St. Francis Weekly

Quote of the Week...

Food for Thought. . .

The name Jurgen Moltmann is not a household name.  However, he is responsible for key elements of theological expression in many churches, whether people know it or not.  Indeed, I recently had lunch with a colleague who noted that he is a Christian because of Jurgen Moltmann.  Such a statement may seem a bit esoteric to those who know nothing of this man from Hamburg, Germany, but because of Moltmann’s work--especially his seminal piece, The Crucified God--millions of people are impacted and may be none the wiser.  The Crucified God is an exploration of the God who would meet humanity in the cry of dereliction of Jesus from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  For Jesus, the human, to articulate this is no surprise.  We have all expressed this in some form or another.  The halls of history echo its plea with no noticeable or efficacious response.  For Jesus, the God-Man, this is the stumbling block that Paul spoke of.  Rather than God as omniscient, omnipotent, and beyond the suasion of this mortal coil, using humanity as a playing, the Crucified God embodies the Holy’s intimate engagement with our vulnerability and mortality, our loss and our loneliness, our deepest despair and our utmost desire.  

Moltmann died this past week at the age of 98.  To read more, click here. . ..

Sunday (9)

NO 8:00 AM SERVICE

Bishop Jeffrey Mello's Visitation

10:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (Church)

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10:00 AM

Godly Play:

11:00 AM

Coffee Hour and Time with

Bishop Mello

Sun., June 9 - Tues., June 11

American Jewish Committee Global Forum

THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE

Monday (10)

1:30 PM

Interfaith Social Ministry Collaborative

Tuesday (11)

7:00 PM

Sneak Peek

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Thursday (13)

10:00 AM

Morning Prayer

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Thursday (13)

11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Saturday (15)

Noon

Juneteenth Freedom Celebration

Sunday (16)

Father's Day

Sunday (16)

8:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (HC)

Sunday (16)

10:00 AM

Worship with Eucharist (Church)

Sunday (16)

11:00 AM

Virtual Coffee Hour

Sunday (16)

4:00 PM

Service for Pets and Their People (Church)



Tuesday, June 18 @ 10:00 AM Executive Committee

Tuesday, June 18 @ 11:00 AM Eucharist at the Villa

Tuesday, June 18 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek

Wed., June 19 @ 8:30 AM Episcopal Church in CT Meeting

Wed., June 19 @ Noon

Stamford Clergy Meeting

Thurs., June 20 @ 10:00 AM Morning Prayer

Thurs., June 20 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Thurs., June 20 @ Noon

Clergy Meeting

Thurs., June 20 @ 6:00 PM Vestry Meeting

Friday, June 21 @ 12:30 PM

Food Distribution at Bethel A.M.E. Church

Friday, June 21 @ 6:00 PM

Rabbi Josh Hammerman Final Service at Temple Beth-El

Sunday, June 23 @ 8:00 AM

Worship and Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, June 23 @ 10:00 AM

Worship and Eucharist (Church)

Sunday, June 23 @ 10:00 AM Godly Play

Sunday, June 23 @ 10:00 AM In-Person Coffee Hour

Sunday, June 23 @ 10:00 AM Book Group: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Monday, June 24 @ 6:00 PM Pacific House Board Meeting

Tuesday, June 25 @ 10:00 AM Executive Committee

Tuesday, June 25 @ 7:00 PM

Sneak Peek

Thurs., June 27 @ 10:00 AM Morning Prayer

Thurs., June 27 @ 11:00 AM

Edgehill Eucharist

Sunday, June 30 @ 8:00 AM

Worship and Eucharist (HC)

Sunday, June 30 @ 10:00 AM

Worship and Eucharist (Church)

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