This Week at St. Stephen's

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Sunday–December 15
The 3rd Sunday of Advent
8 & 10 am Holy Eucharist, Church
K*I*D*S Worship
4 pm Farrington Grove Chorale Lessons and Carols
6 pm AA Meeting

Lessons - Advent 3

Hymns

640 Watcheman, tell us of the night
72 Hark! The glad sound
69 What is that crying at Jordan!
65 Prepare the way, O Zion

Serving

Lector
8 am Gail Nattkemper
10 am Gene England, John Hegedus
Chalicist
10 am Rachel Carl
Sacristans
8 am Martha Layton
10 am Jane Conner
Acolyte
10 am David Thomas
Ushers
10 am Randy Lammbermont, Linda Airhart
Counters
Bill Hughes, Robin Willis

2020 Pledge Cards
The Vestry asked that 2020 pledge cards be returned by last Sunday. But they would still like to have yours on SUNDAY, December 15!
If you need a pledge card, they are on the bulletin tables with the rector’s letter and return envelope.

Christmas
Flower & Music
Thanksgivings
and
Memorials
Please use the pre-numbered envelopes included in your box of offering envelopes and print or type your name, the names of those you wish remembered in the Christmas bulletin and return it in the Sunday offering or to the parish office by this coming Sunday, December 15. Additional envelopes are available on the bulletin tables at the entrances to the Church.

Calendar

Saturday–December 14
9:30-12 Noon Farrington Grove Chorale rehearsal

Sunday–December 15 see left
The 3rd Sunday of Advent

Sunday–December 15
The 3rd Sunday of Advent  
8 & 10 am Holy Eucharist, Church
K*I*D*S  Worship
4 pm Farrington Grove Chorale Lessons and Carols
6 pm AA Meeting

Wednesday–December 18
6:30 pm      Vestry Meeting

Thursday–December 19
12 Noon Holy Eucharist
7 pm  AA Meeting

Friday–December 20
12 Noon  Manna from Seven Food Distribution

Sunday–December 22
The 4^thSunday of Advent  
8 & 10 am Holy Eucharist, Church
 K*I*D*S  Worship
Greening of the Church follows 10 am  
6 pm AA Meeting

Christmas at St. Stephen’s

Tuesday–December 24  Christmas Eve
4 pm Holy Eucharist 
somewhat abbreviated service 
for families with young children 
and folks who prefer not to drive after dark 
9 pm Festival Holy Eucharist 
             with incense and brass

Wednesday–December 25 
Christmas Day
10 am Holy Eucharist

Thursday–December 26 
St. Stephen’s Day
NO Noon Service
5:30 pm Potluck Supper followed by Eucharist

Friday–December 27
NO  Manna from Seven Food Distribution

Sunday–December 29
The 1^stSunday after Christmas  
NO 8 am Service 
10 am Lessons & Carols/Holy Eucharist  
6 pm AA Meeting

Prayers
Anglican Communion—Kivu (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Augustin Ahimana; Diocese—St. John's, Bedford, Ms. Rebecca Holbrook, Senior Warden; Dioceses of Brasilia, Haiti, and South Sudan; Our parish neighbors—Centenary United Methodist Church, Central Presbyterian Church, United Campus Ministries, Second Christian Church; Birthdays—Eirik Wagley, Andrea Bayles; Confirmation Anniversaries—Peggy Allen, Anne Buchanan, Sandy Bush; Marriage Anniversary—Sandy and Ben Bush; Ordained to the Diaconate—William Morris; Postulant—Joanna Benskin; Those who have asked our prayers—Sheila Carl, Sally Newlin, Ray Snyder, Linda Hegedus, Robin Rolt, Megan Price, Richard Hillier, Lorna Priddy, Steven Turner, Jonnee Western, Terry Persinger, John Bonner, Francis Hayden, Lane Clark, Martha Hafner, Eddie Hayden, Ellie Thomas

Blessing Box: Interested in helping with the Blessing Box? See Sandy Bush 
or Deby Veach after the service to see what you could bring or donate.  Some 
suggested items are Vienna sausages, potted meats, canned fruit, ready to eat 
soups, canned pasta, and canned vegetables. Pop top lids are preferred. 
We also need volunteers to fill the box during the week.

Quarters for Clean Clothes Ministry launders clothes for those in need and the homeless every Wednesday. Donation boxes for quarters are on the bulletin tables in the church.

Diocesan Newsletter for December 11, 2019

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
215 North Seventh Street
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807-3103
Phone: 812-232-5165
Web site: www.ststephensth.org
Worship times: Sunday at 8 & 10 am; Thursday at 12 noon

The Right Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop of Indianapolis
The Reverend Drew Downs, Rector — rector@ststephensth.org
Rector's cell phone — 770.755.8067
The Reverend Deborah J. Veach, Deacon — deacon@ststephensth.org
Dennis Dieken, Organist/Choirmaster/Secretary — officeadmin@ststephensth.org