The week of June 27

Join us this week at St. Stephen's


Monday June 27
1:30 pm – Committal of ashes of Robert Coons (+May 17,2011) at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo
Fr. Jamie, officiant

Wednesday June 29
6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher
Incense will be offered at this Mass
supper afterward at a local restaurant

Thursday June 30
2:00 pm – Evangelism

Sunday July 3 - 3 Pentecost
11:00 am – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie Parsley, celebrant/Sandy Holbrook, preacher

4:30 – Jacqueline WayneGuite/Travis Haughton wedding at Giddings Plaza, Chicago

Gin Templeton opening night reception for Big Country exhibit

Please join our very own Gin Templeton tonight for the opening night reception of the “Big Country” Exhibit beginning at 5:30 pm at the Plains Arts Museum in Fargo. Her paintings will be featured along with several other local artists.


More information follows:

FARGO, N.D. – Sometimes, the best things come in big packages.

That’s the idea, anyway, behind a new exhibition at Plains Art Museum featuring the work of members of Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA). The exhibition, entitled Big Country: FMVA Scale the Plains, opens on June 24 and will be comprised of large-scale work by 13 FMVA artists.

The exhibition was inspired by a particularly large piece of art. In October of last year, the Museum hung The North Dakota Mural by artist and North Dakota native James Rosenquist. Its sheer size (13 x 24 ft.) prompted a challenge from the Museum Director Colleen Sheehy to the FMVA to create large, ambitious works that will reflect the size and overall approach that Rosenquist is famous for.

The challenge was a perfect fit for the FMVA, a volunteer organization whose mission is to promote and support visual artists in the area. The FMVA organizes four exhibitions of its own over the course of the calendar year and is responsible for the Studio Crawl, an annual event that invites the public into artist studios. Through these types of activities, the FMVA has become a vehicle for visual artists to have their work displayed throughout the community and a way for opportunities to find their way to FMVA members.

The Big Country exhibition will feature work by Sandra Cress, Ellen Diederich, Sarah Dotzenrod, Kaylyn Gerenz, Jon Offutt, Carl Oltvedt, Timothy Ray, Meg Spielman Peldo, Michael Strand, David Swenson, Eric Syvertson, Gin Templeton, and Chris Walla. Big Country: FMVA Scale the Plains will run from June 24 to September 4 at Plains Art Museum. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on June 23 at 5:30 p.m.

The week of June 20

Join us this week

Wednesday June 22 - Eve of Corpus Christi
6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher
Incense will be offered at this Mass
supper afterward at a local restaurant

Thursday June 23 - Corpus Christi
5:30 pm - Gin Templeton opening night reception of the "Big Country" Exhibit at the Plains Art Museum

6:30 pm – Young(er) Episcopalians at Taste of Italy (a.k.a. Stella's) 608 1st Avenue North in Fargo.

Sunday June 26– 2 Pentecost (Corpus Christi Sunday)
11:00 am – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie Parsley, celebrant/preacher

Prayers for the repose of the soul of Elizabeth DeVelbiss

The prayers of the St. Stephen’s family are requested for the repose of the soul of Elizabeth DeVelbiss, sister of Joanne Droppers, who died today (June 18, 2011).


A memorial service will be held at her Unitarian Church in California in July. She will be cremated and her ashes scattered in the SF Bay by her grandsons.

Rest eternal grant to her, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon her.

The week of June 13

Join us this week at St. Stephen's


Wednesday June 15 –
6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher
Incense will be offered at this Mass
supper afterward at a local restaurant

Saturday June 18
Kenner/Sauer wedding Mass at Gethsemane Cathedral – Fr. Jamie, celebrant, James Mackay, organist

Sunday June 19– Trinity Sunday
11:00 am – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie Parsley, celebrant/preacher

The week of June 6 at St. Stephen's

Join us this week at St. Stephen's


Wednesday June 8 –
6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher
Incense will be offered at this Mass
supper afterward at a local restaurant

Sunday June 12– Day of Pentecost/Whitsunday
11:00 am – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie Parsley, celebrant/preacher
12:45 - Vestry

Bishop's visit June 5, 2011

Bishop Michael Smith with the Peace Pole at St. Stephen's. One of the eight languages on the Peace Prayer Pole is Potawatomi, in honor of the Native American tribe that claims Bishop Smith as a member, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. "Let peace prevail on the Earth."

 

Confirmations 2011, (l to r) Bishop Smith, Blake Petersen, Jacqueline WayneGuite and Fr. Jamie

Rogation Sunday 2011

Camilla Wilson blowing bubbles

Fr. Jamie preaching (obviously with great intensity)

Luci blowing bubbles

Peace Pole plaque in the Narthex

The blessing of seeds and garden implements

Seeds and bubbles

Chalked up front entrance

Bishop Smith's visit this Sunday, June 5

Join us

THIS SUNDAY

June 5, 2011

as Bishop Michael Smith

Bishop of North Dakota

makes his official annual visit to

St. Stephen’s

11:00 am Holy Eucharist

Bishop Smith, celebrant/preacher

Confirmation and Reception

The Blessing of our NEW Stations of the Cross

A potluck follows the service.

At present, we have 2 Confirmation and 2 receptions scheduled. If you are interested in being confirmed or received by Bishop Michael this Sunday, please let Fr. Jamie know by Friday.