Francis Fest is coming Saturday, May 3!
Don't miss this once-a-year opportunity for fun, food and fellowship with our community. Tell your friends and family, all are welcome. 

​When & Where: Francis Fest is a community celebration on May 3 from 10 am to 4 pm at St. James.
 
What: Join us for a plant sale, food offerings, thrift store deals, children’s art make and take, talk with Franciscan Sisters, browse the used book sale, meet and greet with master gardeners, and check out community resources!
 
Why: In medieval Europe, St. Francis of Assisi turned away wealth to care for those around him and the environment. He joyfully treated all he encountered with compassion, including plants, animals, and Mother Earth. His radical example encourages us to do the same today for our community!
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How you can help: We will be collecting...

• Gently used books for a book sale (no cookbooks, please)
• Plants for our plant sale
• Cardboard flat boxes to carry plants​
• ​Handmade items
• VOLUNTEERS!

Artist? Crafter? Collector?
Are you an artist or a crafter? You can donate your wares for St. James' Francis Fest 2025! We will have an arts and crafts booth selling your donations and creating income for our parish. Please contact Judy Miranda, Jeanne Crown, or Ann Aarhus to tell us about what you plan to donate. We're ready to receive donations now and need to have them no later than April 27.

Beautiful items we've already collected...

Interested in sponsoring a booth?
They are free of charge and we are looking for booths that are community resource oriented. Contact Sister D. Bracher for more information or to host a booth: [email protected].

Booths:

• Book Sales
• St. James Thrift Store
• King County Library
• Rainbow Kids Crafts
• City of Kent
• St James Crafts
• Plant Sales
• Check-in / Scrip (Tickets)
• Hot Dogs & Hamburgers
• Junk 4 Jesus (Metal Recycling)
• Share a Store with the Little Sisters of St. Clare
• King County Emergency Management
• King Co. Care-A-Van (Free & Low Cost Vaccinations to any King County Resident)

​...and more to come!

Scrip   (noun: a substitute for legal tender, such as a ticket or voucher)
Purchase of plants, books and food will require scrip which will be available for presale on Sundays, April 20 and 27, and on the day of the event (at the Pay & Go Booth). You may use cash, checks or credit cards to purchase scrip.
Love a deal? 

• $10 will get you $11 in scrip
• $20 will get you $24 in scrip.

Rainbow Kids Craft Corner @ Francis Fest needs:
•volunteers day of
•a craft leader
•light blue tempra or poster paint
•large googly eyes
•ribbons and rick rack (multiple colors)
•glue runners and glue dots
•gallon size ziplock bags
•small size (less than quarter sized)
•items in primary colors
rice or birdseed