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8:00am
Contemplative Eucharist
10:00am
Festive
Choral Eucharist
with Choir
9:45am
Sunday School
This Sunday
9 October - 11 December @ 9:45am
9:30- 11:30am - Childcare
(for infants through age 3)
w/
Christine Trono
and Charlotte Hall
4 December
Team 4:
hosted by
Judith Wilson
11 December
Christmas Concert Sunday
Team 5:
hosted by
Koko Peters
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St. Stephen's Church
Sunday School
9:45am
October - December 11th, 2016
Sunday School Classes
(from 9:45 to the Passing of the Peace at the 10:00 Eucharist,
or approximately 10:35am)
PreK-1st grade
2nd-3rd grade
4th - 5th grade
Phillip C. Cook Curriculum
Student Ministry
The best spiritual formation
St Stephen's can provide Middle and High School students at 10 o'clock on Sunday mornings is full engagement in the 10 o'clock Eucharist. Students will fully participate in, and may assist at leading, the most important thing Christians do: worship. During the reception which follows, students are encouraged to gather in the youth room to discuss the scriptures and the service in which they just participated. Middle and High School students at
St Stephen's are encouraged to serve the Lord as acolytes, ushers, and scripture readers at the 10 o'clock Eucharist. To volunteer yourself or your child for duties in any of these roles, please contact the church office at
[email protected] or
put a note in the hands of
Father Ellsworth.
Childcare
(for infants through age 3)
Christine Trono
Charlotte Hall
8:30 - 12:30pm
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Are you interested in Prayer?
Come to the Contemplative Prayer Group on Thursday mornings at 8:30am. See you tomorrow.
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Baptisms at St. Stephen's
If anyone is interested in
a Baptism at
St. Stephen's, please contact Father Ellsworth directly at
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A majority of our members have now submitted pledges. We are particularly grateful that our average pledge has increased significantly over last year. However, our Vestry cannot commit to a final budget for 2017 until we have sufficient pledges in had to cover the proposed expenses for the coming year.
We need your support.
Joe Jennings and Bob McCaskill
Stewardship Co-Chairs
"God looks at the heart; not the hand...the giver; not the gift.
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Food Bank Collection
Please help fill the barrels!
Thanks to all who donated to the San Francisco/Marin Food Bank at Thanksgiving. Two full barrels have been picked up.
An empty barrel remains in the narthex for non-perishables. Hunger doesn't take a holiday.
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THANK YOU!
Rain Gear & Socks
for the Homeless
Thank you to the congregation and to the Rev.
Phillip Channing Ellsworth
, Jo Ann Haseltine, and Betsy Menzel for helping. We have raised nearly $3,000 for rain gear and wool socks for the homeless. We should be able to supply 180 homeless people with rain ponchos and socks this year.
Questions?
Contact Joe Jennings
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Despite a weekend of rain, artists brought one-of-a-kind treasures to the faire and shoppers found perfect holiday gifts for the special people on their lists. The experience was enhanced by delicious food and drink and live music that filled the room with joy. The event raised a record $2050 for 2017 Camp Create...so far!
Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to the 2016 Holiday Gift Faire:
PRODUCTION:
Chair: Ginny Doyle
Co-Chair:
Lois Cannady
Room Design:
Bill Brinkman Lighting: Bruce Auld
Set-Up: Bill Brinkman,
Lois Cannady, Ken Hammer
Take Down: Lois Cannady,
Linda Fitzpatrick, Stuart Hartley, Dave Preston.
FOOD:
Coffee Connection
Team Chair: Ginny Preston. George Cady,
Barbara Garcia-Romero,
Ken and Anne Hammer,
Jane Jacobs,
Mike and Susan Painter,
Chris and Laura Porter,
Bill, Katie, and Annie Post,
Mary Warner. Also contributing: Lois Cannady, Ginny Doyle and Jane Jacobs.
PROMOTION/ADMINISTRATIVE: Dee Bell-Becker
(
Tidings and Bulletin),
Judy Wilson (external PR)
Betsy Menzel (accounting).
MUSIC: Victoria Ellsworth,
John Hirten, Judith Ward.
DONATION TABLE:
Chair: Pam Martori -
Donation Table Décor: Joan McGee Donation Table Super Sellers:
Jane Jacobs, Marla Kelly,
Joan McGee, Diana Moore.
DONORS OF ITEMS WITH ALL PROFIT TO CAMP CREATE: Barbara Berling, Lois Cannady, Jean Cromwell, Valerie King, Jane Jacobs, Joan McGee. Also items from each vendor.
VENDORS: Annelies Atchley, Diana Bradley, Anne Brown, Virginia Doyle, Karen Flagg,
Ruth Grant, Stuart Hartley,
Jan Klyce, Jocelyn Knight, The Knitting Group (June Campbell, Olive DePonte,
Barbara Garcia-Romero,
Caroline Maskell, P. J. Perring, Elaine Reichert), Michele Larsen, Anita Ostrom, Daria Painter,
Leela Pratt , Dave Preston,
Ginny Preston, Siempre Unidos (Denise Main,
Amy Rankin-Williams,
Zoila Schoenbrun), Zebiya Rigby, Connie Wiley/Page Peterson, Judith Wilson.
UNDERWRITERS: Liz Hart and all of the above in some way.
SHOPPERS: Everyone who bought a little something or an armful. You made this so much fun.
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Anasazi Luncheon - RSVP today please
Friday
2 December
11am
Who was your Santa Claus? Could it have been Horace P. Fletcher? Join Dr. Bill in a short reflection on who you remember as Santa Claus. Then hear the story of Horace P. Fletcher: Adventurer, Philosopher, Masticator, Nutritionist, Economist, Ecologist, and Social Reformer. Although for most his name is no longer remembered, his ideas are as relevant today as they were over one hundred years ago. He may have been the Santa Claus of his era for many of his followers.
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This Sunday
Services at 8am & 10am
Sunday School begins at 9:45am
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Casting Call for speaking roles
Christmas Pageant
Contact Joe today!
Would you like to play a larger part in the pageant? Please email Joe Jennings today! The Casting Call is out for the speaking roles. And no worries; there is only one major rehearsal and the speaking roles just come a wee bit earlier on that one rehearsal day (Sat, Dec. 17).
We invite all families, empty nesters, singles, and visitors to join in the pageant. It is done as a reader's theater with scripts and costumes provided, so no memorization is required.
Email Joe now for a speaking part or just to let him know you would like to be an angel or shepherd or another non-speaking cast member! Click here now [email protected]
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Sunday School Class Teachers
9:45am
Grades Pre-K - Jordan Booth, Grades 2-3 - Andrew Hoybach; Grades 4-5 - Matt Cameron, Katie McGee.
If you are able to teach, please contact Sarah Sung as soon as possible at this
click through link to Sarah. Teachers are needed for December 11.
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Healing Prayers 
This Sunday
4 December
This Sunday, blessings or the laying on of hands for healing will take place following both the 8 & 10am service. Please come to the altar.
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Adult Bible Education 
4 December
11:20am
After the service, the Adult Ed discussion will be on "Creation of the Sacred," a short work by Walter Burkert. It is a senior scholar's wide ranging look at the concept of sacredness, and the basic properties and dynamics of religion" as practiced across multiple cultures. Discussion will be led by Karl Belgum Get your copy on Amazon;
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Mini Holiday Gift Faire
Sunday
4 December
following the 10am service
Just a few items remain, including 3 mailboxes of Lois' legendary toffee which sold out immediately last week.
Gift donations will also be sold -
a donation to Camp Create in honor of the recipient
with a beautiful acknowledgement card
packaged in a gift box ready for giving,
perfect for the person who has everything
or for a different expression of Christmas.
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Joyful Sounds of Christmas: Choir & Orchestra
11 December
4pm
There is now a Wait List for tickets. If you have extra tickets that you will not use, please consider donating them to the church so that other church members on the Wait List can attend. Contact:
[email protected]
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2016 Christmas Pageant
St. Stephens is having its annual, mass participation, Christmas Pageant on Sunday December 18 at 10 AM. Last year we had over 110 people join in! We invite all to join in the pageant but let Joe know of your plans
Schedule:
Sunday December 11 Costume Pickup after 10 AM service (additional costumes will be made for those for whom we run short)
Saturday December 17. Rehearsal is from 9 AM - 11:30 for speaking roles, and from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM for non-speaking roles. (No memorization required.)
Sunday December 18 8:45 AM for costume pick up, 9 AM for all cast members, pageant 10-11 AM, petting zoo from 8:30-10 and 11- 12 noon.
The Casting Call is out! If you are interested in being in the cast or crew please send an email to Joe Jennings, [email protected]
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Slow Down. Quiet. It's Advent
Pick one up for your household this Sunday and start coloring.
Please pick up an Advent poster calendar from the Kimball Hall entryway this Sunday to help your household observe Advent.
Each day of the calendar can be colored as they occur and with your family's unique style (even if you are a family of one!) During Christmastide, write your family name on the top and bring it to church to decorate Kimball Hall.
Father Ellsworth would like one in every household, so that you can begin to color day by day.
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Volunteer opportunities at St. Stephen's 
Holiday Decoration Installers & Bartenders
10 December
Saturday
9-11am
Six installers are needed to assist with Christmas decorations: the trees and evergreen laurels in the sanctuary. Please email Joe Jennings if you can help
Joe Jennings email link
Sunday 
11 December
4pm
Four people are needed as bartenders to bar tend and serve wine. (This is perhaps our most stressful job, and requires years of practice, which all of you should have.) If you can help, please let
Joe Jennings know
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Explorer's Club Outing
Wednesday
7 December
10am
The Explorer's Club will return to the Presidio on December 7th to visit the Disney Museum. After lunch at Sessions in the Presidio, the group will view the Pioneer Museum exhibit called "What's the Rush?"
Meet at Blackie's at 10am to carpool, with a plan to return by 2pm. Entrance to the Disney Museum is $20/15; the Pioneer Museum is free. Questions? Contact Ginny Preston here
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Hospitality Opportunity 
Four (4) people are needed to be on the REST team for Sunday, January 1st. A difficult day to fill, St. Stephen's is partnering with Westminster to provide dinner for 40 homeless men. It will be a simple New Year's Day menu with not much cooking involved. 5 - 8pm (or less). Teens are welcome.
A hot meal and a place to sleep is provided at Westminster every Sunday November through April. If you can help, contact Pam Martori at
[email protected] or 415/435-3695.
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Christmas Floral Donations 
Envelopes are available in the narthex for Christmas Floral donations. Please make checks out to St. Stephen's with
Christmas Flowers in the memo line. Either send your dedication to
[email protected]
or write it on the envelope. Deadline for printing dedications in the Christmas bulletins will be December 19th.
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Altar Flowers for 2017
The 2017 Flower Chart is now in the Narthex of the church. Please sign up for your special Sunday. The donation for flowers is $150. You will be contacted the week prior to your Sunday for your floral dedication. You may send your check and dedication to the office any time prior to your chosen Sunday. If you have any questions, please email Barbara Garcia-Romero here
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AIR: Artist-in-Residence Gallery - December 
Linda Fairchild Contemporary Art is pleased to present works from her museum quality, internationally acclaimed artists in the Art Corner through December 31, 2016. Oil paintings, watercolors, table sculpture, and photography to be rotated throughout the holiday season; special pieces featured at the Holiday Faire. All purchases support Camp Create (20% charitable, tax-deductible gift).
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Thanks to 
Barbara Berling, Liz Hart and Barbara's coffee team angels are organizing a special birthday celebration for Ruth Grant. What fun!
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St. Stephen's
On the Gro
Calendar:
Please return your Stewardship Pledge Cards
November
28 - Vestry Meeting - 7pm
December
4, 11, 18, 25 Sunday Services 8 & 10am (except 25th)
2 - Anasazi Luncheon w/ Bill Heydorn - 11am
3 - Father Ellsworth in the Library - 9:30am -11:30am
4 - Healing Prayers - 8 & 10am
10 - Father Ellsworth in the Library - 9:30-11:30am
11 - Costume Pick up (Pageant) - 11:20am
11 - Christmas Choir Concert - 4pm
12 - Vestry Meeting - 6:30pm (Dalzell-Piper home)
17 - Christmas Pageant Rehearsal - 9-11:30am speaking roles
- 10:30-11:30am non-speaking roles
18 - Christmas Pageant - 10 am service
24 - Christmas Eve Services
- 4pm Family Service with Holy Communion
- 9:30pm Carols & Candlelight Communion
25 - Christmas Day - One 10am service
28 - Bruce Berg Memorial - 3pm
Ongoing:
2nd/4th Mondays: Knitting Group - 10:30am
1st Wednesday: The Outdoor Explorers Club
5thThursdays: Contemplative Prayer - 8:30am
Thursdays: 9:50am-1pm or 12:50-4pm - Volunteers at the Thrift Shop
Thursday: Choir Practice - 7:30pm
2nd Thursday of the Month: Homeward Bound Meals
4th Thursday of the Month: Westminster Hot Lunch
Saturday: Sunday School help - 9:30 - 11:30am
(not 11/26)
1st Sunday of the Month: Healing Prayers at 8am & 10am
Sundays: Children's Music with John after the 10am service
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Tidings?
Find the link on the home page on the web.
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Articles for submission are due by Tuesday afternoon at 2pm.
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Administrative and Communications Associate
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 3 Bay View Avenue PO Box 97 Belvedere, CA 94920 415.435.4501
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