PARISH NOTES
Sunday 8 December 2019
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| Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas. |
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Isaiah 11:1-10
Romans 15:4-13
Matthew 3:1-12
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)—Trois Pièces d’Orgue: 1. Prélude and 2. Petit canon
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)—Missa Canonica, Op. Post 18
William Boyce (1711–1779)—Anglican Chant: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)—Tröstet, tröstet mein Volk
Henri Mulet (1878–1967)—Carillon Sortie
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 8 am Mass in the Narthex and following the 10 am 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 are available throughout the program year, and the ushers would be happy to direct you.
Brown Madrigal Singers Winter Concert – will be this Saturday, 7 December, at 7 pm in the Lady Chapel at S. Stephen’s. The Brown Madrigal Singers invite the community to their annual winter concert to hear the exciting variety of a cappella music they have been working on. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) will be meeting this coming Sunday, 8 December, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer and open study session, as Reading Period will be in full swing. Beverages, comfort food, care packages, and quiet study space will be provided. All members of the Brown Community are most welcome and invited to attend!
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8th) – a major feast day of the church year, is transferred and will be celebrated this coming Monday 9 December with Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm and Low Mass at 6 pm.
Schedule of Christmas Services – Christmas Eve: (Tuesday, 24 December) Christmas Eve Family Mass - 5:30 pm; Solemn Mass of the Nativity - 10:30 pm. Christmas Day: (Wednesday, 25 December) Morning Prayer 9:30 am, Low Mass 10 am. (Please note that on Christmas Eve (Tuesday) Noonday Prayer and Low Mass will not be offered.)
Christmas Flower Offering – If you would like to make a Christmas offering of flowers to the church in thanksgiving or in memoriam, please fill out the envelope included with today’s Kalendar, and put it in the offering plate or bring it to the parish office no later than Sunday 15 December.
Christmas Decorations – We hope to engage a group of volunteers to decorate the church after the 10 am Solemn Mass for Advent IV (Sunday 22 December), in order to have the church decorated in advance of Christmas Eve services. If you are interested in joining in this festive tradition, including a pizza lunch, please contact Altar Guild Director Cathy Bledsoe via email, or phone at (401) 500-2263.
Society of Mary Pilgrimage – The Our Lady of Providence Ward of the Society of Mary is planning a pilgrimage to the La Salette Shrine in Attleboro, MA next Saturday, 14 December, around 3 pm. If you would like to come, please meet in the church driveway between 2:30 and 3 pm to carpool.
Christmas Eve Family Mass Participation – The Sunday School will present a Nativity play at the Family Mass at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, 24 December. Please let Modu Johnson know via email if your children would like to participate.
Milestones – We would like to feature important milestones from your life, to better get to know each other! Whether it be a special wedding anniversary, a new book you have authored and had published, an award or professional commendation, or something else entirely, please let us know. If you would like to contribute to this new section of the parish notes, please contact Jacob Ihnen via email.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Virginia, Richard, Beverly, Maxcine, Ethel, Carl, Kade, Sherri, Lola, Ruby, Norman, John, Diana, Sarah, Shannah, Terri, Beth, Lynne, Gus, Harrington, Joan, Sandy, John, Phebe, Jack, Hunter, Richard, Ann, Beth, Sandy, Antonio, Emma, Olivia, Raphael, Kiersten, Katie, Beverly, Tom, Gail, Deborah, Tree, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Elizabeth, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Crystal, Roger, and Christopher.
Birthdays this week: Lisa Elliot (Sunday 12/8), Andrew Mead (Sunday 12/8), Beverly Myers (Monday 12/9), Christarie Sylvia (Monday 12/9), Lynne deBenedette (Tuesday 12/10), and Beverly Ryan (Friday 12/13).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Lillian Lynch (9 December 1990), George W. Lockwood (10 December 2001), Elinor Elizabeth Ripley (10 December 1984), Truman Claudius Bledsoe (12 December 2015), and Gerald Franklin Barrow (14 December 2007).
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the work of the Mothers’ Union around the world: Sheran Harper, Worldwide President, and Bev Jullien, Chief Executive; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for the people and clergy of Emmanuel, Cumberland, and Emmanuel, Newport.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC J Ihnen, SD B Rose, Th L Verdelotti, Cr J Coyle
Lector at 8 am – A Wilson
Lector at 10 am – RG Noble
Ushers – Julia Steiny and Muriel Jobbers
Coffee Hour – Karl and Klara Benziger
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
PARISH PROGRAMS, EVENTS & MEETINGS
Tuesday 10 December
Vestry Meeting 7 pm (Library)
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Tuesday 10 December
Al-Anon Meeting 12:10 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 14 December
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 8 December
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT (V)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass and Office Lectionary: Week of Advent II, Year Two
Monday 9 December
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, transferred (Blue)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 10 December
Tuesday in Advent II (V)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 11 December
Wednesday in Advent II (V)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Thursday 12 December
Thursday in Advent II (V)
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Finnian, Abbot of Clonard, 549
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 noon
Friday 13 December
Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 (R)
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 14 December
John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591 (W)
Alexander Heriot Mackonochie, Priest, 1887
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
Sunday 15 December
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Rose)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (15 December)
Third Sunday of Advent (Year A)
Isaiah 35:1-10
James 5:7-10
