Happy Anniversary!

This web site is celebrating its seventh anniversary. Our first blog post appeared on April 3rd, 2011. Since then, there have been 2,956 posts—this will be post 2,957. We have received 144 real comments, and our Akismet plug-in has saved us from 492,652 spam comments. There are now 151 pages on the site, including galleries . . . → Read More: Happy Anniversary!

Holy Week Schedule 2018

The schedule for Holy Week 2018 has been posted.

This seems like a good time to remind people that gluten-free hosts are available. If you have a gluten-related issue, please just mention this to an usher or to a member of the clergy before the service. (For people with extreme gluten sensitivities, we also . . . → Read More: Holy Week Schedule 2018

Daylight Saving Time Sunday

Almight God, Father of mercies and giver of all comfort: Deal graciously, we pray thee, with all those who mourn the loss of an hour and dread the earlier coming of thy most bright and glorious morning light; that, casting every care on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love and tender mercies . . . → Read More: Daylight Saving Time Sunday

Christianity’s role in forging our Constitution and culture

Love him or loathe him, President Ronald Reagan is remembered for his pithy observations about the state of the nation—and none, it turns out, more chillingly prescient than: “If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.”

Judged by the cultural shambles in which we . . . → Read More: Christianity’s role in forging our Constitution and culture

Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

DST

Don’t forget! Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday You don’t have to get up in the wee hours (2:00 AM, specifically) to change your clocks. You can change them when you get up; or maybe better, you should change them before you go to bed. If you’re late for the 8:00 AM service, you . . . → Read More: Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Eat your fill at our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

Pancake supper

Happy Riley takes great delight in preparing blueberry pancakes at St Stephen’s 2013 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper.

Make sure you don’t miss Baltimore’s super inflation buster—St Stephen’s grand 2018 Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. It will take place in the Parish Hall on February 13th, from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

Prices have remained . . . → Read More: Eat your fill at our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

King Charles I, Martyr

King Charles I after original by van Dyck

King Charles I, after Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Almighty Father, who by the Apostle of thy dear Son hast taught us to obey God rather than man: Mercifully grant that, as thy servant King Charles was faithful unto death in defence of thy Church, so . . . → Read More: King Charles I, Martyr

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Isaac on Epiphany

Isaac on Epiphany

Almighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Parish Life Committee Meeting Sunday at 10:30 AM

For January, the Parish Life Committee will be meeting between the 9:15 AM and 11:00 AM services on Sunday morning. Realizing that evening meetings can be difficult for many people—especially given the weather we’ve had recently—the Committee has decided to meet occasionally between the two later services on Sunday morning. So January’s meeting is this . . . → Read More: Parish Life Committee Meeting Sunday at 10:30 AM

Camerata Musica at the 2017 Cookie Walk

We went live on Facebook with Camerata Musica’s performance. Did you see it? (Or were you there?) Unfortunately the video is too big to upload here (it’s 49 minutes long; the performance was about an hour, but we went live too late), so you’ll have to watch it on Facebook.