We gather on the Second Sunday after Epiphany at 10am for worship
The Sundays after Epiphany continue to celebrate the revelation of God’s glory to us as it was made known to the magi and to those on Jordan’s banks at Jesus’ baptism – today using wedding imagery. Our God rejoices over God’s people as those being married rejoice over one another. By the power of the Spirit there are gifts galore for everyone. In Christ Jesus the best wine is saved for last. Taste and see.
You can also participate in worship through the livestream and recording at www.ststephenslutheran.org.
There is usually a Children’s Church / Sunday School program planned during worship. Please contact Leslie Lapp 476-4700 for more info. The Family Room is always available adjacent to the sanctuary for little one’s activities if you need it. We love having children in church and all that brings as part of worship!
Coffee Fellowship: Please contact our Church Administrator Leslie if you are willing to host. We need you!
Upcoming Events:
- Mon. Jan. 20 – Newsletter Deadline PM
- Wed. Jan. 22 – Bible Study 11 am & 7:30 pm
- Sun. Jan. 26 – Annual Congregation Meeting 11:00 am
- Sign up to bring finger food
- Mon. Jan. 27 – Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm
- Tues. Feb. 4 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. ) 1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359
- Tues. Feb. 11 – Church Council 6:30 pm
- Thurs. Feb. 13 – MMRR Womens Circle 10:30 am
- Sun. Jan. 26 – Annual Congregation Meeting 11:00 am
Sign up to bring finger food - Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm
- Fridays – A.A. 7:00 pm
Please send in your prayers – with the new year, the list has been started over
- For Levi to be freed of physical and mental burdens
- For Lisa Johnson & grandson health
- For Mary Saccullo health
- For Sam’s sobriety
- James Sheehan for continued progress with his recovery in extended care
- Ana Cardenas being treated for a brain tumor
- The family of Jan Slay
- For Keith in his continued recovery
- For Connie Cunningham & family
- Employees of Radiology Medical who lost their jobs
- The Glosier family
- For Chris Powers continued healing.
- For Gloria
- For Kim’s mother in law
- For Galahad as he navigates new struggles and for the support he needs.
- For James for a wheelchair accessible van.
- For the Robe and Volpi families.
- For George’s health and spirit as he receives cancer treatments.
- For Lew and Bobbie Erickson
- For our newly elected Church Council members Sofia Bartee and Mark Linder, and for the newly formed Long-Range Planning Task Force: Mark Linder, Steven Hendrickson, Tina Gates, Jeanette Dawson and Doug Hahn.
- For Pastor Jim’s friend Eric as he lives with CLL.
- For Judi and Robert’s son and family and for a resolution to their housing needs.
- For Jeanne’s brother James to find the proper care he needs. For Peace of Mind.
- For Jody, Renny, Iris and Evelyn as they stay in LaCrosse, WI for the next year.
- For Nancy’s friends and our neighbors at St. Stephen’s Senior Housing: Jane, Annetta, Bentley and Jeannie. Also for James, John, and Elida
- For Joel as his eyesight diminishes.
- For Beau and his family in his recurrence of brain cancer.
- For Dorothy as she struggles with chronic pain.
- For Jeannette’s brother Craig who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s.
- For Kyle as he continues to heal.
- For Miller, Shelby, Ashley, April, Marty, Will and other young adults we know, as they struggle mightily with the world and all its ways that harm them. Bring them to healing and wholeness and grace and new life.
Church office hours are now Mon-Fri. 12noon – 5pm.
Thank you for your continued faithfulness in your financial giving back to God through our church. Please remember to either give your offering through the mail, through our website donation option, signing up for monthly electronic giving, or bringing it by the church office during the week.
Flowers for Worship: Please sign up to provide flowers in honor of someone or a special occasion as another way to offer yourself in worship to God. The Flower Chart will be available at worship, or you can call the church office – 476-4700.
Other notes:
- Preschool “Inflation Donations” are being collected at church now. This is to help us not have to increase tuition on the families we serve through our Child Development Center ministry. There are lists on the basket in the back of the church and they will be inserted into the Sunday bulletins and the monthly newsletter. These are items that you can add to your Costco and grocery lists.
- Donations are being collected at church for Socks and Toiletries. These will go towards our work with serving those who take part in our Association of Faith Communities programs for the unhoused, and for the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center respectively.
- A few copies of “White Fragility” are available to borrow. Call the office to inquire. This is a congregation-wide perspective that we are trying to adopt as we seek better understanding about the roots of racism, its consequences, and how our lives can better reflect an anti-racism perspective.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Jim
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