Month: June 2020

The Vestry and Reopening Taskforce have tentatively set a reopening date for Sunday, July 19th. We are monitoring the course of the pandemic closely, and might decide that the July 19th date is premature, especially if local hospitalizations and death continue to spike. We have put in place a series of protocols and procedures to…

8:30 Service Since the pandemic began, we’ve heard from some of you who are having trouble finding the 10:30 AM service on Facebook, and who would prefer a more intimate and easily accessed service. So we’re restarting the 8:30 AM service, which will be exclusively on Zoom, and not broadcast to the wider world. It’s…

The date for our reopening isn’t set yet, but we make this form available now so that you can begin discerning whether you’ll attend an in-person service, or simply continue worshipping with us online. Help Us to Protect Each Other & Constrain the Spread of Covid-19 We’re so glad you’re worshipping with us this morning.…

Last night I told the Vestry that I think we should reopen the 10:30 service, and the majority of them voted to do so, no doubt with vast reservations in their hearts, as there are in mine. This has been the hardest ethical decision of my career, and I have continually examined my motivations. In…

The Adult Formation group that studied Pope Francis’ encyclical on the Care of our Common Home, Laudato Si’, came up with some environmental recommendations for the Vestry, and the list of lifestyle change resources for the congregation that you will find below. The groups’ primary concerns were our lack of recycling and our heavy use…

8:30 Service Since the pandemic began, we’ve heard from some of you who are having trouble finding the 10:30 AM service on Facebook, and who would prefer a more intimate and easily accessed service. So we’re restarting the 8:30 AM service, which will be exclusively on Zoom, and not broadcast to the wider world. It’s…

During this Season after Pentecost, we’ve been using an adapted version of the Apostles’ Creed at St. Stephen’s, and a few members of our community asked me to write a brief post about it. Here’s the version we’ve been using: We give our hearts to you, God Beyond Us, creator of heaven and earth. We…

8:30 Service Since the pandemic began, we’ve heard from some of you who are having trouble finding the 10:30 AM service on Facebook, and who would prefer a more intimate and easily accessed service. So we’re restarting the 8:30 AM service, which will be exclusively on Zoom, and not broadcast to the wider world. It’s…

For a month now, the Reopening Taskforce has been meeting and thinking about how and when we can regather for in-person worship services. We would like your opinion on many aspects of regathering, so we’ve created this survey that we hope you will fill out quickly and thoughtfully, by this Friday morning (June 12) at…

8:30 Service Since the pandemic began, we’ve heard from some of you who are having trouble finding the 10:30 AM service on Facebook, and who would prefer a more intimate and easily accessed service. So we’re restarting the 8:30 AM service, which will be exclusively on Zoom, and not broadcast to the wider world. It’s…