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 Every civic organization seems to sponsor some sort of the ethnic festival these days. The Greeks have bouzouki music and spinach pies. The Germans, oom-pah bands and bratwurst. Back in the old days, Romans had orgies and roasted dormice. But what do Anglican Churches have by way of ethnic festivals? Vicarage Garden Parties, of course! . . . → Read More: Sign up to become a Garden Party Patron  Timonium United Methodist Church Women have invited the people of St Stephen’s to join them in a “Shred-a-Thon” paper shredding event. It will take place on Saturday, April 28th, at Timonium United Methodist Church, 2300 Pot Spring Road, Timonium, from 10:00 AM to 12 Noon. Identity theft has becoming a very serious problem these days. . . . → Read More: The Methodists invite you to their big ‘Shred-a-thon’  All of our parishioners and friends are all heartily welcome to the consecration of my good friend The Rev. John Vaughan as our new Suffragan Bishop. The service will take place here at St Stephen’s Church at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, April 18th. “Why St Stephen’s?” you might ask. “Fr Vaughan, after all, hails from . . . → Read More: Come, see Fr. Vaughan consecrated our bishop  Here is this weeks’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 14 The Garden Party is fast approaching! The big day is Saturday, May 5th. There is still much to be done to ensure that this year’s party is as successful as its predecessors. One way you can help is by becoming a Patron of the event. It might not get you on the Queen of England’s . . . → Read More: Help! Help! The Garden is opening on May 5th! I was sorting through the vast accumulation of paper in my study recently—not a job for the faint hearted—when I came upon an essay written by Rabbi Daniel Lapin, affectionately known as America’s Rabbi. It is entitled “A Warning to U.S. Christians” and was penned by Rabbi Lapin in 2006. As the plight of Christianity . . . → Read More: The time to stand up for Christianity is now Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 13 About the most difficult thing in America today is finding a publisher for a volume of poetry. No matter whether they are tragedians, romantics, or writers of comic verse, poets are cold–shouldered by the major publishing houses. Yet it wasn’t always so. Poetry’s decline as a popular cultural medium began less than fifty years ago. . . . → Read More: Poetry is not designed to be mouthed silently Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXIII 12 The rector has overlooked another unhappy aspect of the practice of minting words like “multitasking.” It is a gross abuse of our language by folks who ought to know better—one that devalues the English language by undermining vocabularies. I confess I still can’t fly over an automobile sales lot without tossing my cookies (figuratively speaking) . . . → Read More: Re-purposing pre-owned cars |
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