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"You are a unique and beloved child of God. Wherever you find yourself in your journey, you are welcome here. Please join us soon and share the joy of God's loving presence. In God's house there are no strangers."...

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Ed's Crew Burning and Turning

- The community of St. Francis of Assisi welcomes you

- St. Francis is an open and inclusive community

- St. Francis is a safe place to ask questions

- Find the lost, heal the broken, celebrate God’s love for all!


Worship Schedule
- Sunday Morning Service - 8:00am | 10:00am
- Christian Formation - 9:00am { all ages welcome }
Nursery Provided
-Tuesday 6:30pm - Adult Education Midweek
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What Do Episcopalians Believe?

The Episcopal Church has its roots in the Church of England, becoming a self-governing church body with the end of the American Revolution. Like other churches in the Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church stands squarely in the Reformed tradition, yet considers itself just as directly descended from the Early Church as the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches. Episcopalians celebrate the Holy Eucharist in ways similar to the Roman Catholic tradition, yet do not recognize a single authority, such as the Pope of Rome. 

Unique to Anglicanism is the Book of Common Prayer, the collection of worship services that all worshipers in an Anglican church follow. It’s called “common prayer” because we all pray it together, around the world. The first Book of Common Prayer was compiled in English by Thomas Cranmer in the 16th Century, and since then has undergone many revisions for different times and places. But its original purpose has remained the same: to provide in one place the core of the instructions and rites for Anglican Christians to worship together. 

Episcopalians believe that every Christian must build an understanding and relationship with God’s Word in the Bible, and to do that, God has given us intelligence and our own experience, which we refer to as “Reason.” Based on the text of the Bible itself, and what Christians have taught us about it through the ages, we then together sort out our own understanding of it as it relates to our own lives.

 

News at St. Francis

Rector Search Committee Meeting July 1st.

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Summer Outreach Opportunities

St. Francis Market

The St. Francis Market is now open.  Please bring produce, plants, crafts and other items that you would like to offer for sale each week.  Donations collected will go to outreach. 

Hosanna Community

Collection of paper goods for Hosanna Community will take place July 6th through August 10th.  Hosanna Community maintains group homes where adults with disabilities live together, encouraging and enabling one another to reach their greatest potential physically, emotionally, socially, intellectually and spiritually.   

 

Items listed below are needed:

Bathroom tissue

Paper towels

Aluminum Foil

Wax paper

Paper plates

Cups

 

If you would like to make a monetary donation to purchase these items, you may do so in the basket in the entryway.  For further information, please contact Lynn Armstrong (706-937-6926) 

A new Education for Ministry (EFM) class will begin at St. Martin of Tours Episcopal Church in East Brainerd on Tuesday, September 9, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM.  If anyone at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal

Church is interested in registering or learning more about this program, please contact Lelia Mullis at 423-645-2165 or lmullis607@hotmail.com and register by July 1.

 

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Katie Hall House

Katie Hall House Purchased by St. Francis

 

Katie Hall, a beloved parishioner and founding member of St. Francis of Assisi lived in the yellow house that joins the church property on Ooltewah-Georgetown Rd. to the south.  Her son Chris Hall has been living in the house since her death several years ago.  Some months ago Chris decided to sell the house which sits on a one acre lot.  Click here to continue Latest News

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BBQ Fellowship Huge Success

 

Saturday Ed McCoy put together his crew consisting of Bill Allen and Mike Bowland and smoked the best barbeque pork and chicken you’ll have anywhere around.  Ed’s skills came from his parents who owned a BBQ restaurant in Selma, Alabama. cont. click here Latest News 

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What A Spread

All Saints Cabin Gets Face Lift

 

Recently the vestry decided that All Saints Cabin needed some interior improvements to make it more inviting for our new interim rector and a more user friendly environment for meetings and events. cont. Latest News

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ADULT CHRISTIAN FORMATION ON SUNDAY MORNING

Starting in July, we will begin a new Environmental Series in the Sunday morning Christian Formation classes.  The ever increasing gas prices have prompted discussions on gas and oil that have led to this series, where we’ll be exploring several topics that include:

1.        Fossils Fuels: What is fossil fuel? Where do you find them? How do we use them?

2.        Alternatives: What can we do? Reduce/Reuse/Recycle/Throw Away?

3.        Global Warming: What is Global Warming? Fact of Fiction? Can we make a difference?

4.        Hybrid Cars: What are they? How do they work?

 

Throughout this exciting series, we will explore these questions and what we, as stewards of the land God has given us, are called to do.  Can we really make a difference? Come join on Sunday mornings at 9:00 am, July 6-27th, in Christian Formation.  See you there!                           

 

 

 

 

ADULT EDUCATION: MIDWEEK

 

   

There will be a new four-week study beginning, Tuesday, July 8. We will watch and discuss a series of lectures on DVD by the noted Jesus scholar, John Dominic Crossan. The series is titled "Paul: an Appealing or Appalling Apostle." Crossan addresses challenges to understanding Paul, three "different Pauls," Paul’s character and theology, and gender balance and imbalance in the New Testament.

All are invited and encouraged to attend. The sessions begin at 6:30 p.m. with a brief prayer time and end at 7:30 p.m.

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St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

7555 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road

Ooltewah, TN 37363

 

Telephone: 423-238-7708

Fax: 423-238-7672

Main Church E-Mail: sfaec@comcast.net

Rev. Bowlin’s E-Mail: rectorsf@comcast.net

Internet: www.sfaec.org

 

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St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church

7555 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road

Ooltewah, TN 37363

 

Telephone: 423-238-7708

Fax: 423-238-7672

Main Church E-Mail: sfaec@comcast.net

Rev. Bowlin’s E-Mail: rectorsf@comcast.net

Internet: www.sfaec.org