Friday, May 25, 2012
This week at St. Stephen's
At our StSt Table 4th Thursday Pantry yesterday , 23 volunteers provided 175 households, representing 215 people, over 2,600 meals of food. Over half our volunteers are neighbors who come to "shop" our free pantry and stay to help. Thanks to all our church volunteers who make that “neighbor helping neighbor” model possible.
Friday, May 18, 2012
This Week at St Stephens
Bishop Hanley visiting soon
Sunday, June 10, Bishop Michael Hanley visits StSt and presides at 10am Eucharist. Drew Brown will be confirmed and Joe Binder will be received into the Episcopal Church on that day. Bishop Hanley will also lead our 9am Adult Forum class and meet with the vestry following the coffee hour. Please mark your calendar to be here!Vestry meeting this Sunday
The regular monthly meeting of the church governing board, called the Vestry, meets at 11:30am in the library. Kevin Miles will report on our progress incorporating St Stephen’s Table as a 501c3 non-profit. All are welcome to attend vestry meetings.More good news for StSt Table
We have begun reaching out to build a Board for StSt Table that includes partners in the wider community. So far, Kathleen Hagberg (Bijou Café owner), Andrew Noethe (Downtown Chapel outreach program s director), David Zaworski (Waverly Heights UCC pastor) and Gary Davis (Operation Nightwatch director) have all agreed to be on the board. Each of these mission partners brings a passion for our work plus skills and connections to help us meet our mission “to feed those hungry in body and spirit.” We are also meeting with a professional web designer, connected to us via Operation Nightwatch, who will donate his services to help us create a StSt Table website. Faye Tayler has agreed to serve as our graphic designer for the site. StSt Parish and Table are richly blessed!This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.Our preacher at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is Br. Gregory Kingsley. Fr. Dennis presides at the Table.
Communion in the Park (CiP) @ 1:30
Come join our 1:30pm weekly outdoor service and sharing of sandwiches in the in the park, at SW Park, between Columbia and Jefferson. A weekly making of sandwiches on Sunday morning at the church is coordinated by newcomer Elta Wilson. See her on Sunday to help. Paul leads this week's service.Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm, led by Fr. Dennis. All are invited.Wednesday Zen
“Zen Wednesday” @ 7pm is led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.NAMI Walk this Sunday @ Noon
National Alliance on Mental Illness holds its annual fundraiser walk at the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade (SE Main at SE Water). Register at 12pm. The Walk steps off at 1pm. The Walk raises funds, awareness, and support for mental health advocacy. Dave Dahl, President of Dave's Killer Bread, is this year’s Walk chair. Info at http://naminwwalk.wordpress.com/.Memorial Service for John Devlin
Our prayers are with longtime member Marie Devlin on the death of her husband, John, after a long struggle with cancer. In recent years, John & Marie were regular participants in our outdoor ministry called Communion in the Park.
A service to remember and celebrate John's life will be held on Saturday, May 26, at 2pm in the church. A reception will follow in the parish hall. All are invited and encouraged to attend.
A service to remember and celebrate John's life will be held on Saturday, May 26, at 2pm in the church. A reception will follow in the parish hall. All are invited and encouraged to attend.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Organ Extravaganza - Sunday, May 20 at 2 pm
Organ Extravaganza, featuring Hannah Brewer, Joe O’Donnell, Matt Smith, and Rob Stoltz, will be our final performance in the Friends of Music 2011-2012 season. Join us Sunday May 20 at 2 pm. Refreshments follow the concert. $10 Suggested donation.
Prelude and Fugue in a minor - J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Praeludium in C - Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele-J.S. Bach
Variations on Unter den Linden grüne - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelink (1562-1621)
Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Arietta - Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
Pastorale - George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931)
Choral - Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
Chaconne in g minor - Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
Choral Prelude on Rockingham - Gwilym Beechey (b. 1938)
Hymn Concertato on Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Hannah Brewer is an organist, pianist, harpsichordist, and accompanist. She has a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music degree from Pittsburg State University. She has studied organ with James David Christie and Cherry Rhodes, piano with Lydia Frumkin and Edward Francis, and harpsichord with Webb Wiggins and Susan Marchant. She also has degrees in art history with an MA thesis titled Portatives, Positives, and their Players: Depictions of Organs in Early Netherlandish Panel Painting, c. 1465-1509. A new transplant to the Portland area, Hannah is Organist at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
Joe O’Donnell is organist at Portland's First Unitarian Church and plays at St. Stephen's for Journey/Koinonia Catholic Community. He is also a pipe organ technician and design engineer on the staff of Bond Organ Builders, Inc. He is a former resident of Washington, DC, where, in addition to earning degrees in organ and liturgical music from the Catholic University of America, he had the care of numerous Gress-Miles organs.
Matthew Smith is Music Director at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He previously held positions at St Timothy Lutheran in Portland, and St John's Lutheran in San Francisco, California. He is a founding member of the vocal sextet Gaude and served on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Lutheran Chorale and San Francisco City Chorus. He studied organ with Charles Rus.
Rob Stoltz is an organist and hymnologist in Portland, Oregon. He has served at various Episcopal and Roman Catholic parishes, and studied with the late Sr. Myrtle Edmondson at Marylhurst University. He is the Parish Administrator at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, Gresham.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Many Thanks
We have so many Thanks to give this week!
Thank You, Merry & Dick Emlaw, for hosting our first St Stephen’s (StSt) Table dinner/fundraiser last Sunday. Their Cinco de Mayo party brought together 21 neighbors at the Ambassador Condo and raised $1,775 to buy food for our meals/pantry program. Thanks!
Thank You, Faye Tayler, for designing a “Table Talk” newsletter for us to share with donors, full of picture and quotes from our volunteers and guests. Faye’s given us a snapshot of the 2 pages. See attached. Thanks!
Thank You, David Prlain and Larry Bishop (guests of the Table from next door), for helping us host 10 students from Oregon Episcopal School on their Day of Service, May 9. The group started with a tour at Oregon Food Bank (OFB) and picked up our Wednesday order, stored food with Kevin Gardner in the pantry, made sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch (ONW) with David, and got an urban immersion tour by Larry who lived on the streets for 40 years. See the group picture posted in the pantry. PLUS David has been here Thurs and Friday baking homemade pear coffee cake for Saturday Breakfast. Thanks!
Thank You, Kevin Gardner and Kelly Laslie, for picking up a large, donated, $3000 refrigerator for the program, offered to us through OFB if we could get it within 2 days. Thanks!
Thank You, Lee Kilbourn, for tirelessly working with repair-folks to get our dishwasher, stove exhaust, and added refrigerator all working, rightly placed and fitted, and keeping us in service to the community. Thanks!
Thank You, Parish Vestry, for meeting last Saturday to do some immediate and long-range planning. Among other strategies for parish growth, the vestry recognized the amazing growth of our StSt Table program and embraced the idea of it growing into a self-sustaining 501c3 organization that can reach out for more donors and grants beyond the parish. Thanks!
Thank You, Roberta Taussig (just back from vacation), for volunteering to serve as our new StSt Table Treasurer and keeping the Table’s income and expenses all properly accounted. Thanks!
Thank You, Kevin Miles (past member of StSt and lawyer), for volunteering to take on the legal work of establishing StSt Table as a separate 501c3 non-profit organization. Thanks!
It’s been an exciting week at the parish! Thanks, everyone!!
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is Cynthia Reynolds. Fr. Dennis presides at the Table.
At StSt, we celebrate one message spoken by many voices. The message is that we are all welcome at the Table. Clipboards with weekly bulletins for the children are at the back of the church.
Communion in the Park (CiP) resumes
Our 1:30pm weekly outdoor service and sharing of sandwiches in the in the park resumes this week, after a short break to reflect and plan. Join us at SW Park between Columbia and Jefferson.
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen
“Zen Wednesdays” @ 7pm meets every week, led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Thank You, Merry & Dick Emlaw, for hosting our first St Stephen’s (StSt) Table dinner/fundraiser last Sunday. Their Cinco de Mayo party brought together 21 neighbors at the Ambassador Condo and raised $1,775 to buy food for our meals/pantry program. Thanks!
Thank You, Faye Tayler, for designing a “Table Talk” newsletter for us to share with donors, full of picture and quotes from our volunteers and guests. Faye’s given us a snapshot of the 2 pages. See attached. Thanks!
Thank You, David Prlain and Larry Bishop (guests of the Table from next door), for helping us host 10 students from Oregon Episcopal School on their Day of Service, May 9. The group started with a tour at Oregon Food Bank (OFB) and picked up our Wednesday order, stored food with Kevin Gardner in the pantry, made sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch (ONW) with David, and got an urban immersion tour by Larry who lived on the streets for 40 years. See the group picture posted in the pantry. PLUS David has been here Thurs and Friday baking homemade pear coffee cake for Saturday Breakfast. Thanks!
Thank You, Kevin Gardner and Kelly Laslie, for picking up a large, donated, $3000 refrigerator for the program, offered to us through OFB if we could get it within 2 days. Thanks!
Thank You, Lee Kilbourn, for tirelessly working with repair-folks to get our dishwasher, stove exhaust, and added refrigerator all working, rightly placed and fitted, and keeping us in service to the community. Thanks!
Thank You, Parish Vestry, for meeting last Saturday to do some immediate and long-range planning. Among other strategies for parish growth, the vestry recognized the amazing growth of our StSt Table program and embraced the idea of it growing into a self-sustaining 501c3 organization that can reach out for more donors and grants beyond the parish. Thanks!
Thank You, Roberta Taussig (just back from vacation), for volunteering to serve as our new StSt Table Treasurer and keeping the Table’s income and expenses all properly accounted. Thanks!
Thank You, Kevin Miles (past member of StSt and lawyer), for volunteering to take on the legal work of establishing StSt Table as a separate 501c3 non-profit organization. Thanks!
It’s been an exciting week at the parish! Thanks, everyone!!
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is Cynthia Reynolds. Fr. Dennis presides at the Table.
At StSt, we celebrate one message spoken by many voices. The message is that we are all welcome at the Table. Clipboards with weekly bulletins for the children are at the back of the church.
Communion in the Park (CiP) resumes
Our 1:30pm weekly outdoor service and sharing of sandwiches in the in the park resumes this week, after a short break to reflect and plan. Join us at SW Park between Columbia and Jefferson.
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen
“Zen Wednesdays” @ 7pm meets every week, led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Friday, May 4, 2012
What's Happening at St Stephen's
Retreat reminder for vestry
The parish governing board, called the Vestry, meets this Saturday @ 10am at the home of Senior Warden Tom Bartlett to review our budget and plan for the future.
Thank you, Merry, Dick and Faye…
This Sunday, Dick & Merry Emlaw are hosting a Cinco de Mayo fundraiser for their neighbors to contribute to St. Stephen’s (StSt) Table. Faye Tayler has designed a wonderful “Table Talk” (quarterly) handout for our donors, full of pictures and testimonials from our guests and volunteers. (Thanks to all who sent their quotes to Paul.) See a copy posted in the pantry storage room. Next week’s eblast will announce how much we raised!
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is The Rev. Tom Walker. Fr. Dennis (back from vacation) presides at the Table.
Paul will be at Waverly Heights UCC, our partner church in service that hosts this week’s Saturday Breakfast at StSt Table.
Communion in the Park (CiP) is on sabbatical
Our weekly outdoor service in the park is taking a short break in order to step back and assess how we are doing. Deacon Ken Arnold and Paul invite any feedback and ideas for greater companioning/communing with our community. Stay tuned for more details about our evolving outreach to those hungry on the street.
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen“Zen Wednesdays” @ 7pm meets every week, led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Read it on our Blog
Forgot something you read? Director of Music Matt Smith posts our “This Week” eblast every week on our StSt blog: http://ststephenspdx.blogspot.com/
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
The parish governing board, called the Vestry, meets this Saturday @ 10am at the home of Senior Warden Tom Bartlett to review our budget and plan for the future.
Thank you, Merry, Dick and Faye…
This Sunday, Dick & Merry Emlaw are hosting a Cinco de Mayo fundraiser for their neighbors to contribute to St. Stephen’s (StSt) Table. Faye Tayler has designed a wonderful “Table Talk” (quarterly) handout for our donors, full of pictures and testimonials from our guests and volunteers. (Thanks to all who sent their quotes to Paul.) See a copy posted in the pantry storage room. Next week’s eblast will announce how much we raised!
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is The Rev. Tom Walker. Fr. Dennis (back from vacation) presides at the Table.
Paul will be at Waverly Heights UCC, our partner church in service that hosts this week’s Saturday Breakfast at StSt Table.
Communion in the Park (CiP) is on sabbatical
Our weekly outdoor service in the park is taking a short break in order to step back and assess how we are doing. Deacon Ken Arnold and Paul invite any feedback and ideas for greater companioning/communing with our community. Stay tuned for more details about our evolving outreach to those hungry on the street.
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen“Zen Wednesdays” @ 7pm meets every week, led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Read it on our Blog
Forgot something you read? Director of Music Matt Smith posts our “This Week” eblast every week on our StSt blog: http://ststephenspdx.blogspot.com/
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Friday, April 20, 2012
This Week at St. Stephen's
Remember our fundraiser for the Table
Our 3rd of 3 benefit concerts for St Stephen’s (StSt) Table, Operation Nightwatch (ONW) and Portland Chamber Music (PCM) is this Saturday, Apr. 21, at 8pm. The concert will recognize this year’s two recipients of ONW’s “Lamplighter of the Year” award: Rev. Kate Lore of First Unitarian Church and Paul Schroeder of JOIN. More information from ONW at http://hosted.vresp.com/371712/9e8db801a6/1666000175/83e4ef520b/ or PCM at http://portlandchambermusic.org/blog/. $20 general admission. $5 student or low-income. All proceeds go to the 3 organizations.
Facebookers can help us win $2,500
If you use Facebook, simply post about your favorite volunteer organization – “St. Stephen’s Table” at the Upmqua Bank’s site, http://www.facebook.com/umpquabank. Umpqua is randomly giving away TEN $2,500 grants to volunteer organizations. They will pick 10 entries at random and give $2500 to those organizations! Be sure to post this week, and mention "St. Stephen's Table."
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher and presider at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is The Rev. Dale Carr.
Fr. Dennis is away for 2 weeks on vacation in New Jersey. Paul is away this weekend with Portland Gay Men’s Chorus performing a benefit concert in Pendleton for the local chapter of PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays).
At StSt, we celebrate one message spoken by many voices. The message is that we are all welcome at the Table. Clipboards with weekly bulletins for the children are at the back of the church.
Bring your Lenten collection box
If you were collecting funds during Lent in a “Hope Chest” Episcopal Relief & Development box, please bring it to the church Sunday. All funds collected will be donated to the national relief fund.
Communion in the Park (CiP) @ 1:30pm
Our nondenominational, outdoor Communion service continues every Sunday @ 1:30 p.m. @ SW Park between Columbia & Jefferson, rain or shine. Sandwiches, eggs and conversations are shared with those who are hungry in the park. Deacon Ken Arnold leads this week’s service and sandwich “companioning.”
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen
“Zen Wednesdays” at 7pm is a time of Zen mediation led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Bishop’s visit, June 10
Remember, Bishop Michael Hanley visits StSt on Sunday, June 10. Those who would like to be confirmed or received into official membership in the Episcopal Church that day, speak with Fr. Dennis.
Our 3rd of 3 benefit concerts for St Stephen’s (StSt) Table, Operation Nightwatch (ONW) and Portland Chamber Music (PCM) is this Saturday, Apr. 21, at 8pm. The concert will recognize this year’s two recipients of ONW’s “Lamplighter of the Year” award: Rev. Kate Lore of First Unitarian Church and Paul Schroeder of JOIN. More information from ONW at http://hosted.vresp.com/371712/9e8db801a6/1666000175/83e4ef520b/ or PCM at http://portlandchambermusic.org/blog/. $20 general admission. $5 student or low-income. All proceeds go to the 3 organizations.
Facebookers can help us win $2,500
If you use Facebook, simply post about your favorite volunteer organization – “St. Stephen’s Table” at the Upmqua Bank’s site, http://www.facebook.com/umpquabank. Umpqua is randomly giving away TEN $2,500 grants to volunteer organizations. They will pick 10 entries at random and give $2500 to those organizations! Be sure to post this week, and mention "St. Stephen's Table."
This Sunday
9am Adult Inquiry meets in the parish hall between services.
Our preacher and presider at 7:45 and 10 a.m. Eucharist is The Rev. Dale Carr.
Fr. Dennis is away for 2 weeks on vacation in New Jersey. Paul is away this weekend with Portland Gay Men’s Chorus performing a benefit concert in Pendleton for the local chapter of PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays).
At StSt, we celebrate one message spoken by many voices. The message is that we are all welcome at the Table. Clipboards with weekly bulletins for the children are at the back of the church.
Bring your Lenten collection box
If you were collecting funds during Lent in a “Hope Chest” Episcopal Relief & Development box, please bring it to the church Sunday. All funds collected will be donated to the national relief fund.
Communion in the Park (CiP) @ 1:30pm
Our nondenominational, outdoor Communion service continues every Sunday @ 1:30 p.m. @ SW Park between Columbia & Jefferson, rain or shine. Sandwiches, eggs and conversations are shared with those who are hungry in the park. Deacon Ken Arnold leads this week’s service and sandwich “companioning.”
Wednesday Eucharist
Mid-week Eucharist continues every Wednesday @ 12:15pm. All are invited.
Wednesday Zen
“Zen Wednesdays” at 7pm is a time of Zen mediation led by Deacon Ken Arnold in the church. All are invited. For more about Zen, email Ken Arnold at ken@ken-arnold.com. We gather about 6:45pm and conclude about 8:30. Those who are new to the practice are invited to come at 6:30 for an introduction.
Bishop’s visit, June 10
Remember, Bishop Michael Hanley visits StSt on Sunday, June 10. Those who would like to be confirmed or received into official membership in the Episcopal Church that day, speak with Fr. Dennis.
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