Lyle continuing to recover in Salt Lake.
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Service Schedule
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Saturday
5:00 PM - Holy Eucharist and Healing
Sunday
8:00am Rectors Bible Study & Coffee (resumes June 23rd)
9:30am Holy Eucharist
Following worship, Fellowship, Coffee and Refreshments
11:00am Adult Formation & Education (resumes June 23)
Wednesday
12:15pm Mid-Week Eucharist (resumes June 27)
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Office Hours
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Monday-Thursday
10:00AM-12:00PM & 1:30PM-4:30PM and other times by appointment
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St. Stephen's Vestry
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Christina Priddy
-Rector's Warden
Vic Grace
-People's Warden
Jack Colaric
-Treasurer
Mary Heldenbrand
-Clerk
Vestry
Lyle Skillen
Vicki Bradshaw
Ronnie Sunderman
Bruce Brannan
Kristin McCartor
Paul Basha
Ken Carleno
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A note to the community,
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A former parishioner of St. Stephen's, Bob Priesing, passed away. His obituary can be found
here. Please keep his friends and family in your prayers.
Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant Bob. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of your mercy into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and unto the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.
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Welcome the Rev. Phil Carlson!
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Fr. Harry will be out of town until June 21st. The Rev. Phil Carlson will be supplying for Fr. Harry this weekend. Please help us welcome him. In case of pastoral emergency, please call the office.
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Community Dinner next Friday!
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There is no signup sheet for this month's Community Meal. So we are guessing on how many and "Y'all come" as folks used to say. The menu is pork ribs from the recipe at Harold's Corral in Cave Creek. Harold's was a bar/restaurant in Cave Creek which was well known for about 40 years. Also a salad, beef & Ruth's beans, and apple pie. Country Cooking in the western style and I'm looking forward to it. Plan to come enjoy dinner with us at 6pm next Friday, June 22nd.
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Family Camp @ Chapel Rock
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Unplug and Reconnect - For Families with Children and Youth of All Ages July 5-8 at Chapel Rock
It is challenging in this over-programmed, screen-filled culture to take the time out to be present to the people in our families. Family Camp is an opportunity to unplug from the busyness of daily life and reconnect with your children and with the God who made you a family.
Experience prayer, music, free time exploring the beauty of Prescott, and old-fashioned camp fun, like arts and crafts, a campfire, the ropes course, and games. Invest in your family, and come join us! Fees begin at $300 per family of two and include lodging and all meals.
For more information or to register, please go to: http://www.chapelrock.net/camps.htm and click on Family Camp or call (602) 254-0976 or email jana@azdiocese.org.
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Notice of change in schedule...
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There will be no Sunday morning bible study or Adult Education for the this Sunday.
Additionally, we will not have a
Wednesday Eucharist service again until June 27th.
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Habitat thanks You for your Generosity
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The people of Saint Stephen's donated $1,133.95* to the Episcopal Habitat Coalition during our Lenten fund drive. Your generosity helped the coalition fund the two houses that St. Stephen's helped build in the last year, such as the house we just built for Abdullahi Shire and Sudi Warsame and their three children. Your stewardship, prayers, and hard work are allowing deserving families to afford good homes.
*Corrected figure.
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Parish Profile now available!
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If you'd like to read the parish profile the nominating committee has put together for the rector search
click here.
To see past updates of the search process,
click here.
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S.A.G.E.S. - June 21st
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S.A.G.E.S. is going out to lunch for the summer months. Thursday, June 21 we will gather at Doughbird Restaurant at 1: p.m. Doughbird is located at 4385 E. Indian School (Southwest corner of 44th Street and Indian School). Please let me know if you are able to join us,
pdavisaz@msn.com or480.368.9624, so I can make a reservation.
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Volunteers Wanted!
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The Balsz Elementary School District, which includes St. Stephen's, is seeking volunteers for it Restorative Justice Center. Arthur Montoya, the center's director, will train volunteers to serve as mediators in the Balsz schools. The mediators will spend 3-4 hours per week helping students to be held accountable for their actions and help them to learn to restore relationships with fellow students, teachers, and the community peacefully. Please contact Vic Grace at 602.463.8044 if you wish to help Arthur continue his efforts to keep all students working together in our local schools. He will notify you when the one day training will be conducted.
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The Shire house is ready to dedicate!
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The house we have built is at 1937 E Don Carlos in Tempe, near McClintock and Apache.
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Summer Pictures!
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Each summer we include pictures of your adventures in our weekly highlights!
Send in your pictures this summer so we can see what folks in our community are up to outside of Saturday nights or Sunday mornings!
Happy Summer and safe travels to all!
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Education for Ministry (EfM)
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Every baptized person is called to ministry. The Education for Ministry (EfM) program provides people with an opportunity to discover how to respond to the call to Christian service and carry out their ministries. It is a four-year theological education program of the School of Theology of the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. Participants commit one year at a time to meet weekly in 2.5 hour seminars led by a trained mentor.
The seminars furnish an opportunity to deepen ones understanding of the reading materials which, over the four years, cover the Bible, church history, and theology
. More important is the development of skills in theological reflection. In a conversational, wondering, and musing environment, participants examine their own beliefs and their relationships to our culture and the tradition of our Christian faith. Through this process participants learn what it means to be effective ministers in the world.
The program will start at the beginning of September and last nine months. Tuition is $375/yr and assistance is available. If this sounds of interest to you, please contact Brian Belanger at 480-948-3420 for more information.
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We aspire to be an accepting community in which people will know Jesus Christ through worship, prayer, spiritual formation and fellowship. We hope our community will encourage all to use their God given gifts to serve others in the name of Christ.
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Faithfully,
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
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