PARISH NOTES
Sunday 11 September 2016
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| Parable of the Lost Coin (After an engraving by John Everett Millais) |
FROM THE RECTOR
Imagine discovering several hours before you're due to go to the airport to catch an international flight that your passport is not where you thought it was. You search for it frantically, and just as you're about to give up in despair, it turns up in the last place you think to look. If you've had this experience -- as I have -- you can begin to identify with the feelings of the woman in this Sunday's Gospel who exclaims to her friends and neighbors, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which was lost." Our Lord tells the parable of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin to indicate the intensity of the rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents. But it also signifies our rejoicing on earth when we discover (or rediscover) the joy of fellowship with Christ and one another in his Church. -- Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Proper 19, Year C
Exodus 32:7-14
Psalm 51:1-11
1 Timothy 1:12-17
Luke 15:1-10
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rector Away – Fr. Alexander is away for the weekend, and returns to the parish office on Tuesday 13 September.
Fall Programs – Our Sunday School program and student group (Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD: EMBR) begin today. If you have questions about Sunday School, please see Sunday School coordinator Alison Huff before the 10 am Mass. For more information about EMBR, please see Fr. Yost after the service or contact him via email at Fr.Yost@sstephens.necoxmail.com.
Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during September will be offered on Monday 12 September at 6 pm (preceded by Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm.) If you have any names to add to the list of those remembered, please email Fr. Yost.
Holy Cross Day – On Wednesday 14 September, we will be undertaking a joint celebration of Holy Cross Day with Mass at St. John’s Church in Newport at 6:30 pm. Please plan on joining us. Prayer and Mass at the customary Wednesday times will also be offered in the Lady Chapel.
Schola Cantorum – The choir will return on Sunday 2 October, the Feast of the Dedication.
Requiem for Jane Latham – The Requiem Mass for long-time parishioner Jane Latham will be here at S. Stephen’s on Tuesday 20 September at 11 am. The service will be followed by a reception in the Great Hall.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Martha, Donald, Townsend, Norman, John, Peter, Michael, Michael, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Stephanie, Harrington, John, Ed, Richard, Jerry, Joel, Sandra, Yolanda, Angela, Bobby, Sally, Loretto, Rhoda, Ned, Michael, Henry, James, Weldon, Dianne, and Elizabeth.
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Michele Leighton (11 September 2009), James F. Littlefield (13 September 1986), Margaret Chase (13 September 1998), and George R. Finch (13 September 2009). Recently Departed: C. Jane Latham.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the Church of Province of Uganda: The Most Rev’d Stanley Ntagali, Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala, and The Rt. Rev’d Hannington Mutebi, Assistant Bishop of Kampala - (Uganda); and in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, please pray for the leadership and people of Holy Cross, Middletown, and Church of the Redeemer, Providence.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes - MC R Armidon; Second Chalice W Dilworth; Thurifer L Verdelotti; Crucifer L Hooks; Torches DO Latimer, G Benziger
Lector – J Steiny
Ushers – TBD
Coffee Hour – N Gingrich, S Brazil
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Tuesday 13 September
Vestry Meeting 7 pm
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Monday 12 September
Epiphany Soup Kitchen Board Meeting 7 pm
Wednesday 14 September
Shakespeare Society Rehearsal 6 pm
Saturday 17 September
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 11 September
THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
Weekday Office and Mass Lectionary: Proper 19, Year Two
Monday 12 September
John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830 (G or W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 13 September
John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407 (W)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 14 September
HOLY CROSS DAY (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 15 September
Our Lady of Sorrows (Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary) (Blue)
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 16 September
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258, and Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, 253 (R)
Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c. 432
Angelus 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 17 September
Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 (G, R, or W)
Lambert, Bishop of Maastricht, Martyr, c. 705
Morning Prayer 9 am
Low Mass 9:30 am
Sunday 18 September
THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 7:30 am
Low Mass 8 am
Sung Mass 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (September 18)
Proper 20, Year C
Amos 8:4-7
Psalm 113;
1 Timothy 2:1-7
Luke 16:1-13
