St. Francis Episcopal Church
is located at
16608 Highway 76
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Church phone and answering machine. (760) 742-1738
Mailing Address
St. Francis Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 1220
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
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is located at
16608 Highway 76
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Church phone and answering machine. (760) 742-1738
Mailing Address
St. Francis Episcopal Church
P.O. Box 1220
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Check out our new Facebook page by clicking here.
Looking for a way to get deeper into the the Advent Season? Check out these devotional resources from the Episcopal Church. Click here for the link to these resources.
Second Sunday After The Epiphany
January 19, 2020
Holy Eucharist at 8 am & 10 am
What Are You Looking For?
This Sunday we celebrate the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. Reading from John’s gospel, we hear about the calling of Peter, or before his name change, Simon, who was led to Jesus by his brother Andrew. I know this passage very well as this would be read every year in celebration of our patronal festival at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles, Washington. Andrew is the first Evangelist, the first person to lead his brother to Christ. And, without his brother Peter, where would we be? Peter, is the name given him by Jesus when he first meets him. “You are to be called Peter”, which means “the Rock.” Simon Peter was the rock of the early church. He was relatively quick to understand some of Jesus’ teachings and identity, but he was also very human and made many mistakes. Peter was a leader of the disciples and of the fledgling Christian movement.
Andrew was the one who first knew who Jesus was, the messiah. Andrew was one of John the Baptists followers and he heard his leader John say;”Look, here is the Lamb of God!” He knew that he and his brother would become disciples of Jesus. He had faith and he passed that faith on to his brother. Who helped you come into the faith? For me, it was both my Mother and my High School English teacher, Mrs Coultas. My mother raised me in the Disciples Church, and Mrs. Coultas gave me a great answer to “Why do I need to go to a Church if I believe in Jesus? I can follow him on my own” Mrs Coultas responded, “Yes, you certainly can, but the Church can help you know when your following Jesus or just following yourself” A few years later, I was being baptized in the Episcopal Church. Thanks Mom and Mrs. Coultas for being my Andrew, and helping me find the Lord.
Blessings
Michael+
Please follow the link listed below for the readings for the week.
The Kedusha
Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever we gaze, that the bush burns, unconsumed. And we, clay touched by God, will reach out for holiness and exclaim in wonder, "How filled with awe is this place and we did not know it."
January 19, 2020
Holy Eucharist at 8 am & 10 am
What Are You Looking For?
This Sunday we celebrate the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. Reading from John’s gospel, we hear about the calling of Peter, or before his name change, Simon, who was led to Jesus by his brother Andrew. I know this passage very well as this would be read every year in celebration of our patronal festival at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles, Washington. Andrew is the first Evangelist, the first person to lead his brother to Christ. And, without his brother Peter, where would we be? Peter, is the name given him by Jesus when he first meets him. “You are to be called Peter”, which means “the Rock.” Simon Peter was the rock of the early church. He was relatively quick to understand some of Jesus’ teachings and identity, but he was also very human and made many mistakes. Peter was a leader of the disciples and of the fledgling Christian movement.
Andrew was the one who first knew who Jesus was, the messiah. Andrew was one of John the Baptists followers and he heard his leader John say;”Look, here is the Lamb of God!” He knew that he and his brother would become disciples of Jesus. He had faith and he passed that faith on to his brother. Who helped you come into the faith? For me, it was both my Mother and my High School English teacher, Mrs Coultas. My mother raised me in the Disciples Church, and Mrs. Coultas gave me a great answer to “Why do I need to go to a Church if I believe in Jesus? I can follow him on my own” Mrs Coultas responded, “Yes, you certainly can, but the Church can help you know when your following Jesus or just following yourself” A few years later, I was being baptized in the Episcopal Church. Thanks Mom and Mrs. Coultas for being my Andrew, and helping me find the Lord.
Blessings
Michael+
Please follow the link listed below for the readings for the week.
The Kedusha
Days pass and the years vanish and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing. Let there be moments when your Presence, like lightning illumines the darkness in which we walk. Help us to see, wherever we gaze, that the bush burns, unconsumed. And we, clay touched by God, will reach out for holiness and exclaim in wonder, "How filled with awe is this place and we did not know it."
-Saint of the Week-
The Conversion of St. Paul
Feast Day January 25th
The Story of the Conversion of Saint Paul
Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience—his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In an instant, he saw that all the zeal of his dynamic personality was being wasted, like the strength of a boxer swinging wildly. Perhaps he had never seen Jesus, who was only a few years older, but he had acquired a zealot’s hatred of all Jesus stood for, as he began to harass the Church: “…entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment” (Acts 8:3b). Now he himself was “entered,” possessed, all his energy harnessed to one goal—being a slave of Christ in the ministry of reconciliation, an instrument to help others experience the one Savior.
One sentence determined his theology: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting” (Acts 9:5b). Jesus was mysteriously identified with people—the loving group of people Saul had been running down like criminals. Jesus, he saw, was the mysterious fulfillment of all he had been blindly pursuing. From then on, his only work was to “present everyone perfect in Christ. For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me” (Colossians 1:28b-29). “For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and [with] much conviction” (1 Thessalonians 1:5a).
Paul’s life became a tireless proclaiming and living out of the message of the cross: Christians die baptismally to sin and are buried with Christ; they are dead to all that is sinful and unredeemed in the world. They are made into a new creation, already sharing Christ’s victory and someday to rise from the dead like him. Through this risen Christ the Father pours out the Spirit on them, making them completely new.
So Paul’s great message to the world was: You are saved entirely by God, not by anything you can do. Saving faith is the gift of total, free, personal and loving commitment to Christ, a commitment that then bears fruit in more “works” than the Law could ever contemplate.
(Source: franciscanmedia.org/conversion-of-saint-paul/)
Newletter's Editor's note: Each week a Saint whose feast day is celebrated in our church will be highlighted. May we all be enriched by their stories and the wisdom they have handed down to us.
The Conversion of St. Paul
Feast Day January 25th
The Story of the Conversion of Saint Paul
Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience—his meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In an instant, he saw that all the zeal of his dynamic personality was being wasted, like the strength of a boxer swinging wildly. Perhaps he had never seen Jesus, who was only a few years older, but he had acquired a zealot’s hatred of all Jesus stood for, as he began to harass the Church: “…entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment” (Acts 8:3b). Now he himself was “entered,” possessed, all his energy harnessed to one goal—being a slave of Christ in the ministry of reconciliation, an instrument to help others experience the one Savior.
One sentence determined his theology: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting” (Acts 9:5b). Jesus was mysteriously identified with people—the loving group of people Saul had been running down like criminals. Jesus, he saw, was the mysterious fulfillment of all he had been blindly pursuing. From then on, his only work was to “present everyone perfect in Christ. For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me” (Colossians 1:28b-29). “For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and [with] much conviction” (1 Thessalonians 1:5a).
Paul’s life became a tireless proclaiming and living out of the message of the cross: Christians die baptismally to sin and are buried with Christ; they are dead to all that is sinful and unredeemed in the world. They are made into a new creation, already sharing Christ’s victory and someday to rise from the dead like him. Through this risen Christ the Father pours out the Spirit on them, making them completely new.
So Paul’s great message to the world was: You are saved entirely by God, not by anything you can do. Saving faith is the gift of total, free, personal and loving commitment to Christ, a commitment that then bears fruit in more “works” than the Law could ever contemplate.
(Source: franciscanmedia.org/conversion-of-saint-paul/)
Newletter's Editor's note: Each week a Saint whose feast day is celebrated in our church will be highlighted. May we all be enriched by their stories and the wisdom they have handed down to us.
Saint Francis Vestry
2022
Tom Paul Burch, Clerk
Bob Hubers
Larry Luther, Jr. Warden
2021
Steve Much
Eva Rosa, Assistant Treasurer
2020
Roselyn Krause
Steven Much, Sr. Warden
Joan Weller
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Charles Mathews, Treasurer
Property Committee
Tom Paul Burch
Larry Luther
Lay Delegates to the 2019 Diocesan Convention.
Steve Much
Allegra Much
2022
Tom Paul Burch, Clerk
Bob Hubers
Larry Luther, Jr. Warden
2021
Steve Much
Eva Rosa, Assistant Treasurer
2020
Roselyn Krause
Steven Much, Sr. Warden
Joan Weller
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Charles Mathews, Treasurer
Property Committee
Tom Paul Burch
Larry Luther
Lay Delegates to the 2019 Diocesan Convention.
Steve Much
Allegra Much
Stations of the Cross - click here.
Report Misconduct
The Episcopal Church has suspended the statute of limitations for reporting clergy sexual misconduct. Until December 31, 2029, persons who believe they have been a victim of misconduct at any time in the past in our diocese may file a report with our intake officers: Equilla Luke, aequilla@icloud.com, or John Seitman, jseitman@edsd.org. If you believe you have been harmed, please make a report. Our diocesan task force on compassionate care is available to support you. Speak with the intake officers for more information.
Report Misconduct
The Episcopal Church has suspended the statute of limitations for reporting clergy sexual misconduct. Until December 31, 2029, persons who believe they have been a victim of misconduct at any time in the past in our diocese may file a report with our intake officers: Equilla Luke, aequilla@icloud.com, or John Seitman, jseitman@edsd.org. If you believe you have been harmed, please make a report. Our diocesan task force on compassionate care is available to support you. Speak with the intake officers for more information.
Click here for weekly readings from the Lectionary from the Episcopal Church.
Click here for weekly readings from the Lectionary from the Episcopal Church.
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sunday School lessons each week involve a Bible story, a art project, Prayer, and a song. The children join the adults in church at the passing of the peace and are invited to be a part of the Holy Eucharist.
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For Daily Devotions provided by the Foreward Movement, click here.
The current Forward Day by Day booklet is available now in the back of the church.
