ON-GOING ACTIVITIES AT ST. BEN’S
ABUNDANCE SHOP– Thrift shop at 2025 9th St. (If you would like to volunteer, please contact at (805) 528-1370)
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 – Morning social gathering, 3rd Saturdays – 9am at Celia’s Garden Cafe.
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.
LAUNDRY LOVE – Helping low-income families with funds, soap, and friendly assistance at Osos Clean Laundry. 11-1pm and 4-6pm on last Wednesdays
PEOPLE’S KITCHEN – Providing and serving lunch at 40 Prado, 1st Saturday of even-numbered months
VESPERS AND CONVERSATION – Zoom – 5:30 pm Tuesdays
VESTRY / PARISH COUNCIL – ZOOM – 3rd Sundays at 12:30pm.
- The Rev. Dr. Caroline Hall, Rector
- Maureen Titus, Presiding Warden
- Lisa Gonzalez, Treasurer
- Sandy Fisher, People’s Warden
- Pamela Bleisch
- Cathy Gildea
- Esta Kandarian
- Helen Schnieders
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.
THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
FAREWELL: Caro’s service of farewell will be at 6:30 on Wednesday May 31 with the Bishop presiding.
After the service we will have a reception in Caro’s honor, and she has requested we have dessert items, wine, nuts and coffee.
So please bring some delicious nuts and a favorite dessert, we will have wine and coffee. Looking forward to celebrating
Caro’s retirement from St. Benedict’s with a special evening.
PEOPLE’S KITCHEN – we serve lunch on Saturday June 3rd at 40 Prado. Please let Connie Weldon (Slorn1@gmail.com) know what you will bring. She is particularly looking for someone to take the food and for servers.
PHOTOs of the Big PARTY: if you have photos or video footage of Caro’s retirement party please send them to Hannah Jaye (office@stbenslososos.org) and maybe we will make a slide show or video from them.
Missed the Rutter Requiem or want to enjoy it again? The recording is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlhn1nkRrL0
JOIN ST BEN’S AT CENTRAL COAST PRIDE: Your Discovery Team continues its work to reach out to the community around us. Upcoming plans include staffing booths at local Central Coast Pride events. Each year the central coast LGBTQ+ community comes together in joyful celebration, and we will be there representing St. Ben’s, offering blessings, prayer, and some water or lemonade instead of our traditional coffee. All are welcome to join and share in our support for our local LGBTQ+ community. You could even help at the booth and then enjoy the rest of Pride Fest. Join us as we share the love!(Festive pride attire is recommended but not required.)
- Trans Pride May 27 in Meadow Park from 11-4 pm
- Central Coast Pride Fest at Laguna Lake June 3 (near the dog park) from 10-5 pm
- Pride in the Plaza June 4 from 1-6 pm
The Shuman Estate Sale is scheduled for Saturday, June 3 – from 8 to 2 at Morro Shores Mobile Home Park, 433 Ramona, Unit 130, Los Osos. (Just follow the arrows to the site) There is a wide assortment of glass and kitchenware, books, pictures and furniture available for sale.
Everyone is invited to attend to purchase a reminder of our friend Stef. For more info contact Lisa Gonzalez 805-441-3386
SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION – There will be no Spiritual Conversation next week, June 6. Starting June 13, the conversation will be based on ideas from Cyprian Consiglio of the New Camaldolese monastery in Big Sur. This will start with sharing a video and reading an article and then discussion based on his new book Rediscovering the Divine will start June 27. You do not have to read the book to participate. Tuesdays at 10:30 on Zoom
Take Action on Our Church’s Values
The Episcopal Church provides a great set of Action Alerts on key issues before Congress. The alerts help Episcopalians automate expressing our views to our representatives in Congress. You also can edit your messages to personalize your concerns.
The most recent Alert is “Urge Congress to End Gun Violence.” You can see the Action Alerts at https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/action-alerts/.
JEN’S ORDINATION to the priesthood will be here at St. Benedict’s on June 28th. Woohoo!
PERSONAL PRAYER – If you’d like prayer support during the week, contact Sandy Fisher (661-805-2882). Prayer requests may also be emailed at any time to prayers@stbenslososos.org and requests for pastoral care may be sent to pastoralcare@stbenslososos.org.
This Week at St Ben’s
Sunday
- 8 am Contemplative Communion in-person and on Zoom
- 10:30am Eucharist in-person and livestreamed on FB
Tuesday
- 9:45am Prayers for the Morning: Zoom
- 10:30am Spiritual Conversation Zoom
- 5:30pm Vespers, followed by supper
Wednesday
- 6:30pm Service of Farewell
Friday
- 9:00a Gentle Yoga
Saturday
- 11-4 Tranz Pride
- 11 People’s Kitchen
Sunday
- No 8 am
- 10:30am Eucharist, in-person and livestreamed on FB
- Potluck Lunch!!!
Service leaflets for Sunday services and Vespers are available under the Worship tab on our website:
https://www.stbenslososos.org/category/service-bulletin/
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
RALPH’S CARD: Please consider registering your Food for Less or Ralph’s card as donating to St Benedict’s. In the last quarter 20 households contributed this way and we received over $200. How to do this here: https://www.ralphs.com/i/community/community-contribution-program
A reminder that all organic waste must now be put into a green container not into the trash. Thank you to Ron Thompson for getting us a new compost container – note that it is WHITE. Less organic waste in the landfill means less methane and less global warming. In SLO County green waste means food waste and paper napkins/paper towels that have been used for food waste, flowers and other organic material but NOT items that are labeled compostable like plates, cutlery etc. Thank you for caring for the planet and obeying the law. No bags of any kind may go in the compost or the recycle bins.
The Altar Guild serves each Sunday by setting up and creating sacred space and then putting the vessels and linens away at the end as well as by looking after everything we use in worship. There are openings for two or more people to join the team. If God is calling you to this special ministry please talk to Sarah Chesebro.
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 write them in the bidding book on the stand by the usher’s station as you come into church.
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES in Poland need help. We are sending money to Caro’s sisters church in Nowy Sacz, Poland. Please put “Ukraine” on your check or on-line gift.
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 the office to make one for you. In the meantime, you can fill out an adhesive tag for the day.
ST. BENEDICT’S CONNECTIONS – Please do not hesitate to reach out to each other to stay in contact, and feel free to contact Caro+ at 805-704-5826 or caro@stbenslososos.org She loves to hear from you. In an emergency, texts are best.
IN-PERSON SERVICE AT ST. BENEDICT’S – To help lessen the chance of spreading Covid – or Flu or colds – please observe the following behaviors when worshipping at St. Ben’s. Thank you.
- Masks are required at all times inside the church, except when putting the communion bread into your mouth, or when reading the lessons or making announcements from the lectern.
- Wash your hands or use hand sanitizer frequently.
- When coming forward for communion, spread out the circle to keep from standing too closely together.
- During communion the consecrated bread will be dropped into your palm for you to consume.
HOW TO FIND OUR SERVICES
Our 8am and 10:30 am Sunday services are Eucharist services, held indoors at the church for anyone wishing to attend in person. Masks are required, and we will continue to ask people to maintain social distancing by having no more than three people per pew.
The 8:00 am service will also be available on Zoom. There is no 8am service on the first Sunday of each month.
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: https://www.stbenslososos.org/category/service-bulletin/
Unless otherwise stated, our meetings happen on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7977776046?pwd=VUFZSXY3UVpNVitJaDl2VmhPS3E2UT09 Passcode is: 93402
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 Wednesday of odd-numbered months, in conjunction with Los Osos Cares.
EARTHCARE – Discussion/action group seeking local solutions to environmental concerns. 3rd Wednesdays 3:00 pm on ZOOM
HEALING SERVICE – 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.
LAUNDRY LOVE – Helping low-income families with funds, soap, and friendly assistance at Osos Clean Laundry. 11am and 4pm on last Wednesday of each month.
MEN’S BREAKFAST GROUP – Morning social gathering, 3rd Saturdays 9am at Celia’s Garden Cafe
PEOPLE’S KITCHEN – Providing and serving lunch at 40 Prado, 1st Saturday of even numbered months
SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION – a lively on-line conversation, often based on a book. Tuesdays 10:15am
VESPERS AND CONVERSATION – 5:30 pm Tuesdays