PARISH NOTES
Sunday 16 September 2018
Sunday 16 September 2018
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Cima da Conegliano, Saint Helena of
Constantinople (1495)
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
FROM THE RECTOR
A key topic in Christian theology sometimes goes
under the heading of “the Person and Work of Jesus Christ” – i.e. who Jesus is,
and what he does. The technical terms are “Christology,” the theology of
Christ, and “Soteriology,” the theology of salvation. In this Sunday’s Gospel,
Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter answers: “You are
the Christ.” But when Jesus explains the sufferings that he must undergo, Peter
protests. He gets the “Who Jesus is” question right, but he misses the “What
Jesus does” question completely. To be fully Christian, we need to understand to
the best of our ability not only who Jesus is and what he does, but also how we
may respond to his call: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself
and take up his cross and follow me.” – Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS
SUNDAY’S READINGS
Seventeenth Sunday
After Pentecost – Proper 19, Year B
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to S.
Stephen’s – especially to our
visitors and guests! We’re glad to have you join us. Please join us for Coffee
Hour following the 10 a.m. Mass in the Great Hall upstairs. If you have any
questions or special needs, please speak to one of the ushers, who will be glad
to assist you.
Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking
parishioners who would like to be trained to serve as acolytes for the 10:00 am
Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year. Please get in
touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would be. Thank you!
Calling All Lovers of Cooking – Each Sunday this academic year, a meal will follow Evening Prayer with
the Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD. Would you please consider
volunteering and signing up to provide a meal for the undergraduate and
graduate students at Brown and RISD? The need for meals will begin next Sunday,
September 16, at 6:00 pm. We’d be more than happy to have you sit down and eat
with us and join in conversation. Thank you!
Saint Matthew,
Apostle and Evangelist (September 21st) – a major feast of
the church year, will be kept on Friday with Noonday Prayer at 12:00 noon, and Low
Mass following at 12:10 pm.
College Ministry – The
Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) continues next Sunday with Evening
Prayer at 5:30, with dinner and conversation to follow. All undergraduate and
graduate students are welcome and invited to attend!
FOR YOUR
PRAYERS
Prayers have been
requested for: Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn,
Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan,
Elizabeth, Sandy, John, Phebe, Ed, Gregory, Jack, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly,
Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
Birthdays this week: Dolores Bliss (Saturday 9/22).
The faithful departed:
Year’s
Mind: Hana Widmer
(21 September 2010).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle
of Prayer, we are asked to pray for Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan:
The Most Rev’d Ezekiel Kumir Kondo, Archbishop of the Province of Sudan &
Bishop of Khartoum; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy
of Sts. Matthew and Mark, Barrington and of St. Matthew's, Jamestown.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes –
Lector – T Oakes
Ushers – Phoebe
Pettingell and George Ryan
Coffee
Hour –
Nancy, Tom, and Louis
THIS WEEK
AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL
EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 21 September
RUF 4:00-11:00 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 22 September
Epiphany Soup
Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
16
September
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning
Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass
8:10 am
Sung Mass
10:00 am
Evening
Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 19, Year Two
Monday
17 September
Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 (W)
Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht, Martyr, c. 705 (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm
Tuesday
18 September
Edward
Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 (W)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday
19 September
Theodore
of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 (W)
Evening
Prayer 5:30 pm
Low
Mass 6:00 pm
Thursday
20 September
John Coleridge
Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and Companions, Martyrs, 1871 (R)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Friday
21 September
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST (R)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday
22 September
FERIA
(G)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10:00 am
23
September
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning
Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass
8:10 am
Sung Mass
10:00 am
Evening
Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (23 September)
Eighteenth Sunday
After Pentecost – Proper 20, Year B
Mark 9:30-37
