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.
- Maureen Titus, Presiding Warden
- Lisa Gonzalez, Treasurer
- Berkeley Johnson, People’s Warden
- Pamela Bleisch
- Cathy Gildea
- Esta Kandarian
- Michael Lucas
- Brian Spolarich
- Sandy Fisher
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
8am Sunday Service to Pause for the Summer – The 8am Sunday Service will be paused for the Summer due to celebrants, officiants and congregants vacation plans and will resume in the Fall.
VIP Notice for St. Ben’s Congregation – This week we had to pump the septic tank at St. Ben’s. The recommendations from the company are as follows:
- Toilet Paper ONLY in toilets !!!!!! No wipes (really not biodegradable in septic tanks), no feminine hygiene products ( you know what that means), no paper towels either.
Huge thanks to Ron Thompson who was here also during this major event for our facilities maintenance, we have photos. Thank you for caring for our church. If you have questions/comments contact Maureen, Presiding Warden
Worship leader training being offered at ST. Bens on June 22nd from 1-4
You are warmly invited to attend a workshop to become licensed in our diocese to lead worship in our parish. We will focus on learning about Morning Prayer since that is the service most often used, however, this license applies to every non-sacramental worship service (Vespers, Liturgy of the Word, Compline, Evening Prayer, etc.). All are invited to attend. This is a great opportunity to learn about leading a prayer service and would be an excellent opportunity for all who are curious about the rich tradition of daily prayer. No previous experience is necessary; all are welcome.
We will gather from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, June 22nd here at St. Ben’s
Please go here to register: https://forms.gle/prPoMEySTBHYUkRD8
If you have questions please contact Sarah Chesebro or Rev. Jen.
The Tuesday Spiritual Discussion group – The Tuesday morning Spiritual conversation will conclude our discussion on the book How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning and Community by Judith Valente on May 7th. We will not meet on May 14th. Beginning May 21st we will be taking a look at Marilynne Robinson’s Reading Genesis, which is “a powerful consideration of the profound meanings and promise of God’s enduring covenant with humanity. This magisterial book radiates gratitude for the constancy and benevolence of God’s abiding faith in Creation.”
You do not have to read the book to participate. Tuesdays at 10:30 on Zoom.
PERSONAL PRAYER – If you’d like prayer support during the week, contact Louisa Beeler (805) 543-2898. If no answer, please leave a message and your call will be returned. 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.
Birthdays: Michael Lucas – June 18
This Week at St Ben’s
Sunday
- 10:30a Eucharist, in-person and livestreamed on FB
Monday
- 3:30p Liturgy Committee Zoom
Tuesday
Wednesday
- 3p Earthcare Meeting Zoom
Saturday
- 1p Worship leader training
Sunday
- 10:30a Eucharist, in-person and livestreamed on FB
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. Searching by our organization number HV013 is much easier when signing up.
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. A recent Alert of note is “Urge Congress to Pass Voting Rights Legislation.”https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/office-government-relations/action-alerts/?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns%2f100768%2fRespond
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.
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.
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.
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