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Preparing for Sunday
Serving this Sunday:
Eucharistic Ministers: Diana and Kurt von Roeschlaub, Jr.
Lectors: Abby Chromy, Liz Predmore
Acolytes: Jordan Peiser, Milan John, Avery von Roeschlaub
Altar Guild: Lori Murphy, Maureen Benfield, Robin Schroeder, Christine Cheng, Karen Lee
Coffee Hour: Francesca and Matthew Blass
Counters: Tish Davis and Rob Knapp
Ushers: We need the schedule to include our ushers!
A small boy was asked by a visiting relative if he attended Sunday school. When he said he did, he was asked, "What are you learning?"
"Last week," came the reply, "our lesson was about when Jesus went
to a wedding and made water into wine."
"And what did you learn from that story?" the relative inquired. After thinking for a moment, the lad answered, "If you're having a wedding, make sure Jesus is there!"
You know, that is pretty profound advice. It is a good thing to have Jesus at our wedding ceremonies; indeed it is good to have Jesus everywhere that is of significance to our lives.
The gospel today about how the wine ran out at the wedding in Cana - and how Mary asks Jesus to do something about it - and he does - ends with these words:
This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.
The gospel of John speaks often about signs and about faith.
Signs as you all know point to something - for those with eyes to see - they testify to something that is greater than they are -and it is that greater thing we are meant to grasp - and not simply the sign itself.
The first sign that Jesus did points to many things about himself and what he was about. I would just like to mention a few...
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Praying for our President
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Youth Group News
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 22nd AT 10AM
Mark your Calendars: On Saturday, January 28th, members of the Youth Group, grades 5th and up, will be feeding lunch to the workers who volunteer for Habitat For Humanity. This is such a fun and meaningful outreach project, We did it last year and had a great time and learned a lot.
We will meet in the St Stephen's parking lot at 10:30 AM and will return around 2 PM.
Transportation will be provided.
Any monetary donations would be so much appreciated. Your generous donations will go towards the cost of lunch to feed the 25-30 volunteer workers and also towards Sunday School's " Build an Ark" Heifer Project.
Donations can be dropped off at the office or given to me during coffee hour.
Thanks so much!!!
Rhonda Fay
Children and Youth Minister
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Safe Church Training
Saturday, February 11th
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
St. Stephen's Parish Hall
St. Stephen's is hosting a Safe Church session, run by Rev. Christina van Liew. This training is designed to increase awareness of the potential for abuse, sexual exploitation and harassment in our church community, and to help us learn how to prevent it.
Church leaders, decision makers, and volunteers who have not completed training in the past five years are encouraged to attend. Please rsvp to jessicadaygriffin@gmail.com. Thank you!
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Announcements
Please Attend our Annual Meeting this Sunday
The election of new Vestry members will take place at the Annual Meeting Parish Meeting on Sunday, January 22nd at coffee hour. The budget will be presented, committee reports submitted, and plans for the upcoming year discussed. Don't miss it!
Counters needed to help record the donations to the church. Usually this takes place on Sunday after the
10am service. If you can spare an hour or so, once or twice a month PLEASE contact Gail Grossman
gaildg1@verizon.net or Maria Whisenand
lmwhisenand@optonline.net
Guaranteed Cure for the Winter Blahs! Lend a hand in the office for an hour or two, and we guarantee you'll have fun and go home feeling good! Contact Bernadette at office@ststephenspw.org today.
Opportunity to Donate Knit Caps for Kids with Cancer (ages 1-21 years)
Amy Reardon, who works with pediatric cancer patients at Cohen's Children's Hospital, posted on Port Parents Facebook page that they have NO knitted hats to give out to them this year. She is trying to reach out to any groups or organizations that would want to donate new knitted hats to the kids.
If you are interested (especially if you knit or crochet) please contact her at amyreardon43@yahoo.com.
Amy lives in Port so you could drop them at her house and she can bring them into the clinic where she works.
Borrowing Church Property
It has been noticed that tables and chairs sometimes go missing from the church and then may or may not be returned. This impacts our ability to properly setup for both parishioner and non-parishioner events that take place in our facilities, and also causes us a financial burden if these items are not returned and need to be replaced.
If you want/need to borrow items such as these, please do not do so without letting the Parish Office know in advance.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Calendar
Sunday, January 22nd at Coffee Hour:
St. Stephen's Annual Parish Meeting in Parish Hall
Sunday, January 22nd, 6:30pm-8pm
: Youth Formation Meeting with meal in the Rectory.
Wednesday, January 25th:
Noon Healing Service.
Saturday, January 28th, 11am-1pm:
Habitat for Humanity, Sunday School/Youth Group.
Sunday, January 29th, during 10am service:
Baptism--Everly Keller
Sunday, January 29th, 6:30pm-8pm:
Youth Formation Meeting with meal in the Rectory.
February/March:
The Youth will be collecting items to send to the troops. Details to follow.
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For Our Prayers
For the sick:
Dick & Jean, Virginia, Peter, Bob, Ann, Gerry, Carol, Jo, Tom, Gerry, Darlene, Jeanne, Steve & Debbie, Valerie, Nancy, Frank, Sue, Nina, Karen, Ian, Richard, Donna V., Lisa F., Kitty, Justin, Tony, Mary M., Ross, Sue, Hank, Gladys Van Colten, Howard, Libby, Charles, June, William, Carolyn, Elizabeth, Erica, Ann Alletta, and Don.
To have someone entered onto our Prayer List please send an e-mail with the person's name & the requester's name to: office@ststephenspw.org. Your prayer request will be included for 4 weeks - please submit another request if you wish to have prayers continue after this time.
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Coffee Hour Schedule
Please see the latest coffee hour schedule
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Ministry Schedule
Please see the latest schedule from Alan Dinn
here.
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