PARISH NOTES
Sunday 11 November 2018
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| Memorial Window, Christchurch, Coldharbour |
FROM THE RECTOR
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 27, Year B (8 am)
Remembrance Sunday (10 am)
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.
Remembrance Sunday Poppies – are available for the taking at both Masses today. A donation of $1 per poppy will help cover our costs: this can be placed either in the collection plate or in the “Alms” receptacle in the Narthex.
Remembrance Day Evensong at St. Margaret’s, Duxbury – is today at 4 pm and will consist of a service of prayer and song led by the women of the Schola. All are welcome to join us as we honor Remembrance Day. Ethereal music from ancient plainsong and the Renaissance to recently composed canticles will be sung as we offer prayers for all who have died in the service of their country, and for justice and peace. A reception will follow the service. The Society of St. Margaret, 30 Harden Hill Road, Duxbury, MA.
Veterans Day – As Veterans Day falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed according to the public holiday schedule on Monday 12 November, with Morning Prayer at 9:30 am and Low Mass at 10 am.
Rector’s Book Discussion Group – will not meet this evening, on account of the Veterans Day Holiday. We resume by videoconference next Sunday, November 18th, to discuss Chapters 24, 25, 26 of Walk in Love.
Epiphany Soup Kitchen (ESK) – S. Stephen's next turn to supply the volunteers for ESK is this Saturday, November 17. The Soup Kitchen has been getting an average of 60 people and as many as 86 one week last month. We need at least five volunteers so if you can help please let Bruce Lennihan know. Last week we had more than a dozen volunteers so we served our guests at their tables who gave us a round of applause.
Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during November will be offered this Saturday, 17 November, at 10 am (preceded by Morning Prayer at 9:30 am). If you have any names to add to those to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander know. See GAS announcement below.
Guild of All Souls: St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr Branch – S. Stephen’s celebrates a parish Requiem Mass on the Third Saturday of most months at the 10 am Mass. Departed members of the parish whose anniversaries fall during the month are remembered in prayer, and anyone may submit additional names of the departed.
Stewardship Sunday – Since we’re running a bit behind in our Stewardship program this year, we are postponing the date by which we hope to receive next year’s pledges to Sunday 2 December (Advent I). See announcement following.
Stewardship Program – It’s that time of year again! If you are on our email distribution list, you will soon be receiving an invitation to make your pledge of financial contributions to S. Stephen’s for 2019. Please keep an eye out for this email, which will contain information on how to make your pledge online. If you are not currently receiving parish emails, please give Fr. Alexander or Jacob Ihnen your email address. The technologically challenged need not despair: hard-copy pledge forms will be made available to all who prefer to make their pledges the old-fashioned way! To aid the Vestry in planning and approving a parish budget for 2019, our goal is to receive ninety percent of all pledges by December 2nd (the First Sunday of Advent). In the meantime, please consider prayerfully what you can offer; your parish is counting on your support and generosity.
Advent Lessons and Carols – This year marks the one-hundredth anniversary not only of the Armistice, but also of the first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in its present form at King’s College, Cambridge. The Dean of the College, Eric Milner-White, a former army chaplain who saw a need for more imaginative forms of worship in the Church of England, composed the well-known Bidding Prayer with its intercession for those “upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no man can number,” – which must have carried great poignancy for a congregation grieving for loved ones lost in the recently concluded war. In the spirit of Remembrance, please plan on joining us for our Advent Lessons and Carols, this year on Sunday 2 December at 5:30 pm.
Altar Flowers – The flowers at the high altar last Sunday were given in memory of Megda Dunham Hawkins by the Altar Guild. We regret the omission.
Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained as servers for the 10 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!
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting next Sunday, November 18th, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer with dinner to follow. All undergraduate and graduate students are most welcome and invited to attend!
Remembrance Sunday Poppies – are available for the taking at both Masses today. A donation of $1 per poppy will help cover our costs: this can be placed either in the collection plate or in the “Alms” receptacle in the Narthex.
Remembrance Day Evensong at St. Margaret’s, Duxbury – is today at 4 pm and will consist of a service of prayer and song led by the women of the Schola. All are welcome to join us as we honor Remembrance Day. Ethereal music from ancient plainsong and the Renaissance to recently composed canticles will be sung as we offer prayers for all who have died in the service of their country, and for justice and peace. A reception will follow the service. The Society of St. Margaret, 30 Harden Hill Road, Duxbury, MA.
Veterans Day – As Veterans Day falls on a Sunday this year, it will be observed according to the public holiday schedule on Monday 12 November, with Morning Prayer at 9:30 am and Low Mass at 10 am.
Rector’s Book Discussion Group – will not meet this evening, on account of the Veterans Day Holiday. We resume by videoconference next Sunday, November 18th, to discuss Chapters 24, 25, 26 of Walk in Love.
Epiphany Soup Kitchen (ESK) – S. Stephen's next turn to supply the volunteers for ESK is this Saturday, November 17. The Soup Kitchen has been getting an average of 60 people and as many as 86 one week last month. We need at least five volunteers so if you can help please let Bruce Lennihan know. Last week we had more than a dozen volunteers so we served our guests at their tables who gave us a round of applause.
Monthly Requiem – for the departed of this parish whose year’s mind falls during November will be offered this Saturday, 17 November, at 10 am (preceded by Morning Prayer at 9:30 am). If you have any names to add to those to be remembered, please let Fr. Alexander know. See GAS announcement below.
Guild of All Souls: St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr Branch – S. Stephen’s celebrates a parish Requiem Mass on the Third Saturday of most months at the 10 am Mass. Departed members of the parish whose anniversaries fall during the month are remembered in prayer, and anyone may submit additional names of the departed.
Stewardship Sunday – Since we’re running a bit behind in our Stewardship program this year, we are postponing the date by which we hope to receive next year’s pledges to Sunday 2 December (Advent I). See announcement following.
Stewardship Program – It’s that time of year again! If you are on our email distribution list, you will soon be receiving an invitation to make your pledge of financial contributions to S. Stephen’s for 2019. Please keep an eye out for this email, which will contain information on how to make your pledge online. If you are not currently receiving parish emails, please give Fr. Alexander or Jacob Ihnen your email address. The technologically challenged need not despair: hard-copy pledge forms will be made available to all who prefer to make their pledges the old-fashioned way! To aid the Vestry in planning and approving a parish budget for 2019, our goal is to receive ninety percent of all pledges by December 2nd (the First Sunday of Advent). In the meantime, please consider prayerfully what you can offer; your parish is counting on your support and generosity.
Advent Lessons and Carols – This year marks the one-hundredth anniversary not only of the Armistice, but also of the first Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in its present form at King’s College, Cambridge. The Dean of the College, Eric Milner-White, a former army chaplain who saw a need for more imaginative forms of worship in the Church of England, composed the well-known Bidding Prayer with its intercession for those “upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no man can number,” – which must have carried great poignancy for a congregation grieving for loved ones lost in the recently concluded war. In the spirit of Remembrance, please plan on joining us for our Advent Lessons and Carols, this year on Sunday 2 December at 5:30 pm.
Altar Flowers – The flowers at the high altar last Sunday were given in memory of Megda Dunham Hawkins by the Altar Guild. We regret the omission.
Volunteer for Acolyte Rota – Fr. Alexander is seeking parishioners young and old who would like to be trained as servers for the 10 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!
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting next Sunday, November 18th, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer with dinner to follow. All undergraduate and graduate students are most welcome and invited to attend!
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Elizabeth, Richard, Norman, John, Shannah, Sister Carolyn, Lynne, William, Hannah, Kaitlyn, Mary, Gus, Leonard, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Gregory, Jack, Richard, Ann, Colin, Sandy, Kiersten, Beverly, Deborah, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Allora, Carlos, Rhoda, William, and James.
Birthdays this week: Klara Benziger (Sunday 11/11), George Benziger (Wednesday 11/14), and Karl Benziger (Saturday 11/17).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Helena Crosslin (11 November 2007), Alison Morgan Henning Stebbins (12 November 2012), and Eric Ernest Bernard Hall (16 November 1987).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba and the Diocese of Cuba - (Cuba): The Rt. Rev’d Griselda Delgado Del Carpio; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. Martin’s, Providence.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC F Pisaturo, SD None, Thurifer L Verdelotti, Crucifer R Noble, Torches W Dilworth and C Sylvia
Lector – A Campbell
Ushers – George Ryan and Bruce Lennihan
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 11 November
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm (Lady Chapel)
Tuesday 13 November
Budget Committee Meeting 6:30 pm (Library)
Vestry Meeting 7 pm (Library)
Saturday 17 November
Guild of All Souls 10 am (Lady Chapel)
Saturday 17 November
Guild of All Souls 10 am (Lady Chapel)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Friday 16 November
RUF Meeting 4-11 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 17 November
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
11 November
TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST /
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am (G)
Solemn Requiem Mass for Remembrance Sunday 10 am (Black)
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm Low Mass 8:10 am (G)
Solemn Requiem Mass for Remembrance Sunday 10 am (Black)
Daily Mass and Office Lectionaries: Proper 27, Year Two
Monday 12 November
Josaphat Kunsevich, Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr, 1623 (R)
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
Tuesday 13 November
FERIA (G)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 14 November
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 15 November
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 16 November
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 17 November
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Requiem Mass 10 am (Black)
18 November
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (18 November)
Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost—Proper 28, Year B
Psalm 16
Daniel 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14(15-18)19-25
Mark 13:1-8
Psalm 16
Daniel 12:1-3
Hebrews 10:11-14(15-18)19-25
Mark 13:1-8
