ONLINE PARISH NOTES

Sunday 3 January 2016

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Disputation with the Doctors, 1308-1311

FROM THE RECTOR

Happy New Year! Sunday 3 January is the tenth day of Christmas, and the Church continues its celebration of the Lord's Incarnation. Please join us. -- Fr. John D. Alexander

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Christmas II, Year C
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Psalm 84 or 84:1-8
Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a
Luke 2:41-52

ANNOUNCEMENTS

January Year’s Mind – departed parishioners whose anniversaries fall during January will be prayed for at the Mass tomorrow, Monday 4 January at 6:00 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30. If you have any additional names to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander or Fr. Yost know.

The Epiphany – this Wednesday, January 6, we will be undertaking a joint celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany at St. John's Church in Newport at 6:30 pm on Tuesday 6 January. Fr. Alexander will be the preacher. Please plan on joining us.

Annual Meeting – Please join us on Sunday, January 24th, after the 10 am Mass for the Annual Meeting of the parish. We need volunteers to bring food and beverages, and someone to manage the food setup. Please contact Cory MacLean in the parish office if you can help. All are welcome and invited to attend, although only active adult parishioners in good standing may vote. (If you have questions about your status as a parishioner, please ask Fr. Alexander. According to the canons of the Episcopal Church adults are 16 years old and older.)

Nominations Committee – Charles O'Boyle has withdrawn from the slate of Nominees for Vestry announced last week, and the Nominating Committee has nominated Bruce Lennihan in his place. The slate of nominees for election at the Annual Parish Meeting on January 24, 2016 is now as follows: three vestry members for four-year terms (expire Annual Meeting of 2020): Patricia Barnes, Bruce Lennihan, and Frank Pisaturo; one vestry member for a two-year term (expires Annual Meeting of 2018): Danielle Latimer; two Diocesan Convention Delegates (one-year term): Richard Noble and Frank Pisaturo; two Diocesan Convention Alternates (one-year term): Cathy Bledsoe and Modu Johnson; Junior Warden (three-year term): Susan Brazil; Clerk of the Vestry (one-year term): Phoebe Pettingell; and Treasurer (one-year term): Ransom Widmer.

EMBR – Sunday evening prayer with EMBR has concluded for the semester, and will resume on January 27, 2016.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Nicholas, Robert, Patricia, Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Michael, Mark, Sue, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Deborah, Peter, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, Rob, Ellen-Jean, Robert, Richard, Maureen, Sandy, Donald, Stephen, Angela, Bobby, Laura, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Charles, Frederick, Henry, James, and Dianne.

Birthdays this week – Philip Noble (January 5) and Katherine Hayslip (January 6).

The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Marian Dunlop (6 January 2000), Chester Arthur Files Jr. (8 January 2013) and John Francis Hall (9 January 1990); Recently Departed: Laurie Thissell.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia: The Most Rev’d William Brown Turei Pihopa o Aotearora and Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of please pray for the leadership and people of the Church of the Epiphany, East Providence.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes - MC D Latimer SD S Brazil; Thurifer W Dilworth; Crucifer L Hooks; Torches K Rejto, Z Painter
Lector – J Steiny
Ushers – B Lennihan, T Bledsoe
Coffee Hour – Rejto/Elliot family

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Saturday 9 January
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 3 January
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am

Daily Mass Lectionary for Christmas/Epiphany

Monday 4 January
Proper for January 4 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm (with Commemoration of January Departed)

Tuesday 5 January
Proper for January 5 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am

Wednesday 6 January
THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (W)

(High Mass at St. John the Evangelist, Newport 6:30 pm)

Thursday 7 January
Proper for January 7 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am

Low Mass 8:30 am

Friday 8 January
Proper for January 8 (W)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 9 January
Proper for January 9 (W)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am

Sunday 10 January
THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: THE BAPTISM OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (W)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (January 10)

First Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Isaiah 43: 1-7
Psalm 29;
Acts 8 14-17
Luke 3:15-16,21-22