After church on Sunday, we will gather in the Great Hall for about an hour to take the next step in bringing Our Faith, Our Future into being. Even if you were not able to attend the April 9th Visioning Day, we want you to come to share your ideas, specifically about how you want to be involved in making our plan a reality.  Many good ideas came out of April 9th; this is your opportunity to help transform the ideas into action!
 

Jesus told about a woman who leavened a large lump with a pinch of yeast, about a merchant who sold everything for one pearl of great value, and about a man who sold all that he had to buy a field in which he had stumbled across a treasure.  The yeast, the pearl, and the treasure might all be understood as the Lord's Prayer, the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him for guidance about prayer.

Rev. Jo-Ann will lead a summer class, "Lord, Teach Us To Pray," on Wednesday mornings from June 29 through August 3.  The class will meet in the Peacock Room, 10 until 11:30 a.m. This study will examine the Lord's Prayer and help us understand the place of prayer in our lives today.  For additional information about this course and to register, please contact Rev. Jo-Ann at 305-537-1297 or jmurphy@sseds.org. (If there is sufficient interest, the course could also be offered on Sunday mornings.)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sing in the choir?  Up there in front of the pipes, the music is thrilling - and you can check it out with no stress, no commitment.  Try it once or several times.  There is no pressure to continue, and no weekly rehearsal time other than an hour before church on Sunday mornings.

You don't need any experience singing.  You don't need to be able to read music.  You don't even have to be able to carry a tune.  Just show up, and experience the joy!

St. Stephen's summer children's program

Every Sunday morning (except July 3 and September 4) Analy Mendez will be leading a program of crafts, Bible stories, games, and music for all St. Stephen's children three and older at 10:30 a.m.  Just drop off your kids at the parish center and expect them to meet you at church in time to receive Holy Communion.

Sunday School classes will resume September 11.

Like to cook?  The St. Stephen's Casserole Brigade, our ministry of comfort food, is looking for additional volunteers.  Members of the Casserole Brigade prepare and deliver home cooked meals to St. Stephen's families who have a serious or joyous pastoral need (chronic illness, birth of a child, family emergency, loss, etc.)  If you'd like to help, please contact junior warden Margaret Long at longmargaret@hotmail.com or (603) 490-6264.  If you call, do please remember that she is currently in a different time zone in which 8 a.m. for us is 5 a.m. for her!

Starting June 19, St. Stephen's will be having just one church service on Sunday mornings.  Please join us at 10:30 a.m. for a Mass with music this summer.  The 8 a.m. service will resume again in September.

 

Sunday, June 12 - "Our Faith, Our Future" workshop after the 10:30 a.m. Mass

Sunday, June 26 - Ramadan Iftar at sundown in the Great Hall

Thursday, June 30 - Deadline to order engraved bricks

At St. Stephen's All Are Welcome 

  Sung Mass with music at 10:30 a.m.,
with child care for children under three

2750 McFarlane Road  

Just west of Peacock Park  

Coconut Grove  

305.448.2601  

Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 to 4.