Thank you!
I
would like to sincerely thank everyone who worked hard this past week to make
our liturgies work smoothly. Thank you
to our acolytes, lectors, eucharistic ministers, flower organizers, ushers, and
those who cleaned up after the services. You all made these liturgies run
smoothly.
Thank
you to our cantors and especially thank you to our organist James Mackay, who
proved us with some incredible music. Thank you to Leo for cantoring so effectively for the very first time
at the Easter Vigil and to Michelle Gelinske for the beautiful cantoring on
Palm Sunday and Easter Day. Thank you also for those who took photos, who
shared events on social media and those who invited friends and loved ones to
our church during this week.
Thank
you especially to Kelson Demmons for his wonderful gift of music on Easter Day!
Thank
you especially to Sandy Holbrook and Alice Hauan for their very faithful Altar
Guild duties, and to Alice for the wonderful job of polishing.
I
am personally grateful for each of you.
The
attendance at each of Holy Week liturgies increased greatly this year, and all of our liturgies were very well-attended, especially our Easter Vigil and Sunday Masses. We also had a great
influx of visitors (not including the members of St. Mark’s who shared two of
our liturgies this year) Thank you especially to everyone who worshipped and
shared their presence.
Although
I am physically exhausted after this week of activity, (which also included
several pastoral visits, an emergency baptism and a few other unforeseen
situations) please know I am so grateful to be serving such a vibrant, amazing
and committed congregation as St. Stephen’s.
St.
Stephen’s showed yet again that it was a worshipping community, striving to
live out in its life the commission of the Risen Christ.
Fr. Jamie+
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