Tick Tock, Tick Tock, …

A few parishioners were a bit taken aback on Sunday to see the Knitting Circle’s Silent Auction items lining the hallway outside the Parish Hall. “Already??” “So soon??”

Cookies, jams, jellies, greens, small gifts—all available at St Stephen’s Cookie Walk!

Their surprise is not really all that surprising to those of us who . . . → Read More: Tick Tock, Tick Tock, …

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 45

Second Annual Silent Auction

The St Stephen’s knitters have been at it again. In addition to making prayer shawls, hats, and lap robes for the Joseph Richey Hospice and our veterans, they have produced a stunning array of hand-made knitted articles—shawls, throws, mittens, hats, scarves, slippers, etc.—to be auctioned to the highest bidder at the close of the Cookie . . . → Read More: Second Annual Silent Auction

Saint Hilda

O God, the author of all virtues, by whose gift thy blessed Saint Hilda chose the heavenly vision before the fleeting glories of the world: Grant that we may learn by her example to despise the passing things of earth, and seek after the things which are eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Twenty–Fourth Sunday after Trinity

O Lord, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences;that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed.Grant this, O heavenly Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Saint Hugh

O merciful Father, who didst endow thy servant Hugh of Lincoln with a wise and cheerful boldness, and didst teach him how to commend the discipline of holy life to kings and princes: Grant that we, fearing only thy displeasure, may learn to speak the truth with boldness in the name of thy Son Jesus . . . → Read More: Saint Hugh

Cookie Walk: A Brazen Appeal from the Eagle

Baskets of greens are available at the Cookie Walk.

Of Course, while cookies may be the central ingredient, we also need your help in many other areas in order to make the Cookie Walk the success it has been in years past.

We need items for our children’s table and gift table, . . . → Read More: Cookie Walk: A Brazen Appeal from the Eagle

’Tis the Season to be Baking

You can tell the Cookie Walk hasn’t opened yet, because there are still cookies left.

By the time many of you receive this the elections will be over, the temperature will have dropped, and so it’s time to get down to the serious business of Cookie Walk, the central ingredient of which is, . . . → Read More: ’Tis the Season to be Baking

The Consecration of Samuel Seabury

We give thee thanks, O Lord our God, for thy goodness in bestowing upon this Church the gift of the episcopate, which we celebrate in this remembrance of the consecration of Samuel Seabury; and we pray that, joined together in unity with our bishops, and nourished by thy holy Sacraments, we may proclaim the Gospel . . . → Read More: The Consecration of Samuel Seabury

A First Rate Second Hand Rose Sale

The results are in! The Second Hand Rose Sale has raised a whopping $2,500 to be used toward building a playground for our Sunday School children.

Kudos and thanks to Martha Miller and her band of sisters (and brothers) for their hard work in sorting, sizing, pricing, and selling a huge amount of clothing and . . . → Read More: A First Rate Second Hand Rose Sale