Christmas Eve Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 24th. Dress for a cool afternoon!
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.
Check out our new webpage by clicking here.
Father Michael Carr leads a weekly bible study via a Zoom Meeting. For additional information, contact Fr. Carr.
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Your Vestry in Action!
Last Saturday the newly elected Vestry got together to help outline the direction that will shape the Church for the next few years. Crucial to those discussions was dig into the the question, "What makes St. Francis Special". Answers included:
There was also talk about having a Sunday School program ready even before we have more kids. Also a task force will be formed to explore the costs and viability of hosting a Community Garden. We also set our dates for a yearly calendar, including a new Parish Picnic that we would have in our garden after service on June 7th.
There are a few vestry members who could be Received or Confirmed when bishop Susan visits on June 28th. We will have a class starting sometime in May, most likely following the 10am service. So please keep that in mind if you too would like to be confirmed by the bishop and check with Fr. Michael for more information on the process.
Photos courtesy of Bob Hubers. Lunch provided by Scott Walker. Update by Fr. Michael.
Last Saturday the newly elected Vestry got together to help outline the direction that will shape the Church for the next few years. Crucial to those discussions was dig into the the question, "What makes St. Francis Special". Answers included:
- Small and intimate.
- My previous church kept telling me I was going to hell.
- We all play a part in this church. We are a family we know and can relate to.
- Don't have to check our brains at the door.
- Part of nature, visually in nature.
There was also talk about having a Sunday School program ready even before we have more kids. Also a task force will be formed to explore the costs and viability of hosting a Community Garden. We also set our dates for a yearly calendar, including a new Parish Picnic that we would have in our garden after service on June 7th.
There are a few vestry members who could be Received or Confirmed when bishop Susan visits on June 28th. We will have a class starting sometime in May, most likely following the 10am service. So please keep that in mind if you too would like to be confirmed by the bishop and check with Fr. Michael for more information on the process.
Photos courtesy of Bob Hubers. Lunch provided by Scott Walker. Update by Fr. Michael.
Saint Francis Vestry .
2023 Roselyn Kraus Stevens Turner Faith Much
2022 Tom Paul Burch, Clerk Bob Hubers Larry Luther, Jr. Warden
2021 Steven Much Eva Rosa, Assistant Treasurer
Treasurer Charles Mathews
Property Committee Tom Paul Burch Larry Luther
Lay Delegates to the 2019 Diocesan Convention.
Steve Much Allegra Much
2023 Roselyn Kraus Stevens Turner Faith Much
2022 Tom Paul Burch, Clerk Bob Hubers Larry Luther, Jr. Warden
2021 Steven Much Eva Rosa, Assistant Treasurer
Treasurer Charles Mathews
Property Committee Tom Paul Burch Larry Luther
Lay Delegates to the 2019 Diocesan Convention.
Steve Much Allegra Much
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SUNDAY SCHOOL!
LENT IS HERE!
Each week in Sunday School we will memorize a bible verse. This week's verse is: John 10:10. “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."
This week in Sunday School we made pretzels. The pretzels are a traditional Lenten food that reminds us to pray. The pretzel resembles arms crossed in prayer.
Next week there will be a new Sunday School lesson that has us thinking of how we can be more like Jesus!
LENT IS HERE!
Each week in Sunday School we will memorize a bible verse. This week's verse is: John 10:10. “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."
This week in Sunday School we made pretzels. The pretzels are a traditional Lenten food that reminds us to pray. The pretzel resembles arms crossed in prayer.
Next week there will be a new Sunday School lesson that has us thinking of how we can be more like Jesus!
-Saint of the Week Saint Patrick Feast Day March 17
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession. In The Confession, he wrote:
"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain and was reunited with his family.
A few years after returning home, Patrick saw a vision he described in his memoir:
"I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: 'The Voice of the Irish.' As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they cried out, as with one voice: 'We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us.'"
The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by
St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him. After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted many people -eventually thousands - and he began building churches across the country.
He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity and entire kingdoms were eventually converted to Christianity after hearing Patrick's message.
Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, traveling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461.
He died at Saul, where he had built the first Irish church. He is believed to be buried in Down Cathedral, Downpatrick. His grave was marked in 1990 with a granite stone.
Patrick was a humble, pious, gentle man, whose love and total devotion to and trust in God should be a shining example to each of us. So complete was his trust in God, and of the importance of his mission, he feared nothing -not even death.
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession. In The Confession, he wrote:
"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain."
Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain and was reunited with his family.
A few years after returning home, Patrick saw a vision he described in his memoir:
"I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: 'The Voice of the Irish.' As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they cried out, as with one voice: 'We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us.'"
The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by
St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him. After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted many people -eventually thousands - and he began building churches across the country.
He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity and entire kingdoms were eventually converted to Christianity after hearing Patrick's message.
Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, traveling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461.
He died at Saul, where he had built the first Irish church. He is believed to be buried in Down Cathedral, Downpatrick. His grave was marked in 1990 with a granite stone.
Patrick was a humble, pious, gentle man, whose love and total devotion to and trust in God should be a shining example to each of us. So complete was his trust in God, and of the importance of his mission, he feared nothing -not even death.
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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.
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.
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.