Church treasurers find that summertime is far from easy

Summer is not the best-loved time of the year for church treasurers. The trouble is that parishioners frequently forget the church when they go on vacation, and this can play havoc with the cash flow. And a healthy cash flow is essential for keeping the lights lit, the air conditioning cooling, and the doors open.

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This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 24

The key to a successful
 future lies in the past

A dispassionate observer assessing the current state of America would be obliged to conclude that George Santayana, the Spanish-born philosopher and man of letters, was dead on the money when he said: ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’

Evidence that we have forgotten the past is legion in almost every . . . → Read More: The key to a successful
 future lies in the past

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 23

Silly Summer Suppers

A September Superior Summer Supper

The moment you have all been waiting for is here: at 6:30 PM each Wednesday, starting 24 June, the chefs of St Stephen’s will be serving the 2015 series of Silly Summer Suppers.

A September Silly Summer Supper

It’s hard to think of a less appropriate name than ‘Silly Summer Suppers’ for these . . . → Read More: Silly Summer Suppers

Afternoon Teas continue
 through the summer

We are pleased to announce that we will continue to serve our popular Afternoon Teas throughout the summer months. The Teas are usually served on the Third Thursday of the month at 2pm in Quimby Hall.

Thus far, two dates have been set: 11 June [note the correction from last issue: the June Tea has . . . → Read More: Afternoon Teas continue
 through the summer

Actually, Anglicanism is
 in pretty good shape

The turmoil afflicting the Episcopal Church leads many people to assume that Anglicanism is in trouble on a global scale. This is quite untrue. The Anglican Church is going great guns in many parts of the world, notably Africa, the Indian sub–continent, and the Far East.

Anglicanism’s heady affair with New Age neo-paganism is largely . . . → Read More: Actually, Anglicanism is
 in pretty good shape

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 22

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 21

St Augustine, Archbishop
 of Canterbury

Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when, in 595, Pope Gregory the Great sent him to Britain to Christianise one of the local kings. King Æthelberht of Kent was the target, probably because his Christian bride, Princess Bertha, daughter of Charibert I, King of Paris, was expected to encourage his conversion. . . . → Read More: St Augustine, Archbishop
 of Canterbury