GOOD NEWS J U N E 2 0 1 2 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1070 Dutch Road Fairview, PA 16415 814.474.5490 Hello St Stephens! I am honored and delighted to be here as your Priest-in-Charge. I see my role as first among equals in ministry. Each member of this community has important and valuable gifts for ministry. We all have things we are better at and others where we could use a little work. I hope we can all work from our strong places, to build upon and develop ministries that meet the needs of this com- munity. Unless you moved here in the past three weeks, you have been living here in this faith and geographic community longer than I have, and you have experiences here that I don’t. I would like to know about your experiences and your faith journey. I hope to have a chance to get to know each of you in the coming months. If that feels like an urgent meeting for you, please contact me to schedule an appointment. In my first sermon here at St Stephen’s, I talked about 3 P’s in our growing relationship and ministry together – patience, prayer, and possibility. Please continue to hold me and one another accountable for all three of those P’s. Speaking of prayer – you will notice a few small changes to our 10:00am Sunday wor- ship as we head into the Season after Pente- cost (which begins this coming Sunday June 3). Since the Season after Pentecost lasts for nearly 6 months, and always starts in the summer, it presents a chance to relax our worship style from the high celebration of Eastertide. Things you might notice as different: the Pray- ers of the People, the Eucharistic Prayer and Post-Communion Prayer. Since the choir takes a much-deserved break in the summer, we will be singing an Alleluia acclamation for the Gos- pel as a congregation – it will take some prac- tice, and I know we’ll pick it up within a few weeks – and we will be singing an Offertory hymn. I will be interested in your feedback about these small changes to our main prayer time together. A number of people have asked me about re- suming the Wednesday services here at the church and at Springhill. I am in conversation with the regular attendees of these services and we will see them resuming in the coming months, though the exact schedule is yet to be determined. On a personal note, I am so excited to finally be here with you! Thank you to each and every one of you who has welcomed my family and me so warmly. We are slowly getting our boxes unpacked and finding all the important things (like the zoo and haircut places) in Fairview and Erie. This comes with my love and blessings,
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
1070 Dutch Road
Fairview, PA 16415
814.474.5490
Hello St Stephens!
I am honored and delighted to be here as
your Priest-in-Charge. I see my role as first
among equals in ministry. Each member of
this community has important and valuable
gifts for ministry. We all have things we are
better at and others where we could use a
little work. I hope we can all work from our
strong places, to build upon and develop
ministries that meet the needs of this com-
munity. Unless you moved here in the past
three weeks, you have been living here in
this faith and geographic community longer
than I have, and you have experiences here
that I don’t. I would like to know about your
experiences and your faith journey. I hope
to have a chance to get to know each of you
in the coming months. If that feels like an
urgent meeting for you, please contact me to
schedule an appointment.
In my first sermon here at St Stephen’s, I
talked about 3 P’s in our growing relationship
and ministry together – patience, prayer, and
possibility. Please continue to hold me and
one another accountable for all three of those
P’s.
Speaking of prayer – you will notice a few
small changes to our 10:00am Sunday wor-
ship as we head into the Season after Pente-
cost (which begins this coming Sunday June
3). Since the Season after Pentecost lasts
for nearly 6 months, and always starts in the
summer, it presents a chance to relax our
worship style from the high celebration of
Eastertide.
Things you might notice as different: the Pray-
ers of the People, the Eucharistic Prayer and
Post-Communion Prayer. Since the choir takes
a much-deserved break in the summer, we will
be singing an Alleluia acclamation for the Gos-
pel as a congregation – it will take some prac-
tice, and I know we’ll pick it up within a few
weeks – and we will be singing an Offertory
hymn. I will be interested in your feedback
about these small changes to our main prayer
time together.
A number of people have asked me about re-
suming the Wednesday services here at the
church and at Springhill. I am in conversation
with the regular attendees of these services and
we will see them resuming in the coming
months, though the exact schedule is yet to be
determined.
On a personal note, I am so excited to finally be
here with you! Thank you to each and every
one of you who has welcomed my family and
me so warmly. We are slowly getting our boxes
unpacked and finding all the important things
(like the zoo and haircut places) in Fairview and
Erie.
This comes with my love and blessings,
Weekly Schedule of Services
Sunday Service Schedule:
8:00 am—Rite I Holy Eucharist
10:00 am—Rite II Holy Eucharist with music
Christian Formation for all ages resumes in
September.
Wednesday - suspended for now.
Springhill Services - suspended for now.
Up Coming Events
Sunday, June 3rd - Holy Eucharist at 8 & 10 a.m.
Recognition of acolytes and school graduates at both
Join our flock at Vacation Bible School St. Stephen’s Episcopal
church July 9 – 13, 2012 9:30-11:30am. Ages 4 (completed one year of pre-
school) to 11 Older students are invited to join us as teachers’ helpers. Call Cindy Willis at
456-6441 to register.
The VBS is now taking registrations
and we need MANY volunteers to help
every day to make this week a wonder-
ful success! If you can help, please call
Cindy Willis at the above number to
sign up.
MUSIC FOR A WHILE
St. Stephen’s MUSIC FOR A WHILE chamber music series will host Carolyn Brock’s ERIE RENAISSANCE
SINGERS in concert on Saturday June 16th at 7:30 p.m. The 12 member highly acclaimed choral group will perform works by Morley, Gabrieli, Schubert, Holst and Pinkham. Sung Hui Elberfeld will be the guest piano accompa-nist. The concert is free and open to the public. Please plan to attend.
CLEAN UP DAYS RETURN
When: 3rd Saturday of the
month on June 16th.
9 am to noon.
Please come help clean up the build-
ing and the grounds!! Bring your fa-
vorite tools and a water bottle.
Chime Shoppe Update
Attention One and All!!!!.....New items are arriving at the
Chime Shoppe for Spring!! We are now carrying a new line
of note cards and stationery along with an assortment of
Graduation, Father’s Day, Get Well, Birthday and Thinking
of You cards, just to name a few. There are even a few
last minute gifts that you may find for someone special. Be
sure and stop and see what’s new!!! Additionally, we con-
tinue to provide crosses, books and bibles and the Mile of
Pennies is helping us grow momentum. Through your sup-
port of the Shoppe, we have been able to donate monies
this year to our very own Steeple Fund and also to the
Episcopal Relief and Development fund. I would encourage
you to stop by and ask if you have any special needs re-
garding a purchase. I will be happy to try to assist you.
**Just a footnote about the “Absent Clerk”. There is a small
Honorary Box on top of the case for anyone who needs to
make a purchase between services.
The Shoppe is generally open 9:30 a.m. until noon Sunday
mornings.
Sharon Ulrich
Congratulations Graduates
High School
Baron Denniston, Jr.is graduating from
Fairview High School and is taking a year
sabbatical from formal schooling before
going on to college.
Andrew Masteller graduates among the top
2% of students from McDowell High School
on June 6th, while lettering in Soccer,
Swimming and Diving, as well as playing Elite
level club soccer. This fall he will begin
studies in the Biomedical Engineering pro-
gram at the Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
College
Martha Willis graduated with honors from
Columbia College of Chicago with BA degree
in art direction. She will begin work in June
for the creative department of Proof Inte-
grated Communications in Chicago.
Sara Weschler graduated from Edinboro
University of PA with a Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology. Sara is pursuing her master’s
degree in school psychology at Edinboro
University of PA.
Murder Mystery Theater
Thanks to everyone who participated in any
way in the dinner theater. It was a huge
success and a great time was had by all in
attendance.
The cruise director Hy Energie (Cindy Willis)
was murdered by the purser Barry Deloss
(Steve Ropski). Our first place super sleuth
was our new priest-in-charge Sabeth Fitz-
gibbons. Second place sleuth was John
Rushe followed by Gretchen Tome in third
place.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Floss Willis
and the gift baskets were won by Gail
Burlingham, Donna Davis and JoAnn
Kincade.
Special thanks to Cindy Willis and Steve
Ropski for organizing this fun event.
Attention Teachers
The Nursery School is hiring teachers for the 2012-2013 school year. Candidates MUST be certified in Early Childhood Education. Email your resume to Pam Morrison, direc-
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