PARISH NOTES
Sunday 11 August 2019
 |
| Abraham’s Journey from Ur to Canaan (1850) by József Molnár (1821-1899). Oil on canvas. Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. |
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Luke 12:32-40
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
Healey Willan (1880 - 1968)—Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena
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.
Joining us with small children? – We are so glad you are here! Our Sunday School program and nursery care are on hiatus for the summer, but if parents and small children need a break during Mass, please feel free to use the nursery. The ushers can direct you.
Guest Organist – we welcome Patrick Aiken as guest organist this morning for the second and final time this summer.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15th) – This year, we are transferring the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Sunday following its observance, August 18th. (Please note that this feast will also be commemorated on Thursday 15 August at Low Mass.)
Monthly Commemoration of the Departed – whose year’s mind falls during August will be offered Saturday 17 August 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 Nancy Gingrich know. This Mass is sponsored by the Guild of All Souls, St. Stephen Protomartyr Branch: all are welcome and invited to attend!
Get to know our Interim Rector and the Bible! – Please consider joining Fr. Mead and others from the parish with an informative and entertaining trip through the Acts of the Apostles. The group meets on Sundays in the library from 9 until 9:45 am.
Unable to get to Mass or want to review a sermon? – Sunday sermons are now available on the parish website in text and audio — check it out! While you are at it, spend a few minutes listening to "Mead's Meanderings,” two minutes of pithy observations made each week by our interim rector about S. Stephen's.
George St. Construction making progress! – Thanks for your patience while Brown University continues its construction work on George St. There is a total of 5 parking spaces available to S. Stephen's members on either end of the block. Let the police officer know you are on your way to daily Mass or have business in the office. You should have a yellow S. Stephen's placard on your dashboard if using these spaces (available in the office).
Prayers have been requested for: Virginia, Richard, Beverly, Maxcine, Ethel, Carl, Kade, Sherri, Norman, John, Shannah, Terri, Lynne, Gus, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Hunter, Richard, Priscilla, Ann, Sandy, Antonio, Emma, Olivia, Raphael, Kiersten, Katie, Beverly, Tom, Gail, Deborah, Tree, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Roger, and James.
Birthdays this week: Cathy Bledsoe (Monday 8/12), Pat Fuller (Thursday 8/15), and Bruce Lennihan (Saturday 8/17).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: J. Thomas Kershaw (14 August 2001), C. Jane Latham (14 August 2016), Myra F. Craven (15 August 1985), Naomi Lane Babson Grieder (15 August 1985), and Sybil Moss (16 August 2006).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the United Church of South India: The Most Rev’d Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen, Moderator of CSI & Bishop of Madhya Kerala; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. Mary's, Portsmouth and of St. Mary's, East Providence and for the leadership, staff, and students of St. Mary's Home for Children.
Acolytes – MC B Rose
Lector – TBD
Ushers – George Ryan and Bobby Rose
Coffee Hour – Muriel Jobbers
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 11 August
Bible Study 9 am (Parish Library)
Saturday 17 August
Guild of All Souls 10 am (Lady Chapel)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 17 August
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 11 August
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10 am
Daily Office Lectionary: Proper 14, Year One
Daily Mass Lectionary: Proper 14
Monday 12 August
FERIA (G)
Hippolytus, Priest, Teacher, Martyr at Rome, 235
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 13 August
FERIA (G)
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 14 August
FERIA (G)
Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Civil Rights Worker, Martyr, 1965
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 15 August
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Blue)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 16 August
FERIA (G)
Stephen, King of Hungary, 1038
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 17 August
FERIA
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Requiem Mass for August Departed 10 am (Black)
Sunday 18 August
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (TRANSFERRED) (BLUE)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (18 August)
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Transferred)
Isaiah 61:10-11
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 1:46-55
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.
Joining us with small children? – We are so glad you are here! Our Sunday School program and nursery care are on hiatus for the summer, but if parents and small children need a break during Mass, please feel free to use the nursery. The ushers can direct you.
Guest Organist – we welcome Patrick Aiken as guest organist this morning for the second and final time this summer.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15th) – This year, we are transferring the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Sunday following its observance, August 18th. (Please note that this feast will also be commemorated on Thursday 15 August at Low Mass.)
Monthly Commemoration of the Departed – whose year’s mind falls during August will be offered Saturday 17 August 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 Nancy Gingrich know. This Mass is sponsored by the Guild of All Souls, St. Stephen Protomartyr Branch: all are welcome and invited to attend!
Get to know our Interim Rector and the Bible! – Please consider joining Fr. Mead and others from the parish with an informative and entertaining trip through the Acts of the Apostles. The group meets on Sundays in the library from 9 until 9:45 am.
Unable to get to Mass or want to review a sermon? – Sunday sermons are now available on the parish website in text and audio — check it out! While you are at it, spend a few minutes listening to "Mead's Meanderings,” two minutes of pithy observations made each week by our interim rector about S. Stephen's.
George St. Construction making progress! – Thanks for your patience while Brown University continues its construction work on George St. There is a total of 5 parking spaces available to S. Stephen's members on either end of the block. Let the police officer know you are on your way to daily Mass or have business in the office. You should have a yellow S. Stephen's placard on your dashboard if using these spaces (available in the office).
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Virginia, Richard, Beverly, Maxcine, Ethel, Carl, Kade, Sherri, Norman, John, Shannah, Terri, Lynne, Gus, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Hunter, Richard, Priscilla, Ann, Sandy, Antonio, Emma, Olivia, Raphael, Kiersten, Katie, Beverly, Tom, Gail, Deborah, Tree, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Roger, and James.
Birthdays this week: Cathy Bledsoe (Monday 8/12), Pat Fuller (Thursday 8/15), and Bruce Lennihan (Saturday 8/17).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: J. Thomas Kershaw (14 August 2001), C. Jane Latham (14 August 2016), Myra F. Craven (15 August 1985), Naomi Lane Babson Grieder (15 August 1985), and Sybil Moss (16 August 2006).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the United Church of South India: The Most Rev’d Thomas Kanjirappally Oommen, Moderator of CSI & Bishop of Madhya Kerala; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of St. Mary's, Portsmouth and of St. Mary's, East Providence and for the leadership, staff, and students of St. Mary's Home for Children.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC B Rose
Lector – TBD
Ushers – George Ryan and Bobby Rose
Coffee Hour – Muriel Jobbers
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Sunday 11 August
Bible Study 9 am (Parish Library)
Saturday 17 August
Guild of All Souls 10 am (Lady Chapel)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Saturday 17 August
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 11 August
NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10 am
Daily Office Lectionary: Proper 14, Year One
Daily Mass Lectionary: Proper 14
Monday 12 August
FERIA (G)
Hippolytus, Priest, Teacher, Martyr at Rome, 235
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 13 August
FERIA (G)
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 14 August
FERIA (G)
Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian, Civil Rights Worker, Martyr, 1965
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 15 August
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Blue)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 16 August
FERIA (G)
Stephen, King of Hungary, 1038
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 17 August
FERIA
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Requiem Mass for August Departed 10 am (Black)
Sunday 18 August
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (TRANSFERRED) (BLUE)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Mass with Hymns 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (18 August)
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Transferred)
Isaiah 61:10-11
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 1:46-55
