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Current Schedule of Summer Supply Priests:
June 18
Rev Jerry Drino
June 25
Rev John Buenz
July 2
Rev Ernie Boyer
July 9
Rev John Buenz
July 16
Rev Ernie Boyer
July 23
(open)
July 30
Rev John Buenz
August 6
Rev Julie Nelson
August 13
(open)
August 20
Rev Julie Nelson
August 27
Rev John Buenz
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 Please see the "Angels of St. Stephen's" article for our Thank You's this week.
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Thank you to all of you who attended the Appreciative Inquiry last Sunday. We had 38 people attend. Joanna Shreve did a wonderful job giving the homily during the service and then leading the Appreciative Inquiry. The day was well planned and organized and the Panera lunch was delicious. Thank you to the Rector Search Committee and Joanna Shreve for all of your hard work making this day happen. The Rector Search Committee is now in the process of calling 22 members who could not attend to get their contribution for the church profile. After this, the next step for the Search Committee is to write the church profile.
Father's Day is this Sunday. Please celebrate this day by attending the 8:00 am or 10:00 am service. The Rev. Jerry Drino will be our supply priest for this Sunday.
The vestry had their monthly meeting last night (Thursday) and approved a plan to beautify St. Stephen's facility and grounds. We will be compiling a list of things that need to be done to beautify St. Stephens. We encourage you to add to this list. Please contact Andy Lief, Buildings and Grounds Liaison, if you have anything to add. The vestry also approved moving forward with having the Church building pressure washed and painted. Andy Lief has a quote and will look further into it. I will keep you updated on the progress.
Touch the joys and troubles of your friends and neighbors. Shared life is a shared prayer.
Prayer Therapy by Keith McClellan.
Genie Lee
Senior Warden
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NOTES FROM THE JUNE 15 VESTRY MEETING
by Edy Unthank
Your vestry met on Thursday evening. Here are the highlights:
1) A banner announcing preschool registration has been ordered. You will see it soon! Registration is open.
2) The Search Committee reported that they are on track to get a first draft profile to the vestry in early August. They are collecting data from folks unable to attend the Summit last Sunday and with that data and the data from the summit can start drafting the profile.
3) Treasurer's report is good - thank you for maintaining your pledges!
4) Work has begun on the golf tournament - we are hoping for an additional 20 golfers. Get the word out. Think about a raffle basket idea. Think about asking someone to sponsor a hole or donate a silent auction item. This is a great community fundraiser and it is so much fun!
5) Your vestry is making up a list of beautification projects for St. Stephen's that we will share with you soon. First on the list is to freshen up the building with some fresh paint. We want St. Stephen's to shine as we invite priest candidates to be our new rector.
6) We will be inviting people in surrounding neighborhoods to set up Neighborhood Watch programs. St. Stephen's will be the meeting place and the Crime Prevention unit of the SJPD will be invited to speak to those interested. More information coming soon as we get set up.
See something that needs to be done? Got some great ideas? Just share with a vestry member.
Thanks.
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PRAY FOR THE RECTOR SEARCH
 COMMITTEE
Dear Lord, Heavenly Father, we, the people of St. Stephen's ask for your blessings on the members of the Search Committee. Bless them in their meetings, in their deliberations and in their discernment. Keep their hearts and minds open to the Holy Spirit and to wherever You will lead them in this process.
Guide them in their deliberations while they prepare the St. Stephen's Profile which will be posted to the National Office of Transitional Ministry (OTM). Please allow this process to be completed with ease and joy.
We trust you and we know that you will bring us the best possible Rector for St. Stephen's as you have done for us before. Thank you, Heavenly Father for all your blessings on the Search Committee and this congregation.
AMEN
Please pray daily for our Search Committee......
Search Committee Members:
Ann Little, Co-Chair
Janet Thorsrud, Co-Chair
Bill Schaefer
Marie Rose Bianco
Susie Good
Anthony Francis
Chris Hall
Eric Samson
Bjorn Samson
Ruth Lief
Julie Zintsmaster
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BISTRO TUPAZ
SUPPORT ST. STEPHEN'S AT OUR NEXT RESTAURANT FUND RAISER !! BISTRO TUPAZ
June 28, 2017
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GOLF TOURNAMENT
THE ST. STEPHEN'S ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IS COMING SOON.....
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It's time again to start thinking about:
THEME BASKETS FOR THE GOLF
TOURNAMENT RAFFLE
Every year we make over a thousand dollars with our beautiful, creative theme baskets. Please start
 thinking about what you might want to do this year and we will put together a list in the next few weeks.....
Tom Good, Tournament Chair
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OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
by The Rev. Robin Poppoff, Deacon
Village House at St Julie's Catholic Church
366 St. Julie Drive, San Jose, CA 95119,
June 7-July 5, 2017
Volunteer Opportunity for St Stephen's
This is NOT the Village House Warming Shelter that was held at ECA. St Julie's will be hosting Village House's 15 fragile women overnight, arriving at 7pm and leaving at 7am.
There is a lot St Stephen's can help with,
including the youth and families
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St Julie's is looking for volunteers now! Please sign up!
There is, also, more information at
St. Julies Temporary Shelter web page
http://stjulies.org/
, click on
"St Julie's 2017 Temporary Shelter, then click on "Click here to volunteer")
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ST. STEPHEN'S PRESCHOOL CHILDREN BRING JOY TO WOMEN AT THE VILLAGE HOUSE
Before the students left for the summer, they made placemats for
Village House, a temporary overnight shelter at St. Julie's Catholic Church for medically fragile women who are currently without a permanent home. The guests at
Village House are using the placemats for dinner and breakfast at St. Julie's. The placemats were blessed at the St. Stephen's altar last Sunday by Father Edward Wilson, and were delivered this week to the shelter. Here is a photo of their breakfast table with the new placemats ready for use.
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ANGELS OF ST. STEPHEN'S
Thank you to the following "Angels of St. Steph
en's" who took care of
an Angel List item this week:
Wanda Bryan for weeding the Community Garden walkway, and clearing the grass and weeds from the base of half of the rose bushes. Both areas look fabulous!
(There is still more to do under the rose bushes for anyone who has some spare time.)
Dot Remson for raking up branches and leaves under the oak tree and sweeping the walkway leading to the office entrance. Dot has made this a weekly ministry and it sure helps to keep us looking neat and tidy!
Edy Unthank, Renee Brown, and Logan Zintsmaster for assisting with closing down the church after our 5th piano recital last Saturday evening and preparing the facility for church on Sunday.
Everyone who helped with set up and clean up before and after the Appreciative Inquiry last Sunday. We had a wonderful turnout of helpers, which made the task easy.
Our very generous anonymous donor who provided the Panera lunch at the Appreciative Inquiry! You know who you are, and the lunch was delicious!!!
Still on the list:
- Remove the remaining grass from the soil around the rose bushes (see Andy Lief or Caroline Conway)
- Trim Lantana plants along sidewalk on north side of building. (See Andy Lief)
- Clean the cob webs out of the Bell Tower.
- If you see a need, please call the church office at 408-629-1836 so we can add it to the list.
CALLING ALL ANGELS !
LET'S KEEP ST. STEPHEN'S SHINING
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GIFT CARD PROGRAM...
by Janet Thorsrud
Hey my friends,
Next week, the 25th, is the time to turn in your next gift card order. We have a few cards left in the office. They are:
2 - $10 Arby's
1 - $25 Olive Garden/Red lobster
2 - $25 Amazon
Last month I tried out the Hilton gift cards. The manager and staff had not used them before but it wasn't an issue. The manager put the gift card numbers into their computer and just like that our room was paid for. Easz-peazy! Give them a try if you are traveling at any Hilton property. That includes.....
Double tree
Embassy suites
Hampton
Hilton Garden
Conrad
Waldorf Astoria
Curio
Homewood Suites
Don't forget to write.....a check that is!!
Cheers,
Janet
For information, contact Janet Thorsrud:
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NEW FUND RAISER FOR ST. STEPHEN'S
Melaleuca Products
Helping you Lead a Healthier Life !
We have great news! St. Stephen's has partnered with Melaleuca, a USA manufacturing company that offers a charitable fundraising program that allows non-profit, 501C3 programs like ours, an easy way to incur extra income without much extra effort or extra money or time from you!
This shopping club is loosely structured like eScrip. Every time a family shops, St. Stephen's will receive 5% of the total purchase. Each family can shop from a wide assortment of common household consumables from this online store which provides high quality, concentrated, eco-friendly products that contain no toxic ingredients or harsh chemicals. They are higher quality than name brands, less expensive than Target, Costco, Walmart. Healthier for your families, your children/athletes and yourself and your pets while at the same time being environmentally conscientious.
There are over 500 items to choose from and all you do is simply switch stores, save money and benefit St. Stephen's! Through this unique non-profit partnership, the more families who volunteer to shop every month for a portion of your everyday household products, the more money will be donated to St. Stephen's. It's a Win-Win fundraiser for both you and St. Stephen's.
Contact Susie Good - Tom and I have used these products for over 25 years and we love them!
Phone 408-375-0680
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