St. Francis Lutheran Church

Sunday, July 21 at 11:00 AM - Ecological Spirituality
Prepare for a special Sunday as we welcome guest preacher Gregory Stevens (they/he), Northern California Director of California Interfaith Power & Light, to help us reflect on Ecological Spirituality. This is the second in a series of special worship services called Faith in the Neighborhood. Additional services will be presented on the 3rd Sunday of each month.
The service will be followed by lunch and a presentation by Gregory Stevens.
About Gregory: Gregory serves as the Northern California Director. As a former Baptist preacher, long time labor organizer, and interfaith community activist they bring a creative mix of skills to our team as we seek to strengthen multi-religious responses to climate change. Gregory grew up in Tampa/St.Petersburg Florida, where their love for crawling critters, furry felines, and old oak trees solidified into political and social activism for planetary healing. They have a BA in Religion and Gender Studies from the University of South Florida, a MDiv from Claremont School of Theology, and a MA in Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In their free time they enjoy overstuffed used bookstores, the smell and feel of giant Redwood Trees, watching documentaries about ancient cultures, and all things Unitarian Universalist.

Trans Faith with jj JJ Dollarhide - this Sunday, June 16th, 2024, at 11:00 AB
Welcome JJ Dollarhide - Trans Ministry Chaplain / Life in Improv Q***r Peer Supporter / Publisher & Author - to the St. Francis pulpit this Sunday. jj will preach during the service and give a forum presentation after the service on the topic of trans faith.

jj's presence among us is part of a new series launched at St. Francis called "Faith in the Neighborhood" which features special guests on the 3rd Sunday of each month.

Today is not only Easter, but also the International Transgender Day of Visibility. In celebration of this day, I'd like to share with you to story of Marina the Monk:

Marina the Monk - Wikipedia Marina, distinguished as Marina the Monk and also known as Marinos, Pelagia and Mary of Alexandria (Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲛⲁ ⲛ̅ⲁⲥⲕⲏⲧⲏⲥ), was a Christian saint from part of Asian Byzantium, generally said to be present-day Lebanon.[7] Details of the saint's life vary...

Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, In The Beginning An emotional and historic account of the first Extraordinary Ordinations of openly gay and le***an pastors in the Lutheran Church (January 20, 1990). Visit h...

Embracing unconditional love and transformation - Living Lutheran Embracing unconditional love and transformation—an interview with Jeff Johnson, bishop-elect of the Sierra Pacific Synod.

Our clothing swap last Sunday (Aug 6) was amazing! Read all about it here:

Clothing Swap Success: Building Community & Healing Earth August 8, 2023 By Gregory Stevens Clothing Swap Success: Building Community & Healing Earth To tackle the climate crisis is going to take creativity and community. From systemic changes to personal changes, we will have to engage all sorts of multi-layered and intersecting opportunities to heal Eart...

Please consider contacting your elected officials with this important message:

Issuance of the Action Alert related to the Equality Act on April 13 elicited strong reaction. Our bedrock knowledge of the value of each and every one of us as children of God must be clear despite tension in the legislative process as the Equality Act moves closer to being a foundational law of the land. We hope you will use the reissued Action Alert, personalized in your voice from your faith-informed convictions, to advance passage of the Equality Act which has reached the Senate. Read a letter on the reissue at http://support.elca.org/site/MessageViewer?current=true&em_id=5606.0 . Find the Action Alert is at https://support.elca.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1365 .

Tones and Scones: Organ Concert followed by Tea and Scones A short program of organ music followed by tea and scones. Family-friendly and appropriate for school aged children through adults.

Join us on August 13 after worship for a very special event:

Tones and Scones: Organ Concert followed by Tea and Scones A short program of organ music followed by tea and scones. Family-friendly and appropriate for school aged children through adults.

God - our True Home
Here is an out take from the May 7 2023 Sermon. For more go to the St Francis You Tube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzdkgJ1vfGQ

We are ready for Palm Sunday. Thank you Randy Thueme

We are ready for Palm Sunday! Thank you Randy Thueme!

Dear Friends,

one great organization which can always be relied upon in times of disaster is the Lutheran World Relief. Please consider supporting them today, but also throughout the year.

A wonderful resource for you to explore during Black History Month

Talks at the Desk Trailer | Season 2 (2023) | Black History Month video series African Descent Ministries of the ELCA celebrates Black History Month with “Talks at the Desk,” a four-part video series that will explore diverse expression...

Hookers in the House of the Lord
St. Francis Lutheran Church - 152 Church Street - San Francisco
Saturday, December 10th - 2pm-3:30pm

Join us to view historic film clips of the 1982 English Collective of Pr******tes' occupation of the Church of Holy Cross, followed by a panel discussion. To mark International Day to End Violence Against S*x Workers & 40th anniversary of US PROStitutes Collective in the San Francisco/Bay Area.

Called by the US PROStitutes Collective, Global Women's Strike, Women of Color/GWS, and In Defense of Pr******te Women's Safety Project.

For info contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tones-and-scones-organ-concert-followed-by-tea-and-scones-tickets-444227966807

Tones and Scones: Organ Concert followed by Tea and Scones A short program of organ music followed by tea and scones. Family-friendly and appropriate for school aged children through adults.

Remembering Pastor James DeLange July 6, 1934 - August 20, 2022

The Rev. James DeLange, beloved former pastor of St. Francis Lutheran Church, San Francisco, passed from this world to the next
on Saturday, August 20, 2022. He died peacefully at his home,
surrounded by his family.

He is survived by his sister Rochelle Schrodt (Floyd) and her family; daughter, Lynn Krausse (Jeffrey); son Brad DeLange; two step-children, Matthew Nelson and Adrienne Brown; and four grandchildren: Ellen Armstrong (Troy), Paul Krausse (Lauren Fenske), Gordon, and Glenn Brown.

Funeral Services will be at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on Saturday September 24th at 10:30 AM.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Francis Lutheran Church, 152 Church Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

A full obituary can be found here:
James William DeLange Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (tributecenteronline.com)

Powerful, visceral, poetic, liberatory, and simply splendid. If you missed Nichola Torbett's sermon on Mary Magdalene, you can view it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3whHsqz-M_g

Sunday Worship, July 24, 2022 Bulletin for this Sunday's service can be found here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kl0Ofrzk2mSE9uiS6eSljTtimnYom1Qo/view?usp=sharing

Biography of the Rev. Claire S. Burkat, Bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod The Rev. Claire Schenot Burkat served two terms as the fourth bishop of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod (SEPA) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, (ELCA) called as the spiritual leader of the 80,000 members, 150 ELCA congregations, and 15 Social Ministry organizations, in the metropol...

Bishop Eaton issues pastoral message on SCOTUS ruling regarding Roe v. Wade The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with more than 3.8 million members. "God's work. Our hands."