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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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How to be a Resisting Church
There is so much uncertainty in our world today. With the rise of Religious Nationalism in our world, it is time for the church to step up and be the solution to rampant corruption of our founder’s message of love, peace, and inclusion.
This Advent, join our parish as we learn how to be a Resisting Church. We will look at the life and message of the Rev. Detrick Bonhoffer and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Their timeless message of resisting evil and standing up for justice is what is needed.
Tuesdays this Advent, we will learn from Bonhoffer and Luther’s message of peaceful resistance. All meetings will be via Zoom, and you can sign up by email bishopgodsey@oursaintfrancis.org.
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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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November 24, 2024: Solemnity of Christ the King
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Mass Intention: For the growth of our parish family.
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December 1, 2024: First Sunday of Advent
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Mass Intention: For hope in our hopeless world.
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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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Resisting cheap grace
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This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King. However, I want to talk about the discourse between Pilate and Jesus in the Gospel. In an age where Christian Nationalism is running rampant, I feel it necessary to point out that Jesus stood opposed to Nationalism and to violence. Even as he stood condemned to death, Jesus refused to call on heaven to send angels to rescue him. He refused to call on his disciples to rise in violent rage to save him from this horrific fate.
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Rather, he resisted the call to violence. He refused to bow to the leaders and rulers of his day to save his own skin. Jesus decided not to take the easy way out, the way of Cheap Grace, but rather chose to lay down his life for what he believed in.
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I was watching an episode of The Unexplained with William Shatner (go Star Trek!) and they highlighted the case of Brian Clark. Mr. Clark was an executive in a brokerage firm on the 84th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He is one of only 4 people who survived from the zone above the crash zone on that day. And he only survived because he resisted the call to go up to the roof instead of down toward the ground. He resisted the urge to take stairwell C and to instead move toward stairwell A on intuition that he should.
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Because of his resistance to the popular thought, to the voices in his head, to the emergency workers advice, he not only survived, but he managed to rescue Stanley Praimnath. Stanley would go on to be a minister after 9/11 and Brian would work for New Brunswick Theological Seminary, a huge change for both of their lives.
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Just like Jesus, they resisted what they were told to do, what might have been considered prudent and because of this the world and their lives were changed.
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Today, we stand at a pivotal moment in our history. We have the choice to follow the popular call to become hateful, abusive, bigoted, and racist to survive, or we can choose to resist and be a beacon of hope, light, love, and acceptance.
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Which path will you take? The path of resistance, or the path of least resistance?
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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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