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Saint Stephen's Church
in Providence
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News and events for the
week of January 23
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Third Sunday after Epiphany |
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The Calling of Peter and Andrew, James Tissot (1836 - 1902) |
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Voluntary: Adagietto, from Symphony No. 5, Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911) arr. for organ by Purcell J. Mansfield
Mass Setting: Mass in C (Windhaager Messe, WAB 25 for alto solo and French horns), Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)
Motet: O praise the Lord, Adrian Batten (1591 - 1637)
Voluntary: Scherzo, Op. 65 No. 10, Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
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Dear Friends,
Usually I use this space to reflect on this Sunday's Gospel reading. I will look forward to hearing what Fr. Bill Locke has to say to us on Sunday about the proclamation of the Kingdom that we'll encounter Jesus beginning.
The Church is Christ's Body in the world, and though it is a mystical body, it is also a very real association of people. Part of the work of the kingdom for us as Episcopalians is the business meeting of the Corporation of S. Stephen's Church in Providence, Rhode Island. We will approve the Budget that has been carefully prepared by Muriel Jobbers our Treasurer together with our dedicated Budget Committee. We will elect new Vestry officers and a delegate to Diocesan Convention. We will also hear or read reports from various Committee heads or Guild heads. And you will hear me give a report on the state of things in our parish.
Last year, at the time of our Annual Meeting, in-person worship was still suspended. Despite the current pandemic wave (which is cresting and soon subsiding, we pray!), we are able to safely gather for in-person worship, even as COVID touches various households in our parish. In order to allow folks to attend 10:00 Mass and then make it home in time to eat and get set up with their computers, we are holding the meeting at 1:00 pm. I do not expect it to go past 2:00 pm.
Please use the Eventbrite link below (next section of this e-news) to register for the Meeting so that we have an accurate count of who plans to attend. The Zoom link for the meeting is also below, but we will send it out again the day of the meeting so you do not have to go looking for it. Thank you for all the ways you give of your time, your talent, and your love of God in service to his Church.
Yours, faithfully,
Fr. Benjamin +
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Meeting materials will be provided separately.
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Nominations for Vestry and Diocesan Convention Delegates |
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The Nominations Committee respectfully submits the following names for election by the church membership at our annual meeting on Sunday, January 30:
Clerk, Molly Ellis - one year term
Treasurer, Muriel Jobbers - one year term
Junior Warden, Bobby Rose - three year term
Vestry member, Julia Steiny - three year term
Vestry member, Jennifer DePardo - three year term
Convention Delegate, Christopher Whittingham - one year term
Convention Alternate, Cathy Bledsoe - one year term
Our By-laws allow for the potential of additional nominations by church members. Please contact Jr. Warden Alison Huff at alisonhuff12@gmail.com or call 401-465-8029 for more information.
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Evensong & Benediction Feb. 6 |
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Mark your calendars! We will celebrate Evensong and Benediction for the Feast of the Presentation on February 6th, 5:30 pm. An organ recital given by Dr. Janet E. Hunt will precede the liturgy. Details on a reception following will be dependent on COVID statistics in Rhode Island closer to the time. |
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Coffee Hour after 10:00 Solemn Mass on Sundays is suspended for the next few weeks in light of the current COVID surge of the Omicron variant. We will reevaluate later in January. While it is safe to gather in worship, the nature of coffee hour requires masks to be removed and invites close proximity. We will hope that this current wave subsides as quickly as it arose. |
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You can mail your pledge card or weekly/monthly offering to the church office, or pledge online here. Thank you for all the many ways in which you are already supporting S. Stephen’s.
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Prayers have been requested for: Charles and Sandra Calverley, Fr. Norman Catir, Ann Dake, Katy Gilchrist, Fr. Harrington Gordon, Richard Hogarth, Beverly Myers, Beth Shirley, Rhoda Steinhart, Christopher Whittingham, and for the family of David Morgan, departed uncle of Greg Goins.
Birthdays this week: Gary Sturni (1/24).
The faithful departed: Recently departed: David Morgan.
Year’s Mind: Doris Christine Smith (1/28); Armando Bustamante (1/29).
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (1/23); The Diocese of Kafanchan – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)(1/24); The Diocese of Kagera – The Anglican Church of Tanzania (1/25); The Diocese of Kajiado – The Anglican Church of Kenya (1/26); The Diocese of Kajo-Keji – The Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (1/27); The Diocese of Kamango – Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo (1/28); The Diocese of Kampala – The Church of the Province of Uganda (1/29). In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, we are asked to pray for seminaries and schools for deacons.
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Sunday 23 January
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
Morning Prayer and Low Mass 8 am
Sunday School 9:55
Solemn Mass 10 am
*no Coffee Hour*
Monday 24 January
Florence Li Tim-Oi, Priest, 1992
Evening Prayer 5:30
Low Mass 6:00
Tuesday 25 January
The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle
Noonday Prayer 12:00
Low Mass 12:10
Wednesday 26 January
Titus and Timothy, Companions of St. Paul
Evening Prayer 5:30
Low Mass 6:00
Thursday 27 January
John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople 407
Noonday Prayer 12:00
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Friday 28 January
Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church, 1274
Noonday Prayer 12:00
Low Mass 12:10 pm
Saturday 29 January
Andrei Rublev, Monk and Iconographer, 1430
Morning Prayer 9:30 am
Low Mass 10:00 am
Epiphany Soup Kitchen 2:30 - 4:00 pm
Next Sunday 30 January
S. Stephen, Deacon & Martyr (transferred)
Morning Prayer and Low Mass 8 am
Sunday School 9:55 am
Solemn Mass 10 am
Annual Meeting 1:00 pm
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