This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 44

Peck’s Bad Boy & The Cookie Walk

The author of the Cookie Walk was John I. Kohler II, who, until shortly before his death in 1998, was the immensely talented “Peck’s Bad Boy” of the parish. He coined the name Cookie Walk soon after he assumed chairmanship of the Parish Life Committee—another term attributable to Jack.

Actually, Jack’s enduring legacy to Saint . . . → Read More: Peck’s Bad Boy & The Cookie Walk

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 43

Be very careful about what you pray for …

By the Waters of Babylon (1882-1883)

It is vitally important to be very careful about what you pray for—because God might just decide to give you exactly what you requested. When, for example, we pray for God’s help in deciding the right thing to do, do we really want him to do that?

Doing what’s right is often entails . . . → Read More: Be very careful about what you pray for …

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 42

The talented team that raised the cash

Altar at St Matthew's

The church as it appeared in 2001, before the enclosure of the front porch.

Looking back on it, it seems little short of miraculous that such a small congregation could have raised the money to build a million dollar-plus church—and that is a million-plus in 1990 dollars, not in today’s sadly devalued specie. . . . → Read More: The talented team that raised the cash

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 41

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 40

“Whose broad stripes and bright stars …”

Less than three decades after winning its independence from Great Britain, the still nascent United States was, again, at war with its old adversary across the Atlantic. The conflict lasted only two years. But when it ended, not only had the existence of the new nation been firmly established, it had effectively proclaimed that there . . . → Read More: “Whose broad stripes and bright stars …”

It is your pledges that make our work possible

Dear Fellow Parishioners:

“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father which is in heaven.”

On September 20th, Bishop John Vaughan helped us to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the dedication of our parish church. More than 350 attended the services—and in typical St . . . → Read More: It is your pledges that make our work possible