WELCOME TO ST. FRANCIS

There are no exclusions and no limitations to our welcome.

It is an all-inclusive, wholehearted, arms-wide-open 

welcome to you. 

Whether God created you with light skin,

dark skin or any shade in between,

we welcome you. 

Whether you are single, married, divorced, widowed,

straight, gay, bi or unsure,

transgender, cisgender or non-binary,

documented or undocumented,

we welcome you. 

We welcome crying infants and wiggling toddlers,

athletic moms and out of shape dads,

those who are over 60 but not yet grown up,

teenagers who are growing up too fast,

and children with old souls.

Whether your challenges are major or minor,

mental, physical or emotional;

whether you are in recovery or still addicted,

mobile or have limited mobility,

verbal or non-verbal, blind or deaf,

on the spectrum or have a difference in intellectual ability,

you are welcome here.

We welcome friends of Jesus and church-phobics,

religious refugees and agnostic doubters,

corporate executives and starving artists,

tree-hugging vegans and red-meat eaters,

the unemployed and over-employed,

Republicans, Democrats, independents and anarchists,

the tattooed, pierced, both or neither,

people who know it all and those who have hard questions.

Whether you are more Anglican than 

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry,

haven’t been in church since little Joey’s Baptism,

had religion shoved down your throat as a kid,

or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake,

we welcome you.

We believe that Black and Brown lives matter

and that white privilege is real.

We welcome the least, last, losers and the lost,

upper class, middle class, working class,

or people with no class at all.

If a crowded room gives you an extrovert buzz,

or if silence soothes your inner introvert,

there's a place for you here.

We use the example of Jesus to light our path.

Jesus loved and accepted everyone,

even those society had labeled unworthy.

At St. Francis, there is only one label for you:

A Child of God. 

We believe our individual differences and

our unique God-given gifts come together 

to form this amazing body of Christ.

A body that is committed to embracing and sharing

the Good News of Jesus, the Christ with all,

through God’s transforming grace and love

to help bring about God’s Kingdom here on earth.

Whoever you are, 

wherever you are on your path of faith, 

you are welcome here!