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’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

Veterans Day (Observed)

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: Veterans Day (Observed)

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 44

Telling the Bees

(An old Gloucestershire superstition)

by the Rev’d G. E. Rees., first published in the Westminster Gazette (1917)

They dug no grave for our soldier lad, who fought and who died out there: Bugle and drum for him were dumb, and the padre said no prayer; The passing bell gave never a peal to warn that . . . → Read More: Telling the Bees

Saint Martin

O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst endue thy soldier Saint Martin with the spirit of sacrifice, and didst exalt him as Bishop to be a great defender of the Faith: Grant us grace to follow in his holy steps, that at the last we may be found clothed with righteousness, in the dwellings of peace; . . . → Read More: Saint Martin

The Twenty–Third Sunday after Trinity

O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Anglican Saints and Worthies

¶ Being the Octave of All Saints. The following is one of several original collects in use at St Stephen’s.

Almighty God, we bless thy Holy Name for all thy saints, and most especially for all the Anglican saints and worthies who have laboured in thy vineyard. Endow us, we beseech thee, with minds . . . → Read More: Anglican Saints and Worthies

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 43