Thursday, June 11, 2015

ONLINE PARISH NOTES
14 JUNE 2015

The Parish Barbecue

FROM THE RECTOR

So we begin the "Green Season" of "Sundays after Pentecost," a.k.a. "Ordinary Time" -- having postponed it for a week by our celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi last Sunday. These Sundays afford us the opportunity to reflect on the life and ministry of Jesus as told in the Gospels and especially as reflected in his own stories, parables, and teachings. They are really anything but ordinary. And the term "Ordinary Time" is a mistranslation of the Latin tempus per annum, literally "time through the year" or "time during the year." At S. Stephen's, this Sunday will be extraordinary in that it is the occasion of our Sunday School recognition during the 10 am Mass, and our annual Parish Barbecue. Do join us. -- Fr. John D. Alexander

P.S. The Illustration above is actually Pieter Breugel the Elder's Peasant Wedding (1568).

THIS SUNDAY'S READINGS


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to all visitors and guests – we’re glad that you’re here. Please join us after the 10 am Mass for our annual parish barbecue. All are welcome and invited to attend. Bring your appetites.

Eucharistic Adoration – This Saturday 20 June, the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament will sponsor approximately an hour of silent prayer and meditation in the Lady Chapel before the Blessed Sacrament, beginning shortly after the end of the 9:30 am Mass, and concluding by 11 am. All are welcome and invited to participate.

Congratulations – to our graduating high school seniors: Lucas Bledsoe, Devon Callanan, Colin Gui, Tatjiana Johnson, Davaughn Hooks, and Emily MacLean.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC D Latimer; SD R Armidon; Thurifer L Bledsoe; Crucifer L Verdelotti; Torches C Sylvia, L Rejto
Lector – RG Noble
Ushers – P Pettingell, T Bledsoe

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Joyce Alexander, Nicholas Andrews, Patricia Barnes, Jonno Boyer-Dry, Townsend Cass, The Rev. Norman Catir, Elva Omega Fones Connell, Ethel Jeannette Crews, Andrea Dassori, Marion Dry, Sue Farley, Hannah Flanagan, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Mary Flanagan, The Rev. Gus Franklin, The Rev. Harrington Gordon, Kate Henwood, Davaughn Hooks, Bernice Howe, The Rev. Dr. Richard Cornish Martin, Sandy McKenzie-Murdoch, Angela Rose, Bobby Rose, Sally Saunders, Rhoda Steinhart, The Rev. Edwin. S. S. Sunderland, The Rev. Henry Turnbull, The Rev. James Verdelotti, and Dianne Werner.

Birthdays this week – Charles Andrews & DeOnte Latimer (June 14th), and Jason Ashley (June 16th)

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Palmer Congdon (14 June 1989), Agnes McCoy (16 June 1984), and J. Carter Brown (17 June 2002); Recently departed: John Fleck, David Christopher Cooper, and Dorothea Jehle.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Okigwe - (Owerri, Nigeria): The Rt. Rev’d Edward Osuegbu; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of St. Barnabas’, Warwick.

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S 

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 14 June 
Annual Parish Barbecue (following the 10 am Mass)
Armidon Parish Discernment Team (begins between 12:30 and 1 pm, library)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 20 June 
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE 

Sunday 14 June 
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am

Daily Office & Mass Lectionary: Proper 6, Year 1

Monday 15 June 
Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Tuesday 16 June 
Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 17 June 
Feria (G)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm

Thursday 18 June 
Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896 (R)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 19 June 
Feria (G)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 20 June 
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Eucharistic Adoration 10 am

Sunday 21 June
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am

NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS (June 21)

Proper 7, Year B (RCL)
Job 38:1-11

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