ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cameron is on Sabbatical
Cameron will be back from his sabbatical on November 27th.
Ingathering Sunday
Next Sunday, November 27th, will be our Stewardship Pledge Ingathering Sunday. We ask that you prayerfully consider making a 2023 Stewardship Intention. Bring your card to the church or send your pledge to pledge@nocero.com.
Hybrid In-Person/Zoom Worship Continues This Week
This week our worship will continue to be hybrid, with both in person and Zoom platforms available. We encourage you to connect to with worship in whatever way is comfortable and feels safest for you.
Updated Mask Policy: After carefully considering survey input from parish members, as well as City and diocesan guidance and the current practices of other churches and public venues, the Regathering Committee has concluded that it is time to revise our mask policy. Beginning Sunday, November 20, if you are fully vaccinated and are comfortable removing your mask, you may do so during church services. We will respect the preference of anyone who feels safer by remaining masked. In accordance with diocesan guidance, the celebrant will still be masked while consecrating and distributing the elements for the Eucharist. We will also maintain a well-ventilated sanctuary by opening doors and windows, so remember to dress warmly as winter approaches. We acknowledge that COVID is likely to be with us in some form for the foreseeable future, and we will be monitoring public health advisories. Our mask policy be modified again as is appropriate. Please pray for the health and safety of all our members and friends as we continue to navigate this challenging time.
DHCA/Median Project Workday - Tomorrow, Saturday, November 19th, 9:00 am - 12 noon. Join us for even an hour or two. Meet at St. Aidan's. Pull weeds, trim grass and pick up trash on the median islands. Tools and safety jackets will be provided. Bathrooms available.
Locking Up Reminder
Please check that both front doors are locked when leaving the church. The red door and the outside black door closest to the Wajnert Room use the same key now and both are being used. It's important to always make sure that both are locked when leaving.
Martin de Porres 2022
This year Martin de Porres House of Hospitality is requesting socks and blankets as an alternative to turkeys St Aidan’s donated in years past.
JoEllen Brothers will collect monetary and in kind donations (new, unused socks and twin size blankets) through November 20th.
Please let her know if you plan to participate. 415-613-5679 or joellen.brothers@yahoo.com.
Christmas Giving at Saint Aidan’s
Please join in our Christmas giving at St. Aidan’s. This year we have two options (listed in order of when the gifts are due:)
Urban Angels Toy Drive for children in shelter in the Tenderloin neighborhood:
Our neighbor Urban Angels (https://www.urbanangelssf.org/) is sponsoring a toy drive for children in shelter throughout the city. They have asked for our help in collecting gifts for children 6-12 years of age (an age group they find it difficult to identify donors for.) We have committed to providing 35 unisex gifts for these age groupings:
- 15 gifts for children 6-8 years old
- 10 gifts for children 9-10 years old
- 10 gifts for children 11-12 years old.
Value of each gift should be in the $25-45 range. Suggested items: board games, legos, books, art supplies. Please bring gifts, unwrapped, to St. Aidan’s by December 4th. Deacon Margaret (mdyerc@stanford.edu) will have a clipboard and list at the church for sign-ups; please contact her with any questions.
SafeHouse Gift Card Drive
SafeHouse, an organization that empowers and supports women who are experiencing housing instability and sexual exploitation or trafficking (https://www.sfsafehouse.org/) is well known to St. Aidan’s. We are again collecting gift cards for the women of SafeHouse. We have committed to 10 gift cards at the $60.00 level. Any extra money will be used to purchase cards for women who come to the drop in center and are in need. Susan Spencer will be collecting your donations, and she will purchase the gift cards with funds raised. Please contact Susan with any questions – 363spencer@gmail.com. Donations need to be to Susan by Sunday December 18.
Rejoicing in God's Saints: A Daily Prayer Calendar for November
All Saints' Day falls on November 1 of each year. On that date or on the first Sunday in November, many churches memorialize members and loved ones who have died the year prior. In keeping with the spirit of All Saints' Day and of Thanksgiving, below you will find daily prompts to express gratitude to God for a now-departed saint who has influenced your life.
Calendar
Congregant Reyna Greenfield needs a lady to help her after surgery (scheduled for December 8) when she gets home to help her get out of bed and prepare something to eat. NO medical help needed. She needs someone who is vaccinated against COVID as she is. Please call her in the evenings anytime after 6pm starting next week Her phone number is 916-473-3594.
Bishop Search Listening Sessions: The Search and Transition Committee invites all members of the Diocese of California to share in a conversation about our hopes for the next bishop. We want to hear what you believe the skills, qualities, and gifts our next bishop will have that will lead us forward in the next ten to fifteen years. All the data will be compiled and compared to discern more clearly where the Holy Spirit is leading us in this critical work. If you were not able to attend the San Francisco session, you can attend any of the other Listening Sessions scheduled around the diocese. For more information, go to Diocesan Listening Sessions Announced | The Episcopal Diocese of California Bishop Search (diocalbishopsearch.org).
Altar Guild - Spit & Shine for Advent (w/ Lunch): Saturday, November 19, 11 AM
St. Aidan’s Gourmet Book Group - Next Date: Monday, November 28, 7pm
We will continue to meet via zoom with LeeAnn DeSalles serving as our zoom master. She has set up a zoom link that will serve for all our meetings. If you would like help with zoom, please contact LeeAnn at leeanndesalles@comcast.net. If you would like to join the Book Group, please contact elaine@mannon.com.
- Monday, November 28, 2022 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
- Fierce Attachments – Vivian Gormick (181 pages) An unsparing, deeply courageous memoir about the author’s lifelong battle with her widowed mother for independence.
Natalie Lloyd
A memorial/celebration of life service will take place on December 4 at 2:30 pm at St. Aidan's.
Good News Gardens – next date: tomorrow, November 19, 10:30 AM
We’ll be adding plants and a plaque in memory of Natalie Lloyd.
Please join us! Question? Contact Deacon Margaret (Mdyerc@stanford.edu)
New Habitat for Humanity Date – Saturday Dec. 17, 8:30 – 4:00 pm
We have a new Habitat date at the Amber Drive site in Diamond Heights – we’ve had a great time each Saturday we’ve participated and all are welcome – there’s a job for everyone! Contact Deacon Margaret (mdyerc@stanford.edu or 650-619-0781) if you would like to sign up - she will inform you about the Habitat on-line sign up process.
Music on the Hill: Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 7:30 PM: Town Quartet with guest composer/ violinist Alisa Rose
Details to follow.
Next New Jim Crow Anti-Racist book group meeting - January 8, 4 pm
We’re reading Her Honor by LaDoris Cordell. All are welcome – please contact Deacon Margaret for the Zoom link. (mdyerc@stanford.edu)
Financial Summary: For the period January thru September 2022, total operating income was $199,667 and total expenses were $213,994, for a budget deficit of $14,327. Pledge payments totaled $133,272 compared to a budget of $142,139, for a shortfall of $8,867. There was a net operating loss for the period of $135,484 after including year-to-date declines in market value of investments. The endowment fund had lost $68,715 in value for the year. Although investment losses are significant, they are mainly paper losses so far, and do not become real until we need to sell investments. Keeping pledge payments up to date helps us avoid selling investments at a loss. Dave Frangquist treasurer@staidansf.org
Resources for Engaging in Anti-Racism, from Elena Wong
Thank you to Elena Wong for sharing this list of resources that were in turn shared with her through her membership in the Western Association for College Counseling:
Please send in your recipes for the COVID Connect Cookbook!
As shared in previous weeks, Peter Fairfield and Linnea Sweet are putting together the COVID Connect Cookbook. He's received several recipes thus far but would very much like more. He writes:
We are living through a time that will change our world in ways that we cannot yet begin to understand. We can hope that our shared vulnerability to this virus worldwide will help us see that all humanity is connected and that we must all work together. As we shelter in place, many of us are concerned with food. If we are not working, how will we afford it? If we cannot go out, how will we get it?
In our community of Saint Aidan’s, many are able to feed themselves and to help others get fed. More than that, we appreciate the food that we get and are finding new ways of making the sharing of food as enjoyable as possible.
The soup recipes that Cameron has been sharing have made our diet much more enjoyable and have given Linnea and I the inspiration to collect recipes from all the congregation and share them. We ask that everyone with a favorite recipe email it to us at peterlinnea@earthlink.net. We will collect and edit them into a cookbook which will be a lasting reminder of this strange and special time in all our lives.
We hope to be able to publish this cookbook in printed form and sell it to raise funds in support of Saint Aidan’s food ministries. We know you have been sharing food. Now please share your recipes!
Contemplative Prayer continues: Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday from 9-10 AM via Zoom
Contemplative prayer continues during this time of sheltering in place, via Zoom. Contemplative Prayer is silent with the beginning and ending marked by a bell. You can practice meditation, silent prayer, journal, or otherwise enjoy the collective quiet. Thank you to Susan Spencer for offering to anchor this practice once again, especially the Saturday, during this time. Please feel free to reach out to the office for the Zoom access information: office@staidansf.org.
Morning Prayer continues: Mon, Wed, Fri at 7:30 AM via Zoom
We also continue to have Morning Prayer to help sustain and ground us, online/over the phone! Please feel free to reach out to the office for the Zoom access information: office@staidansf.org.
Evening Prayer resumes: Wednesdays at 6:30 PM via Zoom
Our in-coming CDSP Seminarian Weston Morris has resumed the service. Evening Prayer usually lasts a half hour. Readings for the day often feature commemorations from the Episcopal Church’s calendar of saints, and the service includes a brief reflection time on the readings. Please feel free to reach out to the office for the Zoom access information: office@staidansf.org
To add an announcement to the weekly bulletin of the Flame, please send your edited text no later than 11:00 am Wednesday to office@staidansf.org
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St. Aidan's Vestry
Elena Wong, Senior Warden
Nicole Miller, Junior Warden
Dave Frangquist, Clerk & Treasurer
Christine Powell, Anne Edwards,
Michael Jennings, Jim Oerther
Anne Benninger, Kate Fritz, Elaina LeGault
Advent III / Christ the King
November 20, 2022
8AM Communion (Hybrid)
The Rev. Scot Sherman, Presider & Preacher
Kit Cameron, Altar Guild
10 AM Communion (Hybrid)
The Rev. Scot Sherman, Presider & Preacher
David Austin, Guest Music Minister
Anne Benninger, Lee Hammack, Michael Jennings, Jackie Lewey, Janet Lohr, Jim Oerther, Kateri Paul, George Slaiman, Barbara Stevenson, Jill Tollefson, & Rolf Tollefson, and perhaps you!, Choir
Patrick Hall, In-Person Greeter
Elena Wong, Zoom Greeter
Shelley Johnson / Michael Jennings, Lectors
Kathy O'Loughlin, Intercessor
Christine Powell, Altar Guild
Paul Nocero, Sound/Liturgical DJ
Barbara Stevenson, Bread Baker
CoCo Lin, Child Care
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