We gather on the Day of Pentecost
June 8 – 10am worship
With Mt. Cross Staff
On Pentecost, we celebrate that we have been given an Advocate to accompany us. Poured out in wind and fire, water, wine, and bread, the Holy Spirit abides in and among us. We give thanks that God speaks to each of us, no matter our origins, language, or life path. Filled with the Spirit of truth, we go out from worship to proclaim the saving power of Christ’s love and the freedom of God’s grace with all the world.
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:
- Thursdays – Men’s A.A. 7:00 pm Fireside room
- Fridays – A.A. 7:00 pm Fellowship Hall
- Sun. June 8 – Welcome Mt. Cross staff to worship & bless them for their summer service
10 am Xtra coffee snacks needed, bring something to share J - Tues. June 10 – Scouts 7:00 pm
- Wed. June 11 – Preschool Chapel 10:15 am
- Weds. June 11 – Bible Study 7:30 pm Zoom
- Fri. June 13 – Tex Ronning Memorial Service 10 am (family & church members only)
Can you help with the reception? - Mon. June 16 – Embroiders Guild 7:00 pm
- Thurs. June 19 – Summer Newsletter Deadline
- Thurs. June 19 – Women’s Café Group 6:00 pm Fellowship Hall
- June 23 – CDC Board 11:15 am
- Thurs. June 26 – Newsletter Collating 2:00 pm
- Sun. June 29 – Summer Kick off BBQ / potluck Bring a friend J Sign up now
- Tues. July 1 – Trinity Tuesday 6:30 pm local pub (Discretion Brewing Co. 41st Ave. )
1 hour, 1 faith question, 1 drink Info. Kathy Allen 430-6359 - Plan ahead SAVE THE DATE:
July 26 – Paul Cunningham Memorial 12:00 Noon Scotts Valley Community Center
Prayer Requests
- For Barbara J.
- For James health
- For Dorothy & the family of Tex Ronning
- For the family of Ed Valencia
- For Carla Brown – heal broken rib
- For Gerry Daves
- For Tim Oldfield (help find job)
- For Kevin (cancer diagnosis) and his mother Cindy
- For Dawn L. heal depression
- For Joana
- Support James Sheehan as he continues his battle with alcohol and depression
- For Chris
- For Chad Field as he continues cancer treatments
- For Chelsea & her son Logan Preston
- For Cassidy, stroke recovery
- For Isabele Hackman – dangerously sick child
- For John B. cancer treatments
- For Ian
- For Ruth Stiles having a friend in Valley Heaven
- For Levi to be freed of physical and mental burdens
- For Lisa Johnson & grandson health
- For Susan Birkelo family
- For Nancy’s son Jesse & grand son Grey
- For Sam’s sobriety, and his son Joshua
- Ana Cardenas being treated for a brain tumor
- For Keith in his continued recovery
- For Connie Cunningham & family
- Employees of Radiology Medical who lost their jobs
- For Chris Powers continued healing.
- For Gloria
- For Galahad as he navigates new struggles and for the support he needs.
- For the Robe and Volpi families.
- For the Family of George Webber
- For Lew and Bobbie Erickson
- For the 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 another year.
- For Nancy and friends 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 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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