ONLINE PARISH NOTES
Sunday 1 March 2015
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| "Let him take up his cross and follow me." |
FROM THE RECTOR
Lent is off to a good start at S. Stephen's. Despite the difficulties of driving and parking in the snow, we had enthusiastic congregations on Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent, as well as for Friday evening Stations of the Cross and the Sunday evening Lenten Supper series. This Sunday, we shall be welcoming the Very Rev. Steven A. Peay as our preacher at the Solemn Mass at 10 am. Our speaker at the Sunday evening Lenten series will be our own Bishop Knisely. Please join us. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Psalm 22:22-30, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to all visitors and guests – we’re glad that you’re here. Please join us after the 10 am Mass for coffee and refreshments in the Great Hall, upstairs. Today’s coffee hour is hosted by the Society of Mary.
Guest Preacher – We welcome the Very Rev’d Steven A. Peay, Dean and President of Nashotah House Theological Seminary, as our preacher at the 10 am Mass today.
Confirmation Class – Fr. Alexander’s Confirmation Class continues today in the Library at 9 am for young people (Middle School or High School age) who would like to be confirmed later in the year (date to be determined).
Daylight Saving Time – begins next Sunday 8 March. Remember to set your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night.
Easter Flowers – If you would like to make a flower offering at Easter – in thanksgiving or in memoriam - please fill out the enclosed envelope and either put it in the offering plate or return it to the parish office no later than Wednesday 25 March.
Lenten Series – This evening at 6 pm, we will offer the second in our series “Science, Religion, and Extraterrestrials.” Tonight’s speaker will be W. Nicholas Knisely, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, and a member of the Society of Ordained Scientists, on “Theological Implications of the Multiverse on the Nature of the Fall.” Bishop Knisely is the author of Entangled States: Science and Faith (2013), and Lent is not Rocket Science: An Exploration of God, Creation, and the Cosmos (2014). Following Evening Prayer at 5:30, a light dinner will be served at 6 pm. The program will begin at about 6:45 pm and will conclude by 8 pm. Please see the flyer enclosed in the Kalendar for more details.
The Way of the Cross – Friday evenings in Lent (March 6, 13 & 27, but not March 20) we offer Evening Prayer at 6 pm, followed by Stations of the Cross. Come and make this one of your Lenten devotions.
Society of Mary – will not meet this Saturday (7 March) but will meet on the following Saturday (14 March) for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30 Mass, then recitation of the Rosary. Everyone is invited.
Stations of the Cross & Stabat Mater – On Sunday 22 March at 5:30 pm, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we will offer Choral Stations of the Cross, featuring the Schola Cantorum singing Orlande de Lassus’s Stabat Mater à 8 voci. Please note the date and plan to join us.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Jonno, Patrick, Townsend, Norman, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Richard, Angela, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, Richard, and Dianne.
The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Flora Hilda Harding (2 March 1994), Alice Hunt (2 March 1998), Mary Chase (2 March 1992), Josephine Garrett Brown (7 March 1989), and Hilda Grace Stevens (7 March 1991).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for pray the Church in Mbale - (Uganda): The Rt. Rev’d Patrick Gidudu; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadershipand people of St. David's on-the-Hill, Cranston.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC W Dilworth; SD R Armidon; Thurifer J Starks; Crucifer L Hooks, Torches E Benziger, D Callanan
Lector – J Steiny
Ushers – R Viti, G Ryan
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 1 March
Lenten Series (Speaker: The Rt. Rev. Nicholas Knisely) 6 pm
Sunday 8 March
Lenten Series (Speaker: Kenneth Miller) 6 pm
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 7 March
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 1 March
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm
Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Week of Lent 2, Year 1
Monday 2 March
Monday in II Lent (V)
(Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, c. 602)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 3 March
Tuesday in II Lent (V)
(John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 4 March
Wednesday in II Lent (V)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 5 March
Thursday in II Lent (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 6 March
Friday in II Lent (V)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Evening Prayer & Stations of the Cross 6 pm
Saturday 7 March
Saturday in II Lent (V)
(Perpetua, Felicity, and Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Angelus & Noonday Prayer 12:15 pm
Sunday 8 March
THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT (V)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Compline 9 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (March 8)
The Third Sunday of Lent, Year B
Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22
