The week of August 10
Wednesday,
August 12
6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher
Deacon John, assisting
Incense will be
offered at this mass
Supper afterward at a
local restaurant
Friday, August 14
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, August 16 – 12 Pentecost
11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher
Deacon John, assisting
James Mackay, organist
Coffee Hour following Mass
Livestream:
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
PAULI MURRAY DOCUMENTARY
On Friday, August 21 join us at 7:00 p.m. We have rented out
the Fargo Theater for a special screening of the award-winning documentary, My Name Is Pauli Murray. The event is free
and open to all. If you plan to attend, please speak with Stephanie Gracia (Sgarcia88@gmail.com) An RSVP isn’t
required but having idea of attendance will be helpful. The Rev’d
Pauli Murray (1910–1985) was the first African American
woman to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church. Her feast day is July 1.
Pride in the Park 2026
· 2026 was the 25th year of Pride in the Fargo Moorhead
area
· St. Stephens was one of 6 churches represented in the
Fargo/Moorhead/West Fargo area (out of the roughly 270 faith based
organizations in the area)
· We had 14 volunteers from St. Stephen's assist
throughout the day from set up to clean up
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The vibes were high
throughout the day at the table. We laughed and talked about life and drew
us to St. Stephens
· We had 3 parishioners stop by to visit
· We spoke with roughly 73 people in the community-
likely an underestimate (beyond just handing a sticker or a
pin.
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Highlights
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A woman stopped by and
said "I am a Baptist. From the south. I had no idea this existed."
She described her gratitude for the existence of progressive
congregations.
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"I am not a church
person. I am not religious. I am so glad you are here."
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We talked to an
ex-catholic who missed the ritual of church and of course we talked about
smokey st. Stephens.
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"I am so
happy to see churches embracing this"
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Many rocks were painted
& stickers handed out & tattoos given
A HUGE thank you to Stephanie Garcia
for organizing our Pride in the Park booth this year and to EVERYONE who showed
up and represented St. Stephen’s in this important ministry of witness.
Kristine Shafer, Stephanie Garcia and Deacon
John & Jessica Anderson
Cheryl & John Kurki, Stephanie
Garcia, Andrew Urano and a friend
Mackenzie and John Harbinson, Leroy Chief,
Janice Chief, Stephanie Garcia and Benjamin Hazelton
Amy Phillips showing off some rainbow
colored chalk
Andrew Urano, Stephanie Garcia, Dan
Rice and Donna Clark.
Words of Wisdom:
"No act of kindness, no matter
how small, is ever wasted." — Aesop
From the Green Team:
A glass bottle can take up to 1
million years to decompose. Glass takes a very, very long time to break down.
It can take a glass bottle more than a million years to decompose in the
environment, possibly even more if it’s in a landfill. This means that glass
manufactured and used 5000 years ago may still be present in the environment.
Because its life cycle is so long, and because glass doesn’t leach any
chemicals, it’s better to repurpose and reuse it repeatedly before recycling
it. (Source: KPWB.org)
