ON-GOING ACTIVITIES AT ST. BEN’S
ABUNDANCE SHOP– Thrift shop at 2025 9th St. COMMUNITY DINNER – Providing and serving food at SBCC, on 1st Thursday of odd-numbered months, in conjunction with Los Osos Cares.
EARTHCARE – ZOOM 3rd Wednesdays 3pm. Discussion/action group seeking spiritual and practical solutions to environmental concerns. MEN’S GROUP – 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am at the Budget Cafe in SLO. Contact John Horsley.
HEALING SERVICE – FACEBOOK – A time for prayers for healing at the 10:30 service on 5th Sundays.
HOLLISTER INSTITUTE – Opportunities for stimulating discussion and thoughtful exploration on Tuesdays at 10:15am on ZOOM. “The Dream of God” by Verna Dozier begins Sep 7. LAUNDRY LOVE – Helping low-income families with funds, soap, and friendly assistance at Osos Clean Laundry. 4-6pm on last Wednesdays
PEOPLE’S KITCHEN – Providing and serving lunch at 40 Prado, 1st Saturday of even-numbered months SATURDAY EUCHARIST Evening Eucharist on 2nd Saturdays at 5:30pm Zoom and Facebook VESPERS AND CONVERSATION – ZOOM – 5:30 pm Tuesdays
VESTRY / PARISH COUNCIL – ZOOM – 3rd Sundays at 12:30pm.
- The Rev. Dr. Caroline Hall, Rector
- Stef Shuman, Sr. Warden
- Jane Wu, Jr. Warden
- Lisa Gonzalez, Treasurer,
- Lorienne Schwenk, Clerk
- Esta Kandarian,
- Alan Kiste,
- Benjamin Nucum
- Helen Schnieders
- Barbara Schippers
- Maureen Titus
Bidding Book Prayers – If you’d like to request prayers for someone and have their names read out during the online worship services on Sunday, please submit their names to stefshuman@sbcglobal.net during the week (by Friday).
We are grateful for God’s financial providence and blessing. Thank you for making your offerings by mail to our PO Box, or on-line.
Our Sunday services are held indoors at the church for anyone wishing to attend in person. Masks are still required, and we will continue to ask people to maintain social distancing by having no more than three people per pew. Communion will be distributed in bread only. Wine will be received by sight.
The 8:00 am service will also be on Zoom.
The 10:30 am service will also be live-streamed for those who watch remotely — either on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stbenslososos/ or through our website at http://www.stbenslososos.org/facebook-including-live-stream/
Service leaflets for both services are available under the Worship tab on our website: Here
Unless otherwise stated, our meetings happen on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7977776046?pwd=VUFZSXY3UVpNVitJaDl2VmhPS3E2UT09
Passcode is: 93402
This Week at St. Benedict’s
Sunday, Aug 15
8:00 am – Contemplative Eucharist service (also on Zoom)
9:20 am – Bible Study
10:30 am – Eucharist service – (also live-streamed on FB)
11:30 am – Virtual Coffee Hour (Zoom)
12:15 pm – Parish Council Meeting (Zoom only)
Tuesday, Aug 17
5:30 pm – Vespers service – (Zoom)
Wednesday, Aug 18
3:00 pm – Earthcare Mtg (Zoom)
5:30 pm – Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, Aug 21
9:00 am – Men’s Breakfast at Budget Café, SLO
Sunday, Aug 22
8:00 am – Contemplative Eucharist service (also on Zoom)
9:20 am – Bible Study
10:30 am – Eucharist service – (also live-streamed on FB)
11:30 am – Virtual Coffee Hour (Zoom)
2:00 pm – SLO Deanery Meeting (deanery Zoom)
10:30 Ministers of the Service Aug 15
Celebrant: The Rev. Brian Stein-Webber
Eucharistic Minister: Lorienne Schwenk
Lector: Bryson McKelvey
Piano: David Alm
Ushers: Connie Weldon & Ron Thompson
Altar Guild: Lorienne Schwenk
Flowers: Sharon Porter
Prayer Team: Louise Beeler
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RECTOR’S SABBATICAL – Caro+ is currently on sabbatical and will return on October 31. In her absence, Sunday services will be led by Susan Plucker+ and the Rev. Brian Stein-Webber. If you have a pastoral concern, please contact Senior Warden Stef Shuman who will put you in touch with help. Jay Matthew will be continuing in the office to answer questions and help with administrative details. The Parish Council will be responsible for the congregation in the Rector’s absence.
WHAT’S UP WITH YOU? It’s been a year since we invited people to submit a paragraph or so to our Newsletter about how they’ve been doing during the pandemic, while we were mostly apart. Let’s do that again, and check in with each other for the September/October issue: What would you like others to know about your life right now? Tell us what you have been up to. What especially is bringing you joy these days? What are you looking forward to next? Or anything else you’d like to share. Please write something, and send it to Jay at office@stbenslososos.org with the subject “People’s Pages”. He will collect them and send them to our editors for publication. Be sure to sign your paragraph with the name(s) you want printed. If photos would be helpful, send those too. The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 20
HOLLISTER INSTITUTE – Starting on September 7, the Tuesday Spiritual Conversation group will base its conversation on the book The Dream of God by Verna Dozier. There are five chapters and each one will form the basis for one week’s conversation, focused by Carol Brubaker-Walton. Everyone is welcome to join in, even if you don’t have time to read the book. Conversations take place on Tuesdays at 10:15 on Zoom. You can meet Verna in this very short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0giAg2qP9mY You can read about her life here: https://www.stmarks.net/learning/dozierlibrary/dozierlife/
Please join us for this conversation.
BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO CREATION CARE & THE CLIMATE CRISIS –
The Earthcare Team of St. Benedict’s encourages your participation in five live-facilitated sessions on the “Beginner’s Guide to Creation Care and the Climate Crisis,” beginning September 9. The sessions will include short Bible studies, video clips, and discussion.
The sessions will be 6:30-8:00 p.m., Thursdays, September 9 to October 7, via Zoom, but it’s not our regular Zoom room, so …. Be sure to Register on our website.
Session Topics:
Sep 9: What Is Climate Change and What Are Its Consequences
Sep 16: How do Christians See Creation?
Sep 23: What’s a Christian to Do about Climate Change?
Sep 30: What Can We Do as a Congregation?
Oct 7: How Are We Called to Be Public Advocates for Climate Health?
For details talk with Don Maruska or any EarthCare member.
DIOCESAN CONVENTION: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS & RESOLUTIONS
Nominations are being accepted for elected and appointed leadership roles that will help guide the Diocese of El Camino Real into the future, serving our communities. A descriptive guide for leadership positions is available here. This is a great opportunity to share your leadership skills, gifts, and experience for a variety of diocesan positions — Standing Committee, Board of Trustees, or Commission on Ministry — which will be decided at our 41st Annual Convention on November 6. Nominations are due on September 30.
Resolutions to come before diocesan convention are due on September 7. A guide for writing resolutions with full details is available here.
For questions about diocesan convention, please contact Jeff Diehl, Secretary to Convention, at jdiehl@albionenvironmental.com.
CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK:
— Anniversaries —
Barry & Ruth Turner – Aug 16
Kit Gould & Ed Himmelblau – Aug 18
Pamela & Tim Strawn – Aug 19
Mary & Brian Stein-Webber – Aug 20
— Birthdays —
Sharon Porter – Aug 21
Brian Stein-Webber – Aug 21
NEW PHONE DIRECTORIES – Jay has compiled a new phone directory for St. Ben’s, and copies are available behind the last pew near the usher’s station. If your information is inaccurate or missing, please let Jay know so he can update it for the next edition.
SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY – Sunday Morning Bible Study is held each week between the two morning services starting at 9:20 in the classroom. Lisa Gonzalez and Lorienne Schwenk will be leading the discussion.
COFFEE HOUR SIGN-UPS – Our after-service hospitality will continue in a limited fashion while Covid restrictions are still in force. There is a sign-up sheet posted on the refrigerator for anyone who would like to host coffee hour on a specific Sunday (rather than have it be part of the ministry schedule assignments). If you sign up, coffee will have been made in advance and you will just be asked to put out the coffee service and provide a light snack, such as cookies that people may pick up for themselves, and then you will clean things up and put them away. If no one signs up there will not be coffee hour on that day.
VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR – for those watching at home, the Zoom room is available between 11:30-12:30 on Sundays for informal no-host conversations. Supply your own coffee!
MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES – We are looking for more people to serve on Sundays as ushers, tellers, lectors, altar guild, flower guild, and Eucharistic ministers. If you have done this in the past and are now able to return to this ministry, please let Lorienne Schwenk know. If you haven’t done it here at St. Ben’s before but would like to start, please contact Stef Shuman.
ST BENEDICT’S OFFICE HOURS – Jay will be in the church office on:
- Tuesdays 3-6pm
- Thursdays 10am-1pm
- Saturdays 10am-1pm
NAME TAGS – We are asking everyone to wear a name tag. Please check the name tag board by the door for yours. If you don’t have one, or if an old one has become too shabby, please ask Stef to make one for you. (Or just tell the ushers). In the meantime, you can fill out an adhesive tag for the day.
DONATIONS – Collection plates are not passed during the service, but you may put your contributions in the plate by the usher’s station before the service, or contribute on-line at: https://www.StBensLosOsos.org/support-us/ or by mail to our PO Box. Thank you for your offerings! We are grateful for God’s financial providence and blessing.
BIDDING BOOK PRAYERS – If you’d like to request prayers for someone to have their names read out during the worship services on Sunday, please submit their names to stefshuman@sbcglobal.net during the week.
PERSONAL PRAYER – A member of the Healing Prayer Ministry team is available each week after the 10:30 service to pray with you for special concerns. If you’d like this prayer support this week, contact Louisa Beeler at (805) 543-2898. If no answer, please leave a message and your call will be returned.
PRAYER CHAIN – Also, remember that you may send your prayer requests to the prayer chain at: prayers@stbenslososos.org This is a group of individuals dedicated to intercessory prayers, who upon receiving your email will pray for your concerns. If you’d like to be part of the chain and receive prayer requests by email, contact Stef, who will add you to the list.
BENEDICT’S CONNECTIONS – Please do not hesitate to reach out to each other to stay in contact, and feel free to call Stef at 805-534-3622 or stefshuman@sbcglobal.net
Be well, be safe, and stay in touch.