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Spreading Love & Hope...
Welcome to Saint Francis Parish and Outreach!
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We meet every Sunday at 3:00 PM at the Metropolitan Community Church of Our Redeemer located at 557 Greene Street in Augusta Georgia.
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We are a church where you are loved and celebrated, not just tolerated. We serve an all-powerful, all-loving God!
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We hope you will join us and find us a church family you can call your own.
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Join us every Sunday at 3:00 PM at 557 Greene Street in Augusta Georgia in the sanctuary of the MCC of Our Redeemer.
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October 27, 2024: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Mass Intention: For all the clergy and laity of the OCCI.
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November 3, 2024: All Saints/All Souls Mass of Remembrance
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Mass Intention: For all our friends and family that have pass on.
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For the St. George family; Fr. Bryan Wolf; Mary Nehls; for Kelesh’s daughter; James (Cancer); Linda (Cancer); Jacob (Cancer); James Long (Cancer); CJ (Family Issues); Louis' Grandmother (Dementia); Mickey; Jacob Williams; Valarie and Boyfriend; Julie and Bill Cowitt; Kelesh and family; Lindsay; Bishop James Long; AJ (Hospital); Mother Amanda Sessions and family (COVID); Bishop Ben and Darlene Williams; Ryn Ingells; growth for our parish family; all those in the path of hurricanes and severe weather, end of hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East; for an end to gun violence.
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Visit the following link to make your donation for a luminary. Don't forget to include the names you want on the luminaries:
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Are you willfully blind?
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We are all blind like the man Bartimaeus in this Sunday’s Gospel. Whether that blindness is willing or not, we choose at times to ignore the things right before us. Jesus asks what many of us see as a simple and unnecessary question of Bartimaeus. He asks what Bartimaeus wants him to do for him.
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Jesus asks him this question because what seemed noticeable, his blindness, might not have been the thing he needed help with. It might have been that Bartimaeus was content with being blind. Jesus wanted to hear from Bartimaeus what he wanted.
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God is not usually in the habit of forcing us to do anything. This too is why Jesus asked. We pray for those who are willfully blind in our day and age, but the reality is that they must be willing to see. They must be willing to confront the truth right in front of them.
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In our world today, we see a complete lack of empathy, care, concern, love, and kindness. So many of us walk around blind to these vices. It is much easier to just claim it is hyperbole than to accept that these have become the standard for most people.
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Today is the day to make a change. Today is the day to open your eyes and choose to look at all the ugliness and sadness in the world. Today is the day to choose to be a light in the darkness, to show love and empathy.
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Join us this Sunday to learn how to remove your blinders and to see the path Jesus set before us.
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Check out our new Sunday Bulletin by visiting this link!
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Can't make it to Mass?
You can still join us virtually, you can by using any of the following outlets:
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Support our Parish!
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You can support our parish by using the following services:
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Our Parish Outreaches
Human First Outreach
This ministry focuses on providing food and toiletry supplies to the homeless in the Augusta, Georgia area. We provide feminine hygiene products to those that need them and food for the pets of our homeless friends and family.
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We are working to bring a human touch to this ministry as we encourage volunteers to engage with the individuals we are helping in a compassionate and loving way. We expect all volunteers to refrain from proselytizing and preaching to those we serve. Instead, take a hint from Hamilton “talk less, listen more”.
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If you would like to donate to this important ministry, you can visit our Amazon wishlist and purchase items to be sent directly to us.
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Reclaiming the Cross Outreach
Check out our newest outreach in which we work to set the record straight on what the Bible says about many of the issues facing our society today!
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Reclaiming the Cross is an outreach of our parish headed up by Subdeacon Luna Godsey.
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Podcast Outreach
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Our Parish goes social...
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