Announcements

  8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
  9:00 a.m. Adult Forum ~ study of Revelation
10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Al-Anon Meeting:
Al-Anon meets at St. Stephen’s every Tues., at 7:00 p.m. in the Gathering Room. If you are troubled by a friend or relative’s drinking (past or present), please give this 12-step support group a try. Your anonymity is protected at all times.

Help for Haitian Orphans:
Packaged coffee is available to purchase following the service today to help raise money for a new outreach ministry. Funds raised will help to rebuild and supply one of the orphanages destroyed in the Haiti earthquake. This orphanage run by Food for the Poor for handicapped and special needs children in Port au Prince was completed destroyed. These babies and children are in overcrowded conditions, on floors and in tents at three of the remaining Food for the Poor orphanages. Your generous donations will be used for start-up costs required to begin this outreach ministry.

Washable, Acrylic Worsted Yarn Needed:
Culpeper Close Knits is a group who crochet/knit afghans for wounded veterans at McGuire Veterans Hospital. They have an ongoing need for acrylic (washable) worsted weight yarn (A skein at Walmart is under $3.00). We have placed a basket in the church office to collect your donations. A delivery of from 15-25 afghans is delivered every other month to the Spinal Cord Injury Unit and the Poly-trauma Unit at McGuire where soldiers and airmen are being sent from other trauma units in Afghanistan and Iraq. As most of the injured are men, non-pastel colors are preferred. Please join in supporting this effort to honor and remember the sacrifices these American heroes have and continue to make for us.

9:00 a.m. Adult Forum Topic Schedule:

Sunday Summer Service Hours: Schedule:

9/05: Revelation Chapter 21 & 22
          The new heaven and earth, the new Jerusalem,
          the invitation

Revelation Youth Group:
We have some fun activities coming this fall! Sat., Sept. 11th at 1:00 p.m. there will be a “Sunday School Kick Off ~ Big Meadows Hike/Cookout”. All St. Stephens Youth invited! Please join us for good food, company, and a nice hike in Shenandoah National Park. We will meet in the church parking lot at 12:00 noon.
  
We are also planning a Carwash Fundraiser sometime in late August or September! Keep watch for more details!

Food Closet Announcements:
We also need someone who has a truck and can lift boxes that may weigh up to 60+ pounds to pick up donated foods from Wal-Mart each Wednesday. Two men working together will also work, especially if someone who has a truck cannot do the lifting. If you think you can help with this, please call Bob Hilton at 547-4950 for information.

We also need a person to address thank you cards to cash donors once each month. We are also in need of persons to stock shelves afternoons, evenings or weekends. Call Dick or Barb at 543-3644.

We are looking for a person to address pre-printed thank you notes for monetary donations . This is a once-a month task. Call Barb Rosica at 547-3644 for more info.

Also, your response has been so great that we are currently inundated with plastic bags. Please, no more until we let you know!

We will resume our Fall/Winter schedule on Sept. 12th