Get Your Retailer Gift Cards via St Francis’ Episcopal Church! Now you can do your shopping and benefit St Francis’ Episcopal Church at the same time! St Francis’ has joined the Great Lakes gift card program. Every time you shop at retailers like Amazon, Starbucks, Home Depot, Safeway, Walmart, Target, and many others, you can … [Read more…]
Every holiday season, St. Francis’ Episcopal Church partners with Girl Scout Troop #62422 to literally spread some warmth by collecting donations of new and gently worn coats for the children, families, veterans, seniors, and homeless at St Anthony’s. The unprecedented crisis created by the Covid-19 Pandemic is impacting the lives of millions of people. Families who … [Read more…]
Advent is the time at St. Francis’ Episcopal when we celebrate Santa Lucia and raise money to fund our St. Francis’ Food Pantry. As we all know, this has been a year of challenge and change. Our Food Pantry distribution stopped after March 11th in accordance with San Francisco city guidelines and Diocesan guidelines. We … [Read more…]
We held our annual Blessing of the Animals on St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, Sunday, October 4th. Many enthusiastic dogs and two indifferent chickens came to the in-person, Covid-safe blessing outside of our church. Many, many cats preferred to receive their blessings digitally over Zoom, which means quite a few more cats were blessed … [Read more…]
On October 4th, St. Francis’ Episcopal held a service in the Sanctuary for the first time since March. The service was attended by our Rector Eric Metoyer, The Rev. Dominic George, and Lay Eucharistic Minister Fred Dick, all wearing masks and socially distanced. The congregation was able to watch on Zoom or on our new … [Read more…]