St. Stephen's Episcopal Church               
19 October 2014
  
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
  Pentecost Tidings
Growing Ministry, Community and Impact!
Exploring our relationship with God, earth and one another ~  Earth & Altar
 
 Services
  
Christus Rex
Sunday
Services
 
8:00am
Contemplative Eucharist

 

10:00am 
Festive 
Choral Eucharist
 
9:30-11:30am - Childcare
w/Bebe Hansia
 
  
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Coffee Connections:
 
This Sunday -
19 October
Team  5:
chaired by
 
 
Next Sunday -
26 October
Team 6:
chaired by
Ali Boissevain

 

 

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Children Youth
News
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Sunday School

Classrooms

9:45am

 

PreK, K, & 1st:
Holy Moly
Joseph
Pamela del Villar

2nd -3rd:
Weaving God's Promises
Ruth and Naomi
Alex Norris

4th-5th:
Live-It!
"Change is not a Choice."
Joe Jennings

6th - 10th:
Weaving God's Promises
Sam Gerner

11th & 12th
in Church


 

Children's Choir
after the 10am service
 

Children's Choir 2013


Meet with John Karl Hirten in the downstairs classrooms.



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 Living St. Stephen's
This Sunday 
Sunday School begins at 9:45am
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Beat the Rush!  Pledge early and generously, as you consider how best to support your church for the coming year.  The annual stewardship pledge campaign began last Sunday.  Your letter should have arrived last week.


 

""I remember years ago, my sister-in-law asked me what it is like to be a priest.  "I know what you do on Sundays.  What do you do the rest of the week? Anything?""  .......Click here for Rob's Stewardship sermon.

This Sunday
October 10    Contemplative Prayer
Prayer and Spirituality
After church

Zoila Schoenbrun will lead a prayer session this Sunday following the 10am service. "Intercession: The call to pray to God and with God, for the Word, for others, and for ourselves."
Thank You Thank you

To Johnna Coats, Janice Dalzell-Piper, Betsy Menzel (for the licensing), the social committee, and all the helper angels who pulled together a fabulous Oktoberfest party.

Thank you Lois Cannady, Zoila Schoenbrun and Ginny Doyle for the terrific FDR Anasazi Luncheon.

And thanks to the crew who helped with the Stewardship mailing: Ginny Preston, Dorothy Jones, Dee Bowman, Jean Fair, Claire McAuliffe and Sharon Hilpert.

Also, did you know Jo Ann Haseltine folds, seals, stamps and mails your Touchstone, every time one shows up in your box.  Look for one this weekend.
Upcoming
SundaySung Family
26 October

Wear your Halloween Costumes to Church.
All Saints Day all saints day
Sunday
2 November

On Sunday, November 2, St. Stephen's will celebrate All Saints Day by celebrating the Eucharist within the context of Gabriel Faur�'s Requiem. The wonderful St. Stephen's choir will sing pieces of Requiem throughout the service. 


If you would like to remember someone during the Eucharist who died this past year (Nov.1, 2013-present), please send that person's name to Rob or the church office no later than Tuesday, October 28th


If you would like to remember any person who has died, regardless of when they died, please bring a picture or piece of clearly marked memorabilia to the church. These remembrances will be placed on a special remembrance altar to be located in the narthex. 

Adult Open Forum Cross and Earth
Sunday
26 October
after the 10am service

As part of St. Stephen's ongoing Christian Education, Sunday, October 26th, there will be an open forum.
Christmas Pageant The flock
Sunday
26 October
Meeting after the 10am service

This year's Christmas pageant will be held on Sunday morning, December 21, as part of the 10am service!.  This new time calls for a re-imagined and reinvigorated pageant.  It is a participatory pageant. Not only are children invited to participate, but adults, as well!  Everyone can join in the fun - and it will be fun.  We will have farm animals in the Pageant and there will be a petting zoo before and after the service.  Attend the informational meeting on October 26, following the 10am service, or speak to Joe Jennings.
Mark your calendar Planting at the Ranch
St. Stephen's Parish Retreat
April 8-10, 2015

The first weekend of Spring Break, so make it part of your itinerary!  Everyone; especially kids, loves Bishop's Ranch.  The planning team will meet this Sunday after church to make plans!  Meet downstairs in the 4th & 5th grade classroom.

Artists-in-Residence (AIR) Art Palette
October

The creative multi-media art of the Sams' children; Andrew Hudson Sams, age 8, and Reid Hollingsworth Sams, age 7.
 

Earth and Altar
An active exploration of our relationships with God, earth and one another.
Tree of Life
Act: Commit to a St. Stephen's Ministry this year and give back.

Save These Dates!

St. Stephen's On the Gro Calendar:

 

October 

19 - Prayer and Spirituality - after 10am service

23 - Southern Marin Hot Lunch

26 - Open Forum Discussion - after 10am service

 

November

 2 - All Saints Requiem Eucharist - 10am

 2 - Adult Contemporary Study - after the 10am service

      Christianity in Iraq

 9 - Women in Scripture - after the 10am service

       Sarah: An old woman becomes the mother of nations.

 9 - EvenSpark - 5pm

16 - Sung Baptism

16 - Adult Study -after the 10am service - Learning to Walk in the Dark

 

 

Ongoing:

1st Monday: The Outdoor Club Hike
2nd/4th Mondays: Women's Knitting - 10:30am
Thursdays:  Contemplative Prayer - 8:30am 
Thursdays: 10am-1 or 1-4pm - Volunteers at the Thrift Shop
Thursday: Choir Practice - 7:30pm
2nd Thursday of the Month: Homeward Bound Meals
4th Thursday of the Month: Westminster Hot Lunch
4th Sunday of the Month: PAUL's Letters & Potluck - 5:30pm
Sundays: Children's Music with John after the 10am service ~ after 10am service
             Get the latest updates at: ststephenschurch.org
 

 

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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