PARISH NOTES 

Sunday 21 April 2019 

Andrea Mantegna, The Resurrection (detail), 1457-1459. Musée des Beaux Arts, Tours, France

FROM THE RECTOR

Concluding his Lenten series on the liturgies of Holy Week, Canon Jeremy Haselock remarked that Christ’s Resurrection “is emphatically not an eleventh-hour reversal of the defeat on Good Friday but the confirmation of a victory already won, the sign and seal of the Father’s acceptance and approval of Christ’s self-offering in his Passion.” The solemn liturgy of Easter Day sums up and fulfills the deepest meaning and purpose of all that has been happening during Holy Week: Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem; his Last Supper with his disciples; his betrayal, arrest, trial, condemnation, suffering, death, and burial; his Sabbath rest in the sepulcher. What God has been doing all along comes into focus on the first day of the week when the spice-bearing women come to the tomb at early dawn. Easter Day, Pascha, is the culmination of the entire Christian year: an opportunity to rejoice in the promise of eternal life in the One who has conquered sin and death on our behalf. Come, join the Paschal celebration! – Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS 

Easter Day (Year C)
8 am Mass
Exodus 14:10-31, 15:20-21
Romans 6:3-11
Luke 24:1-12

10 am Solemn Mass
Acts 10:34-43
1 Corinthians 15:19-26
John 20:1-18

THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC

Gerre Hancock (1934 – 2012)—Missa Resurrectionis

Francisco Guerrero (1528 – 1599)—Maria Magdalena (Parts 1 & 2)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to S. Stephen’s – especially to our visitors and guests! We’re glad to have you with 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.

Easter Egg Hunt – An Easter egg hunt will take place immediately following the 10 am Easter Day mass. Children wishing to participate meet in the Library at the conclusion of mass.

Monthly Commemoration of the Departed – whose year’s mind falls during April will be offered Saturday 27 April at 10 am (preceded by Morning Prayer at 9:30 am). If you have any names to add to those to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander know. This Mass is sponsored by the Guild of All Souls, St. Stephen Protomartyr Branch: all are welcome and invited to attend!

Society of Mary American Region Annual Mass and Meeting – will be here at S. Stephen’s on Saturday 11 May: an opportunity for worship, devotion, food, fellowship, and education! The annual outdoor Marian Procession will take place at the end of the Mass at 11 am (and not on the Sunday). Luncheon and the meeting will follow in the Great Hall. S. Stephen’s is privileged to host this event, which draws SoM members from across the country; and it affords a unique opportunity for parishioners not only to help welcome our visitors but also to learn more about the Society of Mary and its work in the wider Anglican and Episcopal world. We hope that as many parishioners and friends of S. Stephen’s as possible will turn out to help make this event a success. For more details, please see the “Devotional Societies” page on the parish website.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, George, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Richard, Beverly, Ethel, Henry, Norman, John, Shannah, Terri, Lynne, Fred-Munro, William, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Richard, Ann, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Gail, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Roger, and James.

Birthdays this week: Leonard Gaucher (Tuesday 4/23).

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: King David Stamps (22 April 1985), William Brazil (24 April 1995), Kenneth Raymond (24 April 2010), Hazel G. Wyss (25 April 1991), and Jeannine Lennihan Firestone (25 April 2013). Recently Departed: Raymond Haag.

Anglican Cycle of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and the People of the Land of the Holy One.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo, SD J Ihnen, Thurifer J Starks, Crucifer TBD, Torches L Verdelotti and R Noble
Lector – P Pettingell
Ushers – Tom Bledsoe, Alison Huff, Muriel Jobbers, and Bruce Lennihan (counter)
Coffee Hour – Rhoda Steinhart, Andrew Campbell, and Andrew Savchenko

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS

Sunday 21 April
Acolyte Rehearsal (for Easter Day)  9 am (Nave)

Saturday 27 April
Guild of All Souls  10 am (Lady Chapel)

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 26 April
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) Meeting  4-11 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 27 April
Epiphany Soup Kitchen  2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

21 April
THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION: EASTER DAY (W)
Morning Prayer  8 am
Low Mass  8:10 am
Solemn Mass of the Resurrection  10 am

Daily Office Lectionary: Easter Week, Year One
Daily Mass Lectionary: Easter Week, Year C

22 April
Monday in Easter Week (W)
Evening Prayer  5:30 pm
Low Mass  6 pm

23 April
Tuesday in Easter Week (W)
Noonday Prayer  12 noon
Low Mass  12:10 pm

24 April
Wednesday in Easter Week (W)
Evening Prayer  5:30 pm
Low Mass  6 pm

25 April
Thursday in Easter Week (W)
Noonday Prayer  12 noon
Low Mass  12:10 pm

26 April
Friday in Easter Week (W)
Noonday Prayer  12 noon
Low Mass  12:10 pm

27 April
Saturday in Easter Week (W)
Morning Prayer  9:30 am
Low Mass with Commemoration of April Departed  10 am

28 April
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (W)
Morning Prayer  8 am
Low Mass  8:10 am
Sung Mass  10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR  5:30 pm

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (28 April)

Second Sunday of Easter (Year C)
Psalm 150
Acts 5:27-32
Revelation 1:4-8
John 20:19-31