PARISH NOTES
Sunday 23 February 2020
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| Transfiguration of Jesus (1872) by Carl Bloch (1834 – 1890). |
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
Exodus 24:12-18
2 Peter 1:16-21
Matthew 17:1-9
THIS SUNDAY’S MUSIC
Louis Vierne (1870–1937)—Triptyque, Op. 58: №. 2. Communion
Harold Darke (1888–1976)—Service of Holy Communion in E (Collegium Regale)
Percy W. Whitlock (1903–1946)—Anglican Chant: Psalm 99
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)—Ecce beatam lucem
Louis Vierne—Pièces de Fantasie, Op. 54: VI. Carillon de Westminster
A WORD OF WELCOME
Welcome to Saint Stephen’s – S. Stephen’s Church is in the midst of Brown University and serves the communities of the East Side of Providence, North Providence, East Providence, and beyond. It is a parish of the Diocese of Rhode Island in the Episcopal Church in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Anglo-Catholic tradition informs and shapes our life together. We are a diverse community uniting all sorts and conditions in the worship of Our Lord Jesus Christ and aim to offer up the best we have in liturgy, music, preaching, teaching, fellowship, and service. Visitors and guests are always welcome! If you attend S. Stephen’s on any given Sunday, 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 before or during the service, please speak to one of the ushers, who will be glad to assist you. We look forward to meeting you!
Joining us with small children? – We are so glad you will be here! Our Sunday School program and nursery are available throughout the program year ten minutes before and during the 10 am Mass, and the ushers will be happy to direct you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congratulations – to Bradin Paul Anderson for being confirmed into the Episcopal Church last Sunday!
An Update from the Search Committee – The committee is excited to report that they have conducted the first two of several planned video interviews with priests interested in exploring a call to be the next rector of S. Stephen's. We are both encouraged and excited by the discussions we've had so far and eagerly look forward to fruitful discussions with more candidates over the coming weeks. For reasons unrelated to those who've so far contacted us and on the advice of Canon Dena, the committee has decided to extend the application period to March 20. Please continue to remember the search committee (and the parish!) in your prayers. Deborah Abel
Saint Matthias the Apostle (February 24th) – a major feast of the church year will be kept this coming Monday with Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm, and Low Mass following at 6 pm.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – will be this coming Tuesday, 25 February, from 5 – 7 pm in the Great Hall. Pancakes are all you can eat. Tickets are available for $5 at the door or at Coffee Hour. All proceeds support our Sunday School Ministry. Please make sure to bring your palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to be burnt to make new ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday – Solemn Mass with the Imposition of Ashes will be offered at 7 pm this coming Wednesday, 26 February. The music will include Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus and William Byrd’s Emendemus in melius. You can make a good start to Lent by observing this principal fasting day of the Church year.
Ecumenical Stations – Continuing again this year, the Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) is teaming up with the Brown-RISD Catholic Community (BRCC) to offer Stations of the Cross at S. Stephen’s at 6 pm on Fridays in Lent from February 28 through April 3. This is a great opportunity to experience this moving devotion anew or indeed for the first time! The Fish Fry this year will take place after Stations on March 6 and will be hosted by the BRCC at their new Catholic Center at 51 Prospect Street. All are welcome!
College Ministry – The Episcopal Ministry at Brown and RISD (EMBR) continues its meetings this Sunday, 23 February, at 5:30 pm for Evening Prayer, followed by a meal. All are most welcome and invited!
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Prayers have been requested for: Virginia, Richard, Beverly, Maxcine, Ethel, Carl, Kade, Sherri, Norman, John, Shannah, Terri, Beth, Lynne, Gus, Harrington, Joan, Robyn, Sandy, John, Dylan, Phebe, Jack, Hunter, Bruce, Richard, Ann, Sandy, Nancy, Antonio, Emma, Olivia, Raphael, Kiersten, Katie, Beverly, Tom, Gail, Deborah, Tree, Bryan, Angela, Bobby, Beverly, Empy, Elizabeth, Carlos, Rhoda, William, Crystal, Roger, Christopher, Beth, Sarah, Diana, Ruby, and Lola.
Birthdays this week: Florence Friedman (Thursday 2/27).
The faithful departed: Year’s Mind: Dorothy Belden (23 February 1997), Francis John Baronie (24 February 1929), Barbara Albee (26 February 2012), Robert Cartwright (28 February 1992), and Jane Graves Raymond (29 February 1998). Recently Departed: The Rev. James R. Bocchino.
Anglican and Diocesan Cycles of Prayer – In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for the Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America: The Right Rev’d Julio Murray Thompson, Primate of IARCA & Bishop of Panama; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, for our retired Bishops, George Hunt and Geralyn Wolf.
THE SUNDAY ROTA
Acolytes – MC C Bledsoe, SD R Noble, Th L Verdelotti, Cr G Ryan
Lector at 8 am – S Bartlett
Lector at 10 am – RG Noble
Ushers – Julia Steiny and Muriel Jobbers
Coffee Hour – Society of Mary
THIS WEEK AT S. STEPHEN’S
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL EVENTS HOSTED AT S. STEPHEN’S
Tuesday 25 February
Al-Anon Meeting 12:10 pm (Great Hall)
Friday 28 February
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) Meeting 4-11 pm (Great Hall)
Saturday 29 February
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 pm (Great Hall)
LITURGICAL CALENDAR & SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday 23 February
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY (G)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
Daily Mass Lectionary: Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year Two (Monday and Tuesday); Ash Wednesday and Weekdays Following (Wednesday through Saturday)
Daily Office Lectionary: Week of Last Sunday after the Epiphany, Year Two
Monday 24 February
SAINT MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE (R)
Evening Prayer 5:30 pm
Low Mass 6 pm
Tuesday 25 February
FERIA (G)
Ethelbert and Bertha, King and Queen of Kent, 616, c. 612
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Wednesday 26 February
ASH WEDNESDAY (LA)
Solemn Mass 7 pm
Thursday 27 February
Thursday after Ash Wednesday (LA)
George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 noon
Friday 28 February
Friday after Ash Wednesday (LA)
Founding of the Society of the Holy Cross, 1855
Noonday Prayer 12 noon
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Ecumenical Stations of the Cross 6 pm
Saturday 29 February
Saturday after Ash Wednesday (LA)
John Cassian, Abbot, 433
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10 am
Sunday 1 March
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT (LA)
Morning Prayer 8 am
Low Mass 8:10 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Evening Prayer w/ EMBR 5:30 pm
NEXT SUNDAY'S READINGS (1 March)
First Sunday in Lent (Year A)
Genesis 2:15-17,3:1-7
Romans 5:12-19
