Sunday, March 31, 2024

The week of April 1

 

Monday, April 1 – Tuesday, April 2

Fr. Jamie out of town

 

 

Wednesday, April 3 – Wednesday of Easter Week

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Deacon John, assisting

Incense will be offered at this Eucharist

Supper afterward at a local restaurant

 

 

 

Friday, April 5

Fr. Jamie’s day off

*please refrain from sending Fr. Jamie emails, text messages, Facebook messages or phone calls on his day off unless it is a pastoral emergency.



 

Sunday, April 7 – 2 Easter

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

James Mackay, organist

Coffee Hour

We would love to see you in person but if you are unable to attend please join us for Mass livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@st.stephensfargo

Upcoming Events:

April 10-18th Fr. Jamie vacation

May 5 – Rogation Sunday / Pocket Prairie Dedication

May 19 – Founder’s Day Celebration, vestry potluck

June 9 – Fr. Jamie’s 20th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood open house

June 16: Memorial service for Karl Keene, 2 p.m.

June 30: James Stalboerger’s baptism

 

Words of Wisdom:

Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. Will you grow flowers, or will you grow weeds? ~Osho

From the Green Team:

A few ways to go green this spring:

Compost

Grow your own garden

Add outdoor solar lights

Collect rainwater for your plants and gardens

 

 

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sunday, March 24, 2024

HOLY WEEK 2024

 

HOLY WEEK

Monday, March 25

Ambassador deadline

Fr. Jamie’s day off

*please refrain from sending Fr. Jamie emails, text messages, Facebook messages or phone calls on his day off unless it is a pastoral emergency.

 

Thursday, March 28 - Maundy Thursday

7:00 pm Holy Eucharist Stripping of Altar

Fr. Jamie, celebrant

Pr. Micah, officiant

Deacon John, preaching

James Mackay music

Friday, March 29 Good Friday

12:00 pm – Good Friday service + Solemn Collects +

+ Veneration of the Cross + Eucharist of the Pre-sanctified

Fr. Jamie, officiant

Pr. Micah, preaching.

 

3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross

 

Saturday, March 30 Holy Saturday

10:00 am – Holy Saturday service

Fr. Jamie and Pr. Micah, officiating

Fr. Jamie, preaching

 

 

 

 

Sunday, March 31 Easter

11:00 am – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Deacon John, assisting

James Mackay, music

 

Coffee Hour

We would love to see you in person but if you are unable to attend please join us for Mass livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@st.stephensfargo

Please Attend Holy Week services at your Church

By Fr. Tim Schenk

When you hear clergy strongly encouraging you to attend the services of Holy Week, especially the Great Three Days (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil), it’s not just because they like to see more people in the pews, or it’s good for their egos, or they want parishioners to see how much effort goes into these liturgies.

 

It’s because they believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the transforming power of the Christian faith. It’s because they love you and want nothing more than for you to have such a moving encounter with our Lord, that it will change your life. It’s an invitation rooted in profound love, and a recognition that there is literally nothing more important in the entire world than to participate fully as we collectively journey from the Upper Room to Calvary to the Empty Tomb.

 

I hope you will join your local parish a lot this week. And I bid you all a most blessed Holy Week.

Upcoming Events:

April 1-2 – Fr. Jamie out of town

April 10-18th Fr. Jamie vacation

May 5 – Rogation Sunday

May 19 – Founder’s Day Celebration

June 9 –Fr. Jamie’s 20-year Priesthood anniversary open house

 

Words of Wisdom:

Because of Easter

Ø There is triumphant hope

Ø There is abundant life

Ø There is victory!

 

From the Green Team:

The 5 best ways to make your yard pollinator friendly

1.    Plant a diverse set of flowering plants. Diversifying the flowers in your garden is the best way to support the most types of pollinators.

2.    Add woody plants like trees and shrubs.

3.    Grow native plants.

4.    Minimize herbicide and insecticide use.

5.      Mow remaining lawn infrequently.

 

  

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Holy Week 2024


 Sunday March 24 Palm Sunday

11:00 am – Holy Eucharist

Blessing/Procession of Palms + Reading of the Passion Gospel

 

Thursday,  March 28 Maundy Thursday

7:00 pm Holy Eucharist + Foot washing + Stripping of Altar

 

Friday March 29 Good Friday   

12:00 pm – Good Friday service + Solemn Collects +

+ Veneration of the Cross + Eucharist of the Pre-sanctified

 

3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross

 

Saturday, March 30 Holy Saturday

10:00 am – Holy Saturday service

 

Sunday March 31 Easter

11:00 am – Holy Eucharist

 

Sunday, March 17, 2024

The week of March 18

 Monday, March 18

Fr. Jamie’s day off

*please refrain from sending Fr. Jamie emails, text messages, Facebook messages or phone calls on his day off unless it is a pastoral emergency.

 

 

Wednesday, March 20

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant

Pr. Micah, officiating

Sandy Holbrook, preaching

Deacon John, assisting

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church will be joining us.

Soup supper afterward in the undercroft.

 

Friday, March 22

6:00 p.m. – Stations of the Cross

 

 

++++HOLY WEEK++++

 

 

Sunday, March 24 – Palm Sunday

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist – Palm Sunday

Blessing/Procession of Palms + Reading of the Passion Gospel

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Deacon John, assisting

James Mackay, organist

Coffee Hour

 

Thursday,  March 28 Maundy Thursday

7:00 pm Holy Eucharist

+ Foot washing + Stripping of Altar

 

Friday March 29 Good Friday   

12:00 pm – Good Friday service

+ Solemn Collects + + Veneration of the Cross + Eucharist of the Pre-sanctified

 

3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross

 

Saturday, April 30 Holy Saturday

10:00 am – Holy Saturday service

 

Sunday April 31 Easter

11:00 am – Holy Eucharist

 

We would love to see you in person but if you are unable to attend please join us for Mass livestreamed at: https://www.youtube.com/@st.stephensfargo

 

Upcoming Events:

Friday nights during Lent – Stations of the Cross at 6:00 pm

March 28 – Maundy Thursday

March 29- Good Friday services – noon

March 31 – Easter

 

Words of Wisdom:

Remember, when you’re in a position to help someone, be glad and do it. That’s God answering someone else’s prayer through you.

From the Green Team:

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ~Franklin D Roosevelt