PARISH NOTES
Sunday 23 September 2018
Sunday 23 September 2018
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| Benjamin West, Christ Showing a Little Child, 1790, Private Collection |
FROM THE RECTOR
“Whoever receives one
such child in my name receives me …” (Mark 9:37). A great deal of sentimental
nonsense has been preached over the years about Jesus’ attitude to children. The
critical consideration seems not to have been children’s alleged simplicity or
innocence, but their complete lack of social standing and hence their inability
to reciprocate gifts and favors. To “receive a child” in Jesus’ name is to show
kindness or hospitality with no hope of profit, reward, recognition, or gain. In
response to the apostles’ vying for earthly greatness, Jesus tells us in this
Sunday’s Gospel that in receiving such little children we receive not only
Jesus himself but the Father who sent him. Such service with no desire for
recognition or reward will be more than recognized and rewarded by God himself,
in this world or the next. – Fr. John D. Alexander
THIS
SUNDAY’S READINGS
Eighteenth Sunday
After Pentecost – Proper 20, Year B
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to S. Stephen’s – especially to our visitors and guests! We’re glad to have
you join 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.
Choir Season – begins next Sunday! We look forward
to welcoming back the Schola Cantorum for another program year. Copies of the
2018-2019 Liturgical Music Prospectus are being mailed out and are available in
the Narthex and on the Parish website.
Sunday School – is getting organized to begin in
October. Thanks to Nancy Carlson and Modu Johnson for stepping forward to teach
this year! Anyone else interested in helping out, please speak with them.
Budget Committee – The Vestry Committee charged with
drafting a parish budget for 2019 will begin meeting soon, and needs to include
some parishioners who are not Vestry members. Anyone interested in finding out
more about this volunteer opportunity, please speak to Treasurer George Ryan or
Senior Warden Tom Bledsoe.
Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking
parishioners young and old who would like to be trained to serve as acolytes
for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and for special services throughout the year.
Please get in touch with him if you are willing or know someone else who would
be. Thank you!
Eastside Marketplace “Friendship
Fund” –
S. Stephen’s is once again asking parishioners to keep and collect receipts
from the Eastside Marketplace and place them in the box on the table in the
Narthex. S. Stephen’s will receive 1% back of all total sales. All rebates go into the General Operating Fund. Thank you for your participation and
support!
Calling all who Love to Cook – Each Sunday this academic year, a meal will follow Evening Prayer with
the Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD. Would you please consider
volunteering and signing up to provide a meal for the undergraduate and
graduate students at Brown and RISD? The need for meals will begin next Sunday,
September 16, at 6:00 pm. We’d be more than happy to have you sit down and eat
with us and join in conversation. Thank you!
Saint Michael and All
Angels (September
29th) – a major feast of the church year, will be kept on
Saturday with Morning Prayer at 9:30 am, and Low Mass following at 10:00 am.
College Ministry – The
Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) continues next Sunday with Evening
Prayer at 5:30, with dinner and conversation to follow. All undergraduate and
graduate students are welcome and invited to attend!
FOR YOUR
PRAYERS
Prayers have been
requested for: Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Lynne,
William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Elizabeth,
Sandy, John, Phebe, Ed, Gregory, Jack, Richard, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly,
Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
The faithful departed:
Year’s
Mind: June M.
Gaudet (23 September 2000), Ernest A. Elderkin (24 September 1991), Ann Marie
Starks (25 September 2010), and Donald B. Ward (26 September 1996). Recently
Departed: Jane Benziger and Stanley M. Paduch Jr.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle
of Prayer, we are asked to pray for The Anglican Church of Tanzania and the
Diocese of Mpwapwa - (Tanzania): The Rt. Rev’d Jacob Erasto Chimeledya; in the
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. Michael's, Bristol.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC J Ihnen,
Thurifer J Starks, Crucifer F Pisaturo, Torches W Dilworth and L Verdelotti
Lector – Andrew
Campbell
Ushers – Joy D’Ambra
and Bobby Rose
Coffee
Hour –
Modu Johnson
THIS WEEK
AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL
EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 29 September
Epiphany Soup
Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL
CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
23
September
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning
Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass
8:10 am
Sung Mass
10:00 am
Evening
Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 20, Year Two
Monday
24 September
Our Lady of Walsingham (Blue)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6:00 pm
Tuesday
25 September
Sergei
of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 (W)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday
26 September
Lancelot
Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 (W)
Cosmas
& Damian, Martyrs at Aegea, c. 287 (R)
Evening
Prayer 5:30 pm
Low
Mass 6:00 pm
Thursday
27 September
Vincent
de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 (W)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Friday
28 September
Wenceslaus,
Duke of Bohemia, Martyr, 929 (R)
Noonday
Prayer 12:00 noon
Low
Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday
29 September
SAINT
MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS (W)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10:00 am
30
September
NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning
Prayer 8:00 am
Low Mass
8:10 am
Solemn Mass
10:00 am
Evening
Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (30 September)
Nineteenth Sunday
After Pentecost – Proper 21, Year B
Mark 9:38-50
