ONLINE PARISH NOTES
9 AUGUST 2015
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| Icon: The Living Bread |
FROM THE RECTOR
It has been gratifying to see the good attendance during the summer months so far at S. Stephen's. The 10 am Mass in the Lady Chapel has been going well. The work on the sanctuary and choir floor is going according to schedule, and we're hoping to be back in the main church by Sunday 23 August. This Sunday's Gospel reminds us that regardless of where we celebrate the Eucharist, Jesus is the Living Bread. We come to Mass to encounter him, to receive his life. Please join us.
-- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Proper 14, Year B
1 Kings 19:4-8
Psalm 34:1-8
Ephesians 4:25-5:2
John 6:35, 41-51
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday Mass in Lady Chapel – The Sunday 10 am Mass continues to be offered in the Lady Chapel. The work is scheduled to be completed sometime this month.
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 on Saturday 22 August at 10 am.
Assumption – This Saturday 15 August at 11 am, we will keep the Feast of the Assumption with Sung Mass at 11 am in our Lady Chapel. Fr. Nathan Humphrey, vicar of St. John’s, will preach. All are welcome and invited to attend. (Morning Prayer will be offered as usual at 9 am; the 9:30 am Mass is postponed to 11.)
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: 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: Frances Cecilia Lawton (9 August 1983), J. Thomas Kershaw (14 August 2001), Myra F. Craven (15 August 1985), Naomi Lane Babson Grieder (15 August 1985); Recently Departed: Lane Davenport (Priest)
Birthdays this week: Russell Langworthy (9 August), Cathy Bledsoe (12 August), Phoebe Pettingell (14 August).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church in Rochester USA (II, The Episcopal Church): The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Prince Singh; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of the Church of the Transfiguration, Cranston, of Christ Church, Lincoln, and of Christ Church, Westerly.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Server – W Dillworth
Lector – P Pettingell
Ushers – P Pettingell, J Chamberlin
Coffee Hour – L Latimer & E Hooks
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Thursday 13 August
Armidon Parish Discernment Team 7 pm
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 15 August
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 9 August
ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am (Lady Chapel)
Daily Office & Mass Lectionary: Proper 14, Year 1
Monday 10 August
Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 11 August
Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Wednesday 12 August
Hippolytus, Priest, Teacher, Martyr at Rome, 235 (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 13 August
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 14 August
Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 (R)
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Civil Rights Worker, Martyr, 1965
Angelus 12 Noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 15 August
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (B)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Sung Mass 11 am
Sunday 16 August
TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am (Lady Chapel)
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (August 16)
Proper 15, Year B
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34:9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58
