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The Church of the Advent of Christ the King
261 Fell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415.431.0454

Welcome to the website of Church of the Advent of Christ the King, a parish of the Episcopal Church. We are an Anglo-Catholic church, that is, one with a strong emphasis on worship and the life of prayer. Here, in addition to a warm welcome by a diverse group of people, you will find an atmosphere of quiet reflection on the presence of God, great beauty in the visual aspects of corporate worship, and music that inspires and transforms. Here, through our life of prayer, you will find people committed to bringing the love of God, Incarnate in his Son, into the lives of all. I hope that we can touch your life with that love as you join us in worship of the Creator.

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Weekley Announcements of

Church of the Advent of Christ the King

An inclusive parish of the Episcopal Church in the Anglo-Catholic tradition

261 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 431-0454 www.advent-sf.org

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Welcome to all our visitors & newcomers.
Please sign our guest book and join us after Mass for refreshments in Lathrop Hall and Hardcastle Garden. If you are new, please make yourself known to the clergy and the greeters.

Ordo

Sunday, 18 April
Low Mass at 8:30am (Episcopal Sanctuary) and 9am
High Mass at 11am

Monday, 19 April
Comm. of Alphege, Abp of Canterbury & Martyr, 1012
Monthly Requiem Mass at 6:30pm

Tuesday, 20 April, Feria

Wednesday, 21 April
Comm. of Anselm, Abp of Canterbury, 1109

Thursday, 22 April, Feria

Friday, 23 April
Abstinence dispensed. Alleluia!
Comm. of George, Martyr, ca. 303

Saturday, 24 April, Feria/Eve of Easter IV
Holy Hour, 5-6pm

Celebrating Anniversaries This Week

18 Apr…Eric Clark (baptism)
18 Apr…Ian McCloghrie (confirmation)
18 Apr…Michael Stroup (reception)
19 Apr…Joseph-Marie SSF (birthday, baptism, and confirmation)
19 Apr…Lou Troga (confirmation)
21 Apr…Catherine Costas (baptism)
21 Apr…Nancy Eswein (confirmation)
21 Apr…Patrick Kossler (baptism)
22 Apr…Brittany Kim Andree (baptism)
22 Apr…Basil + and Cheryl Parker-Matthews (marriage)
23 Apr…Jack Fredricks + (diaconate)
24 Apr…Jude Morton (confirmation)

Book Club Notes

Sign up today for Book Club, which will meet next Tues, 27 April, following Evening Prayer and a light supper, to discuss “Selections from 50 years of Poetry by Lewis Brown,” facilitated by the author himself. Says the author, “Most of what I have written is neither cozy nor domesticated. Consider that a warning. But it should be a fun session.” Please sign up in Lathrop Hall to ensure an accurate count for supper.

Our last Book Club meeting until September will be 25 May. It's especially exciting because Fr Basil will lead our conversation about a book written by his sister: Waiting For Bluebirds by June Matthews, an evacuees journey throught the Second World War, is 273 pages. So buy it in time for a comfortable read. It can be purchased through Amazon books via our website.

Last Sunday's Offering
Plate Offering, $47.00; Pledge Offering, $1,996.00
Last Sunday's Attendance
52 Vigil Mass and all Sunday Liturgies.

Hospitality for Coffee Hour after High Mass
Pamela Vaughn, Ler Nelson, Todd Pickering

Hospitality for Reception after Latin Mass (17 Apr)
S. Hendrickson, M. Stroup, S. Bartlett-Re, E. Clark, Fr R. Thompson, M. Dwyer, J. Klopacz, B. Barberini.

General Announcements

Beginning in May, the members of the Regina Coeli Cell of the Society of Our Lady of Walsingham will meet on Saturdays at 4:30 pm for public recitation of the rosary, prior to the 5pm Mass. In May, Our Lady's month, the rosary will be said every Saturday. In June, July, and August, the rosary will be on the first Saturday of the month only. After this experiment, the members will meet to evaluate the success of the new time for the rosary. We will need volunteers to lead the recitation throughout May, so if you are available on any Saturday in May, please contact the Cell secretary, Pamela Vaughn, at plvaughn@gmail.com.

A multiplying miracle for the Advent music ministry:
If you enjoyed the sublime music of Holy Week offered by Paul Ellison and Schola Adventus, and have been considering a donation to the St. Cecilia Guild to support this ministry of music, you now have the opportunity to double your contribution through the generosity of an anonymous donor, who is providing a total of $500 as a matching grant. For every donation of any amount, up to a total of $500, the anonymous donor will provide a matching donation. Thus $500 in total donations can become $1000. For the choir, which presently has no budget even for music scores or binders, this support would be most welcome. The deadline for donations to be included in this matching contribution is Ascension Day, 13 May. Please make your checks payable to Church of the Advent of Christ the King, and indicate St. Cecilia Guild on the memo line.

Today’s readings will be Acts 9:1-6, (7-20); Psalm 30; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19.

Flowers at the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Michael Fredricks, by Fr Jack Fredricks, Christopher Fredricks, and Daniel Schwartz.

Belated thanks are proffered to Mother Robyn for the special decorated Easter cookies she brought to the Easter Vigil.

The Interfaith Millennium Development Goals Coalition conference will be held 20-21 Apr at St Mary's Cathedral (Gough & Geary). The theme is One Voice of Faith: A National Interfaith Conference on Global Poverty. For information, see http://www.imdgc.org/.

Reflection Corner

This Sunday reprises a gem which recreates the marvel of Emmaus for each of us as Jesus’ disciples:

“O God, whose blessed Son did manifest himself to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open, we pray thee, the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”

-- BCP page 173; cf. Luke 24:13-35

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Today's Services

Schedule of Services

Daily Low Masses
Monday through Friday at 7:30 am
Saturday and Federal Holidays at 9:00 am
Holy Days: Additional Low Mass at 6:30 pm
Evening Prayer
Monday through Friday at 6:00 pm
Holy Days: Evensong at 6:00 pm
Sunday Services
Low Mass at 9:00 am
High Mass at 11:00 am
Saturday Services
Low Mass at 9:00 am
Confession at 9:30 or by appointment
5 pm a contemplative service either a Mass or Exposition. 1st and 3rd Saturdays this is a Latin Chant Mass, 4th Saturdays Holy Hour.
Anglican Missal Mass on 5th Saturdays at 5:00 pm

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