The week of July 13

 The week of July 13 at St. Stephen’s

 

Wednesday, July 15

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

 

 

Thursday, July 16

11:00 a.m. Memorial Service for Beverly Wang (+12/18/25) at West Funeral Home

Fr. Jamie, officiating

 

 

Friday, July 17

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.

Saturday, July 18

11:00 a.m. – Memorial service for Clotine Frear (+1/4/2026) at Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo.

 

 

Sunday, July 19 – 8 Pentecost

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Deacon John, assisting

James Mackay, organist

Coffee Hour following Mass

 

Monday, July 20

2:00 p.m. – Memorial service for Carol Spurbeck (+4/21/2026) at St. Stephen’s.

 

Volunteer Schedule for July 19

Acolyte: O. Tackling

Altar Guild: ---

Deacon:  Anderson

Worship Ldr/EM: -----

Lector: O. Tackling

Usher  Katie Sando

Rides: Bolduc

Coffee: Anderson

Livestreaming: Harbinson

Cleaning: -----

 

 

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

 

Words to live by:

“Not Words, But Deeds” ~Nano Nagel, the Foundress of the Presentation Sisters

 

From the Green Team:

78% of marine mammals are at risk of choking on plastic. Seventy-eight percent of marine mammals are at risk of accidental deaths, such as getting caught in fishing nets. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage that ends up in the ocean kill over 1,000,000 sea animals every year. (Source: KPWB.org)

 

The week of July 6

 The week of July 6 at St. Stephen’s

  

Wednesday, July 8

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, July 10

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, July 12 – 7 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

 

Sandy Holbrook update

Sandy is now at PAM Rehab in south Fargo. She arrived there on Saturday evening July 4 from Rapid City, where she suffered a stroke on June 29. I brought her Holy Communion and Anointed her for healing on Sunday afternoon and had a wonderful conversation. Sandy is looking good and speaking well. She is well on the road to recovery. Still keep the prayers coming, though.

-peace,

Fr. Jamie+

 

WORSHIP AT OLD ST STEPHEN’S

On Sunday July 26 at 11:00 a.m., we will be gathering not in our regular church building but in the old stone church in Casselton, ND that is now the Casselton Heritage Center. We will gather for Morning Prayer, a sermon, music on the pipe organ and a celebration of our common history. This beautiful stone building was originally St Stephen’s Episcopal Church from 1886–

1951. When that congregation closed its doors, we inherited several items from that original congregation, as well as its name. The building is marking its 140th anniversary of its dedication. This autumn will make our 70th year of ministry as St Stephen’s in Fargo.

 

Words of Wisdom:

"Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened." ~Charles Spurgeon

 

From the Green Team:

Humans use only 1% of all available water rivers, ponds, glaciers, ice caps, lakes, as water vapor and our taps, among other water bodies. Only 1% of the earth’s water is safe for human consumption. (Source: KPWB.org)

 

The week of June 29

 

THE WEEK OF JUNE 29

AT ST. STEPHEN’S

 

Monday, June 29

Ambassador deadline

 

Wednesday, July 1

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, July 3

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, July 5 – 6 Pentecost

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

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

 

Words of Wisdom:

“Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” ~C.S. Lewis

 

From the Green Team:

Paper from trees can be recycled 6 times. Paper comes from trees and can be recycled a maximum of six times, after which, its fibers become too weak to hold together. (Source: KPWB.org)

 

 

The week of June 22

 

THE WEEK OF JUNE 22

AT ST. STEPHEN’S

 

 Wednesday, June 24

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, June 26

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.

Saturday, June 27

11:00 a.m. – Memorial Service for Verna Schaeffer

Deacon John, officiant / preacher

 

 Sunday, June 28 – 5 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

 

Words of Wisdom:

To laugh often and much,

to win the respect of intelligent people

and the affection of children,

to leave the world a better place,

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived,

this is to have succeeded. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

From the Green Team:

Can recycling: Aluminum can be recycled infinitely. Doing so saves 95% of the energy needed to manufacture a brand-new can.

Natural oxygen: Ocean plants like phytoplankton generate 70% of the Earth's oxygen supply, dwarfing land forests. (Source: Circular Ecology)

The week of June 15 at St. Stephen's

 THE WEEK OF JUNE 15

AT ST. STEPHEN’S

 

 Wednesday, June 17

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant / preacher

Incense will be offered at this mass

Supper afterward at a local restaurant

 

 

Friday, June 19

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, June 21 = 4 Pentecost

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant /

Carolyn Monzingo, preacher

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

 

Words of Wisdom:

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what is right. ~Brigham Young

 

 

Pulpit Exchange on June 21

 

We will have a pulpit Exchange with the Fargo-Moorhead Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday, June 21.

 

Deacon John will be giving a presentation at the UU Church that morning.

 

Carolyn Monzingo will be joining us for our services.

 

Carolyn has been a member of the Fargo Moorhead Unitarian Universalist Church since 1972 and has served on the Board as well as several committees in addition to teaching Religious Education. She has been in the pulpit on occasion and is their unofficial historian.    Over the years she has also worked for the 1980 US Census Bureau and as an Administrator for two of North Dakota's US Senators. She retired in 2020 after 20 years as a secondary substitute teacher.

She will be sharing her homily: Friendship as a Spiritual Discipline

Friendship may seem like a bland subject compared to the grit of great themes like love, death, truth, or sacrifice. It rarely inspires music and is seldom controversial—after all, who is against friendship? However, friendship can be considered a spiritual discipline. Much like meditation, journaling, or religious ritual, it is a method of spiritual development that requires similar dedication and offers similar rewards.

 

From the Green Team:

A few interesting facts:

·       About 59% of all global species live in soil, making it the most biodiverse habitat on Earth.

·       Fixes matter, as the average family wastes 9,400 gallons of water annually from simple household plumbing leaks.

·       Transitioning to LED light bulbs utilizes 75% less energy than traditional incandescent options.