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Welcome to St Stephens BELVEDERE “O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you…” (Collect for this Sunday) B ecause the prayers of our Prayer Book are so beautifully craſted, it can sometimes feel intimidating to pray, especially in the presence of others. But truly, there is no one way, or right way to pray. There is nothing too small or too great to bring to God. The Bible clearly teaches that all Christians are called to be intercessors. Just as Christ intercedes for us in accordance with God’s will (Romans 8. 26 – 27), we are to intercede for one another. Sometimes people ask, doesn’t God already know what everyone needs? Yes, God is always present in our lives and aware of our needs, but by praying, we invite God into our concerns and struggles. We open ourselves to hear God and to see what God is doing. We more fully incline our hearts to God, and we more fully incline our hearts to one another. The smallest step you take toward intercessory prayer has the power to change the world. Welcome to St Stephen’s Church. As we say our prayers together today, choose one person you know who is struggling, in want, suffering, or otherwise in need of God’s help. Or choose a situation in the world in need of God’s help. Take a brief moment to consider what God might do to help, and then ask God to do that thing. That’s it. To our visitors, newcomers, and seekers: 11th July 2021 | The Sixth Sunday after Trinity n If you’re new, please email offi[email protected] to let us know who you are, to ask questions, or to make comments. n Donations and Contributions can be made online at hps://www.ststephenschurch.org/give/ n If you are ready to inquire about membership, want us to pray for you or someone you name, or you’d like a call from one of our priests, please email offi[email protected]. n For all current information and schedules, please check the church website St Stephen’s Calendar page.

Transcript of Welcome to St Stephen BELVEDERE B

Welcome to St Stephen’s BELVEDERE

“O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you…” (Collect for this Sunday)

Because the prayers of our Prayer Book are so beautifully crafted, it can sometimes feel intimidating to pray, especially in the presence of others. But truly, there is no one way, or right way to pray. There is nothing too

small or too great to bring to God.The Bible clearly teaches that all Christians are called to be intercessors.

Just as Christ intercedes for us in accordance with God’s will (Romans 8. 26 – 27), we are to intercede for one another.

Sometimes people ask, doesn’t God already know what everyone needs? Yes, God is always present in our lives and aware of our needs, but by praying, we invite God into our concerns and struggles. We open ourselves to hear God and to see what God is doing. We more fully incline our hearts to God, and we more fully incline our hearts to one another. The smallest step you take toward intercessory prayer has the power to change the world.

Welcome to St Stephen’s Church. As we say our prayers together today, choose one person you know who is struggling, in want, suffering, or otherwise in need of God’s help. Or choose a situation in the world in need of God’s help. Take a brief moment to consider what God might do to help, and then ask God to do that thing. That’s it.

To our visitors, newcomers, and seekers:

11th July 2021 | The Sixth Sunday after Trinity

nIf you’re new, please email [email protected] to let us know who you are, to ask questions, or to make comments. nDonations and Contributions can be made online at https://www.ststephenschurch.org/give/nIf you are ready to inquire about membership, want us to pray for you or someone you name, or you’d like a call from one of our priests, please email [email protected] all current information and schedules, please check the church website St Stephen’s Calendar page.

— Altar Flowers —

The flowers at the altar today are given by Dee Bell-Becker, to the glory of God and in loving memory of

cousin Mary Lou Bell Goveia, and parents Lillian & Alan Bell, and in thanksgiving for John K. Hirten.

Serving at the Altar Today

Readers Ian Foley, George Brown

Soprano Judith Ward Hall

Alto Karen Clark

Tenor Douglas Mandell

Bass Wilford Kelly

Altar Guild Team 3 Barbara Berling, Sudy Schneider, Barbara Gloger, Linda Berg, PJ Perring

Ushers Ted Anspacher, Bill Brinkman

Guest Music Director Rodney Gehrke

Livestream Engineer Robert Williams, Jr.

Stream Team on break Morgan Charles, Oliver Dugan, Ciara Hall, Alec Marasa, Kelly Perasso, Jack Putney, Phoebe Putney, Hudson Schaefer, Jack Sciarillo

Virtual Coffee Hosts Team 3 Barbara Berling

Live Coffee Hour Host Vestry Member George Brown, & Cindy Brown

Preacher & Celebrant The Rev’d Phillip C. Ellsworth, Jr.

STST STEPHEN’SSTEPHEN’S CHURCHCHURCHBELVEDERE

THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Proper 10

11th July 2021 | 10:00 AM

Holy Eucharist, Rite II

Worship is a verb. From the Altar of this sacred space to the altar of your heart, we welcome you to join us in the active worship of God. This service is based on the Holy Eucharist: Rite II, Eucharistic Prayer A, in the Book of Common Prayer, page 361.

For ease of use, this leaflet contains the live stream congregation portions of the liturgy, service music, and hymn lyrics.

At the Procession

Hymn 372 Praise to the living God LEONI

Praise to the living God! All praised be his Name, who was, and is, and is to be, for ay the same.The one eternal God, ere aught that now appears; the first, the last: beyond all thought his timeless years!

Formless, all lovely forms declare his loveliness; holy, no holiness of earth can he express.Lo, he is Lord of all. Creation speaks his praise, and everywhere above, below, his will obeys.

His Spirit floweth free, high surging where it will; in prophet’s word he spoke of old; he speaketh still.Established is his law, and changeless it shall stand, deep writ upon the human heart, on sea, on land.

Eternal life hath he implanted in the soul; his love shall be our strength and stay while ages roll.Praise to the living God! All praised be his Name, who was, and is, and is to be, for ay the same.

— Medieval Jewish Liturgy; tr. Max Landsberg (1845 – 1928) and Newton M. Mann (1836 – 1926)

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

The Acclamation

Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.People And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever. Amen

The Collect for Purity Said by all. BCP 355

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sung by all, standing.

Canticle 13 Benedictus es, Domine THE IMPERIAL TUNE (c. 1630)

Glory to you, Lord | God of our | ancestors; * you are worthy of | präise; | glory to | you.

Glory to you for the radiance of your | holy | Name; * we will praise you and | highly ex | alt you for | ever.

Glory to you in the | splendor of your | temple; * on the throne of your | maje-sty, | glory to | you.

Glory to you, seated be | tween the | Cherubim; * we will praise you and | highly ex | alt you for | ever.

Glory to you, be | holding the | depths; * in the high vault of | heaven, | glory to | you.

Glory to you, Creator, Re | deemer, and | Sanctifier; * we will praise you and | highly ex | alt you for | ever.

The Collect for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you.Celebrant Let us pray.

OLord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to

accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The people sit.

The First Reading 2. Samuel 6. 1 – 5, 12b – 19

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who is enthroned on the cherubim. They carried the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart with the ark of God; and Ahio went in front of the ark. David and all the house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom to the city of David with rejoicing; and when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

They brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord. When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the offerings of well-being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts, and distributed food among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people went back to their homes.

Reader The Word of the LordPeople Thanks be to God

Psalm 24. 1 – 6 Domini est terra Plainsong

Sung by all, alternating with the cantor/choir.

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is ín it, * the world and /all who dwéll therein.

For it is he who founded it upón the seas * and made it firm upon the / rivers óf the deep.

“Who can ascend the hill of the Lórd? * and who can stand/ in his hóly place?”

“Those who have clean hands and a púre heart, * who have not pledged themselves to falsehood, nor sworn /by what ís a fraud.

They shall receive a blessing fróm the Lord * and a just reward from the God of /their salvátion.”

Such is the generation of those who séek him, * of those who seek your face, O /God of Jácob.

The Epistle Reading Ephesians 1. 3 – 14

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

Reader The Word of the Lord.People Thanks be to God.

The people stand and remain standing for the Holy Gospel.

The Sequence Alleluia John Karl Hirten (b. 1956)Repeat each phrase after cantor the first time. A verse will be sung, after which, all repeat Alleluia.

The Holy Gospel Mark 6. 14 – 29

Gospeller The XHoly Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.People Glory to you, Lord Christ.

King Herod heard of Jesus and his disciples, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”

For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her. For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him. But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee. When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his

guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.” And he solemnly swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.” She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.” Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her. Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Gospeller The Gospel of the Lord.People Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The preacher says a prayer and then bids the people to sit.

The Homily Phil Ellsworth

After the homily, the people stand to say the Nicene Creed.

The Nicene Creed Standing

We believe in one God,the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father,God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God,begotten, not made,of one Being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:by the power of the Holy Spirit

he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose againin accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son.With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.He has spoken through the Prophets.We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the Xresurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the People The people sing the response. Form I, BCP 383

During the Prayers of the People, please join the intercessor in reading aloud the names on the prayer list and sing the response as shown.

Leader Let us pray to the LORDPeople LORD, have mercy.

For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, including Ruth, Ginny, Christine, let us pray to the Lord.For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, including Jeff Hill, and Larry Smiley, And on their Year’s Mind, we remember and pray for Eugene Lawrence Vykukal, and Bobby Hall.

The Celebrant adds a concluding Collect.

Welcome and Announcements

Offertory Sentence

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THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

At the Offertory Ave Verum Corpus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, having truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for humankind, from whose pierced side water and blood flowed: Be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet] in the trial of death!

The Doxology The people stand and sing. OLD HUNDRETH

The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer A BCP 361

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you.

Celebrant Lift up your hearts.People We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Celebrant

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Preface

For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.

Sanctus Rose Hill Mass John Karl Hirten (b. 1956)

The people remain standing and sing.

The people stand or kneel.

The Celebrant continues.

Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and People

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.

Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

At the Breaking of the Bread PEREGRINE TONE

Repeat refrain after the cantor the first time.

At the Communion

To our livestream congregation:

How will I receive the Sacrament if not by mouth? By faith. The Church has been through pestilence and passed its wisdom down to us in the Book of Common Prayer. Here’s the rubric [instruction] from the 1689 Prayer Book translated into contemporary Californian: “But if a person, either by reason of extremity of sickness or . . . by any other just impediment, cannot receive the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood: the Clergy shall instruct them that if they repent of their sins, and believe that Jesus Christ has suffered death upon the Cross for them, and shed his Blood for their redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits they have received thereby . . . they eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Savior Christ profitably to their soul’s health, although they do not receive the Sacrament with their mouth.”

Via live stream you will receive what Tradition calls Spiritual Communion. Inclining your hearts, you will eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Savior Jesus Christ to your soul’s health, although you do not receive the Sacrament with your mouth.

People can contact [email protected] if they would like to arrange for communion from the reserve sacrament.

Communion Music The people sit and sing.

Baptized in water Eugene W. Hancock (1929 – 1993)

The Post-Communion Prayer The people stand.

After Communion, the Celebrant says Let us pray.

Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

The Benediction The people remain standing and respond Amen at the conclusion.

Celebrant

Go out into the world in peace. Have courage! Hold fast to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve the Lord your God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

And the blessing of God Almighty, the Eternal Majesty, the Incarnate Son, and the Ever-living Spirit be with you now and for ever. Amen.

At the Retiring Procession The people remain facing the Altar.

Hymn 671 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound NEW BRITAIN

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.

‘Twas grace first taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!

The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures; he will my shield and portion be as long as life endures.

Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; ‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we first begun.

— John Newton (1725 – 1807)

The Dismissal

Priest Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Alleluia, alleluia.

People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

— Music Notes —

Mozart composed Ave Verum Corpus in 1791, less than six months before his death. He wrote it while visiting Baden, where his wife Constanze was taking the waters at the spa during her pregnancy with their sixth child. The director of the choir at St Stephen’s Church there was Anton Stoll, who was a family friend, and Mozart wrote the piece for him to observe the Feast of Corpus Christi. There are stylistic similarities between the short motet (only 46 measures long) and the Requiem, which Mozart was also working on at the time. Those pieces represent the composer at his most expressive and yet succinct.

John Newton (1725 – 1807), author of the hymn “Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,” was a former slave-ship captain who, after having a conversion experience, renounced his profession and became a staunch abolitionist. He was later ordained and served in a parish at Olney in Buckinghamshire for the last two decades of his life, hosting Sunday evening prayer services and writing hymns (another of his popular hymns in our hymnal is “Glorious things of thee are spoken”). Newton wrote the hymn sometime before 1779, and based it on King David’s questioning prayer in the First Book of the Chronicles, “Who am I, O Lord God … that thou hast brought me thus far?” The hymn is biographical and makes note of his own conversion and lifestyle change which made him the person he became. He lived just long enough to see Parliament abolish the slave trade in England.

In the name of contemporary tastes, many modern hymn collections have changed the phrase “that saved a wretch like me” to “that saved and set me free.” The editors of Hymnal 1982 felt that the autobiographical nature of the text makes it clear that there were few options available to Mr. Newton to describe his own self-hatred before he found grace. Yet, however extreme that description is, it could nevertheless be a transcendent term to describe moments in our own lives when we have felt despair. It’s the word “saved,” then, that becomes the most important word in the phrase, and it’s why Newton’s text is so ingenious.

The tune associated with the text first appeared in the shape-note hymnal Columbian Harmony from 1829. The tune is “pentatonic,” which

means it consists of five pitches. Anyone can play a pentatonic scale on a piano simply by playing only the black keys. It’s a scale form that is often associated with folk music. The tune was paired with several different texts before it finally appeared with “Amazing grace” in William Walker’s seminal collection Southern Harmony (1835).

The Guest Music Director today is Rodney Gehrke. He is a concert organist, harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, choir

director, teacher, and liturgical musician. He is Director of Music at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, Organist and Choir Director at San Francisco’s Temple Emanu-El, and Professor of Organ at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. As a recording artist, he has recorded as continuo organist and harpsichordist with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, and Voices of Music, and has also made two CDs of Mexican Baroque music with Chanticleer.

— Join the Coffee Hours Today Following the Service —One Live, One Virtually

Live in the Courtyard Individual servings will be provided at a coffee hour hosted by the Vestry. This Sunday Vestry Member George Brown, & wife Cindy Brown will be

your hosts. The Browns were incorrectly listed as last week’s hosts. They had committed to 7.11, not 7.4. Many thanks to Jock Putney for stepping up and

serving as host on 4th July. Thanks Jock, you saved the day!

We graciously request that you please bus your refuse and stack your chairs. There is no team currently in place for cleanup. Thank you!

Virtual Coffee Hour

Hosted by your Coffee Connection Teams: Team 3 led by Barbara Berling will host. Please use this Coffee Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86788238127?pwd=dHZidGozUEFVQW44UXNPeGloa0RRZz09

Meeting ID: 867 8823 8127Passcode: 768934

— Children and Youth Christian Education —Sunday School Gospel Lesson Sheets PDFS are available to download in the Saturday 6a Tidings.

— Announcements —

For all St Stephen’s live streams and virtual offerings including Bible Studies, and Sunday Forums, please go to the ST STEPHEN’S Calendar page on our website at https://www.ststephenschurch.org/calendar/.

The in-person services do not require registration or check-in. Services are back at their normal start times: 8a, and 10a. Capacity is no longer limited, and masks no longer required.

Office hours are Monday and Thursday from 9:00a to 4:00p. Please call first.

Childcare is provided in the Nursery in the lower level. Open from 9:40a to 11:30a, and available to children up through age 3. A child is released only to the worshiping parent who registered the child. Our wonderful Childcare Professional is Ann Muengnoi.

Please make sure that St Stephen’s has your correct email and that you are currently receiving the weekly eNews [Tidings] from us. If you have updates to your contact information, please email Elizabeth Gravely, Rector’s Executive Assistant, as soon as possible: elizabeth@ststephenschurch.

Nave Prayers | The church is once again open during the week, Monday through Thursday from 9:00a to 4:00p for personal prayer.

Save the Dates: Men & Women’s Breakfasts on Saturdays at 8:00a, Bayside Cafe,

Sausalito except for one Men’s Breakfast per month in Kimball hall.Farewell Send-off for John Hirten, 25th July following the 10a service.

Photos for the online Directory: If you do not have a photo in the online Parish Directory, or would like your current photo updated, please send one to [email protected].

Clergy Pastoral Care & Confession | The clergy may be contacted at the office number: 415-435-4501 by leaving a voicemail. After hours, if you have a pastoral emergency, call or text the Clergy On Call number, 415-328-8812. You may also call the office voicemail if you wish to have a confession with either priest.

Check our YouTube page regularly for short videos, and brief Feast Day video uploads, Holy Week Streams, and all Sunday Streams: https://www.youtube.com/ststephensbelvedere

Altar Flower Donations: Two slots left: 8.29, 1.9.2022, & multiple Christmas donations remain open.Sign up with this link: https://bit.ly/3iFUSgH

Live Stream | We seek your feedback on your experience with the quality of the livestream. Are you having technical difficulties with livestream sound? Video? Glitches? Please email Elizabeth Gravely to let us know.

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STST STEPHEN’SSTEPHEN’S CHURCHCHURCH

St Stephen’s 2021 Vestry

Phil Ellsworth, Rector Jock Putney, Senior WardenGeorge Brown Emory Williams, Junior WardenJanet Brown Katherine “Kathy” Hill PerassoHeather Findlay Paige PetersonRod Hall Christopher “Chris” PorterSunny Lyrek John StewartAlexandra “Alex” Norris

Bob McCaskill, Treasurer David Patterson, Clerk

A Guide to St Stephen’sOffice Hours: Open Monday and Thursday 9:00a to 4:00p. St Stephen’s Church Office voicemail messages. Extensions below. (415) 435-4501Clergy On Call (Pastoral Emergencies) (415) 328-8812The Rev’d Phillip C. Ellsworth, Jr., Rector (ext. 11) fr.ellsworth[at]ststephenschurch.orgThe Rev’d Christine Trainor, Assoc. Rector (ext. 12) christine[at]ststephenschurch.orgThe Rev’d Richard Schaper, Assisting Priest rlschaper[at]gmail.comThe Rev’d Zoila Schoenbrun, Assisting Priest dicknzoila[at]aol.comThe Venerable Dorothy Jones, Assisting Deacon office[at]ststephenschurch.orgJohn Karl Hirten, Music Director (ext. 17) johnkhirten[at]ststephenschurch.orgElizabeth Gravely, Rector’s Exec. Assistant (ext. 10) elizabeth[at]ststephenschurch.orgBetsy Menzel, Financial Accounts Mgr. (ext. 15) betsy[at]ststephenschurch.orgDee Bell-Becker, Communications Assoc. (ext. 23) dee[at]ststephenschurch.orgAnn Muengnoi Professional Caregiver, NurseryJoAnn Haseltine, Verger Roger Felton, SextonSatoko Boris, Spec. Events Mgr. (ext. 14) satoko[at]ststephenschurch.orgAmerican Bach Soloists, Artists in Residence (415) 621-7900