Sunday School Activity Sheet No 33

Sunday School

Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, Sunday School is informal. But Mrs Novicki is providing Sunday School Activity Worksheets for children who can’t make it to church. Here is the latest installment.

Kid’s Corner Week 33 For now, past Worksheets can be found in the Sunday School section of the Christian Education page.

Videocast: Epiphany I, 2020

Here is a video of the Holy Eucharist “in tempore quarantinæ” for Epiphany I, 10 January 2021. You can also watch the videocast of the Trinity Eucharist on YouTube, or on the parish’s Facebook pages: Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church, and Isaac’s FB page.

Here is the video of the Holy Eucharist for . . . → Read More: Videocast: Epiphany I, 2020

Archbishop William Laud

NPG 171; William Laud after Sir Anthony Van Dyck

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, after Sir Anthony Van Dyck. From Wikimedia

ACCEPT, O Lord, our thanksgiving this day for thy servant William Laud; and grant unto us such constancy and zeal in thy service, that we may obtain with him and thy servants everywhere a good confession and the crown of . . . → Read More: Archbishop William Laud

The First Sunday after the Epiphany

Jan Steen Child Jesus in the Temple

Child Jesus in the Temple, by Jan Steen (1625/26–1679). From Wikipedia.

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to . . . → Read More: The First Sunday after the Epiphany

Saint Lucian

Lucian of Antioch (Menologion of Basil II)

Lucian of Antioch, a miniature from the anonymous Menologion of Basil II. From Wikipedia.

O God, by whose grace and power thy holy Martyr Lucian triumphed over suffering, and despised death: Grant, we beseech thee, that enduring hardness, and waxing valiant in fight we may with him receive a crown of glory . . . → Read More: Saint Lucian

Stay at Home Chat No. 21

Fr Hawtin

Here is the twenty-first episode of the Rector’s Stay at Home Chats. As a reminder, all of the Stay at Home episodes will be collected on the Stay at Home Chat page.

Fr Hawtin’s Stay at Home Chat #21 http://www.ststeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210106_Hawtin_Talks001.mp3

The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

Pieter Aertsen The Adoration of the Magi

¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.

The Adoration of the Magi (the middle panel of a triptych), by Pieter Aertsen. From Wikimedia.

O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only–begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant that we, who know . . . → Read More: The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

Elizabeth Seton, Founder of the American Sisters of Charity

Elizabeth Ann Seton

Portrait of Elizabeth Ann Seton (Mother Seton), by an unknown 19th-century artist. From Wikipedia.

GIVE us grace, O God, to love thee in all things and above all things, that following the example of thy servant Elizabeth Ann Seton we might express our love for thee in the service of others; through . . . → Read More: Elizabeth Seton, Founder of the American Sisters of Charity

Sunday School Activity Sheet No 32

Sunday School

Because of the COVID-19 quarantine, Sunday School is informal. But Mrs Novicki is providing Sunday School Activity Worksheets for children who can’t make it to church. Here is the latest installment.

Kid’s Corner Week 32 For now, past Worksheets can be found in the Sunday School section of the Christian Education page.

Videocast: Christmas II, 2020

Here is a video of the Holy Eucharist “in tempore quarantinæ” for Advent IV, 20 December 2020. You can also watch the videocast of the Trinity Eucharist on YouTube, or on the parish’s Facebook pages: Saint Stephen’s Anglican Church, and Isaac’s FB page.

Here is the video of the Holy Eucharist . . . → Read More: Videocast: Christmas II, 2020