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Sunday
Services
8:00am Quiet Eucharist
10:00am Festive
Choral Eucharist
Sunday School 9:45am
Children's Choir Practice:
11:15-noon
9:30-11:30am Childcare
This Sunday - Team 9:
20 January - Team 10:
chaired by
Capucine Hoybach
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Children & Youth
News
Sunday School
9:45 am
In the Classrooms
Pre-K, K, 1st:
Godly Play & Holy Moly
The House on the Rock
(MaryAnn Kayser)
2nd & 3rd:
Spark
The Boy at the Temple
(Elizabeth MacLean)
4th & 5th:
Live It!
Are you for Real? Media
(Melissa Prentis)
Middle School &
High School
Combined:
(Sam Gerner)
Lesson:
Interesting Bible Stories: Job
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Sunday EvenSpark! 
This Sunday and next Sunday
5:30pm
Beginning this month, Sunday Second is no longer "Sunday Second" - because the Sunday evening service is expanding to two Sundays per month (the middle two Sundays).
This growing service gives families who are busy on Sunday morning, people who like morning golf or to read the New York Times, and those who just plain like to sleep-in, the opportunity to enjoy church on Sundays. The service is brief (30-40 minutes), includes songs and hymns that are fun to sing, and has a peaceful, casual feel.
Mark your calendars for January 13 and 20 for 5:30pm, to attend EvenSpark, and bring your friends. |
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Anglican Tradition Class 
Continues this Sunday
13 January
11:15am
A Back by Popular Demand! Led by Rob Gieselmann, your staff and several volunteers are offering an adult education class to teach you about the Episcopal and Anglican traditions that we practice and carry forward at St. Stephen's. Topics will include Scripture, Worship, Spirituality, Prayer Book, Sacraments, Hymnody, Anglican history, basic theology, and Episcopal church history. This week, the subjects are An Episcopalian View of Scripture, and A Brief Church History.
Four more weeks of classes will be held at 11:15am, on Jan. 13, 20, 27 and Feb. 10th. For those interested, this class will lead to adult confirmation or reception (reception is for those from Catholic or Lutheran traditions.) |
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Coffee Connections 
Coffee Connections has become such a vital part of St. Stephen's! As you know, each member of the church is assigned to a team and asked to participate once every quarter, or so. Our great team leaders deserve special appreciation - thank you! You can tell how great St. Stephen's team leaders are by how long our coffee hours are lasting! There is always a need for new team leaders. If you are interested becoming a team leader, please let Rob Gieselmann or Andra Martens Nirenberski andra.martens@comcast.net know. |
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New Year's Resolutions
On December 30th, many parishioners offered New Year's Resolutions (of a Christian and spiritual nature), and these were blessed during the service. Resolutions included adopting a new prayer practice, praying for an individual regularly, reading parts of the Bible or other inspirational book, reconciling with someone, etc.
For those who made resolutions, please know that your resolutions are between you and God and will reamain unread by anybody. For those who did not attend, if you would like to offer a resolution, simply write it on a paper and give it to Rob or Shari for a blessing! |
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Youth Sports Day in the Park
This Sunday
after the 10am service
The Middle and High School Youth Group will walk to the park this Sunday for a day of sports following the 10am service. Bring your park shoes and meet Sam to walk down as a group. Lunch sandwiches will be provided. |
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Important Happenings this Sunday 
This Sunday
Homeward Bound: " Second Thursday" group: Meet Capucine and each other to share coffee and treats, and ideas on this ministry of care. Sunday, 9am Conference Room. All welcome.
St. Stephen's Gives Back: Making bigger and better plans for 2013! Sunday 11:15am, in downstairs classrooms.
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Children's Choir (Ages 6-10) 
This Sunday
11:15-11:45am
The Children's Choir will resume practice this Sunday, January 13th in the downstairs large classroom. Parents are encouraged to quietly sit-in. For more information email John K. Hirten at johnkhirten@ststephenschurch.org |
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January St. Stephen's Artist-In-Residence 
Alberta Brown Buller, Wild Rose Photography:
Wildrose website
Alberta has had a camera in hand since she was a preteen following in the footsteps of her late, older brother, an accomplished photographer. Besides family and friends, photography and traveling the world are her first loves. It's a joy whenever she can combine the two. Her photographs have appeared in numerous galleries and although working full time, she hopes to devote more time to photography in the coming year. Her business is named Wild Rose Photography after the slogan for Alberta, Canada, which is "Wild Rose Country". She and her husband Dave, a commercial diver, love the ocean and spending time near the water. She and Dave are a blended family of 5 adult children, 4 grandchildren and one big, goofy lab named Mako. |
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Upcoming at St. Stephen's |
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Keeping Spirits Alive
TellTale Souls Workshop
2 February 2013
Saturday
9am - noon
Reserve your place today for this memoir writing workshop by parishioner and award-winning author Lynn Cook Henriksen. TellTale Souls: Writing the Mother Memoir is about how to tap memory and write your story capturing character and spirit.
Call Lynn today at 415.435.6000 or email lynn@telltalesouls.com to reserve your space for $35. |
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St. Stephen's On the Gro Calendar:
January
13 - Sunday EvenSpark!- 5:30pm
20 - Sunday EvenSpark!- 5:30pm
27 - Rotating Emergency Shelter Dinner-4pm
February
3 - Annual Meeting
Ongoing:
Wednesdays: 11am - Women's Group
Thursdays: 7:30pm - Choir Practice
Thursdays: 10am-1 or 1-4pm - Volunteers at the Thrift Shop
Thursdays 8:15am: Contemplative Prayer - resumes 1/10/13
January Adult Studies -
13, 20, 27 & Feb. 10~Anglican Tradition Studies
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Intra-Faith Education Series: Christianity
Sponsored by Marin Interfaith Council
4 parts February - May
Part 1 - Monday, 11 February
7-9:00pm
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, San Anselmo
Part one Speakers include Father John Balleza, St. Rafael's Catholic Church and Father Stephan Meholick, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
For more information call Allison Kirk, Admin. Assistant at 415.456.6957 or click here to register |
| Articles for submission are due by Wednesday morning at 11am. |
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Administrative and Communications Associate
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
3 Bay View Avenue
PO Box 97
Belvedere, CA 94920
415.435.4501 |
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