8:00am
Contemplative Eucharist
Choral Eucharist
9:30-11:30am - Childcare
w/Bebe Hansia
This Sunday -
chaired by
Ali Boissevain
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Children & Youth
News
Sunday School
Classrooms
9:45am
PreK, K, & 1st:
Holy Moly
Joseph
Pamela del Villar
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
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Meet with John Karl Hirten in the downstairs classrooms.
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This Sunday
Sunday School begins at 9:45am
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Stewardship 2015
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.
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This Sunday
October 10
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."
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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.
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Sunday
26 October
Wear your Halloween Costumes to Church.
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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.
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Adult Open Forum
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.
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Christmas Pageant
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.
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Mark your calendar
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.
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Artists-in-Residence (AIR)
October
The creative multi-media art of the Sams' children; Andrew Hudson Sams, age 8, and Reid Hollingsworth Sams, age 7.
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Earth and Altar
An active exploration of our relationships with God, earth and one another.
Act: Commit to a St. Stephen's Ministry this year and give back.
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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
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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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