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The Ambassador The Ambassador April 2013 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church New members From your priest John and Cheryl Kurki have transferred their mem- As I write this, we are about to enter Holy Week. bership from Lisbon United Methodist Church in Lis- For some reason, every year as we approach Holy bon, ND. Week I feel a mixture of emotions—a little bit of Princeton Nelson has joined St. Stephens. dread (over the “gauntlet” of liturgies), a little bit of sadness (over the emotional roller coaster we’ll all be Deaths experiencing as we follow Jesus through the last week Sarah Jacobson, a former member of St. Stephen’s, of his earthly life). But mostly I feel excited and exhil- died Feb. 28 in Bellingham, Washington, after a long arated. battle with cancer. An informal Requiem Mass will be This truly is the highpoint of the Church year for held for her at St. Stephen’s on Monday, April 1, at us Christians. This is where the “rubber meets the 6:00 pm (postponed from March 18, due to a bliz- road” in our journey as followers of Jesus. It’s not al- zard), with Fr. Jamie celebrating and Deacon Char- ways a pleasant or easy journey. But the pay-off is lotte Robbins of Gethsemane Cathedral assisting. Her incredible. ashes were buried at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in For us, the pay-off is Easter and the season that Bellingham. follows. I don’t think anything gives me greater joy Merrick Fuller , father of Joe Skinner, died March 1 than Easter. After all the doubt and fear and discour- in Two Harbors, Minn. A memorial service for him agement we experience in our lives, these moments of was held March 16 in Two Harbors. light and life and glory are few and far between. That is why I cling with joy to Easter and all it encom- passes. My hope and my joy in Easter is what will sustain me through the dark moments of Holy Week. That Holy Week 2013 glimmer of light in the distance is what will keep me Monday March 25 – Monday in Holy Week from despairing through the night watch before the 6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist & the Litany of the Passion Reserved Sacrament on Maundy Thursday, through the way of Cross on Good Friday and through the cold starkness of Holy Saturday. Tuesday, March 26 – Tuesday in Holy Week May this hope in the light of Easter sustain you 6:00 pm – Holy Eucharist & the litany of the Passion through the last days of Lent and fill your lives with brightness in the days following Easter. Wednesday March 27 – Wednesday in Holy Week Peace 7:00 pm – Tenebrae Service Fr. Jamie+ Thursday, March 28 – Maundy Thursday 7:00 pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Washing of Feet Procession to Altar of Repose Around St. Stephen’s Stripping of the Altar Our sincerest thanks to Laura Berger for donating & the Watch new copier to St. Stephen’s. 1 Friday March 29 - Good Friday Noon – Good Friday Liturgy Spring Clean-up Solemn Collects On Saturday, April 27th we will hold a Spring Veneration of the Cross Clean-up at St. Stephen’s. We need to do some gen- eral cleaning, especially in the kitchen and the furnace & Mass of the pre-Sanctified room. We are planning to continue the task of clear- 3:00 pm – Stations of the Cross ing out items which we no longer use from closets and crannies in the undercroft. The last weekend in Saturday, March 30 – Holy Saturday April will be a good time to put things on the boule- vard for the city-wide Clean-up the first week in May. 10:00 am – Holy Saturday Liturgy If the weather permits, we may be able to start 7:30 pm – Great Vigil of Easter some outdoor clean-up as well. It will be too early to Blessing of the New Fire begin planting, but we can clear up the winter debris Vigil readings from the church grounds. Renewal of Baptismal Vows If you are able to donate an hour or two on Satur- First Mass of Easter day, April 24th, please let us know. We will post a sign-up sheet in the undercroft in April, with morn- ing or afternoon time slots. You may sign up for spe- Sunday, March 31 – Easter cific jobs, or just for general help in the clean-up. 11:00 am – Solemn Mass of Easter Remember the old adage: “Many hands make light Renewal of Baptismal Vows work.” We hope for many hands to help with the Baptism of Oscar Thaddeus Slomski Reusch clean-up. No Children’s Chapel If you have questions please contact Lavonne Marubbio at 701 280-0436 or [email protected]. Wednesday night Masses resume Wednesday evening Eucharists at St. Stephen’s will once again resume on the Wednesday of Easter Pancake Supper Week at 6:00 pm. Join us for supper at a local restau- The proceeds from the annual Shrove Tuesday rant following the Mass. pancake supper ($275 after expenses) have been des- ignated by the vestry to go to Episcopal Relief and Development. This money will go to three specific New Member Sunday, May 19 efforts by ERD to alleviate hunger and improve food supply in parts of the world where extreme hunger is We will welcome new members to St. Stephen’s prevalent. Many of these areas are in Africa where during Mass on Pentecost Sunday May 19. If you are agricultural production is often hindered by a variety interested in joining St. Stephen’s, or being recog- of conditions including drought, poor soil, a lack of nized as a new member, please talk to Fr. Jamie. equipment as well as limited education about con- temporary agricultural techniques and practices. Our Shrove Tuesday proceeds will provide a year- Episcopal 101 classes round family garden (part of a community garden) Episcopal 101 classes will once again be offered on that includes training for the family as well as seeds Tuesday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 14, beginning and basic tools for gardening. The garden will not on- both nights at 6:00 pm. Any new members who are ly supply food for an entire family but may be a interested in joining on May 19 and have not taken an source of income as the family can sell surplus pro- Episcopal 101 class are gently encouraged to take this duce in the marketplace. Our Shrove Tuesday pro- ever-popular class. Both classes last about two hours. ceeds will also provide a fruit tree, another source of The class on May 14 will include an Instructed Eucha- food, but also a means to reforest hillsides and pre- rist. vent mudslides, thus helping farmers maintain their land. The third item will be bees and apiary training which will create a new source of income through the Mosquito Net Accomplishment sale of honey and beeswax. Here’s good news! Our congregation and our diocese Stay tuned for more efforts by our congregation to were faithful contributors to this effort. address hunger both globally and locally. Remember the food basket in the entryway and leave a nonper- ishable item there often. St. Stephen’s website and blog Please visit the St. Stephen’s website http:// ststephensfargo.org and the blog http:// ststephensfargo.blogspot.com for news, photos and other items of interest. Also look for us on Facebook, on which we have ENS Photo/Mary Frances Schjonberg both a group page and a separate page , and check From Episcopal News Service: out St. Stephen’s on Twitter: ststephensfargo. The NetsforLife® Inspiration Fund has successfully exceeded its $5 million goal. Over the 2010-12 trienni- Church Fair um, thousands of individuals joined congregations, dioceses, schools and organizations in this church- Saturday, June 8 from 9 AM – 5 PM, St. Stephen's wide, grassroots effort to unite Episcopalians in the will be holding a Church Fair on our lawn. If you or fight against malaria. Since 2006, Episcopal Relief & someone you know has a talent in arts and crafts, Development’s NetsforLife® program partnership baking, face painting, or sellable talent, you can have has distributed over 11 million mosquito nets and re- a booth at the church fair. St. Stephen's will collect a duced malaria-related deaths by 45% in participating portion of the proceeds and the rest will go to the sub-Saharan African communities. NetsforLife® vol- vendor. unteers use theater as one way to teach about the im- The Church Fair will also have a rummage sale. portance of using an insecticide-treated net to avoid Donations will be needed for items you no longer contracting malaria. One such play (picture above) is want but may have interest for others. Start thinking part of a community gathering, known as a durbar, in about items you may want to donate. Proceeds from Apodabogo in the northern Ghana Anglican Diocese these events will go towards our renovation projects of Tamale. of the church. Mark your calendars and put on your creativity hats, for our Church Fair! Please direct questions to Junior Warden William Weightman ([email protected]). Photo Directory This year during the season of Easter, we will take pictures for our new photo directory. We are taking them ourselves and not going through a portrait com- pany, so there will be no pressure to purchase a por- trait package. Starting with Easter Day through the assumption, each Sunday we will be taking pictures for the directory. There will be a backdrop and place set aside for the portraits.
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