Upcoming week of March

Join us this week at St. Stephen’s

Sunday March 3  – Last Epiphany

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Re-Dedication and Blessing of Rondelles in the Undercroft

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

Tuesday March 5

5:30 -7:00 pm – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Wednesday March 6 – Ash Wednesday 

7:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist/Imposition of ashes

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

James Mackay, music

Friday March 8

6:00 – Stations of the Cross

To our United Methodist Sisters and Brothers

Even on vacation, I have been watching the very disappointing vote yesterday regarding LGBTQ full-inclusion in the United Methodist Church closely. My disappointment in this vote is nothing compared to the ramifications this has for my many United Methodist friends and colleagues at this time. I worked in the UMC for a few years back in my 20s and was amazed by the incredible people I came to know and love (many of whom are still close and dear friends). I am especially grateful today for the several former United Methodists (including two former pastors) who are such a vital part at St. Stephen's.

Prayers for the repose of the soul of Tom Stickney

I ask the prayers of St. Stephens for the repose of the soul of Thomas Judson Stickey, a long-time member of St Stephen’s and dear friend to many of us, who died last evening (February 12, 2019) in St. George, Utah. He was 99 years old.

Also please keep his children and their entire family in your prayers at this time.

The service will be held at St. Stephen’s when “it’s much warmer up there” (according to daughter Sue). His ashes will join Ruth’s in the columbarium at Gethsemane Cathedral. I will share more information about the service when details are known.

O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of your servant Tom, and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The weeks of February 11-March 2 (while Fr. Jamie is on vacation)

Wednesday February 13  -

No Wednesday night Eucharist

Sunday February 17 - 6 Epiphany

11:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer

John Anderson, officiating/Steve Bolduc, preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

Wednesday February 20   

No Wednesday night Eucharist

Sunday February 24  – 7 Epiphany -

11:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer

John Baird, officiating/John Anderson, preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

Fr. Jamie on vacation:

Fr. Jamie will be on vacation February 11-March 2. There will be no Wednesday night Eucharists on February 13, 20, or 27. If there are any emergencies, please contact the church (232-2076)and leave a message on the machine. A member of the vestry will be checking messages daily and John Anderson will be covering any pastoral emergencies. 

Fr. Jamie will not be responding to text messages, emails or Facebook messages while he is on vacation.

If there is a pastoral emergency, please contact either the church or Senior Warden Steve Bolduc.

A bell for St. Stephen's!!!

St. Stephen’s is getting a bell!! This beautiful bell is being donated by Dinah Stephens in memory of her daughter, Jada, and should arrive from Michigan this summer. We are so excited to finally have this wonderful addition to our congregation. As some of you have heard me say, I have for several years hoped and wished for a bell for our congregation. And now it’s becoming a reality! Dinah says, “It has a deep ring” Thank you, Dinah! We are so grateful for this wonderful gift to our congregation!

Please don’t forget to bring your dried out palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to church in the next weeks. They will be burned after March 3 and the ashes will be used for Ash Wednesday on March 6.

In addition to it being the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany it is also the Feast Day of St. Scholastica. Here she is in her place of honor in the beautiful window dedicated to her and her brother St. Benedict at St. Stephen 's.

The weather outside is frightful but inside Smoky St. Stephen's it's warm and cozy. This is the last Wednesday night Mass before Ash Wednesday.

The week of February 4

Join us this week at St. Stephen’s

Wednesday February 6   

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Incense will be offered at this Mass

Supper afterward at a local restaurant

Friday February 8   

Fr. Jamie’s day off

Sunday February 10  – 5 Epiphany

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

Looking Ahead:

Fr. Jamie will be on vacation February 11-March 2. There will be no Wednesday night Eucharists on February 13, 20, or 27.

Fr. Jamie will not be responding to text messages, emails or Facebook messages while he is on vacation.

If there are any emergencies, please contact the church (232-2076)and leave a message on the machine. A member of the vestry will be checking messages regularly. 

Candlemas

All ready for the Blessing of Candles at Mass tomorrow for the Feast of the Presentation. Be sure to bring any candles you would.like blessed tomorrow#Candlemas