Month: December 2020

Next week Wednesday, January 6th, is the Epiphany, the Feast Day when we celebrate the arrival of the three magi at the place where Mary and Joseph are staying with the newborn Jesus. Many churches transfer the Feast of the Epiphany to the following Sunday, but this year we are going to celebrate it on…

Jamie Massa, our resident Centering Prayer guru, shared this article with the Centering Prayer Group that meets on Tuesday mornings. If you’d like to join the group, you can learn more by following this link. Centering Prayer Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer based on an anonymous 14th Century text called The Cloud…

Christmas Eve is only two days away, and we want you to have all the information you need to easily access our services. Details about the 4:00 PM and the 8:30 PM services are below. 4:00 PM Children & Families Service This service will take place on Zoom, and won’t be live-streamed. Here’s the link:…

At Christmas, as at Easter, it is traditional for us to receive donations designated for use in support of the the floral decorations in the church on those special occasions. It is also a Saint Stephen’s tradition that, once the special celebrations in church are completed, flowers are taken to those who are home bound…

St. Stephen’s is a BREAD Affiliate, and in full support of this statement. We are outraged, by the recent killing of Casey Goodson, Jr. by a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy. We grieve with the Goodson family on their loss of a loved one and concur with their cry for justice in this senseless loss of…

by Stuart Hobbs Sunlight shines on the snow and the light dances and sparkles white and blue and many more colors. And we are moved by what we see. As an abstract painter, I dispense with the middleman and go straight to the colors. In this case I created a piece with various shades and…