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St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
1070 Dutch Road
Fairview, PA 16415
814.474.5490
Hello St Stephens!
I am honored and delighted to be here as
your Priest-in-Charge. I see my role as first
among equals in ministry. Each member of
this community has important and valuable
gifts for ministry. We all have things we are
better at and others where we could use a
little work. I hope we can all work from our
strong places, to build upon and develop
ministries that meet the needs of this com-
munity. Unless you moved here in the past
three weeks, you have been living here in
this faith and geographic community longer
than I have, and you have experiences here
that I don’t. I would like to know about your
experiences and your faith journey. I hope
to have a chance to get to know each of you
in the coming months. If that feels like an
urgent meeting for you, please contact me to
schedule an appointment.
In my first sermon here at St Stephen’s, I
talked about 3 P’s in our growing relationship
and ministry together – patience, prayer, and
possibility. Please continue to hold me and
one another accountable for all three of those
P’s.
Speaking of prayer – you will notice a few
small changes to our 10:00am Sunday wor-
ship as we head into the Season after Pente-
cost (which begins this coming Sunday June
3). Since the Season after Pentecost lasts
for nearly 6 months, and always starts in the
summer, it presents a chance to relax our
worship style from the high celebration of
Eastertide.
Things you might notice as different: the Pray-
ers of the People, the Eucharistic Prayer and
Post-Communion Prayer. Since the choir takes
a much-deserved break in the summer, we will
be singing an Alleluia acclamation for the Gos-
pel as a congregation – it will take some prac-
tice, and I know we’ll pick it up within a few
weeks – and we will be singing an Offertory
hymn. I will be interested in your feedback
about these small changes to our main prayer
time together.
A number of people have asked me about re-
suming the Wednesday services here at the
church and at Springhill. I am in conversation
with the regular attendees of these services and
we will see them resuming in the coming
months, though the exact schedule is yet to be
determined.
On a personal note, I am so excited to finally be
here with you! Thank you to each and every
one of you who has welcomed my family and
me so warmly. We are slowly getting our boxes
unpacked and finding all the important things
(like the zoo and haircut places) in Fairview and
Erie.
This comes with my love and blessings,
Weekly Schedule of Services
Sunday Service Schedule:
8:00 am—Rite I Holy Eucharist
10:00 am—Rite II Holy Eucharist with music
Christian Formation for all ages resumes in
September.
Wednesday - suspended for now.
Springhill Services - suspended for now.
Up Coming Events
Sunday, June 3rd - Holy Eucharist at 8 & 10 a.m.
Recognition of acolytes and school graduates at both
services
Saturday, June 9th - Safeguarding God’s Children
Seminar - Grace Church, Lake City 9 am - 3pm
Sunday, June 10th - Holy Eucharist at 8 & 10 am
Saturday, June 16th - Grounds Cleanup - 9 - 12 noon
ERIE RENAISSANCE SINGERS 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 17th - Holy Eucharist at 8 am only
Diocesan Picnic at Waldameer service at 11 am
Wednesday, June 20th - all forms for the Father’s Day
Kits need to be submitted to the office.
Week of June 17th - Vestry Meeting. Date to be
Announced.
Sunday, June 24th - Holy Eucharist at 8 & 10 am
Blessing of Father’s Day Outreach Kits at both
services
A Special Thank You to….
Coffee hour hostesses/hosts who provide for us
each Sunday. Our May hosts were Judy & Dom
Fair, Alison & Jim Steadman, Nancy & Ron
Cocke and Barb Beatty & Jan Underhill.
Cindy Willis and Steve Ropski for organizing the
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater.
Our faithful lawn mowers: Dave Danowski, Ellen
Masteller, Kate Pazder and George Willis. If you
would like to be added to the rotation contact
George at 456-6441 or [email protected].
He will be happy to fit you into a slot.
This and that……….. There will be NO Adult Forum or Sunday School
classes until September. Sunday nursery is also
taking a summer break and will resume in Septem-
ber.
Men’s Bible Study will not meet again until Sep-
tember.
Slots are still available for the HABITAT BUILD. Contact Nicole Buzzard [email protected] or 484
-678-2297 if you are interested.
The forms for the FATHER’S DAY kits are availa-
ble on the table in the hall. Forms must be returned
by JUNE 20th. Kits will be dedicated on JUNE
24th.
Waldameer Picnic! The annual diocesan picnic at Waldameer will be SUNDAY, JUNE 17th. Cost per person is $17.50
with a max of $70 per family. Tickets must be pur-
chased and paid for through the church office by
June 4th. There will NOT be at 10 am service here
on this day. All ticket proceeds benefit camp schol-
arships and youth ministry grants. See attached
Flyer
If you have ideas for the design of the new church
sign are able to help with the wiring of the sign
please contact Rich Trabinger or Sabeth.
New E-Mail Address
Be sure to update your e-mail
address book for the church to
Sabeth’s e-mail address is:
Be sure to check out our Facebook Page.
Name tags
Please wear your name tags so Sabeth
and her family may get to know us.
If you need one let Carol or one of the
office angels know and a new one will
be made for you.
June Birthdays
6/1 Emma Schuette
6/2 Margie Walker
6/3 Andrea Weschler
6/6 Baron Denniston Jr.
6/9 Steve Ropski
6/15 Jane DeMarco
6/16 Terry Warburton
6/18 Lauren Reilly
6/19 Jim Steele
6/19 Cindy Willis
6/21 Shyla Gunther
6/26 Elizabeth Masteller
6/27 Blanche Hill
Anniversaries
6/2 Blanche & Ben Hill
6/3 Joyce & Bill Wilhelm
6/8 Sally & Mike Patasky
6/12 Jean & Matthew Bacon
6/12 Nicole & James Buzzard
6/14 Martha & Harry Sinden
6/16 Alison & Jim Steadman
6/19 Gail & Ray Burlingham
6/20 Judy & Dick Bliley
6/23 Ellen & Mark Masteller
6/28 Marlene & Don Eagley
6/30 Jacque & Joseph Yatzor
Pastoral Emergencies.
If you have a pastoral emergency please use
the following order of calls.
1. Call the church (if open) - 474-5490
2. Call the Rectory - 835-5097
3. Fr. Ron’s cell phone - 431-9445
Pastoral Emergencies.
During office hours, please call the
church at 474-5490.
After office hours,
please call Sabeth at
814-823-7645
Never Fear! God is Near!
Join our flock at Vacation Bible School St. Stephen’s Episcopal
church July 9 – 13, 2012 9:30-11:30am. Ages 4 (completed one year of pre-
school) to 11 Older students are invited to join us as teachers’ helpers. Call Cindy Willis at
456-6441 to register.
The VBS is now taking registrations
and we need MANY volunteers to help
every day to make this week a wonder-
ful success! If you can help, please call
Cindy Willis at the above number to
sign up.
MUSIC FOR A WHILE
St. Stephen’s MUSIC FOR A WHILE chamber music series will host Carolyn Brock’s ERIE RENAISSANCE
SINGERS in concert on Saturday June 16th at 7:30 p.m. The 12 member highly acclaimed choral group will perform works by Morley, Gabrieli, Schubert, Holst and Pinkham. Sung Hui Elberfeld will be the guest piano accompa-nist. The concert is free and open to the public. Please plan to attend.
CLEAN UP DAYS RETURN
When: 3rd Saturday of the
month on June 16th.
9 am to noon.
Please come help clean up the build-
ing and the grounds!! Bring your fa-
vorite tools and a water bottle.
Chime Shoppe Update
Attention One and All!!!!.....New items are arriving at the
Chime Shoppe for Spring!! We are now carrying a new line
of note cards and stationery along with an assortment of
Graduation, Father’s Day, Get Well, Birthday and Thinking
of You cards, just to name a few. There are even a few
last minute gifts that you may find for someone special. Be
sure and stop and see what’s new!!! Additionally, we con-
tinue to provide crosses, books and bibles and the Mile of
Pennies is helping us grow momentum. Through your sup-
port of the Shoppe, we have been able to donate monies
this year to our very own Steeple Fund and also to the
Episcopal Relief and Development fund. I would encourage
you to stop by and ask if you have any special needs re-
garding a purchase. I will be happy to try to assist you.
**Just a footnote about the “Absent Clerk”. There is a small
Honorary Box on top of the case for anyone who needs to
make a purchase between services.
The Shoppe is generally open 9:30 a.m. until noon Sunday
mornings.
Sharon Ulrich
Congratulations Graduates
High School
Baron Denniston, Jr.is graduating from
Fairview High School and is taking a year
sabbatical from formal schooling before
going on to college.
Andrew Masteller graduates among the top
2% of students from McDowell High School
on June 6th, while lettering in Soccer,
Swimming and Diving, as well as playing Elite
level club soccer. This fall he will begin
studies in the Biomedical Engineering pro-
gram at the Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
College
Martha Willis graduated with honors from
Columbia College of Chicago with BA degree
in art direction. She will begin work in June
for the creative department of Proof Inte-
grated Communications in Chicago.
Sara Weschler graduated from Edinboro
University of PA with a Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology. Sara is pursuing her master’s
degree in school psychology at Edinboro
University of PA.
Murder Mystery Theater
Thanks to everyone who participated in any
way in the dinner theater. It was a huge
success and a great time was had by all in
attendance.
The cruise director Hy Energie (Cindy Willis)
was murdered by the purser Barry Deloss
(Steve Ropski). Our first place super sleuth
was our new priest-in-charge Sabeth Fitz-
gibbons. Second place sleuth was John
Rushe followed by Gretchen Tome in third
place.
The 50/50 drawing was won by Floss Willis
and the gift baskets were won by Gail
Burlingham, Donna Davis and JoAnn
Kincade.
Special thanks to Cindy Willis and Steve
Ropski for organizing this fun event.
Attention Teachers
The Nursery School is hiring teachers for the 2012-2013 school year. Candidates MUST be certified in Early Childhood Education. Email your resume to Pam Morrison, direc-
tor to: [email protected].
June 2012 Service Schedule
8 AM Service June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24
July 8
Acolyte Morgan Naylor Steven Tome Morgan Naylor Steven Tome Morgan Naylor
LEM Vicki Johnson Don Inderlied Bill Ulrich Dave Danowski Vicki Johnson
Lectors Isabel Hodgin
Gretchen Tome Kevin Tome Cindy Willis Isabel Hodgin
Usher Vivian Hutchison Kate Pazder Bob Pazder John Rushe Dave Danowski
10AM Ser-
SERVICE
Acolytes AT
C – Crucifer Baron Denniston (C) David Masteller (C) WALDAMEER Cindy Willis (C) Lauren Reilly (C)
G – Gospel Lauren Reilly (G) Caitlin Reilly (G) Caitlin Reilly (G) Allison Higley (G)
T – Torch Cindy Willis (T) Billy Higley (T) David Masteller (T) Emma Schuette (T)
T- Torch Rachel Willis (T) Emma Schuette (T) Billy Higley (T) Baron Denniston (T)
Ushers Eric Schuette Eric Schuette Eric Schuette Don Eagley
Steve Ropski Steve Ropski Steve Ropski Ron Cocke
George Willis George Willis George Willis Jim Reilly
Dom Fair Dom Fair Dom Fair Mitch Willis
Altar Guild Isabel Hodgin Vivian Hutchison Carlota Slick Isabel Hodgin Vivian Hutchison
Linda McKean Kathy Steele Anna May Rose Linda McKean Kathy Steele
Martha Sinden Corky Anderson Dorothy Bloom Martha Sinden Corky Anderson
Nancy Gorman Lynda Burrows Bonnie Miller Nancy Gorman Lynda Burrows
Sannie Potter Betsy Danowski Sannie Potter
C A B C A
LEM Jim Steele Barb Beatty Jim Steele Floss Willis
Lectors Andrew Masteller Steve Ropski M J Radock Bill Ulrich
David Masteller Melanie Gus-
tafson-Ropski
Eric Schuette David Masteller
Chalice Bear-
er Ellen Masteller Judith Fair
Don Inderlied
Barb Beatty
LEV Vicki Johnson to see
Gracie Banks
Don Inderlied to
see Frank Tunney
Dave Danowski to
see Frank Tunney
Jim Steele to see
Doris Snell
Don Inderlied to see
Doris Snell
Min. of Hospitality
Melanie & Steve
Ropski
Sharon & Bill
Ulrich
Cindy Willis Melanie and Steve
Ropski
Coffee Hosts NEEDED NEEDED Kathie Gregory NEEDED NEEDED