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
First Sunday with Rev. Linzi – This Sunday will be our first with Rev. Linzi Stahlecker. Please join us in welcoming her!
National Voter Registration Day – Tuesday, September 17th, is National Voter Registration Day, a chance to celebrate our democracy by encouraging voter registration!
Are you registered to vote?
Have you checked your voter registration status?*
www.nationalvoterregistrationday.org
Congress is Back! – As Congress returns to Washington, now is the perfect time to reach out to your Senators and Representative to urge them to pass meaningful legislation now on issues that matter to you!
All of the Episcopal Public Policy Network action alerts are available here.. There are more than 50 alerts, and you can reach out to your members of Congress on any or all of them. Please feel free to personalize the messages to Congress and to share why you feel called to advocate.
Trinity UMC of Los Osos, Central Coast Center for Ecological Civilization, and the Earth Care Team of St Benedict’s Episcopal Church invite you during the Season of Creation (September) to two upcoming ecological events:
On September 15, 2 – 3 PM in Trinity’s Social Hall, join in a viewing and discussion of the movie “Common Ground,” on Regenerative Agriculture: The 1 ½ hour documentary shows how industrial agriultura is destroying soil and endangering life. . .and how farmers, ranchers, and gardeners practicing “Regenerative Agriculture” are restoring soil. . .and at a profit. Directors Josh and Rebecca Tibbett also produced the Sundance Festival award-winning film, “Kiss the Earth.”
The Tuesday Spiritual Discussion group – The Tuesday morning Spiritual Conversation group will discussing ideas from the book The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle. This book, mentioned by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry in his sermon at the General Convention, combines history, a look at the causes of social upheaval, and current events, andshows readers what the Great Emergence in church and culture is, how it came to be, and where it is going. Anyone who is interested in the future of the church in America, no matter what their personal affiliation, will find this book a fascinating exploration. We will include video lectures by the author as part of our exploration. 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.
Cloister Groups are a great way for you to connect with other members of St. Benedict’s. Cloister leaders stay in touch with the members of their Cloister, offering regular contact and encouragement. Some Cloister groups stay in touch electronically; some have in-person gatherings. No agenda– just connection. Questions? Want to join a group? Email Pamela at pr.bleisch@gmail.com
Birthdays: Bryson McKelvey – September 17; Joan Hayes – September 17
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 Zoom
Thursday
- 6p Choir Practice
Saturday
- 9a Men’s Breakfast @ Celia’s Garden Cafe
Sunday
- 10:30a Eucharist, in-person and livestreamed on FB
- 12:30p Parish Council
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 10:30 am Sunday service is a Eucharist service, held indoors at the church for anyone wishing to attend in person.
The 10:30 am service will also be live-streamed for those who watch remotely via Facebook.
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