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WELCOME Sunday, September 24, 2017 Please visit www.ssecdurham.org for our announcements online. The next First Sunday Parish breakfast is October 1, 2017. Give to Episcopal Relief and Development’s Hurricane Relief Fund and help people recover. Visit www.episcopalrelief.org/what-you-can-do/give/donate-now/individual-donation. This fund supports affected communities in the Caribbean and the US devastated after hurricanes and tropical storms. Your donation will help meet urgent needs after Hurricane Irma and other storms by providing critical supplies such as food, water and other basics and offering long-term assistance as needed. You may also write a check to St. Stephen’s and please put “Hurricane Relief” on the memo line. Concert Today. At 4:00PM today, the brilliant 22 year old pianist, Alexander Beyer, will present a recital in the Nave. The program features two virtuosic works by Rachmaninoff, his Variations on a Theme of Corelli and his Second Piano Sonata. Rounding out the program will be two selections from The Art of Fugue by Bach and two Preludes and Fugues by Shostakovich (the serene one in C major and the wild one in D-flat major, which Alex calls “a real firecracker”). This is the first concert of the 20172018 season of the St. Stephen’s Concert Series. Tickets ($25, cash or check only) are available at the door with free admission for those 18 or under. A half hour Pre-Concert Discussion will take place in the Davis Room and a reception will follow the concert. An Acolyte Information Session will be held today, Sunday, September 24, directly following the 10:30 service in the Davis Room with Deacon Maggie Silton. All Acolytes and their parents are expected to attend. If you have any questions, contact Maggie at [email protected]. St. Stephen’s Back-to-School Drive. This year, our Back-to-School Supply Drive will take place Sunday, September 10 through Sunday, September 24. Donations can be placed in the blue bins in either the Narthex or the Reception area. Items on the Preschool’s wish list are: Kleenex Sharpies Hand soap Gift cards to Target or Walmart Lysol/Clorox wipes Ziploc bags (all sizes) Baby wipes Board games designed for children under 4 Playdough Laminator pouches St. Stephen’s Preschool is still accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year for it’s Pre-K class. Visit ssesdurham.org to download the enrollment form or contact our director Tamiko Sanders at [email protected] for more information. The Episcopal Center at Duke brings representatives from local Episcopal parishes to support Duke’s students, faculty, and staff. As part of the Sunday worship services, parishes provide dinner once a month. St. Stephen’s is assigned November 12 and December 3. If you can provide food and/or time, or are interested in helping, please see Kate Fagan-Solis or email her at [email protected]. Monetary donations are always appreciated. The St. Stephen's Stitchers need you. If you like to knit, crochet, needlepoint, or sew, or would like to learn, join us on September 27, 2017 at 3 pm in the Davis Room. Our meetings last about an hour and we do handmade things for people in need. If you have any questions, contact Bobbie Nielsen at 919-4524751 or email me at [email protected].
Please join us for our upcoming Urban Ministries of Durham Outreach Day and help us provide food, shelter, and a future to our neighbors in need. We will serve lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 30. Please contact Debbie Breuer ([email protected]). Coffee Hour is earnestly soliciting your participation for the Sundays between now and the end of the year! It is both do-able and fun! Kevin, our sexton, handles the set-up, and makes the coffee and lemonade. Church furnishes cups, paper plates, napkins, and the always-popular goldfish for the children. All you do is provide refreshments of your choice (they can be “baked” or “take out!”), serve them, stay to meet and greet…then help Kevin with the minimal clean up. Consider teaming up with another individual or family. This past year, two families signed up to celebrate the birthday of a family member…such a nice idea! Coffee Hour is a ministry well-received and so appreciated. If each of you signed up for just one Sunday, we could fill the calendar with dispatch and be done with it! The sign-up sheet, along with a sheet of instructions, is on a clipboard in the Narthex. Sally Bugg ([email protected]) The deadline for the weekly bulletin is Tuesday at noon. The deadline for the October edition of Stephen’s Window is Friday, September 15. The Office looks forward to receiving your submissions.
Please join us for our upcoming Urban Ministries of Durham Outreach Day and help us provide food, shelter, and a future to our neighbors in need. We will serve lunch from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 30. Please contact Debbie Breuer ([email protected]). Coffee Hour is earnestly soliciting your participation for the Sundays between now and the end of the year! It is both do-able and fun! Kevin, our sexton, handles the set-up, and makes the coffee and lemonade. Church furnishes cups, paper plates, napkins, and the always-popular goldfish for the children. All you do is provide refreshments of your choice (they can be “baked” or “take out!”), serve them, stay to meet and greet…then help Kevin with the minimal clean up. Consider teaming up with another individual or family. This past year, two families signed up to celebrate the birthday of a family member…such a nice idea! Coffee Hour is a ministry well-received and so appreciated. If each of you signed up for just one Sunday, we could fill the calendar with dispatch and be done with it! The sign-up sheet, along with a sheet of instructions, is on a clipboard in the Narthex. Sally Bugg ([email protected]) The deadline for the weekly bulletin is Tuesday at noon. The deadline for the October edition of Stephen’s Window is Friday, September 15. The Office looks forward to receiving your submissions.
