Month: November 2022
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African American Voices Gospel Choir Winter Showcase on Saturday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM
Read More: African American Voices Gospel Choir Winter Showcase on Saturday, December 3rd at 6:00 PMThe African American Gospel Choir will be presenting their Winter Showcase on Saturday, December 3rd at 6:00 PM in St. Stephen’s Sanctuary. AAVGC has been practicing at St. Stephen’s for years, and is an integral and valued part of our community. It should be an absolutely beautiful concert. Admission is free. When: Saturday, December 3rd,…
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A Love Supreme Jazz Vespers
Read More: A Love Supreme Jazz VespersThursday, December 15th at 6:30pm The Sanctuary Join us Thursday, December 15th, at 6:30 p.m. for a contemplative jazz vespers service around John Coltrane’s album, A Love Supreme. Considered Coltrane’s masterpiece and most important jazz albums of all time, this music holds a deep spiritual significance people. Rolling Stone wrote that, “Intended as a piece of sacred music,…
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Advent Art in the Sanctuary by Thad DeVassie
Read More: Advent Art in the Sanctuary by Thad DeVassieLove Your Neighbor In early 2020, my mother’s Alzheimer’s reached a point where she no longer recognized me as her son. As an artist, it set in motion a number of ways to cope with loss and grief, even though my mother was physically still with us. Add in the detachment brought on by the…
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COP 27 Week 2
Read More: COP 27 Week 2In this second week of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) the reports keep coming in. If you first would like an overview of the COP process, click here. On to the reports: 40 Countries Announce Methane-Reduction Plans These countries pledged methane reduction at…
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COP 27 Underway
Read More: COP 27 UnderwayThis week, Egypt is hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27). One thing is clear. Climate reparations is the key issue for this meeting. A paper already presented argues that developing countries will need $2T a year in climate funding. UN Secretary General António…
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Register for Music that Makes Community!
Read More: Register for Music that Makes Community!Come learn techniques for paperless song leading during a three day event on February 17-19! Music that Makes Community will help you develop as a song leader and introduce you to worship music from around the world. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17: Community Singing Event from 7:00 – 8:15 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18: Workshop from 9:00 AM…
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Thursday Contemplative Prayer & Study Group Will Meet on the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays this Month
Read More: Thursday Contemplative Prayer & Study Group Will Meet on the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays this MonthOur in-person contemplative prayer group & book study meets at St. Stephen’s on Thursday mornings twice a month. In November, the group will meet on the 2nd & 3rd Thursdays due to Thanksgiving. We meet in the sanctuary of the church from 10:00 am – 11:15 am. We follow this format: Welcome & Community TimeSilent…
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Preparing for COP 27
Read More: Preparing for COP 27This week, Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change. The latest UN report says that climate plans remain…
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Incarnational Journey: A Series for Advent, 2022
Read More: Incarnational Journey: A Series for Advent, 2022Saturdays, December 10 and 17, 10 am – 12 noon. St. Stephen’s sanctuary. Led by the Rev. Patricia Rose. Every year the sweet, sacred seasons of Advent and Christmas come back around in all their powerful graces, offering us an opening to remember the ongoing core miracle: the Holy One being born into our midst,…
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Full of Wonder: Capital University Christmas Festival Dec. 1-4
Read More: Full of Wonder: Capital University Christmas Festival Dec. 1-4Capital University is holding a Christmas Festival on December 1st-4th. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the performances are at 7:30 PM. On Sunday, the performance is at 3:30 PM. Performances last between 2.5 to 3 hours. Tickets are $20 for children, students with a valid ID, and senior citizens, and $35 for a standard adult…
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Moses in the Sapphire Cloud
Apophatic and Cataphatic Prayer and the Sinai Theophany He was on the mountain for forty days, and what were those days like? Alone, the sky dense around him, the earth occasionally rumbling, and when he saw a glimpse of the divine, it was as if he was looking through stained glass, stained a deep sapphire.…
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The Mixture of the Multitude: Liberation Readings of Scripture
We gathered on Wednesday evenings throughout July and August, sitting around the ubiquitous plastic folding tables that are known to every church. Sunlight slanted in through the wall of glass windows, and the smells of the parish kitchen— old coffee, musty sponges, cleaning product— filled the room. We were there to study Queer Theology, a…
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St. Francis Feast Day Pet Blessing on Sunday, October 4
Saint Francis’s Feast Day is on October 4th. We will hold our annual pet blessing in the midst of the service. Bring your pet or a photo of your pet to church! If you’re more of a plant person, bring a plant! St. Francis’s care for creation extends to all living things.
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