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Thanks Living:
Joyfully Transforming Lives
Our Mission Statement:
"To be a community that shares the joy of God's Love"
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Words from Father Ed:
Thanks to all for your presence and participation at our Annual Meeting last Sunday. We accomplished all on the agenda, including the reports, the thank you’s, election of new vestry members and delegates to the Diocesan Convention, and some information about our future plans.
We celebrated our new mission statement “To be a community that shares the joy of God’s Love” and we agreed that prayer is our main resource ( along with plenty of funds, thanks to past bequests) for finding a new priest. And we were wonderfully in agreement that St. Patrick’s needs a full-time priest, hopefully to be found later this year of 2024.
Here are those elected;
As Delegates: Jackie Senter, Minerva Haddad, Wendy Wood, Sandy Keith, Rich Randolph, and Jay Luther.
As Alternates: Betsy Randolph and Brian Borgfeldt
To the vestry for a one-year term, and appointed Sr. Warden for this year – Jackie Senter.
To a three-year term and voted to be Jr. Warden for the first year – Ron Keith
To a two-year term – Leslie Clark
To a two-year term – Matt Ganz
To a three-year term – Xavier Cabrales
To a three-year term – Adele Daw
Continuing on the Vestry
For one more year and voted to be the Clerk for this year – Minerva Haddad
For two more years – Chuck Wood
For one more year and voted to be the Treasurer for this year – Wendy Wood
The new vestry will attend an orientation workshop on Saturday, February 10, from 10am -2pm. They will review what it is to be a vestry member in the Episcopal Church, look at the on-going issues at St. Patrick’s and some future challenges, and especially get to know each other and the skills and talents that each vestry member has. Finally they will look at the responsibilities of a vestry – any vestry – and in particular a vestry in the Diocese of Northern California. Pray for them, please.
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St Patrick's
Upcoming Worship Service
In Person & Zoom
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Contact Information:
Admin. Assistant: Andrea Arias
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
Email: parishadm9000@gmail.com
Phone: (707)833-4228
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The Very Rev. Ed, Priest-In-Charge
Email: edhowell@sonic.net
Phone/text: 707-292-8033
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St Patrick's Church Weekly Calendar Events
Feb 2 - Wellspring @10:30AM
Feb 3 - PEO meets in Stevenson Hall & Nomadic Shelter
Feb 5 - Art with Kate Rogers in Common Room @11AM
Feb 7 - AA & Alanon meet at St. Patrick's
Ministries of the parish that we cannot directly accomplish, except by our hospitable welcome to these fellowships and healing work include the following:
* AA Group, weekly on Wednesdays at 7:30PM, meets in the Parish Hall.
* Al Anon Group weekly on Wednesdays at 6PM, meets in the Common Room.
* PEO, once a month on the first Thursday at 10AM and sometimes on the first Saturday at 8:45AM, meets in the Parish Hall.
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Feb 10 - Vestry Orientation Workshop @10AM & Saturday Women’s Breakfast will meet at. SF Boudin located in Montgomery Village 10AM
Feb 13 - Shrove Tuesday
Pancakes
Feb 14 - Holy Eucharist and Ashes @10AM & @5PM
Please click on the link below for upcoming calendar events!
https://stpatrickskenwood.org/calendar/
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St Patrick's Weekly Calendar
Sundays: Holy Eucharist
Join us in person for Sunday Eucharist! 10 a.m.
Also available online by Zoom. Click here for the invite.
Tuesdays: Morning Coffee Hour
Let's meet over coffee! 10:00 a.m. Contact Rich Randolph for your Zoom Invitation.
Rich Randolph: rjurny@gmail.com
Thursdays: Compline
Compline on ZOOM! 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Minerva Haddad. Contact Minerva for your Zoom invite.
Minerva Haddad: minerva.haddad@gmail.com.
Fridays: The Men's Bible Study:
Grow in your faith & walk with God! 8:30 a.m.
Send a note to Rich Randolph and he will ensure you receive a Zoom invitation.
Rich Randolph: rjurny@gmail.com
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A Message from the Planned Giving Ministry
A couple of end of year reminders...
"It should be known that the reason we can fund education classes and events is because of a planned gift designated for education."
The Education Ministry
"We are able to be here today directly due to having had bequests...we are living off of our bequests."
Fr. Ed at Town Hall on August 26th
The Planned Giving Ministry: Stephanie Chapralis McCaffrey, Chair, Laurie Boone-Hogen, and Ann and Alec Peters.
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St. Patrick's will host Nomadic Shelter Saturday, February 3rd! If you are interested in this, please contact Betsy Randolph at (408)981-1001 or email at Rjurny@gmail.com. There will be more opportunities!
Back row left to right: Beth Lewis, Karen & Brian Brogfeldt, Rich Randolph.
Front row left to right: Carol Luther, Merle Holtzen, Eleanor Albon, Bernadette Gibb.
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Saturday morning at SF Boudin located in Montgomery Village!! Come join us on February 10th @10AM!
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Greetings Friends! Check out these photos from December incase you missed it!
Food distribution every 2nd & 4th Mondays.
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Retreat at the Bishop's Ranch
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Into the Wilderness Retreat offers time to experience a personal, sacred journey of spiritual reflection and renewal as we enter the season of Lent. The focus of this retreat is to discover the wisdom within our own wilderness journey as we approach the week called Holy.
We will spend the day together participating in spiritual practices of art, poetry, spiritual reflection, walking the labyrinth, prayer, listening and sharing.
Into the Wilderness Retreat
February 7th, 2024
Bishop’s Ranch, Healdsburg, CA
Facilitated by Sharron Simpson
Spiritual Director-Educator-Mystic Heart
Sponsored by St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Kenwood, CA
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If you have questions, please contact Betsy Randolph at (408)981-1001 or email at Rjurny@gmail.com. There are lists of contents on a table in the narthex.
Here’s what goes in the Blessing Bags:
1 pop top can of pasta with meat
1 juice box
1 granola-type bar
1 package of crackers with cheese or peanut butter
A napkin and sturdy plastic fork
Place everything in a quart-sized plastic bag. The stretchable Glad bags work very well. If you like, you can include a short hopeful message.
You can drop off your blessing bags in the blessing bag box located in the narthex or deliver to the Randolph's home: 8399 Oakmont Dr., Santa Rosa, CA 95409.
Please call Betsy Randolph for questions at (408)981-2024.
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Please notice the following Flyer about our Revival for the Diocese. Please note that Bishop Curry is too ill to be with us, but Bishop Daniel Gutierrez, Diocese of Pennsylvania will be here as featured speaker. Please look at the opportunity to make a personal video - Go to the Diocesan News for more information.
The Fearless Faith Revival is just over four months away!
Revival Website: https://www.fearlessfaith2024.org/. In addition to the latest information, you'll find:
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Revival Survey
- Flyers, Posters
Save the Date: Vestry Essentials
Saturday, March 16 | On Zoom | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshops will cover the following topics:
- What Every Vestry/Mission Committee Member Should Know
- Pastoral and Spiritual Leadership
- HR basics, Property, and Financial Matters
Click the link to register: https://form.jotform.com/240154966519160
When was the last time someone stopped everything to listened to you? They put down their phones, turned off the T.V., turned their bodies towards you, and listened intently to you? Listening is world altering gift. If you have the gift of listening I am asking you to join a Regional Discernment Group (RDG). We especially need people in the Russian River Deanery and Capital Deanery to join RDGs. We need people who are willing to listen and discern people’s calling. Deep listening acts as a mirror to help people see themselves and one of the greatest gifts you can give.
Please sign up here for the training on March 2nd.
Please contact The Rev. Anny Genato, pastoranny@staugustineepiscopal.com, if you have any questions.
For complete extended diocesan news please contact communications@norcalepiscopal.org
This will allow you to subscribe to the Diocesan ENews. Which will be emailed to you weekly once you have subscribed. The Grapevine will some diocesan news, but you'll get much more by subscribing to the ENews.
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Art with Kate Rogers at St. Patrick's Church
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The Pastoral Care Committee at St. Patrick’s is is all about tending to our “flock”! We are here to serve the various needs of our parishioners. Some of our services include providing Eucharistic Visits, phone visits, arranging rides to church or appointments, Special Prayers by the Daughters of the King, grief support, memorials, counseling, and home visits, just to name a few! If you need more information, please contact co-chairs Leslie Clark (707-483-1513) or Sandy Keith (707-539-3871). Want to be a part of this very important committee, we would be glad to hear from you.
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WELLSPRING
Wellspring
Together in the Spirit
Wellspring is a sacred space to engage in spiritual practices of reflection, sharing, and prayer: including centering prayer, imaginative prayer, breath prayer, and body prayer.
Wellspring offers a time to deepen our relationship to God, and to nurture our soul connection with one another. All are welcome. Join us.
Every Friday morning from 10:30 to 11:30
Facilitator – Sharron Simpson
Spiritual Director, Educator, Contemplative
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Food Donations Needed
F.I.S.H. of Santa Rosa
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IMPORTANT CHANGE
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F.I.S.H’s current twice-a-month family distribution system is neither financially nor physically sustainable. Due to a dramatic increase in demand, our volunteers are overwhelmed, and we are dealing with an extreme decrease in donations. For these reasons, F.I.S.H. has reverted to a once-a-month policy as of January 01, 2024. This means that our clients will be able to receive 2 bags of groceries, ONCE a month.
To volunteer and donate, please go to our WEBSITE
About us:
ln 2023 F.I.S.H. served an average of 4,976 people per month, and historically approximately 35% of those helped are children. The number of people asking for assistance from FISH has increased dramatically since 2022. F.I.S.H is currently open five days per week to offer food to people in need - including seniors, homeless, unemployed, low-income, disabled, and more...Your donations feed many.
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Spread the LOVE!
Our friends at F.I.S.H. of Santa Rosa would like our help with peanut butter donations! If you would like to bring in jars of peanut butter to help fulfill their needs to keep serving those in need. You can also bring canned soup and other food non-perishable items. Peanut butter is their greatest need at this time. You are welcome to bring other canned food and baby diapers!
Drop off your donations in the basket located in the Narthex.
We thank you for all your help!
Donation basket, located in the Narthex
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Contact Information:
The Very Rev. Ed Howell, Priest-In-Charge
Email: edhowell@sonic.net
Phone/text: 707-292-8033
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St. Patrick's Episcopal Church
(707)833-4228
9000 Sonoma Highway
PO Box 247
Kenwood, CA 95452
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