This Week’s Newsletter

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

Rector’s Report 2013/14

[NOTE: This is the third of a series of three reports in preparation for the annual Parish Meeting on May 25th.]

It is fervently to be hoped that in the coming year the two priests who serve the parish will both be able to remain perpendicular at the same time.

This, lamentably, was not . . . → Read More: Rector’s Report 2013/14

And the reviews are in….

[The following is from a blog entitled “Desperate English Housewife in Washington.” The original also has a number of pictures from the Garden Party.]

A Little Piece of Britain in the USA

Dr Horn’s Punch & Judy Show at the 2014 British Garden Party & Fête. Photo courtesy Desperate English Housewife . . . → Read More: And the reviews are in….

Vestry candidates for the Annual Meeting, May 24th

St Stephen’s Annual Parish Meeting will take place between the 9:15 AM and the 11:00 AM services on Sunday, May 24th. Members at the meeting will receive the Rector’s report on the state of the parish, the reports of the Treasurer and Wardens, and elect candidates for the Vestry. The candidates nominated for the vestry . . . → Read More: Vestry candidates for the Annual Meeting, May 24th

A marvelous day in the garden

A beautiful day suddenly appearing in a week of turbulent weather? Rain showers that held off until exactly 4:05 PM? Surely, this was divine intervention! Once again this year, the sun shone on St. Stephen’s Garden Party, providing a little bit of Britain to guests who enjoyed the authentic food, pub offerings, maypole, and a . . . → Read More: A marvelous day in the garden

Parish plate income up by a full 7 percent

[NOTE: This is the second of a series of three reports in preparation for the annual Parish Meeting on May 25th. Next week the Rector will present his report.]

Calendar Year 2013 was a year of solid income growth for St Stephen’s Anglican Church, with pledged and un-pledged income up by a handsome 7.2 percent . . . → Read More: Parish plate income up by a full 7 percent

This Week’s Newsletter

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

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephens News XXV No 18

St. Stephen’s Parish Church—20 years later

[NOTE: This is the first of a series of three reports in preparation for the annual Parish Meeting on May 25th. Next week the Treasurer will present his report followed by the Rector’s Report.]

2014 is a year of anniversaries for St. Stephen’s. Twenty-five years ago, in 1989, Father Guy Hawtin answered the call to . . . → Read More: St. Stephen’s Parish Church—20 years later

Why we need a traditional Anglican academic library

Subdeacon Wiley Hawks buttonholed the Rector last week to ask the $64,000 question: “Why are we building a second floor office when it would be much more convenient to expand at ground level?

“And, while we are about it, rather than a library, why don’t we spend the money putting in a commercial kitchen? . . . → Read More: Why we need a traditional Anglican academic library