This Week at St. Stephen's Terre Haute

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The painting depicts the encounter that we will hear in the coming Sunday’s gospel, of the Samaritan woman with Jesus at the well. It is one in a larger series sometimes called the Jesus Mafa Project. The collection represents a 1970s endeavor by Christian artists of the Mafa peoples of Camaroon to create more culturally meaningful images from the gospels.
Many of the images have been digitally preserved by the Vanderbilt Divinity School library.

Sunday–March 15

Lessons - The Third Sunday in Lent

Serving

The Rev. Drew Downs, Presider

The Rev. Deby Veach, Deacon

Lector

8 am Bill Hughes
10 am Robin Rolt, Jessica Wayton

Chalicist
10 am Jane Mangrum

Acolyte
10 am Mike Verdeyen

Sacristans
8 am Bill Denton
10 am Robin Willis

Ushers
Linda Airhart, Randy Lambermont

Counters
Sandy Bush, John Hegedus

Join Kim Wagley and Robin
Willis between services
Sunday, March 15, to make
greeting cards to mail to
parishioners. We need to
restock our supply. The cards
are easy to make and we
welcome everyone that
would like to help.

Thursday–March 12 
12 Noon Holy Eucharist 
6 pm Springtime Scripture see below 
7 pm AA Meeting

Friday–March 13
12 Noon Manna from Seven

Saturday–March 14
6-7:30 pm Poor People's Campaign 
Organizing Rally see below

Sunday–March 15
The 3rd Sunday in Lent
8 & 10 am Holy Eucharist
11:30 am FAITH 15
6 pm AA Meeting

Tuesday–March 17
6 pm Discussion "The Family" 

Wednesday–March 18
5-8 pm United Campus Ministries 
International Pancake Festival see below

Thursday–March 19
12 Noon Holy Eucharist
6 pm Springtime Scripture see below
7 pm AA Meeting

Friday–March 20
12 Noon Manna from Seven

Sunday–March 22
The 34th Sunday in Lent
8 & 10 am Holy Eucharist
11:30 am FAITH 15
6 pm AA Meeting

Prayers
Anglican Communion—The Church of England, The Most Revd and Right Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury; Diocese—St. Paul's, Jeffersonville, Mr. Walter McCulloch, Senior Warden, The Rev. Jim Stanton; Dioceses of Brasilia, Haiti, and South Sudan; Our parish neighbors—Centenary United Methodist Church, Central Presbyterian Church, United Campus Ministries, Second Christian Church; Birthdays—Ross Hubbard, Carol Hutz, Austin Fagg; 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, Jonnee Western, Terry Persinger, John Bonner, Lane Clark, Martha Hafner, Ellie Thomas, Mike Hayden, Jean Veach

SPRINGTIME SCRIPTURE
"Join together to unpack the richness and beauty of the Scripture passages used during Lent. Come for one session or make it a great Lent/Spring and come to all sessions as your Lenten practice. The Scriptures will come alive in new ways!"
Sessions are Thursdays in Lent
6-7:30 p.m. at Providence Spirituality and Conference Center
Presenters:
February 27 Rev. Drew Downs
March 5 S. Maureen Abbott
March 12 Rev. Linda Snider
March 19 S. Jan Craven
March 26 S. Marsha Speth
April 2 S. Paula Damiano

BARGAIN SHOPPERS NEEDED
The Point In Time Count is behind us for this year but it's time to start restocking our shelves with NEW items for 2021. Stores are starting to put winter gear on clearance. We could use coats, boots, warm shoes, sweatshirts, long pants,insulated gloves and stocking caps for men, women and children, all sizes, especially 2x and 3x. Having these items on hand also enables our Rector and Secretary to help someone who may show up at our door and need a warm coat. Please bring items to the Great Hall. Don't want to shop? Please consider a monetary donation and we will shop for you. See Sandy Bush or Deby Veach for more information.
Please remember to drop your change into the boxes marked for Quarters for Clean Clothes. Thanks for all that you do to help the needy and homeless in our area.

Lent Madness!
Want to be inspired by some saintly souls this Lent and have fun along the way? Join with thousands of Christians across denominations who have discovered the joyful online learning community that is Lent Madness.
With its unique blend of competition, education, and humor, Lent Madness allows participants to be inspired by the ways in which God has worked through the lives of saints over the generations. Based loosely on the NCAA basketball tournament of a similar name, this online devotion pits 32 saints against one another in a single- elimination bracket as voters choose their favorites throughout Lent.
Here’s how to participate: on the weekdays of Lent, information is posted at www.lentmadness.org about two different saints. Each pairing remains open for 24 hours as participants read about and then vote to determine which saint moves on to the next round. Sixteen saints make it to the Round of the Saintly Sixteen; eight advance to the Round of the Elate Eight; four make it to the Faithful Four; two to the Championship; and the winner is awarded the coveted Golden Halo.
The ﬁrst round consists of basic biographical information about each of the 32 saints. Things get a bit more interesting in the subsequent rounds as we offer quotes and quirks, explore legends, and even move into the area of saintly kitsch.
This year, Lent Madness features an intriguing slate of saints ancient and modern, Biblical and ecclesiastical. This year’s saints include heavyweights such as Patrick, Harriet Tubman, Clare of Assisi, Hildegaard of Bingen, Joseph, and Jude, along with many lesser known yet equally inspiring people of faith.
The full bracket is online at the Lent Madness website and, while not necessary to participate, you can order The Saintly Scorecard: The Deﬁnitive Guide to Lent Madness 2020 at www.forwardmovement.org. This companion guide includes biographies of all 32 saints, a full-color bracket, information about how to fully participate, and a series of Pocket Lent trading cards.
Lent Madness began in 2010 as the brainchild of Fr. Tim Schenck. He and Forward Movement executive director Fr. Scott Gunn comprise the self-appointed Supreme Executive Committee and are accompanied by eleven Celebrity Bloggers, clergy and lay people from across the country who shepherd several saints each throughout the season of Lent.
If you’re looking for a Lenten discipline that is fun, educational, occasionally goofy, and always joyful, join the Lent Madness journey. Lent needn’t be all doom and gloom. After all, what could be more joyful than a season speciﬁcally set aside to get closer to Jesus Christ?
www.LentMadness.org

2020 Offering Envelopes are available in the Cloister Room. Please pick up your box.
The 2020 Altar Flower Calendar is in the Great Hall. Sign your name on the Sunday you want to remember a loved one or an occasion. Dennis Dieken will contact you the week before the Sunday you chose to get the information that you would like in the bulletin.
2020 Church Year Calendars are in the Great Hall – $5 each.
The February/March/April 2020 issue of Forward Day by Day is available in the Great Hall.

Diocesan Newsletter for March 11

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