At 6 p.m. today, we will do Evening Prayer Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer. Phil Smallwood will provide music. To connect to the service, go to this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81540631154pwd=MFcvS1pWMmx6NlIxSmxsb3owaGplUT09 Meeting ID: 815 4063 1154 Passcode: 831993

We will welcome the coming of the Christ Child into our hearts on Christmas Eve at 7 pm. This traditional, family-friendly service includes lots of wonderful Christmas carols and a celebration of Holy Communion Rite II.  All are welcome!   

At 10 a.m. on Christmas Day, we will once again commemorate the arrival of Baby Jesus! Our Holy Communion Rite II service will be the perfect reminder of why we celebrate Christmas. We welcome visitors from any faith and tradition, or no tradition at all. All are welcome!  

We will celebrate all the blessings that God has bestowed on us by gathering for Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m.  All are welcome!  

By The Rev. Kathie Galicia  Originally published in Instrument of Thy Peace Magazine by St. Francis Episcopal Church, July 2019 When I was quite young, 12 or 13 years old, one of my classmates was the daughter of a woman who had survived Auschwitz. Her mother wrote a book about her experiences; around this time

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Originally published in the St. Francis Newsmagazine for May 2019 He Lives!  There is a wonderful old hymn in the Lift Every Voice and Sing hymnal called “He Lives!” Composed by Alfred H. Ackley, it was published in 1933. We sang it on Easter Sunday as our Gospel hymn, and it made me smile. It

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Sermon for Sunday April 28, 2019 2 Easter John 20:19-31 Thomas the Doubter, or Thomas the Pragmatic?  The story of “Thomas the Doubter” is one of my favorite readings of the entire church year. Perhaps it’s because Thomas seems so very human, as do all the disciples, hiding out as they were in that upper

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Sermon for Easter Sunday, Year C    Acts 10:34-43 & John 20:1-18   April 21, 2019 Yesterday evening, we gathered at St. Paul’s in Modesto to celebrate the Great Vigil of Easter. That is a very long service that contains so many elements including the Service of Light, five scripture readings that span centuries of

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Who is my neighbor?  Finding commonality amidst diversity  by The Rev. Kathie Galicia  Originally published on the Diocese of San Joaquin’s Friday Reflection, March 22, 2019 This past Monday, March 18, I attended an event at the Islamic Center of Modesto, a vigil to promote peace and unity and to honor the victims of the

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Sermon for Palm Sunday Year C April 14, 2019 Anyone who thinks that we in the Episcopal Church do not read the Bible should attend church this week! Our readings cover the Old Testament, in which we hear from the prophet Isaiah, through the Psalms, the Gospels, and the letter of Paul to the church

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