PARISH NOTES

Sunday 19 August 2018

Icon of Christ the Saviour, Bread of Life, 18th century, Sumy, Ukraine.

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS

Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 15, Year B
Psalm 34:9-14
Proverbs 9:1-6
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome to S. Stephen’s – especially to our visitors and guests! We’re glad to have you with us. Please join us for Coffee Hour following the 10 a.m. Mass in the Great Hall upstairs. If you have any questions or special needs, please speak to one of the ushers, who will be glad to assist you.

Rector’s Vacation – Fr. Alexander is taking a vacation and is scheduled to return on September 4. During his absence, Fr. Pearson may be contacted at 610-513-2548 for any urgent pastoral needs.

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle (August 24th) – a major feast of the church year, will be kept on Friday with Noonday Prayer at 12:00 Noon and Low Mass at 12:10 pm.

Weekday Services in Rector’s Office – Please note that during the hot summer weather, weekday Offices and Masses may be held in the air-conditioned comfort of the Rector’s Office instead of in the Lady Chapel. If the Church doors are closed at the appointed time, please enter through the Guild House doors; once you are inside, the parish office is the first door on your left.

Choir Season – resumes on Sunday 30 September. In the meantime, the Sung Mass with Minor Propers sung by the Cantors will resume during the Labor Day weekend on Sunday 2 September. Kudos to everyone for the enthusiastic congregational singing during the summer months!

Sunday School and Nursery – Some good news: We have engaged Naomi Subotnick to run the Nursery on Sunday mornings during the 10 am Mass. Please join in welcoming Naomi to the S. Stephen’s team! Also: we now have two volunteers to teach Sunday School in the coming program year. We thank Modu Johnson and Nancy Carlson for contributing their time to this crucial aspect of parish life.

FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Elizabeth, Sandy, John, Phebe, Ed, Gregory, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Betsy, Rhoda, William, and James. We pray also for the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, as he recovers from prostate surgery.

Birthdays this week: Joel McCoy (Tuesday 8/21).

The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Frank B. Mauk (20 August 1987), Edith Woolsey Nutt (22 August 2005), Robert E. Latham (23 August 1999), Phoebe Robertson (23 August 2016), Thomas Edward Goode (24 August 1991), and Florence Thorpe (24 August 1994). Recently Departed: Katherine H. Jordan, Priest and Stephen P. Cowardin, Priest.

Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Church of South India (United): The Most Rev’d Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen, Moderator of CSI & Bishop of Madhya Kerala; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the Commission on Ministry and members of our diocese who walk with those discerning the ministries to which God calls them.

THE SUNDAY ROTA

Acolytes – Acolyte/MC J Ihnen; Thurifer R Noble
Lector – M Johnson
Ushers – Bobby Rose and Chris Martel
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary

THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S

EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S

Tuesday 21 August
ESK Board Meeting  7:00 pm (Great Hall)

Saturday 25 August
Epiphany Soup Kitchen  2:30 pm (Great Hall)

LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE

19 August
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10:00 am

Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 15, Year Two

Monday 20 August
Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Teacher, 1153 (W)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm

Tuesday 21 August
Jane Frances de Chantal, Founder of the Order of the Visitation, 1641 (W)
Abraham of Smolensk, Abbot, 1221 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Wednesday 22 August
Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Blue)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm

Thursday 23 August
Rose of Lima, Dominican Nun, 1617 (W)
Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Friday 24 August
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE (R)
Noonday Prayer 12:00 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm

Saturday 25 August
Louis, King of France, 1270 (W)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10:00 am

26 August
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10:00 am

NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (26 August)

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Proper 16, Year B
Psalm 34:15-22
Joshua 24:1-2a,14-18
Ephesians 6:10-20
John 6:56-69