January 25-February 16 at St. Stephen's

 Monday January 25-Tuesday February 16   

Fr. Jamie on vacation

 

Sunday January 31  –

11:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer with Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament (Deacon’s Mass)

Deacon  John, officiating

Jean Sando, preacher

 

Sunday February 7  – 5 Epiphany

11:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer with Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament (Deacon’s Mass)

Deacon John Anderson, officiating/preacher

Sunday February 14 – Last Epiphany

11:00 a.m. – Morning Prayer with Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament (Deacon’s Mass)

Deacon John Anderson, officiating/Annette Morrow, preacher

There will be no Wednesday night masses January 27, February 3, and 10. 

Looking Ahead:

Fr. Jamie will be on vacation January 25 -February 16. There will be no Wednesday night Masses on February 5, 12, or 19. If there are any emergencies, please contact the church (232-2076)and leave a message on the machine. A member of the vestry will be checking messages regularly and Deacon John Anderson will be covering any pastoral emergencies. 

Fr. Jamie will not be responding to text messages, emails or Facebook messages while he is on vacation.

If there is a pastoral emergency, please contact either the church or Deacon John Anderson or Senior Warden John Baird.

 

Currently, our Sunday and Wednesday Eucharist services are open to public worship to limited capacity. We will be following strict protocols regarding worship. (See information below for details.) In addition, masses will continue to be livestreamed.   

Livestream:  St. Stephen's Episcopal Church - Fargo

 

Or on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdWKCnCHmviajkFX5p-xGg

Or posted to our webpage: https://ststephensfargo.org

 

Mark your calendars:

Jan. 24 – Annual Meeting 2:00 p.m.

Jan. 25 – Feb. 16 – Fr. Jamie on vacation

Due to Covid, we will not be offering a Shrove Tuesday pancake supper this year.

Feb. 16 - Palm burning 6:00 p.m. (In front of the church, outdoors.) Please bring last year’s palms from Palm Sunday for burning.

Feb. 17 – Ash Wednesday

 

Public Worship Protocol:

St. Stephen’s resumed public worship on Sunday, January 10^th. We ask that anyone planning to attend Mass, please follow the guidelines listed below. These guidelines are temporary, but they are essential as we move forward.  

We are limiting attendance to 12 units of people currently. Policies for Resuming the Celebration of the Eucharist at St. Stephen’s Beginning on Sunday, January 10, we will again resume public Celebration of the Eucharist in our church building. However, there are several changes to how we worship that we will be following.

Here are the parameters for worship for the next few months:  

*  Following 6‐foot spacing, we can use 6 pews. This would allow for 6 related units or 12 unrelated people or some combination thereof.

*  All those attending Mass are expected to wear a face mask. Please bring your own mask. You will be expected to always wear your mask during the Mass.  

*  There will be hand sanitizer at the entrance and in each open pew.

*  Holy Communion will be served in one kind only (only the Host will be distributed; the Cup will not be offered to the congregation at this time). The Priest will use hand sanitizer before and after distribution. There will also be an effort made to not touch hands when distributing the Host.

*  There will be no kneeling at the altar rail for Holy Communion. People are expected to stand in line maintaining a six-foot distance from those around them and receive the Host from the priest at a single station before the altar rail.  

*  There will be no shaking of hands at the Exchange of the Peace. All are invited to use a non‐contact way of greeting.  

*  The entire liturgy will be printed in a disposable booklet. The copies of the Book of Common Prayer in the pews will not be used.  

*  If you are sick, if you have any preexisting conditions that might be an issue, or if you have a fever or a cold, we ask that you not attend Mass.

*  All our liturgies will continue to be livestreamed.  

*  There will be no coffee hour at this time.  

Please be aware that all these policies are in line with both CDC and Diocesan standards for public worship.   If you are concerned by any of these policies or if you are in any way uncomfortable about attending public Mass at this time, please continue to join us through our livestreamed Mass.