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| Giovanni Bellini (Italian, ca 1430–1516). The Transfiguration of Christ (ca 1487). The National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples. |
Welcome to Saint Stephen's! We look forward to having you worship with us. When you visit, please take a moment to fill out one of our Visitor Welcome cards in the pew or sign our guest book so that we can keep in touch. We hope that you will feel at home.
If you are new to Saint Stephen's and would like to learn about becoming a member, or have your membership transferred here from another parish, please indicate on a visitor card or call the Parish Office.
Childcare is provided during Sunday Masses and the Christian Education hour.
Christian Education is offered each Sunday beginning at 9 am. Children and youth meet in the Garrard Education Wing. Adults meet with Fr Yost in the Parish Library where they continue the series Anglican Essentials. All are welcome!
The Flowers at the Altar given to the glory of God by Wanda Bush in loving memory of Lucille, her mother born 1908, and Sherry, her daughter born 1957, on the occasion of their birthdays passed.
The Flowers at the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary are given to the glory of God by Rex & Ginger Reddick in thanksgiving for the birthday of their daughter, Jessica.
Coffee Hour this week is hosted by Pam & Ed Colvin.
Farewell Alleluia—On this Last Sunday after the Epiphany we keep the custom of using the Easter dismissal and singing the 11th century hymn "Alleluia, song of gladness" as a way of saying "farewell" to the Alleluia until Easter.
Our 2012 Lenten devotional booklet, with reflections written by members of the parish for each weekday in Lent, will be available this Sunday in the Parish Hall. Please pick up your copy and so save the parish the expense of mailing.
Blessed palms are being collected for Ash Wednesday. The ashes for Ash Wednesday come from burning the palms that were blessed and distributed on Palm Sunday. Please dispose of your old palms properly by returning them to church. A basket to collect blessed palms is located in the baptistery.
The Parish Office will be closed Monday, January 20, for Washington's Birthday.
Shrove Tuesday is so called from the archaic English word shrive, "to confess and receive absolution," in reference to the practice of going to the church to be "shriven" (make one's confession) on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday as a preparation for Lent. There will be opportunities for confession on Shrove Tuesday at 12 pm and 5 pm in the Church. Confessions are also heard every Saturday at 5:15 pm following Evening Prayer.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, February 21, 6:30 p.m. Enjoy pancakes, sausage, bacon, milk, orange juice, and sangria. Invite your friends . . . All are welcome!
Ash Wednesday, February 22 - Low Mass with Imposition of Ashes, 7 am & 10 am; Sung Mass with Imposition of Ashes, 7 pm.
The Stations of the Cross on Fridays at 6:30 pm is an opportunity to engage corporately in the kind of special devotion that we are called to undertake in Lent, and can be a very meaningful way to unite ourselves with the Lord's suffering and death. The Stations conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, a brief, beautiful service of Eucharistic devotion reminding us that, as we share in the Lord's Passion, we share also in his Risen life.
We return to Rite I beginning the First Sunday of Lent and continuing through the Easter season for the 10:00 am Mass on Sundays and other Sung Masses. The service music for Lent will be the setting by the 16th c. Anglican composer John Merbecke found in the Hymnal at S 90 (Kyrie), S 113 (Sanctus), and S 157 (Agnus Dei). The Great Litany (Hymnal, S 67) will be sung in procession on the First and Fifth Sundays in Lent, and the Penitential Order (BCP, p. 319) will be used on the Second and Third Sundays.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sunday, February 19th
Youth Group, 5:15 pm, Parish Hall
Tuesday, February 21st
Confessions, Noon & 5pm
Pancake Supper, 6:30 - 8 pm, Parish Hall
Wednesday, February 22nd
Ash Wednesday, Low Mass, 7 am & 10 am; Sung Mass, 7 pm
Thursday, February 23rd
Men's Study Group, 6:30 am, Lupe's, 120 West Wall Street
Friday, February 24th
Stations of the Cross & Benediction, 6:30 pm
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