ONLINE PARISH NOTES
SUNDAY 31 JANUARY 2016
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FROM THE RECTOR
Hearty thanks to everyone who showed up this past Sunday for the Annual Meeting despite the snow and ice, and also to everyone who supported us with their prayers from home! As explained in a separate blog entry, we had an abbreviated Annual Meeting to approve last year's Minutes and vote in the candidates for the various required positions, and then we adjourned and continued with an excellent lunch. The Reports of the Rector, Wardens, and Treasurer are postponed to a special "Information Session" to he held a week from this Sunday, on February 7th, at Coffee Hour. Please plan on joining us.
-- Fr. John D. Alexander
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Psalm 71: 1-6
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Luke 4:21-30
Information Session – the reports of the Clergy, Wardens, and Treasurer that would have been given at last Sunday's Annual Meeting will now be given at an Information Session to be held next Sunday (February 7) during Coffee Hour. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Altar flowers – today are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the adoption and baptism of Mason Anthony Butler-Rose, by Bobby Rose and Chris Butler.
Flowers at the Statue of Our Lady – are given to the glory of God and in honor of the Feast of the Purification, by the Society of Mary.
Episcopal Ministry at Brown & RISD (EMBR) – Sunday evening prayer with EMBR resumes this evening at 5:30 pm.
February Year’s Mind – departed parishioners whose anniversaries fall during February will be prayed for at the Requiem Mass tomorrow, Monday 1 February 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.
Solemn Mass & Procession for Candlemas – This Tuesday 2 February at 6 pm we will celebrate the feast of The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple (also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Candlemas), with Solemn Mass and Procession. This will be a joint celebration with Saint John’s, Newport; Fr. Nathan Humphrey will be the preacher. Please mark this important occasion on your calendars and plan on attending.
Society of Mary – will meet this Saturday 6 February for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30 Mass, then recitation of the Rosary. Everyone is invited.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – Our annual pancake supper will be Tuesday 9 February from 5:30 – 7 pm in our Great Hall. Tickets are available at the door. Please let us know if you plan to attend by calling the parish office at 401-421-6702, ext. 1 or via email to office@sstephens.necoxmail.com. All are welcome. Come enjoy a final culinary indulgence before Lent, and join in the burning of last year’s palms to make new ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday Services (February 10) – Morning Prayer & Blessing of the Ashes will be celebrated at 8 am in the Lady Chapel. (You may receive ashes at this service.) Sung Mass will be celebrated with the Imposition of Ashes at 6 pm in the main church.
Stations of the Cross & Lenten Series – This year’s Lenten Series, entitled “Christianity, War, and Peace: Five Ethical Traditions” will be on Friday evenings in Lent (February 19 & 26, March 4, 11, & 18.) The evening will begin at 6 pm with Stations of the Cross, followed by a light dinner and Fr. Alexander’s talk.
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Nicholas, Robert, Patricia, Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Michael, Mark, Sue, Michael, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Deborah, Peter, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, Rob, Ellen-Jean, Robert, Richard, Maureen, Sandy, Stephen, Michael, Thom, Angela, Bobby, Laura, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Charles, Frederick, Henry, James, and Dianne.
Birthdays this week – Nathan Callanan (February 1), Charles O’Boyle (February 2).
The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Henry Francis Tingley, Jr. (4 February 1984), Mary L. Starks (5 February 1999), and Paul David Ross (6 February 1996). Recently Departed: Janis Donaldson Roihl.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for The Anglican Church of Burundi: The Most Rev’d Bernard Ntahoturi, Archbishop of the Province of Burundi & Bishop of Matana; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for Episcopal Charities and the ministries and agencies they support.
Acolytes - MC R Armidon; SD S Brazil; Thurifer J Starks; Crucifer Z Painter; Torches L Hooks, DO Latimer
Lector – RG Noble
Ushers – N Gingrich, T Bledsoe
Coffee Hour – K Vorbeck Williams, T Oakes, P Fuller
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Psalm 71: 1-6
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Luke 4:21-30
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Information Session – the reports of the Clergy, Wardens, and Treasurer that would have been given at last Sunday's Annual Meeting will now be given at an Information Session to be held next Sunday (February 7) during Coffee Hour. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Altar flowers – today are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for the adoption and baptism of Mason Anthony Butler-Rose, by Bobby Rose and Chris Butler.
Flowers at the Statue of Our Lady – are given to the glory of God and in honor of the Feast of the Purification, by the Society of Mary.
Episcopal Ministry at Brown & RISD (EMBR) – Sunday evening prayer with EMBR resumes this evening at 5:30 pm.
February Year’s Mind – departed parishioners whose anniversaries fall during February will be prayed for at the Requiem Mass tomorrow, Monday 1 February 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.
Solemn Mass & Procession for Candlemas – This Tuesday 2 February at 6 pm we will celebrate the feast of The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple (also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Candlemas), with Solemn Mass and Procession. This will be a joint celebration with Saint John’s, Newport; Fr. Nathan Humphrey will be the preacher. Please mark this important occasion on your calendars and plan on attending.
Society of Mary – will meet this Saturday 6 February for 9 am Morning Prayer, 9:30 Mass, then recitation of the Rosary. Everyone is invited.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – Our annual pancake supper will be Tuesday 9 February from 5:30 – 7 pm in our Great Hall. Tickets are available at the door. Please let us know if you plan to attend by calling the parish office at 401-421-6702, ext. 1 or via email to office@sstephens.necoxmail.com. All are welcome. Come enjoy a final culinary indulgence before Lent, and join in the burning of last year’s palms to make new ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday Services (February 10) – Morning Prayer & Blessing of the Ashes will be celebrated at 8 am in the Lady Chapel. (You may receive ashes at this service.) Sung Mass will be celebrated with the Imposition of Ashes at 6 pm in the main church.
Stations of the Cross & Lenten Series – This year’s Lenten Series, entitled “Christianity, War, and Peace: Five Ethical Traditions” will be on Friday evenings in Lent (February 19 & 26, March 4, 11, & 18.) The evening will begin at 6 pm with Stations of the Cross, followed by a light dinner and Fr. Alexander’s talk.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Nicholas, Robert, Patricia, Nancy, Townsend, Norman, Elva, Ethel, Andrea, Michael, Mark, Sue, Michael, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Deborah, Peter, Harrington, Kate, Davaughn, Bernice, Rob, Ellen-Jean, Robert, Richard, Maureen, Sandy, Stephen, Michael, Thom, Angela, Bobby, Laura, Sally, Rhoda, Ned, Charles, Frederick, Henry, James, and Dianne.
Birthdays this week – Nathan Callanan (February 1), Charles O’Boyle (February 2).
The faithful departed: Year’s mind: Henry Francis Tingley, Jr. (4 February 1984), Mary L. Starks (5 February 1999), and Paul David Ross (6 February 1996). Recently Departed: Janis Donaldson Roihl.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for The Anglican Church of Burundi: The Most Rev’d Bernard Ntahoturi, Archbishop of the Province of Burundi & Bishop of Matana; and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for Episcopal Charities and the ministries and agencies they support.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC R Armidon; SD S Brazil; Thurifer J Starks; Crucifer Z Painter; Torches L Hooks, DO Latimer
Lector – RG Noble
Ushers – N Gingrich, T Bledsoe
Coffee Hour – K Vorbeck Williams, T Oakes, P Fuller
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 6 February
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 31 January
THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass with Holy Baptism 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR* 5:30 pm
Daily Office & Mass Lectionary for Epiphany IV, Year Two
Monday 1 February
Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 523
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Requiem Mass 6 pm (Black)
Tuesday 2 February
THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Solemn Mass with Procession 6 pm
Wednesday 3 February
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 (W)
Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste, Martyr, 316
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 4 February
Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 5 February
Agatha, Martyr at Catania, 3rd century (R)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 6 February
The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (R)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Holy Rosary 10 am
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass with Holy Baptism 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR* 5:30 pm
Daily Office & Mass Lectionary for Epiphany IV, Year Two
Monday 1 February
Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 523
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Requiem Mass 6 pm (Black)
Tuesday 2 February
THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Solemn Mass with Procession 6 pm
Wednesday 3 February
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 (W)
Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste, Martyr, 316
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 4 February
Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 (W)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:30 am
Friday 5 February
Agatha, Martyr at Catania, 3rd century (R)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 6 February
The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (R)
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Holy Rosary 10 am
Sunday 7 February
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR* 5:30 pm
*EMBR=Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (February 7)
Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 99
2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2
Luke 9:28-36,(37-43a)
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer with EMBR* 5:30 pm
*EMBR=Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (February 7)
Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year C
Exodus 34:29-35
Psalm 99
2 Corinthians 3:12 - 4:2
Luke 9:28-36,(37-43a)
