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Pareidolia

Pictures of the altar flowers from this morning, Trinity II.

The altar on Sunday, 5 June 2015, Trinity II.

A closeup of one of the flower stands, 5 June 2016, Trinity II.

A closeup of the flower arrangement on the altar, 5 June 2015, Trinity II.

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The Sermon for Sunday June 5th – Trinity II

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday June 5th: Trinity 2, 2016

This Week’s Newsletter

new church tower with weathercock-bw

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 20

The Second Sunday after Trinity

Trinity (celtic knot)

O Lord, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love: Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Saint Boniface, Bishop of Mainz and Martyr

St Boniface baptising and being Martyred

St Boniface baptising and being Martyred, from the Sacramentary of Fulda (Fuldaer Sakramentar) (11th century)

Almighty God, who didst call thy faithful servant Boniface to be a witness and martyr in Germany, and by his labor and suffering didst raise up a people for thine own possession; Pour forth thy Holy Spirit upon . . . → Read More: Saint Boniface, Bishop of Mainz and Martyr

Afternoon Teas resume on 9 June

tea service

Saint Stephen’s Afternoon Teas will resume on Thursday, 9 June at 2:00 PM. We left April and May off the 2016 calendar as Holy Week and the Garden Party are busy times for the church. The Afternoon Teas are served on the second Thursday of the month. There is no fixed price for our . . . → Read More: Afternoon Teas resume on 9 June

A bold initiative to pack the pews empties them

My second sermon

It is a sobering commentary on the contrariness of fate that the spiritual train wreck currently emptying America’s mainline churches started life 60 years ago as a bold new initiative aimed at packing the pews.

The 1950s Organisation Man was giving way to the Beat Generation, and the world stood at the threshold of the . . . → Read More: A bold initiative to pack the pews empties them

Memorial Day

Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead: We give thee thanks for all those thy servants who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence, that the good work which thou hast begun in . . . → Read More: Memorial Day

The Sermon for Sunday May 29th – Trinity I

church with cross and weathercock

Here is the sermon for Sunday May 29th: Trinity 1, 2016

This Week’s Newsletter

new church tower with weathercock-bw

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 19