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Rites on the Wind March 2016 Issue 65
Inside this issue:
St. Stephen’s Episcopal
Church
4700 S. Poplar
Casper, WY 82601
(307)265-4105
Email:
Website:
http://
ststephens.diowy.org
St. Stephen’s
Vision:
To be an
engaged
presence
seeing Christ
in all beings
as we share
the love of God
with all
creation.
Prayer Lists,
March
Worship Schedule
2
March Events/
Birthdays & Anni-
versaries, Monthly
Outreach, Bible
Study, Following
Jesus, Book Club,
Newsletter Dead-
line
3
Safeguarding
God’s Children,
Theology on Tap
Finance Report
3
Service/Bible
Study Times,
Shrove Tuesday,
NAMI Workshop
4
Daylight Savings
Time Begins
Vestry & Convention
Delegates Elected
Holy Week and
Easter Services/
Events
Don’t forget to “spring for-
ward” and set your clocks
one hour ahead before go-
ing to bed on Saturday,
March 12th so that we will
see your bright
and shining
faces at church
on Sunday,
March 13th!
At the sequel of our annual
meeting, the congregation
elected the following peo-
ple to the vestry: Dwight
Kuhl, Senior Warden; Scott
McCullen, Junior Warden;
Wendy Owens, Lois Boyd,
Jill Rhea and Gayna Kuhl,
members. We thank you all
for agreeing to serve our
Lord and St. Stephen’s in
this capacity.
St. Stephen’s would also
like to thank the retiring
Vestry members: Deb Eng-
lish, Senior Warden;
George Dickerson; Junior
Warden; Ann Adams;
Leroy Casterline; Jenn Ste-
dillie for their hard work
and dedication during their
terms.
Our Diocesan Convention
delegates will be Temple
Heatherly and Gayna Kuhl
and our alternates will be
Scott McCullen and Wendy
Owens. Thank you for rep-
resenting St. Stephen’s!
Shepherd of the Hills
Churches will share our
Easter egg hunt with the
residents of the Central
Wyoming Hospice
(CWH) at 2:00 p.m.
The actual hiding of
eggs begins at 1:00 for
anyone who would like
to help. Please bring
your own basket, and a
basket to share if you
have one!
Then at 7:00 p.m., St.
Stephen’s will host the
first service of Easter—
the Easter Vigil service.
Our friends from Shep-
herd of the Hills Church
will join us. It is a fam-
ily-friendly service in
the style of Godly Play
with stories, drama, and
more.
Easter Service-March 27 Please join us as we
celebrate the resurrec-
tion of Jesus Christ at
10:30 a.m. at St.
Stephen’s. Joel Dingman
will preside.
Please join us
for any or all services that will complete your
Lenten journey
Palm Sunday Service-
March 20—Shepherd of the
Hills On Palm Sunday, we
will join our neighbors at
Shepherd of the Hills to
celebrate the Sunday of
the Palms with a finger-
food potluck breakfast
beginning at 8:30 a.m.
and the service to follow
at 10:00 a.m. Please
bring a dish to share.
Maundy Thursday Service/
Agape meal-March 24 Our Maundy Thursday
service, which includes
foot washing and a
shared Agape meal, be-
gins at 7:00 p.m. down-
stairs at St. Stephen’s.
Please bring cheese, hu-
mus, olives, fruit, dates,
or pita to share.
Good Friday Service-March
25 Our Good Friday ser-
vice, which will include
Stations of the Cross,
begins at 7:00 p.m. at St.
Stephen’s.
Easter Egg Hunt/Easter
Vigil Service-March 26 As a joint outreach ef-
fort, St. Stephen’s and
Holy Week/Easter
(continued)
For grief: the Hudson family
Kraig C, Liz, Brandon, Kathleen, Sue I., Shirley & Frosty P., Kristy, Vickie J.
Cindy G., Matt G., Stephanie S., Jo S., John & Jacquie, Muriel S., Ron &
Snooks B., Richard, Mel & Patti, Sydney, Gladys & Will, Dennis A., Al H.,
Kara & Bez, Evelyn, Celine, Isabel, Vera, Bette, Stephanie K., Ginger R., Deb-
bie G., Dennis G, Cale C., Julie G.
Military in Afghanistan and all parts of the world. Healing and rehabilitation for
injured, maimed, PTSD, and unemployed veterans.
St Stephen’s: Church growth and improved finances. Kay as she proceeds as priest
and safety in her travels. Guidance of the congregation in discernment of shared
ministry.
Bishops Smylie, Caldwell, Strickland, and Jones
and the Diocese of Wyoming.
The Episcopal Church in the U.S.
St. Stephen’s Prayer List
March Worship Schedule
Prayer List: Justin,
The Archbishop of
Canterbury; Michael,
Our Presiding Bishop;
John, Bruce, Vernon
and Bob, Our Bishops
Anglican Cycle of
Prayer: 3/6: The Church of
England - The Most
Rev. and Rt. Hon.
J u s t i n W e l b y ,
A r c h b i s h o p o f
Canterbury
3/13: Hong Kong
Sheng Kung Hui—The
Most Rev. Dr. Paul
Kwong, Archbishop of
Hong Kong Sheng
Kung Hui & Bishop of
Hong Kong Island
3/20: Jerusalem -
(Jerusalem & Middle
East) The peace of
Jerusalem and The Rt.
Rev. Suheil Dawani
3/27: The resurrection
of our Lord
Diocesan Cycle of
Prayer:
3/6: St. David’s, Ft.
Washakie
3/13: Commission on
M i n i s t r y / S t a n d i n g
Committee
3/20: Holy Trinity,
Gillette
3/27: St. Matthew’s
Cathedral, Laramie and
St. Luke’s, Medicine
Bow
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Prayer Requests to Jill Rhea at
4 7 3 - 8 8 4 1 , e m a i l :
OR SSEC at 265-4105,
email: [email protected]
3/6/2016 3/13/2016 3/20/2016 3/24/2016 3/25/2016 3/26/2016 3/27/2016
4th Sun-day in Lent
5th Sunday in Lent
Palm Sunday @ Shepherd
Maundy Thursday
@ St. Stephen’s
Good Friday @
St. Stephen’s
Easter Vigil @ St. Stephen’s
Easter @ St.
Stephen’s
LOTW Eucharist Eucharist Eucharist Eucharist
Priest Kay Kay/Lynn Kay Kay Joel
Wor-ship
Scott Wendy TBA Temple TBD TBD Temple
1st Reader
Mary Mazie TBA TBD TBD TBD Laurel
2nd Reader
Ruth Wendy TBA TBD TBD TBD
POP Dwight Ruth TBA TBD TBD Mazie
Gospel Kay TBA Kay Kay
Ser-mon
Wendy Temple Kay/Lynn TBD Kay Kay
Guild Temple Jill & Pam N/A Leroy Leroy Leroy Ruth
Coffee Host/Host-
Mazie Leroy N/A Dwight
Notes
8:30 Brkfst 10:00 Svc
Agape Meal
Stations of the Cross
Godly Play
Wednesday, March 2 5:30 PM Lent Soup Sup-
per/Study/Service @ St. Mark’s
Sunday, March 6 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM LOTW svc.
Monday, March 7 9:00 AM Following Jesus
Study @ City Brew
Wednesday, March 9 5:30 PM Lent Soup Sup-
per/Study/Service @ St. Mark’s
Sunday, March 13 9:00 AM Poplar Living
Center svc. 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM Eucharist svc.
Monday, March 14 9:00 AM Following Jesus
Study @ City Brew
Wednesday, March 16 5:30 PM Lent Soup Sup-
per/Study/Service @ St. Mark’s
Sunday, March 20 8:30 AM Brkfst Potluck @
Shepherd 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:00 AM Palm Sunday
svc. @ Shepherd
Monday, March 21 9:00 AM Following Jesus
Study @ City Brew
Thursday, March 24 7:00 PM Maundy Thurs-
March Events/Birthdays & Anniversaries
For our March outreach,
we are continuing to col-
lect funds and boxes of
macaroni & cheese for the
Wyoming Food for
Thought program. Please
write March outreach in
the memo portion of your
check if you would like to
donate.
Discernment:
Please continue to
pray as we discern
our calls to the
ministry.
Shared Ministry is
the work of ALL
of us at St.
Stephen’s.
Loving God, Help us
to be open to the
moving of your
Spirit.
Help us to work
together to grow into
all that you want us
to be.
Help us to share
Christ with the
world. Most of all,
help us to love each
other as you have
loved us.
We pray all of these
things in your
holy name. Amen.
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April Newsletter
Deadline
March 28, 2016
Finance Report 1/31/2016
Plate YTD:
$100.00
Pledge YTD:
$2,020.00
Budget Plate YTD:
$416.67
Budget Pledge YTD:
$2,321.67
Income YTD:
$2,815.32
Expense YTD:
$5,434.66
Budget Income YTD:
$3,042.51 Budget Expense YTD:
$4,200.84
More detailed
information is available
upon request.
St. Stephen’s has been in-
vited to join with St.
Mark’s on Fridays during
Lent from 5:00—6:00 p.m.
for Theology on Tap at the
Backwards Distillery (in
Mills, across from Channel
13). Exotic drinks served,
with or without alcohol.
Please call or email Fr. Jim
if you would like to attend:
912-844-7412 or jshu-
Theology on Tap
All of us are following Je-
sus, and a group of us are
doing a Bible study and
discussion called Follow-
ing Jesus (no home-
work!). We meet at City
Brew Coffee near the new
theaters on the west side
for coffee at 9:00 a.m. on
Following Jesus
Monthly Outreach
Book Club
The Sunday morning Bible
study continues every Sun-
day at 9:30 AM. The study
focuses on each Sunday’s
l ec t i ona r y sc r ip t u re
through the “Synthesis”
program. All are welcome.
For more information, con-
tact Laurel Hurley.
Mondays. All are wel-
come! Contact Kay 265-
6516 for more information.
Mazie Conarty has agreed
to be the convenor of the
Book and Movie Club
started by Sheila As-
ghar. All are wel-
come! Please join us for
the discussion of “The
Martian”, and the DVD of
“The 33 Down Under”, on
March 5, 2016 at 11:00
a.m. in the downstairs par-
ish hall. A $2.00 donation
for the cost of the DVD is
welcome. Then we will
choose our next book/
m o v i e c o m b i n a -
tion. Please contact Mazie
at 258-8791 for more in-
formation.
Bible Study
day svc. w/Agape meal
Friday, March 25 7:00 PM Good Friday svc.
Saturday, March 26 2:00 PM Easter Egg Hunt
@ Central WY Hospice 7:00 PM Easter Vigil svc.
Sunday, March 27 9:30 AM Bible Study 10:30 AM Easter svc.
Monday, March 28 9:00 AM Following Jesus
Study @ City Brew
Birthdays: March 4: Ron Estes March 7: Luke Nicolaysen March 19: Gene Hudson March 22: Kay Flores
Anyone interested in taking
the “Safeguarding God’s
Children” workshop at St,
Mark’s on Sunday, March
6th at 1:00 p.m. may sign up
by contacting the St. Mark’s
office at 307-234-0831. All
vestry members and those
who work with children or
youth are required to take
the entire workshop every
three years. Parents of small
children may take the first
session from 1:00 pm - 2:00
pm. Childcare will be pro-
vided.
Following Jesus
(continued)
Safeguarding
God’s Children
Worship & Bible Study Times Sundays @ 10:30 A.M.; Bible Study @ 9:30 A.M.
The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
4700 S. Poplar
Casper, WY 82601
Our time together at Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper NAMI Workshop
A 12-week NAMI (National Alli-
ance on Mental Illness) Family-to-
Family educational workshop is
offered on Monday and Wednes-
days at 5:30 p.m. in the basement
conference room at the Diocesan
office beginning April 4. It is free,
and significantly improves the cop-
ing and problem-solving abilities
of the people closest to an individ-
ual living with a mental health
condition. Kay is registered. Any-
one is invited! For more informa-
tion or to register, please call
Becky at 265-2573 or email at