The Friday Journal
St. Stephen's in-the-Field Episcopal Church  & Preschool
June 30, 2017
In This Issue
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Upcoming Events
Current Schedule of Summer Supply Priests for
St. Stephen's:

June 25
Rev John Buenz

July 2
Rev Ernie Boyer

July 9
Rev John Buenz

July 16
Rev Ernie Boyer

July 23
Morning Prayer
Rev Dcn Robin Poppoff

July 30
Rev John Buenz

August 6
Rev Julie Nelson

August 13
(open)

August 20
Rev Julie Nelson

August 27
Rev John Buenz

 

Thank You's
Please see the "Angels of St. Stephen's" article for our Thank You's this week.


This Sunday is the 4th Sunday after Pentecost and 4th of July Weekend (4th of July is on Tuesday). The Rev. Ernie Boyer will be presiding over the 8:00 am and 10:00 am services, assisted by Deacon Robin Poppoff. The Worship Committee will provide coffee hour this Sunday after the 10:00 am service, which will have a 4th of July theme. Please join us after the service.

We had a great time at Bistro Tupaz Wednesday evening. There were lots of St. Stephen's members filling up the tables. The food was great and the company exquisite.

Please keep the vestry and the Rector Search Committee in your prayers. The vestry is working hard to keep St. Stephen's operating smoothly and the Rector Search Committee is working hard to create our church profile.   Please pray that God will guide us all and that we will have open hearts and minds as we make decisions for the church during this transition.

Reminders: Please bring in dry food for the food basket for St. Julie's and pocket change for the Food for the Poor jar. Please look at the Angel's Board to see if there are any tasks that need to be added or tasks that you want to volunteer to do. Also, remember Andy Lief is putting together a list of tasks that need to be done for the Beautification of St. Stephen's Project. Please let him know if you have tasks to add.  

Genie Lee
Senior Warden

Sunday, July 2, 2017
THIS SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2017
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
8 am Service (without music)
10 am Service (music, childcare)
"and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple-- truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward."
Matthew 10:42

Please join us !

RED, WHITE, & BLUE COFFEE HOUR
SUNDAY, JULY 2 
Hosted by the Worship Committee

Please join us for a Red, White & Blue Coffee Hour following the 10am worship service on Sunday, July 2.  The Worship Committee is hosting this special fellowship to celebrate Independence Day, July 4 !! american_flag.jpg

News and Notes

ST. STEPHEN'S MEMBERS ARE INVITED
TO AN
INTERFAITH PRAYER SERVICE
MONDAY, JULY 3, 7 PM
ST. JULIE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
366 St. Julie Dr; San Jose, CA 95119

St. Julie Billiart Catholic Church will hold an interfaith prayer service to send the residents of Village House off to their next home, the Cathedral of Faith.  Members of St. Stephen's are invited.

St. Julie's has been the home to 15 medically fragile homeless women for the month of June as part of the Village House program.  Members of St. Stephen's have volunteered to provide food, do laundry, and serve meals during the month. 

Help send our Village House guests off with prayer to their next home.

Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
Compassion on this world
Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good
Yours are the hands with which He blesses all the world
Yours are the hands
Yours are the feet
Yours are the eyes
You are His body
Christ has no body now on earth but yours

Saint Teresa
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 
   
GOLF TOURNAMENT
THE ST. STEPHEN'S ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IS COMING SOON.....

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 

Have you noticed the new
PRESCHOOL BANNER
on Santa Teresa?



We still have openings for Fall in St. Stephen's Parish Preschool.  Please let friends and neighbors know about our wonderful preschool program for 2-1/2 to 5 year old pre-kindergarten children, where they learn everything they need to know for kindergarten in a loving, nurturing, safe, environment. 
  • Academic Learning
  • Christian Values
  • Small Class Size

Visit our website for more information:

www.ssitf.org/preschool 

 
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:

Still on the list:
  • Remove the remaining grass from the soil around the rose bushes (see Andy Lief or Caroline Conway)
  • 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

SUPPORT ST. STEPHEN'S
by buying everyday products from
MELALEUCA

Helping you Lead a Healthier Life ! 
 
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!

  Two Melaleuca representatives were at St. Stephen's on Sunday, June 25, after the 10am worship service to display their products and explain how the program works.

Melaleuca is an online store that has a wide assortment of common household consumables.  They are 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.

Contact Susie Good, phone 408-375-0680
Tom and I have used these products for over 25 years and we love them!
 
www.melaleuca.com to learn more about the company.
 
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
by The Rev. Robin Poppoff, Deacon
 
Relay for Life
If it's spring/summer, it must be "Relay for Life" time.
Many people have been touched by cancer in some way. Are you a cancer survivor? Are you a cancer care giver? Do you have a cancer survivor in your life, or have you lost someone to cancer? Then you may wish to join the American Cancer Society's fundraiser, "Relay for Life". Please consider walking for an hour or more and raising money yourself, or donating to someone who is walking.

"Relay For Life" is the signature fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Relay is staffed and coordinated by volunteers in more than 5,200 communities and 27 countries. Volunteers give of their time and effort because they believe it's time to take action against cancer. "Relay for Life" began in May 1985, by Dr. Gordon "Gordy" Klatt who walked and ran for 24 hours around a track in Tacoma, Washington, raising money to help the American Cancer Society with the nation's biggest health concern: cancer.
 
Want to walk with another Episcopal Church?  Talk to Deacon Robin --  St. Jude's Apostles Episcopal Church is organizing a group to walk July 15-16 in Cupertino.
 
To find a local Relay for Life event, click here.

GIFT CARD PROGRAM...   by Janet Thorsrud  
Hey my friends,
 
The next order will be Aug 6th. Anything you want to order for gift baskets being used for the golf tournament you can order now or in August.

There are 3 gift cards left in the office. They are:
2   $25 Amazon cards
1   $25 Olive Garden/ Red Lobster

This option of having cards in the office seems to no longer be of use and will be discontinued. The office staff will love not having to keep track of this.

Don't forget you can buy plane tickets and pay for hotels while you're on vacation this summer.
 
Stay cool!

   
For information, contact Janet Thorsrud: 
   thorsrud@sbcglobal.net   408 281-0628

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