St. Stephen

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Things to come in July 2008

 

July 1st, 3:45pm                Choir Practice

July 3rd, 11:30pm             Healing Service

July 4th                             Independence Day

July 8th, 3:45pm               Choir Practice

July 10th, 11:30                Noon day prayer

July 15th, 6pm                  Bishop’s Committee Meeting

July 16th, 3:15pm             Choir Practice

July 17th, 11:30                Healing Service

July 24th, 11:30                Noon Day Prayer

                                       St. Mary's Guild informal gathering. Please bring a sandwich.

July 26th, 9-10am             Daughters of the King

Altar Guild

 

             The Altar Guild is in the process of purchasing replacement vestments for Fr. Jeff which consist of a chasuble, stole, burse, veil and lectionary cover.  The Altar Guild would also like to purchase a super Frontal for the front of the Altar at a cost of $588.  This can be accomplished by free-will donations from the congregation.

 

             Several baptism’s were performed by Fr. Jeff including the baptism of his second grandchild Maggie Walker.

 

             Our Altar Guild continues to work diligently by preparing the altar for Sunday services, etc.  The Altar Guild continue to work short-handed.  We are fortunate to have a fine group of ladies as members of the Altar Guild.  It is a pleasure to work with such a fine group of ladies.

 

             Our annual Altar Guild picnic will be held at Betty Bedford’s home at 1310 Pennsylvania Avenue, Beaumont on Saturday, August 9th.  Further information will be forthcoming.

 

Maria Pena

Directors of the Altar Guild

The People’s Warden Report

 

There is never a shortage of needed repairs or improvements that would make Saint Stephen’s a better facility for our congregation. A suggestion was made at the last Vestry meeting to have a “list for needed repairs” which is now placed on the west wall of the Parish Hall. If anyone has a suggestion or concern, particularly regarding safety, please make a note of it with a date and your name so it can be addressed and checked off in a timely manner. All concerns will be prioritized and responded to depending on the need, fiscal requirement and regard for our expected move to the new location. We do not want to drain financial reserves for the old facility and some repairs may be cost prohibitive; however, I am hopeful that we can remain as comfortable as possible until the move actually takes place. On that note, I would like to say that the cooling unit in the church is working as hard as it can on hot days, so you know that we will make sure adequate air conditioning is installed at the new facility! The suggestion was made to have the air turned on Saturdays during the hottest summer weekends so the church would be cool on Sunday morning.  I would like to extend an invitation to our Alter Guild participants to discuss the possibility of turning the air conditioner on when they are there to set up so it would be more comfortable while they are working on Saturday and then continue cooling until after our Sunday services.

In conclusion, there is much to be excited about these days. Many of us will be vacationing and traveling during the summer months, there are changes in the making and we can all look forward to starting a new year ever closer to being able to worship at our new location!

 

Your servant in Christ,

Larry Brown