April 13, 2022 Highlights Newsletter

April 13, 2022

Please let us know if you plan on joining us on Sunday, April 17th at 11:30am for our Easter Egg Hunt and Good News Garden sign decorating. ALL are welcome!

Reach out to Maria at church@ststephensmillburn.org, or 973-376-0688 ext. 32,

by Thursday 4/14 so we can have adequate supplies on hand for all.

Holy Week and Easter

HOLY WEEK AT ST. STEPHEN'S

All services will be in-person and livestreamed to our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Palm Sunday

10:00am

Monday and Tuesday

7:30pm - Evening Prayer

Wednesday

7:30pm - Tenebrae with

Christ Church Short Hills

Maundy Thursday

7:30pm - Holy Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday

12:00pm - Prayer Service

7:30pm - Liturgy for Good Friday with the Solemn Collects

Holy Saturday

10:00am - Liturgy for Holy Saturday

The Great Vigil of Easter

Saturday, April 16 at 7pm

at Christ Church in Short Hills

Easter Day

Sunday, April 17

at St. Stephen's

Spoken Eucharist

8:00am

Festival Eucharist

10:00am

Easter Egg Hunt

and

Good News Garden sign decorating

11:30am

Covid Protocols for Common Worship

New guidelines have been issued by Bishop Hughes and The Episcopal Diocese of Newark and reviewed by your Vestry. See the updated Journey Forward Guidelines below.

Congregation singing is approved with reasonable precautions.

Beginning Palm Sunday, April 10, 2022, we will bring back the Common Cup. Nobody is obligated to take from the cup. You can receive just the bread, or a blessing.

Beginning on Easter Sunday, we will bring back an 8:00am service. This service will be a masks optional, spoken service. For those familiar with the pre-pandemic 8:00am service, it will look a little different in that we can not gather in the chancel, but will be in the pews. I will be masked during the Eucharistic Prayer and administration of Communion.

The 10:00am service, which is our principal service will remain masks required for the time being. We will sing, which continues to be a high-risk activity indoors and unmasked. I will be masked except when preaching. The Vestry will review this decision at its meeting on April 27th.

For small groups, masks will be optional if everyone at the table agrees.

We will no longer take temperatures, but we will continue to ask for contact tracing information.

Happening at St. Stephen's This Week...

Welcome!

It's wonderful to be with each other in church and celebrate the Holy Eucharist with congregational singing.

Live-streamed to YouTube, Facebook, and via Zoom. Bulletins are available on the St. Stephen's website. All links can be found at the bottom of the newsletter.

Zoom passcode is SSM119.

The Sunday service will also be broadcast on HTTV (Comcast TV 36 and Verizon TV 33) on Tuesday at 6am and 3pm.

Please join us for our Easter Services on Sunday, April 10th.

Spoken Eucharist at 8:00am & Festival Eucharist at 10:00am.

ALL are welcome!

DONATIONS FOR EASTER FLOWERS ARE DUE TODAY - Wednesday, April 13

If you mailed in your donation within the past week, please reach out to

Maria at church@ststephensmillburn.org to expect your donation and

provide an acknowledgement in the Easter bulletin.

Our Easter bulletin will be printed on Thurs afternoon, 4/14.

FAMILY PROMISE HOSTING WEEK

UPDATE

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of St. Stephens, yesterday, we delivered meals for 7 families along with eggs, milk, orange juice and other groceries.

In addition to the meals and bags of groceries, each of the families received $125 in Shop Rite gift cards!!

Warmest thanks to all who cooked, shopped and donated.

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink,

I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

DAILY DEVOTIONS

with REV. PAULA

Rev. Paula will read from Lent for Everyone: A Daily Devotional by The Rt. Rev. N.T. Wright.

"Popular biblical scholar and author N. T. Wright provides his own Scripture translation, brief reflection, and a prayer for each of the days of the season, helping readers ponder how the text is relevant to their own lives today. By the end of the book readers will have been through the entirety of Luke, along with Psalm readings for each Sunday... Wright's Lenten devotional will help you make Luke's gospel your own, thoughtfully and prayerfully, and your journey through Lent a period of rich discovery and growth."

These readings will be posted to our YouTube channel and Facebook before 6:00am each morning through the First Week of Easter.

WEEKLY WOMEN'S LECTIONARY STUDY

Please join us for a weekly study of a new lectionary available to the Episcopal Church and approved by Bishop Hughes. Our next session is on Tuesday, April 19.

We will meet on 4/19 and 4/26 via Zoom from 5:00 to 6:00pm to study A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year W by Wilda Gafney.

This thought-provoking lectionary invites and challenges us to explore differently the familiar stories of Scripture and how they shape and inform our faith today, while also expanding our understanding of what it means to be made in the image of God through the use of non-gendered language for God.

Looking Ahead

PLEASE CHECK WEEKLY BECAUSE EVENTS MAY BE ADDED OR CHANGED.

APRIL

APR 13

Flower Donation Due

7:30pm - Tenebrae

APR 14

Maundy Thursday

10:30am - Lenten Series

7:30pm - Eucharist

APR 15

Good Friday

Parish Office is Closed

12pm - Noonday Service

7:30pm - Solemn Collects with the Veneration of the Cross

APR 16

Holy Saturday

10am - Liturgy Livestreamed

APR 17

Easter Day

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

APR 18

7:30pm - MA Meeting

APR 19

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

APR 20

7:30pm - Finance Committee Meeting

APR 21

7pm - Preschool Committee Meeting

APR 24

2nd Sunday of Easter

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

11:30am - Vestry Meeting

1pm - AA Meeting

APR 25

7:30pm - MA Meeting

APR 26

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

MAY

MAY 1

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

MAY 2

7:30pm - MA Meeting

MAY 3

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

MAY 4

8pm - AA Meeting

MAY 6

9am - Interfaith Bible Hour

MAY 7

Christine's Kitchen Lunch Bags

7:30pm - AA Meeting

MAY 8

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

11:30am - Reading with the Rector

1pm - AA Meeting

MAY 9

7:30pm - MA Meeting

MAY 10

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

7pm - Worship Committee Mtg

MAY 11

8pm - AA Meeting

MAY 14

7:30pm - AA Meeting

MAY 15

Communion for All

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

11:30am - Vestry Meeting

1pm - AA Meeting

MAY 16

7:30pm - MA Meeting

MAY 17

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

MAY 18

7:30pm - Finance Committee Meeting

8pm - AA Meeting

MAY 19

7pm - Preschool Committee Meeting

MAY 21

7:30pm - AA Meeting

MAY 22

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

MAY 23

7:30pm - MA Meeting

MAY 24

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

MAY 25

8pm - AA Meeting

MAY 28

7:30pm - AA Meeting

MAY 29

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

MAY 30

7:30pm - MA Meeting

MAY 31

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

JUNE

JUN 1

8pm - AA Meeting

JUN 3

9am - Interfaith Bible Hour

JUN 4

7:30pm - AA Meeting

JUN 5

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

JUN 6

7:30pm - MA Meeting

JUN 7

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

JUN 8

8pm - AA Meeting

JUN 11

7:30pm - AA Meeting

JUN 12

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

11pm - North Jersey PRIDE Festival

1pm - AA Meeting

JUN 13

7:30pm - MA Meeting

JUN 14

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

JUN 15

7:30pm - Finance Committee Meeting

8pm - AA Meeting

JUN 16

7pm - Preschool Committee Meeting

JUN 18

7:30pm - AA Meeting

JUN 19

Communion for All

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

11:30am - Vestry Meeting

1pm - AA Meeting

JUN 20

7:30pm - MA Meeting

JUN 21

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

JUN 22

8pm - AA Meeting

JUN 25

7:30pm - AA Meeting

JUN 26

8am - Sunday Worship

10am - Sunday Worship

1pm - AA Meeting

JUN 27

7:30pm - MA Meeting

JUN 28

5pm - Women's Lectionary Study

JUN 29

8pm - AA Meeting

Other Happenings...

Harmonium Choir Chorus

April 24, 2022 at 3pm

The Harmonium Outreach Chorus presents a one-hour family-friendly concert at Christ Church Short Hills at 3pm on Sunday afternoon April 24, 2022 with works ranging from medieval to modern, rounds, Yiddish sing-alongs for peace, and a sea shanty! Composers include Alice Parker, Sarah Quartel, Andrea Ramsey, Mari Valverde and more.

The Harmonium Outreach Chorus is a subset of the 100-voice Harmonium Choral Society, with a mission to perform a diverse repertoire of both standard and uncommon choral music at a high artistic level. Through concerts, education and outreach, the society seeks to increase appreciation of the choral art in the community. Our Kim Williams will be singing!

The concert is appropriate for all ages. Singers are vaccinated and masked and the audience will be required to mask. Donations accepted at the door.

Click here for more info.

From Bishop Hughes & The Episcopal Church

NEW: A Message from Bishop Hughes for Easter 2022

Dear Companions on the Journey,

Suddenly it is Holy Week! What a gift and blessing to observe Holy Week services in person this year. As importantly, we prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ as a changed people. God has been generous, and we are grateful. Read more here.

NEW The VOICE Online Link - 4/13/22

THE BISHOP'S VLOG - Week of 3/30/22

Upcoming Diocesan Events Link

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Prayer List

Please keep the following St. Stephen's family

members and friends in your prayers...

Peggy Thompson

Felder Dorn

Donna Riggi

The Blanchard Family

The McManus Family

Bernard & Nathan

Lucille B.

Jack Moreno

Mary Jo Zarance

Joseph G.

Jane Rossiter

Ningyu Liu & Family

Mike Losito

Evan D. & Family

Donna Stadler Hostetler

Liliane Khouri

Drew

Shirley

Theresa Scharff

Virginia Whatley

Lance Hochmuth

Nicole Salvetti

Marianne Jacobs & Family

We give thanks for the life of Carol Caramiello, Rev. Paula's godmother.

May Carol rest in peace and rise in glory.

If you would like to add someone to our prayer list, please email us at church@ststephensmillburn.org, or call (973) 376-0688 Ext. 32.

Anyone for whom we are praying will be on our prayer list for six weeks. If prayers are still needed beyond that time period, please let us know. Thank you.

Sunday Lectionary

April 17, 2022

Easter Sunday

If you'd like to read the full lectionary for the week, you may do so here.

Giving with Tithe.ly

TITHE.LY

Giving with Tithe.ly is easy with options for recurring donations or one-time use for when you are away or not able to be in church (like all of us now due to COVID restrictions).

You can access Tithe.ly via their website or their app on your smart phone. Be sure to search for the correct account - "St. Stephen's Church Millburn." Once you have accessed the account page with our address, you will be instructed to follow the prompts.

Office Notes

Due to COVID restrictions, only teachers and staff are allowed to be in the building during school hours. If you need to visit the parish office/building for any reason, please contact us for an appointment. Thank you.