ONLINE PARISH NOTES
21 JUNE 2015
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| Jesus Stilling a Storm (Detail), Stained Glass, Strasbourg Cathedral |
FROM THE RECTOR
This Sunday, June 21, we welcome Fr. Martin Yost to S. Stephen's as our new Assistant Priest and Episcopal Campus Minister at Brown / RISD. Fr. Yost will be the preacher at both the 8 am and 10 am Masses. Please come to Mass and make him welcome. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
P.S. Both the 8 and 10 a.m. Masses this Sunday will be offered with special intention for the repose of the souls of those who lost their lives in the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, and for peace, justice, reconciliation, and an end to racism and racial hatred in our country.
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Proper 7, Year B (RCL)
Job 38:1-11
Job 38:1-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Altar Flowers – are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the 60th anniversary of The Rev’d Harrington Gordon’s ordination to the Diaconate on 24 June 1955.
The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24th) – a major feast day of the church year, will be celebrated on Wednesday with Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm and Low Mass at 6 pm.
Deacon Mary Ann Mello – will be leaving us after next Sunday June 28th, for her next diaconal assignment at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Pawtucket. Next Sunday, we will follow the 10 am Mass with a luncheon to thank Deacon Mello for her service here at S. Stephen’s and wish her well in her new ministry. Please join us.
Sunday Mass in Lady Chapel – Commencing tomorrow, Monday 22 June, the floor of the choir and sanctuary will be undergoing renovation, so that the Sunday 10 am Mass will be held in the Lady Chapel for several weeks. More detail is provided in the soon-to-be-mailed issue of The S. Stephen.
Welcome to Fr. Martin Yost – who joins us today as our new Assistant Priest and Episcopal Minister at Brown / RISD. Fr. Yost is preaching at both Masses today.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Joyce, Nicholas, Patricia, Jonno, Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, Richard, Ellen-Jean, Sandy, Angela, Bobby, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, and Dianne.
Birthdays this week – Julia Steiny (June 24th), Louis Verdelotti (June 26th), and Richard Viti (June 27th). Anniversaries of Ordination – Fr. Harrington Gordon (June 24th, Diaconate).
The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Terry Wilkes (22 June 1999), Dorothy Van Slyck Eagles (23 June 1997), Alfreida Louise Moore (24 June 1996), and Mortimer G. Hitt, Priest (25 June 1994). Recently Departed: Ruth Baker.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Olympia - (VIII, The Episcopal Church): The Rt. Rev’d Gregory Rickel; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for our Bishop and Deputation and the 78th General Convention meeting in Salt Lake City.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC S Brazil; SD D Latimer; Thurifer L Verdelotti; Crucifer L Bledsoe; Torches G Benziger, E Benziger
Lector – J Chamberlin
Ushers – T Oakes, N Gingrich
Coffee Hour – The Rejto / Elliot Family
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Saturday 27 June
Rice Parish Discernment Committee 10 am
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 27 June
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 21 June
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Daily Office & Mass Lectionary: Proper 7, Year 1
Monday 22 June
Alban, First Martyr in Britain, c. 304 (R)
Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, 431;
Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Martyrs, 1535 (or July 6)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 23 June
Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c. 678 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 24 June
THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 25 June
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 26 June
Feria (G)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 27 June
Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 (W)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Sunday 28 June
FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am (Lady Chapel)
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (June 28)
Proper 8, Year B (RCL)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24
Psalm 30
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Mark 5:21-43
