Thought of the Week

I spent Monday through Wednesday of this week at the Priest's Conference for the Diocese of New York.  Our guest speaker, former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, spoke on Benedictine spirituality and in one of the many moments that spoke to my heart he insisted that every time we come together for worship, it should be the first time.  I believe Bishop Griswold was suggesting that we engage every moment of worship with the expectation that something new is happening.  Something that has never happened before and never will happen again is taking place.  This was the idea of liminality that I tried to express in my sermon on Sunday.  This is how we can become a new creation.  This is how we can understand ever present hope of redemption. 

I invite you to walk the Holy Week walk again for the first time April 17-24.  Come proclaim the victorious entry of our Lord into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.  Come hear the tender words of love as we celebrate the institution of the Lord's Supper and the humble relationality of God in Christ washing the disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.  Come walk up the hill with Jesus in the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday.  Come celebrate the new light eternal shining forth unquenchable at the Easter Vigil on Saturday night.  And come sing sweet Alleluias and hoist a flowering hyacinth to proclaim the good news of boundless love on Easter Morning.  This is the one chance we get every year to walk again for the first time the redemptive path of the Cross and Resurrection that provides a touchstone from which all truth and meaning gains value.

See you in Church!

Fr. Josh

Lenten and Holy Week Services

Wednesday Ecumenical Lenten Services, at 12:00 noon

During Lent, all of the Community Ecumenical Lenten Services will be held at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. (29 Cox Avenue, Armonk).  Services will be held every Wednesday at 12:00 Noon.

Palm Sunday, April 17 at 10:00 am

Please join us here at St. Stephen's for Palm Sunday as we begin Holy Week.  Remember to bring your Mite Boxes!

Maundy Thursday, April 21^st at 7:00 pm

Join us on Maundy Thursday in celebration of the institution of the Lord's Supper and for optional foot washing.

Good Friday, April 22^nd - two services

There will a Community Ecumenical Service at The Armonk United Methodist Church (3 Bedford Road, Armonk) at 12:00 noon.

At St. Stephen's we will have walk the Stations of the Cross. The service will begin at 7:00 pm.

The Great Vigil Easter, Saturday, April 23at 7:00 pm

Join us Saturday night as we light the first light of Easter and proclaim the first proclamation of Resurrection Hope. (no 5:30 service)

Easter Sunday Service at 10:00am 

Come sing Alleluias, hoist a hyacinth, and flower our Cross at this family service with special Music from our Choir.

Easter Egg Hunt after the Service

There will be an Easter Egg Hunt immediately following the 10:00am service.  All children (ages 3^rd Grade and younger) are welcome to participate.  We ask all families to donate 1 dozen filled plastic eggs (solid colored eggs only) for every child they have participating in the Easter Egg Hunt.  All donations may be dropped off at the Church office prior to Maundy Thursday, April 21^st.  Contact office.ststpehens@gmail.com for any questions.