| Thursday, April 18, 2024 |  |  | Thanks Living:
Joyfully Transforming Lives
Our Mission Statement:
"To be a community that shares the joy of God's Love" |
St. Patrick's News Briefly
A. Just Happened B. Happening Now
C. About to Happen
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A: Just Happened:
Our lawn is mowed!! Thanks to all who helped. Now we’re working to trim the trees by Stevenson Hall to take advantage of our solar.
B: Happening Now:
The hungry and unhoused are always with us. Please bring non-perishable food: soup, ketchup, mustard, pasta sauce, etc. for our FISH Basket and socks for our DOK Sock Drive! Next deadline for Blessing Bags is May 22.
C: About to Happen:
Monday, April 22: we host Redwood Empire Food Bank at 5 p.m. For more information email Eleanor Albon: ralbon@aol.com
Saturday, April 27: Fearless Faith Revival St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2351 Pleasant Grove Blvd, Roseville, 1:00-7:30
Thursday, May 9: ViVO Concert, 6 p.m. El Verrano Elementary. BBC underwrote this performance. Come and support our children.
| A Note from Rev. Carol |
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| | Every year, the Fourth Sunday of Easter celebrates Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Images of Jesus and his lambs deck more Sunday School walls than any other, and it is one of the earliest ways Jesus was depicted as a savior. (See below.) The cross didn’t come into universal usage until later, and the first image of Jesus suffering on the cross did not appear in the West until the 11th century.
I like this contemporary icon by Julia Stankova. The wide eyed, long nosed Jesus rather resembles the wide eyed, long nosed sheep he has lifted from the waters. It made me pause and reconsider what it means to be created in the image of God. |
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| In other news…At our Wednesday Eucharist we studied the first Native American to be canonized a saint. Seventeenth century Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha fell in love with the Jesus she met through the Jesuit missionaries known among the Indians as the Black Robes. Her devotion was both unique fervent, and she spent her life ministering to the sick and the elders. When she died at a very young age, in one of the epidemics which raged at the time, all the marks of suffering faded from her face and she glowed. Today she is one of the patron saints of the natural world. |
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| Next week, we’ll celebrate the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist. If you are free on Wednesday mornings, do stop by for a very interactive and lovely service. | St. Patrick’s Upcoming Worship Service In Person and on Zoom | | | The Rev. Carol Luther, Long Term Interim
Email: carol.luther@gmail.com Phone/text: 707-395-5572 | | |  | | Mon. April 22nd- Art with Kate Rogers @11AM closed. Will reopen on Monday, April 29th.
Wed. April 24 - Eucharist and Bible Study @10AM
Fri. April 26 - Wellspring @10:30AM
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| 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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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
Compline on ZOOM! 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Minerva Haddad. Contact Minerva for your Zoom invite.
Minerva Haddad: minerva.haddad@gmail.com.
Fridays: 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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THE SANCTUARY LAMP The sanctuary lamp, also called a chancel lamp, is placed before the tabernacle or aumbry in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican, (Episcopal) churches as a sign that the Blessed Sacrament is reserved or stored. St. Patrick’s Church has a Sanctuary Lamp with a candle burning, by the aumbry (or Tabernacle) near the altar, donated by the late Evie Borger. In many Episcopal churches, parishioners are encouraged to make a modest donation toward the purchase of candles by burning the lamp in memory of loved ones, or in thanksgiving for blessings received; i.e., birthdays, anniversaries, births, safe travel, etc. It is suggested that a donation of $5.00 be made to the Altar Guild. If you wish to have the candle burned in commemoration of any event, please contact the parish office, and it will be listed in the bulletin denoting that “The Sanctuary Lamp burns this week to the Glory of God and in loving memory of N., or in Thanksgiving for___by N. | |  |
Dear All,
Thank you to Pam/Larry, Olivia, Natalie, driver Tomi, and rep Arturo. Last week we gave REFB food to 66 families/235 individuals!!!! This is our largest group for many years! The last person arrived just after we closed, but there were a few items that he was glad to take!
Arturo arrived without his usual cap. I wasn't sure it was him!!!! Thankfully, he got a quick internet connection and all flowed well, even without his REFB cap!
I arrived at church at 3:40 p.m. "Pat" was already in the parking lot! Within a few minutes, a line formed, making it the longest line we've ever had prior to opening!
It's wonderful to see how many who come for food are also so willing to help, and are so quick to say they don't need some food item - give it to someone else.
Providing food is what REFB is all about. We at the St Pat distribution site are so thankful to be a part of their distribution system.
Being a part of all of this is such a blessing!!
Eleanor |  | Friends In Service Here (F.I.S.H.) |
We need volunteers!
Can you help?
(Click on link above to download volunteer form)
Just before Palm Sunday, a neighbor who was cleaning out her pantry brought a carload of non-perishable food and cleaning supplies to St. Patrick’s. Eleanor Albon, who volunteers at F.I.S.H. delivered the food to the joy of many.
In a recent note, she wrote:
F.I.S.H. is on Sebastopol Rd near Stony Point Rd. Volunteers are needed who can bag produce, others who can bag dry goods, who can stock shelves and others who can check in clients and distribute the food items. Because the demand was so high, F.I.S.H. had to limit clients to coming once a month instead of the former twice a month.
I began at F.I.S.H. in 2018, when there was a group from St Pat's who volunteered once a month. During covid and since, I, along with others from St Pat's, now volunteer weekly. Every day, there are new clients registering. Some drive through by car; others walk up to the door, especially the homeless. The end of the need isn't in sight. Food is distributed between noon and 2:00 Mondays - Fridays. Please consider volunteering at F.I.S.H. Your help is greatly needed. The volunteer staff and volunteer coordinator, Sara Dove, would appreciate hearing from you! And, please contact me with any questions. And this from Sara: Our schedules are flexible with jobs for all abilities. Some of our volunteers come in every weekday while others come in once a week or once a month. Our volunteers typically work from 11:30 am to 2:15 pm Monday through Friday, but our drivers have different schedules. If you would like to volunteer, you can reach us at:
contact@fish-of-santa-rosa.org
The different jobs are described HERE | Blessing Bags and Sock Drive |  |
Blessing Bags & Sock Drive News
St. Patrick’s collected 48 blessing Bags! Redwood Gospel Mission helped carry them in, along with a huge collection of new socks Daughters of the King collected. We are certainly doing what we can to help those in need in our community.
Please remember to bring new socks of any size and color to the large blue barrel in the narthex.
Blessing Bags go in the basket by the front door as you enter the narthex. Sometimes there are so many that they go on the floor next to the basket! The more the merrier, as they say. If you need information on what to put in a quart-sized bag, please take one of the hand-outs near the basket or contact Betsy Randolph at (409) 981-2024 or Rjurny@gmail.com. You may deliver the Blessing Bags to church or to our home at 8399 Oakmont Drive. You can leave them on the porch if we are away.
The next deadline for Blessing Bags is May 12. The second Sunday of the month is always the Blessing Bag collection deadline. | 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. |  | |
Socks Needed For the Homeless
The Daughters of the King are requesting that socks be given to the homeless. Please shop and bring them to church with you. Any style, any size, including kids’ sizes are needed. Please buy dark colored socks. New socks, not used, are requested.
There will be a special drop-off with a sign in the narthex. Dark colors such as black and navy are particularly requested. Thank you for working on our first project of the year with us!
Marilyn Ganz, President, Daughters of the King
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