Cookie Walk Reminders

Don’t forget to visit the Knitting Circle’s Silent Auction and bid on some of the many beautiful items there.

Do you have Nandina, Holly, Boxwood, Magnolia, or Pines that need trimming? Contact Martha Miller at 410-321-9038. We’re looking for greens for table decorations and our greens bags.

Tables have been set up in Quimby Hall . . . → Read More: Cookie Walk Reminders

Cookie recipe of the week: Sand Tarts

½ Cup Butter 1 Egg Well Beaten 1 Cup Sugar 1¾ Cups Sifted Flour 2 teaspoon Baking Powder For the Topping: 1 tablespoon Sugar 1 Egg White ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon Blanched Almond Halves

Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg, flour, and baking powder. Chill the dough. Roll the dough until it is ⅛ . . . → Read More: Cookie recipe of the week: Sand Tarts

Explosions celebrate the “gunpowder plot”

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot! I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot!

The English have recently celebrated what I calculate to be the 408th anniversary of the infamous Gunpowder Plot—a failed attempt to blow up the English Parliament during its State Opening ceremony.

The plotters’ aim . . . → Read More: Explosions celebrate the “gunpowder plot”

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter :St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 44

Cookie Walk Reminders

Tables have been set up in Quimby Hall for donations of gift table items. Unlike Jumble, these items should be new or in new condition—suitable to give as a gift for family or friends.

Check out your closet shelves for things you may have received that just weren’t your taste, or weren’t something you could . . . → Read More: Cookie Walk Reminders

Cookie recipe of the week: Fruitcake cookies

1 Cup Butter 2 Cups Sugar (all white or all brown or one cup of each) 3 Cups Sifted All Purpose Flour 2 Eggs 3 Tbs Baking Powder ½ Tsp each of Salt, Ground Cloves and Nutmeg 2 Tsp Cinnamon ¼ Cup of Brandy, Rum, Sherry, Port, Wine or Fruit Juice 1 Cup Raisins 1 . . . → Read More: Cookie recipe of the week: Fruitcake cookies

Knitter’s ‘Silent Auction’ opens for bids

The Knitting Circle ladies have been at it again, producing a phenomenal array of hand–knitted items that will be auctioned off in conjunction with the Cookie Walk. Now in its third year, the knitter’s silent auction qualifies as a St Stephen’s tradition.

Their impressive display is located in the hallway outside Quimby Hall. Come and . . . → Read More: Knitter’s ‘Silent Auction’ opens for bids

Help us bid farewell to Fr Rhae & Molly

Bidding farewell to old friends is always a sad business, and, sadly, on November 20th we will be doing almost that to our old friends Father Rhae Kelley and his wife Molly. The word “almost” is entirely appropriate because we hope to be seeing them again—if not regularly, at least from time to time.

Fr . . . → Read More: Help us bid farewell to Fr Rhae & Molly

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 43

Come and join us as we celebrate our founders

Next Year marks the 20th anniversary of the Dedication of St Stephen’s Church, and there is no better way to begin the celebrations than by honoring the people who brought the parish into being.

By merest coincidence, next year will also mark the 25th anniversary of my arrival here as rector. At that time . . . → Read More: Come and join us as we celebrate our founders