This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 42

Good things from a small package

In the scheme of things, St Stephen’s is a relatively small parish. But it’s a small parish with a large impact that belies its size, and extends well beyond the boundaries of Timonium, Maryland.

Each week I watch as our clergy and pastoral care staffs make their weekly pilgrimages to bring comfort and spiritual guidance . . . → Read More: Good things from a small package

DEUS Among Us

The latest issue of DEUS Among Us Vol.5, the Diocesan Newsletter, is now available. If you would like to receive these newsletters in email, send an email to newsletter@ststeve.com. Paper copies are also available in the display case in the church lobby.

Vestry appeals for $150,000 for library and office extension

Plans have been unveiled for the parish’s new library and office extension—and a $150,000 campaign has been launched to cover its cost. The Vestry sincerely hopes parishioners will support this worthy project.

The new extension has been designed by Hayes Construction Inc., which has also been commissioned to carry out the construction when the money . . . → Read More: Vestry appeals for $150,000 for library and office extension

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter:St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 40

Help us with our prayer list

Our prayer list, sadly, has gotten horribly out of date. We suspect that many of the people on the list have, through God’s grace, recovered and are no longer in need of our special prayers.

We’ll be “resetting” the list at the beginning of November to reflect those who we know would like our continued . . . → Read More: Help us with our prayer list

Move your lips and help save the culture

A famous English man of letters, reduced by the expense of his vices to writing for a popular tabloid, used to refer disparagingly to his readers as “people who move their lips when they read.”

The implication, of course, was that folks who sound out the words they are reading are somehow less intelligent than . . . → Read More: Move your lips and help save the culture

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 39

Join us for a Harvest Dinner

St Stephen’s will be celebrating Harvest Sunday and the visit of Bishop John Vaughan on October 13th with a special Harvest Dinner in Quimby Hall at 5:00 PM. You are all invited to join us. Admission is free, but there will be a basket for a goodwill offering.

In the spirit of Harvest Sunday, the . . . → Read More: Join us for a Harvest Dinner

Medical progress is not echoed in civil society

Two months ago I was having great difficulty reading the 18 point type in our altar missal, and Adric and Peter Threadgill were debating the merits of stepping up the type size to 20 point or maybe even 24 point.

Today, thanks to a course of injections directly into my left eye at the Johns . . . → Read More: Medical progress is not echoed in civil society