This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 2

Thank You, Stephanie Verhage

After nine years as chairman of the Parish Life Committee, Stephanie Verhage has decided to pass the baton of leadership. A very heartfelt thank you to Stephanie for her leadership and commitment to the committee and all of the successful events that have become a hallmark of St Stephen’s over the years.

Picking up the . . . → Read More: Thank You, Stephanie Verhage

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIV No 1

Christmastide Schedule 2012

Check out the schedule of services for Christmastide. And if you’re planning on attending the Choral Midnight Mass, be sure to arrive early: it’s likely to be crowded.

A Lesson in Tolerance for “Ministers of Truth”

(Reprinted from St Stephen’s News, December 2009)

Oscar Wilde famously declared that hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue. And nowhere is the truth of his observation more evident than in our politically correct elite’s unceasing demands for America’s Christian majority to show “tolerance” towards religious minorities.

What this means in . . . → Read More: A Lesson in Tolerance for “Ministers of Truth”

An Eagle Humbled

It’s hard to humble an eagle. After all, our majestic species has been the symbol of dynasties, empires and great countries for hundreds of years. But this year’s Cookie Walk has done it—and done it with panache.

The items for St Stephen’s 2012 Cookie Walk Silent Auction stretch the length of the . . . → Read More: An Eagle Humbled

Deck the Halls …

The annual decoration of the sanctuary will take place on Saturday, December 22nd, beginning at 9:00 AM. Volunteers are needed to help hang roping, arrange greens and flowers, and prepare the church for our Christmas services. If you can help please call the church office at 410-560-6776 or put your name on the sign-up sheet . . . → Read More: Deck the Halls …

A Job Undone

The poet Ogden Nash contended that the worst kind of sins were the sins of omission. Sins of commission, he argued, often involved some degree of fun, while sins of omission were generally no fun at all.

“Where,” he asked, rhetorically, “is the fun in shouting: ‘The next round of unpaid bills is on . . . → Read More: A Job Undone

The Best Christmas Gift of All

Stuck for Christmas presents? Why not give the gift of life this Christmas. It will be the best gift you will ever choose to give. One unit of blood can help save the lives of three people.

We will be holding our Red Cross Blood Drive here in the Parish Hall on Wednesday, . . . → Read More: The Best Christmas Gift of All

This Week’s Newsletter

Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 49