, 2010.


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People We Pray ForWeve changed the system for the Prayers of the People. Please tell Pastor Sally, e-mail

[email protected], or call the office (636-938-3733), to add a name to the prayer list.

We will keep a list and will pray for each person on the list for 6 Sundays in a row. After that time,

if you want us to continue to pray for the person, just let us know, and well keep the person on the list for 6additional Sundays. First names will be included in the Prayers of the People sheet for the Intercessor and full

names (if not requested otherwise) will be printed in the Announcements insert along with the Congregational

Rota and Birthdays & Anniversaries for that Sunday.

Information needed: We would like first and last name (unless you prefer first name only), and why

were praying. For example: for an illness, because the person has died, because they are being deployed to Iraq,

etc.

Please talk to Sally if you have any questions or concerns. This method should enable us to sustain our

prayers as a community, for the needs of those we care about. Those on our current list: Tom; John; Dan Me-

rideth; Edith; Stephen Bergmann, Karl Mikolka; Nick Sacco; Steve; Lily Louise Bethel; Robert Patterson; Renee

Boblette; Judy Cody.

In addition to the group of 12 or 13 members of the congregation on a rotating basis each week, we pray

also for various groups requested by the Diocese congregations/people/ministers in our companion Diocese of

Lui; our local Missouri Diocese; and the worldwide Anglican communion.

Happenings in Our Community

Eureka

March 7: The Eureka Masons host a Sunday breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge. Adults $6.00,

Children $3.00 (ages 5 and under are free).

March 10: There will be a walk beginning at Kircher Park, to raise funds to work toward a cure for MS. Reg-

ister on the day of the walk is at Kircher Park, 11 a.m. with a walk start time of 12:00 noon. There will be two

route options: a one mile and a 2.5 mile walk. To pre-register or get more information go to

www.gatewayMSwalk,or or call 1-800-34-4867.

March 20: Midwests Largest Garage Sale and Swap Meet. The Eureka Chamber of Commerce hosts the

Third Annual event on Saturday, March 20, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Six Flags parking lot. Admission is $1.00

per vehicle which benefits the Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund. Call 938-6062 or website at

www.eurekachamber.org for information.

The Diocese

March 7: Help for Haiti Benefit concert, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 2-5 p.m., $10 donation, snacks & Bev-

erages, raffles, music, to benefit Haiti through Episcopal Relief & Development.

March 13: Lenten Quiet Day with the Anglican Rosary, 8:30 to 3 p.m., Christ Church Cathedral; $20 includes

continental breakfast, lunch. Learn all about the Anglican Rosary, how to use it, how to make one, its relation-

ship and/or use with other forms of meditation. Call: 314-381-3240 or 314-374-3290 or e-mail to frank-

[email protected].

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