St Stephen's Episcopal Church

SUNDAY, MAY 18: A BUSY DAY!

CHORAL EUCHARIST: FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS St. Stephen's Choir will be singing Vaughan Williams' delightful, brilliant, exhilarating, and just plain beautiful Five Mystical Songs , during worship this Sunday, May 18...at both services! There will be a string quartet for us to en joy along with the amazing voices. Bob and his team will be delighting us with music in place of a sermon this week.
We hope to see you in Church this Sunday…Enjoy!

ELEVATOR BLESSING We will have an official Elevator Blessing on Sunday May 18th after the 8:00a.m. service. Please join us upstairs in the church for the blessing at around 9:00.

TREASURED PARISHIONERS will be celebrated at an open house this Sunday from 4:00p.m. until 6:00p.m. at the Rectory. If you have not received an invitation and you have been a member for 39+ years, please let us know so you can join in the celebration.

ACOLYTE RECOGNITION SUNDAY We are recognizing and honoring the St. Stephen's Acolytes this Sunday. We hope all the acolytes and their families will be able to be in church on Sunday. The acolytes will be serving as readers and chalice bearers on top of their regular duties around the altar. We have a great team of acolytes to celebrate…we hope you can be there to show your appreciation.

CLOTHING DONATIONS FOR SPRING OUTREACH
It is time to clear your closets. The Outreach Committee will be having a clothing drive for Wardrobe for Opportunity, Henry Ohlhoff House, and Sophia Project, May 4-June 1. We are looking for good quality men's, women's, and children's clothing. Please follow these guidelines:-

1. Clothes must be CLEAN.
2. All women's clothing must be on hangers.
3. Clothing must be clearly marked either men's, women's, or children's.

Please leave all your items in the bins provided in the Narthex. Call Mindy Bush 925-299-1204 or Roxy Klein 925-299-1245 if you have any questions.

MEN'S BREAKFAST
Fr. Larry, Mark Sweeney, and Peter Johannson invite you to our first Men's Breakfast on Saturday, May 31 in the Parish Hall, from 8:00 until 9:30. Come join in good food and fellowship with other men of the parish. Please RSVP to the church office, office@ststephensorinda.org or 925 254-3770.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
St. Stephens Habitat for Humanity crew is seeking potential volunteers, no previous experience necessary, for our June 7^th workdate in Alameda or for inclusion in our ongoing volunteer pool. Habitat provides a hands-on approach to community building and is a great way to pick up new building skills! If you think you might be interested, please contact Jack Andrews at AimPasCa@aol.com or 925-254-1649.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST The Youth Group sponsors our Pancake Breakfast after the 8:00a.m. and 10:00a.m. service. On the third Sunday every month (except December) come to the Parish Hall after church and enjoy and great breakfast and fine fellowship for a good cause.

Contact: Youth Director, Shannon Eng in the office.

ST. STEPHEN’S WISH LIST
We have had some members ask us to provide a “wish list” of things they might be able to give to St. Stephen’s above their yearly pledge. Here are some ideas that we have talked about as “wouldn’t that be nice if we had…” You can also give money to the Wish List and we can do the shopping.

8 card tables/utility tables. $320 for set of 4.
8 rectangle tables (8 foot). $349 for set of 4.
Office chairs. Or have the current chairs reupholstered.
Ice maker for the kitchen. $1,700
20 white & 20 colored table clothes for 6 foot rectangle tables. $28 each
New heater in Outreach room.
New heater in front classrooms.
Bookshelves for Bob Adams Office.

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ENERGYSTAR PLEDGE
St. Stephen's became a group member last year, with a goal of getting 100 parishioners to pledge change one or more cfl bulbs in their home. We are now at 107 parishioners for a total of 588 bulbs, for a savings of:
$45,276 over the life cycle of the bulb
319,284kWh life cycle energy savings
489,798lb. CO2 emissions over the life of the bulb
Equivalent to taking 41 cars off the road for a year
Air pollution reduction equivalent of 59 acres of forest.

Visit www.energystar.gov for all your questions about CFL bulbs and energy saving, and to view our member group progress.