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
BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS takes place today, at 2:30 outside South Bay Community Center and at 3:30 in the Middle School Field. Please bring your leashed or suitably restrained pets for a prayer and blessing.
RECTOR VACATION: Caro+ will be on vacation until Friday. Until then please contact Maureen Titus if you have questions or need help.
BISHOP LUCINDA will be here for both services next week, October 9. Please plan to be here to welcome her.
MEMORIAL service will be held on October 29 at 3pm for Emily Young.
Everyone is invited to GENTLE YOGA Fridays at 9am in the Great Room. For more info see Maureen Titus.
SPIRITUAL CONVERSATION has started a new conversation based on the book Lives of Unforgetting by fiction writer Stant Litore. Litore encourages us to read the Bible in a new way and to notice narratives we may have skipped over. This Everyone is welcome, whether or not you read the book. Tuesdays at 10:15 on Zoom.
Starting this week, VESPERS will be in-person only, no Zoom. Everyone is welcome and also for supper afterwards.
OPENING DOORS FOR INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING—an interfaith gathering happens October 10 at Nativity Catholic Church in SLO and on Zoom. See the Benediction Weekly for more info.
GRATITUDE DINNER will be on October 28th. Mark your calendars and plan to come!
STORIED PILGRIMAGE WITH RACE continues October 6 — Our Diocese has put together a twelve session series which explores the personal stories of those across the diocese on issues of race. It is a holy offering of video interviews, education, action items, and room for reflection. Many of the leaders and clergy in the Diocese have been through the series, and we are excited to offer the series to all those in the SLO Deanery. Each session will be one hour on Zoom and will be led by the clergy of the Deanery. The sessions will be every other Thursday evening at 7:00pm starting September 8th and running through February.
PERSONAL PRAYER – If you’d like prayer support during the week, contact Jill Denton (805-534-1101). 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.
BIDDING BOOK PRAYERS – If you’d like to include someone’s name in the prayers 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.
Message from Bishop Curry:
The Presiding Bishop at the 2018 General Convention addressed the National Altar Guild Association: ”People go to church to refocus. Focus on God. What you do for God matters. The Altar Guild helps us to refocus. Focus on God the Creator then follow Jesus into the world.”
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
Sunday
- 10:30a Eucharist in-person and livestreamed on FB
- 2:30p Blessing of the Animals, SBCC
- 3.30p Blessing of the Animals, Middle School
Tuesday
- 9:45a Prayers for the Morning
- 10:15a Spiritual Conversation
- 5:30p Vespers in-person only
Wednesday
- 7:00p Walk in Love
Thursday
- 4:00p Liturgy Committee
- 5:30p Choir Rehearsal
- 7:00p Storied Pilgrimage with Race
Friday
- 9:00a Gentle Yoga
Sunday
- 8:00a Contemplative Communion
- 10:30a Eucharist
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
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