Join us this week at St. Stephen’s
Monday
April 22 – April 23 – Monday and Tuesday of Easter Week
Fr. Jamie out of town
Wednesday
April24 – Wednesday of Easter Week
6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/
preacher
Supper at a local
restaurant follows
Sunday
April 28 – 2
Easter
11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist
Fr. Jamie, celebrant/John
Anderson, preacher
Children’s Chapel
Coffee Hour following
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Thank you!
It
was a glorious Easter at St. Stephen’s!
The
services were beautifully executed, stress-free and well-attended.
For
our liturgies to be what they are here at St. Stephen’s, many people both
before and behind the scenes worked hard.
I
would like to sincerely thank everyone who worked hard this past week to make
our liturgies work smoothly. Thank you
to our acolytes, lectors, eucharistic ministers, flower organizers, ushers, and
those who cleaned up after the services. You all made these liturgies run
smoothly.
Thank
you especially thank you to our organist James Mackay, who proved us with some
incredible music. Thank you to Michelle Gelinske for cantoring and paul Sando
for his trumpet music on Easter morning. Thank you also for those who took
photos, who shared events on social media and those who invited friends and
loved ones to our church during this week.
Thank
you especially to Sandy Holbrook for the wonderful Altar Guild job setting up,
taking down and polishing.
Thank
you to Jean Sando for the hard work on our beautiful new dossal screen (there
were so many glowing comments about it on Easter morning). Thank you to Gin
Temple for picking out the fabric for it.
I
am personally grateful for each of you.
Our
Easter morning was packed. Thank you especially to everyone who worshipped and
shared their presence.
Although
I am physically exhausted after this week of activity, (which also included several
pastoral visits and a few other unforeseen situations) please know I am so
grateful to be serving such a vibrant, amazing and committed congregation as
St. Stephen’s.
St.
Stephen’s showed yet again that it was a worshipping community, striving to
live out in its life the commission of the Risen Christ.
Fr. Jamie+
