Along the King's Highway
El Camino Real Newsletter
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Current Schedule of Summer Supply Priests for
St. Stephen's:
August 6
Rev Julie Nelson
August 13
Rev Ernie Boyer
August 20
Rev Edward Wilson
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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Support St. Stephen's by purchasing
MELALEUCA PRODUCTS
If you would like to open a Melaleuca account or try their products without opening an account, contact Susie Good.
Phone: 408-375-0680
or Email
Melaleuca gives a percentage of every sale to St. Stephen's.
You can see all products here, then call Susie for pricing.
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FORWARD DAY BY DAYS FOR AUGUST-OCTOBER ARE HERE
Pick up your Forward Day by Day at the back of the church. The small booklets are here -- the large print versions will arrive by the end of the month.
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PINE CAR DERBY
Good Samaritan Episcopal Church on Union Avenue in San Jose is holding its second annual PINE CAR DERBY.
September 23, 2017
Registration begins July 16 and ends August 7. All ages welcome.
Car kits are $5 each.
Additional details & registration forms are available in the St. Stephen's Office.
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This Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday and The Reverend Julie Nelson will preside over the 8:00 am and the 10:00 am services. Julie has supplied for us before and we loved her energy and passion in her sermons. She is a warm and personable person and I look forward to seeing her again.
Transition update
: The Rector Search Committee continues to work hard on our church profile and are on target with the timeline. The vestry will be interviewing a candidate for Interim Rector next week at a special vestry meeting. We hope to have another Interim Rector soon.
Please note that the bell choir will resume Wednesday night practices on August 30, 2017. The bell choir can always use more ringers so if you are interested, please talk to Logan Zintsmaster. The bell choir ringers are a fun group of people and welcome new members. You do not have to have any ringing experience and you do not have to be able to read music. You only need to be able to count. The bell choir plays the 3rd Sunday each month at the 10:00 am service. Practices are Wednesday evenings each week.
Voice choir will not resume practices until November. We will sing for Christmas and Easter only this year. Please consider singing with us for Christmas and/or Easter. This would be a short commitment but would really give joy to the congregation and choir. Let me know if you would like to sing with us.
The vestry will have its monthly meeting on August 17, 2017 at 7:00 pm. Congregation members are welcome to come and observe the meeting. If you are interested in observing, please let me know.
Just a reminder that the Golf Tournament is coming up on August 28, 2017. Please mark your calendars. You have the choice of playing golf and coming for the dinner that evening, or if you are not a golfer, like me, or cannot golf that day, you can still come for the fantastic dinner that evening. We always have a lot of fun and the food is tasty and the music is awesome. We can even set up carpools if anyone needs a ride.
Golf Tournament baskets are due at St. Stephens on August 13, 2017 for display. This gives St. Stephen's a chance to buy raffle tickets for their favorite basket (s). The baskets are a very important part of the Golf Tournament fund raiser. Many congregation members put time, love, and money into creating these baskets and they are phenomenal.
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.
Save the Date:
Bishop Mary is leading a Transition Retreat for us on Sept. 15 (Friday evening) and Sept. 16, 2017 at St. Stephen's church. More details to come. Bishop Mary will lead us through reflective discernment as we search for a new priest. Please mark your calendar because it is very important that you attend and participate in the retreat.
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.
There is one task that urgently needs to be done this weekend. The church will be power washed and painted beginning Monday, July 24, 2017. It will be a week-long project. We need volunteers to take down the canopy over the back patio this weekend. If you are able to help, please let Tom Good or me know.
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.
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THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017
Transfiguration Sunday
8 am Morning Prayer (without music)
10 am Morning Prayer (music, childcare)
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SOUTH SUDANESE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY (SSYO)
Term 3 SSYO Student Tuition payments are due by Sunday, August 13. Sponsors will receive an email reminder from Caroline Conway with amount pledged.
Please make check payable to St. Stephen's in-the-Field with "SSYO Tuition" in the memo line.
The treasurer will be forwarding one check from St. Stephen's to the Diocese the week of August 13.
THANK YOU, sponsors, for your faithful commitment to our SSYO students!
If you are not currently a sponsor, and you would like to make a donation to support our students with books, school supplies, shoes, etc., you are welcome to give a donation of any amount, and it will be forwarded on your behalf. For more information about this program, you may talk to Caroline Conway or Julie Zintsmaster.
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THE ST. STEPHEN'S ANNUAL CHARITY
GOLF TOURNAMENT
CINNABAR HILLS
GOLF CLUB
23600 McKean Road --San Jose, CA 95141
Have you registered yet ??
Don't miss the fun.....
Monday, August 28, 2017
11:00 am Registration & Tri-Tip Sandwich Lunch
1:00 pm Shotgun Start
5:30 pm No Host Cocktails
6:30 pm Dinner / Silent Auction
Information:
Church Office 408-629-1836
Golf Pro Tom Good 408-460-8025
https://www.ssitf.org
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 THEME BASKETS FOR THE GOLF
TOURNAMENT RAFFLE
Bring your baskets to church on SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
Members can preview baskets & purchase raffle tickets in advance on the 13th and 20th.
Contact Edy Unthank if you have something to donate for the "Community Basket." It is a wine theme -- a bottle of wine, a set of wine glasses, a cork screw, napkins, or other wine related items are still needed.
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UPCOMING BIBLE STUDY
The next Bible Study series is a Kerygma course on
The Parables --
Stories for Life in God's World.
Edy Unthank will lead the seven-week class on
Tuesday mornings at 9:30 am beginning September 12 through October 24.
Cost of the class is $20/person to cover cost of materials. Scholarships are available upon request.
If there is enough interest for an evening session of this course, we will determine the best evening based on interest and recruit a leader.
Please let Edy know if you are interested in attending the morning course or an evening course, so she knows how many copies to purchase.
You may send an email to
[email protected]. Or call the church office at 408-629-1836.
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PREPARING THE PARISH HALL FOR OPENING DAY OF PRESCHOOL 
In past years, we have hired a cleaning service to do a deep cleaning of the parish hall before the opening day of preschool. The cost of the service has increased this year, so we are opting to do it ourselves and save $700.
I need volunteers to help me scrub the preschool chairs, and deep clean the restrooms, kitchen, and linoleum floor.
I will be at church on two Mondays,
August 7, and August 14 at 10:00 am
Please let me know if you can help..... Bring a bucket, cloths, scrub brush, mop -- whatever cleaning tools you have. We can do this !!
Thank you,
Julie Zintsmaster
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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:
- Paul Padilla, John Good, Genie Lee, and Tom Good for removing the torn canopy from the back patio before the exterior painting. (We will be purchasing a new canopy.)
- Logan Zintsmaster and Tom Good for mowing and trimming the lawn areas and a few small trees this week.
- Emil Baggs who continues to take our food donations to St. Julie's Food Pantry every week!
New to the list:
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- Help on Sunday 8/6
to move furniture off of the parish hall carpeting so it can be cleaned on Wednesday
(See Julie Zintsmaster)
- Help on Mondays 8/7 and 8/14 at 10:00 am
to CLEAN and prepare the parish hall and outdoor patio and play yard for the start of Preschool (see article above)
- Trimming the suckers off of the tree in front of the church by the parking lot. (See Andy Lief or Tom Good)
- Raking the bark mulch in the play yard to cover some of the bare spots before the children arrive for preshool
- Become the congregation's Health & Wellness Ambassador.
Send cards and make wellness check phone calls on behalf of the congregation to members who are home bound, recovering from surgery, or ill. Recruit a co-ambassador or a team of ambassadors.
(See Dottie Chin)
- 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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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
Marie Rose Bianco
Susie Good
Anthony Francis
Chris Hall
Eric Samson
Bjorn Samson
Ruth Lief
Julie Zintsmaster
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GIFT CARD PROGRAM...
by Janet Thorsrud
Hey my friends,
You earned $240 for St. Stephen's this month by ordering Gift Cards!! Way to go.
The next order will be placed on September 10.
See you on Sunday.
Janet
Gift Card Order Form
For information, contact Janet Thorsrud:
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