Month: September 2023
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Creating a Pollinator Garden
Read More: Creating a Pollinator GardenAs part of our Season of Creation talks series, Susan Burghes spoke about the pollinator garden she created at the back of the church with some help from Joe Rutter. Then, after the service, she met people at the garden to answer questions and to give away seed packets. She had an avid audience of…
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Alternatives to Plastics at Home
Read More: Alternatives to Plastics at HomeOn September 10th Lorraine Deal shared her amazing collection of household products that have no plastic packaging or content. Take a look at these pictures and download her list of products and where to buy them, online and locally. And here is a list from Lorraine of local eco-products stores and manufacturers. ALTERNATIVE CLEANING PRODUCTS:…
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Alive! Program Starts on October 8
Read More: Alive! Program Starts on October 8This Fall, St. Stephen’s is pleased to join All Saints Episcopal Church’s Alive! Program. Developed by Fr. Jason Prati, Alive! is an adult formation program that will teach you everything you want to know about liturgy. From October – May the program will focus on the liturgical year, enabling us to draw closer to Christ…
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BREAD Update and One ID Campaign
Read More: BREAD Update and One ID CampaignIt’s Time for House Meetings! The BREAD Organization is built on the listening process — a process in which member congregations meet to catch up on BREAD’s issue campaigns,and, more importantly, find out what problems are keeping members up at night. These problems (not solutions) are recorded by House Meeting leaders, and eventually translate into…
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Art in the Sanctuary: Mystery, Darkness, and Light
Read More: Art in the Sanctuary: Mystery, Darkness, and LightFrom late August thru mid-October we are hosting a beautiful show in the sanctuary. “Mystery, Darkness, and Light” is a collaboration between Jeanne Fehskens, Julie Riley, and Elisha Frontz, three Dayton-area artists. The show features multi-media pieces from all three artists. Creating expressionist paintings of crosses was a conscious choice that resonated deeply with Julie Riley‘s…
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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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