ONLINE PARISH NOTES
16 AUGUST 2015
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| 'I am the Living Bread which came down from heaven." |
FROM THE RECTOR
The work on the sanctuary floor is almost complete -- and it looks beautiful! We are planning on having the 10 am Mass in the Lady Chapel this coming Sunday, August 16th, for the last time this summer. Some have enjoyed the summer Masses in the Lady Chapel; others will be relieved to get back into the "main church." Either way, the Gospel is preached and the Sacraments are administered. I look forward to seeing you there this Sunday. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Proper 15, Year B
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday Mass in Lady Chapel – The Sunday 10 am Mass continues in the Lady Chapel. The work is scheduled to be completed this coming week, with a return to the main church next Sunday, 23 August.
When Receiving Communion – in the Lady Chapel at the 10 am Mass during the summer, please leave a space open to the left of the altar rail on the left, so that those who have received may exit and return to their chairs via the nave aisle. Feel free to stand to receive either at the altar rail or in the space between if kneeling presents a problem.
Eucharistic Adoration – originally scheduled for the third Saturday, August 15, will take place instead this Saturday 22 August. 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.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Stephen, Nicholas, Patricia, Jonno, Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Marion, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, Ellen-Jean, Richard, Sandy, Angela, Bobby, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Henry, James, and Dianne.
The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Sybil Moss (16 August 2006), Frank B. Mauk (20 August 1987), Edith Woolsey Nutt (22 August 2005).
Birthdays this week: Bruce Lennihan (17 August), Joel McCoy (21 August).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Ruvuma (Tanzania): The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Maternus Kapinga; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of St. Mary's, Portsmouth and of St. Mary's, East Providence; and for the leadership, staff and students of St. Mary’s Home for Children.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Server – R Armidon
Lector – E Alexander
Ushers – N Gingrich, J Steiny
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 22 August
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 16 August
TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am (Lady Chapel)
Daily Office & Mass Lectionary: Proper 15, Year 1
Monday 17 August
Feria (G)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 18 August
Feria (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 19 August
Feria (G)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 20 August
Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Teacher, 1153 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 21 August
Jane Frances de Chantal, Founder of the Order of the Visitation, 1641 (W)
Abraham of Smolensk, Abbot, 1221
Angelus 12 Noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 22 August
Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (B)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Eucharistic Adoration 10 am (until 11 am)
Sunday 23 August
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am (Lady Chapel)
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (August 23)
Proper 16, Year B
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18
