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The week of April 24

Join us this week at St. Stephen’s

Wednesday April 26 –

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/ preacher

Supper at a local restaurant follows

Sunday April 30  – 3 Easter

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

12:30 – Acolyte training

Music this morning at St. Stephen's

 Paul and Kristofer Sando on trumpets

Michelle Gelinske, James Mackay, Kelson Demmons and Paul Sando

ERD Ingathering THIS SUNDAY

Plan to bring the Episcopal Relief & Development (ER&D) coin boxes (or at least their contents!) to church for our ingathering of these offerings this Sunday, April 23. The contents of our individual boxes will be combined with the ER&D Sunday and the Lenten Wednesday offerings. Together we anticipate that there will be at least enough money ($175) to pay for one family’s share in a community garden through ER&D’s Gifts for Life.

Of course contributions, in addition to those from the coin boxes, will be welcome on April 23 as well.

Thank you from Fr. Jamie

Thank you!

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 to our cantors and especially thank you to our organist James Mackay, who proved us with some incredible music. Thank you to  Leo for cantoring so effectively for the very first time at the Easter Vigil and to Michelle Gelinske for the beautiful cantoring on Palm Sunday and Easter Day. 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 Kelson Demmons for his wonderful gift of music on Easter Day!  

Thank you especially to Sandy Holbrook and Alice Hauan for their very faithful Altar Guild duties, and to Alice for the wonderful job of polishing.

I am personally grateful for each of you.

The attendance at each of Holy Week liturgies increased greatly this year, and all of our liturgies were very well-attended, especially our Easter Vigil and Sunday Masses. We also had a great influx of visitors (not including the members of St. Mark’s who shared two of our liturgies this year) 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, an emergency baptism 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+

The week of April 17 (Easter Week)

Join us this week at St. Stephen’s

Wednesday April 19 – Wednesday of Easter Week

6:00 p.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/ preacher

Supper at a local restaurant follows

Sunday April 23  – 2 Easter

11:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist

Fr. Jamie, celebrant/preacher

Children’s Chapel

Coffee Hour following

12:45 – Bible Study on the Prophets

Easter morning