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Dinner Theater at St Stephen's Episcopal Church
May 19th, 2007
On Saturday, May 19th, the parishioners of St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough enjoyed a gourmet dinner followed by a play produced by the St Stephen's Players. Actors shown in the photo from right to left are Anne Deysher, Geoff Underwood, Deane Yankee and Robert Deysher (partially hidden) in the presentation of "The Loafer", a comedy about a lazy, no-good brother-in-law.
Submitted to the Westborough News May 22nd, 2007
Happy Mother's Day
May 13th, 2007
On Sunday May 13th 2007, the women of St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Westborough were treated to a Mother's Day brunch and baby shower for the Francis Perkins House in Worcester. The brunch was served in honor of the mothers of the parish. Everyone was encouraged to bring a contribution of baby clothes, diapers, toys or other needed items for the Frances Perkins House.
The Francis Perkins House is dedicated to providing transitional housing and programs to teach independent living to homeless women and their children. Throughout May, St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough is collecting items for the home.
Shown starting from the right in the photo are two of the servers, Marq Davis and Don Shapleigh. In the second photo a table overflows with the donated items for the Frances Perkins House.
All contributions can be dropped off at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3 John Street, Westborough, 9:00am - 1:00pm Monday to Friday.
Submitted to the Westborough News May 13th, 2007
St Stephen's Collects for Frances Perkins House
Throughout May, St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough will be collecting items for the Francis Perkins House in Worcester.
The Francis Perkins House is dedicated to providing transitional housing and programs to teach independent living to homeless women and their children. Francis Perkins committed her life to improving and increasing public awareness and public assistance for "poor" people during the Roosevelt "New Deal" Administration. The program typically houses and works with an average of eight to ten families at a time, inspiring them to face their seemingly insurmountable challenges.
The Perkins House needs diapers, sizes newborn to 6 months, Enfamil formula with iron powder, "Onesies", sizes newborn to six months, baby bottles, wipes, towels, lotions and shampoo.
All contributions can be dropped off at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3 John Street, Westborough, 9:00am - 1:00pm Monday to Friday.
Submitted to the Westborough News and the Community Advocate April 23rd, 2007
Taizé Service Offered at St Stephen's
April 29th, 2007
The community is invited to a Taizé (pronounced Teh-ZAY) worship service will be held at 7:00pm on Sunday, April 29th at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 3 John Street in Westborough.
A Taizé service is an ecumenical form of worship composed of meditation, reflection, readings and music. This type of worship tradition is based on the style of service used at the ecumenical French monastic community called Taizé. Taizé was founded in 1940 by Frère Roger (Brother Roger) with the dream of joining people from different nations and Christian faiths through mediation and contemplation. The songs in the service are often chant-like that help to reinforce the meditative quality of the service.
Come for a time of quiet contemplation within an atmosphere of candlelight and repetitive musical verses.
Submitted to the Westborough News April 23rd, 2007
Easter Egg Hunt at St Stephen's
April 8th, 2007
Olivia Sanborn, under the helpful eye of her older sister, Rachel, both children visiting their grandparents, parishioners Al and Elaine Sanborn, took part in the traditional Easter Egg hunt at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough on Sunday, April 8th.
Many children enjoyed the hunt, which was held on the church grounds. Although no Easter bunny was observed many eggs were found.
Submitted to the Westborough News and the Community Advocate April 9th, 2007
Bishop Scruton Visits St Stephen's
March 25th, 2007
Bishop Scruton of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts visited St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough on Sunday, March 25th, 2007. This was Bishop Scruton's bi-annual visit to St Stephen's during which time he confirmed five people and received two people into the Episcopal Church. Shown in the photo left to right are, Amber Gross, Michael Bakshi, Fr Bill Martin, Bishop Scruton, Melissa Catallozzi and Melissa Brady. Not shown but also confirmed was Chelsea Urso. The two parishioners who were received were Nancy DeWolfe and Sharon Williams.
Published in the Westborough News April 13th, 2007
Bishop Scruton To Visit St Stephen's
March 20th, 2007
St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough will host a visit from Bishop Scruton of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts on Sunday, March 25th. St Stephen's is one of the 64 congregations of the Western Diocese. This is Bishop Scruton's bi-annual visitation to St Stephen's during which time he will confirm five people and receive two people into the Episcopal Church. Everyone is welcome to come to the 9:30am service to meet Bishop Scruton. A reception will follow.
Submitted to the Westborough News March 20th, 2007
St Stephen's Parishioner Believes in Warm Hands
March 20th, 2007
Liz Moss, a near 30 year parishioner of St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Westborough, MA is an avid knitter on a creative mission. For the past ten years she has used her time and talent to knit hundreds of pairs of brightly colored mittens and donate the mittens or the money derived from the sale of the mittens to various programs and charities supported by St Stephen's. Some mittens have gone to teachers at various schools to provide warmth to gloveless students at recess or to students who cannot afford mittens. All her hard work has kept many hands warm and dry. She receives requests for her warm mittens from past parishioners and friends throughout the country. You will often find Ms Moss selling her mittens after service on Sunday at St Stephen's for $2 a pair.
Published in the Westborough News March 30th, 2007
St Stephen's Volunteers Share Food and Worship with Boston Homeless
March 14th, 2007
On Sunday, March 4th, 2007, seven adults and two youths from St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough participated in Common Cathedral in Boston.
Common Cathedral is a celebration of the Christian service started in 1996. It is held every Sunday at 1:00pm on Boston Common regardless of weather and is open to the homeless, neighbors and passersby. One of the goals is to include in worship those who would not be comfortable going inside a church building, whether for reasons of past abuse or a sense of rejection due to their poverty.
Three times a year St Stephen's Episcopal Church provides volunteers to share in the service and serve lunch afterwards as one of its Mission & Outreach programs. The volunteers from St Stephen's brought two hundred sandwiches donated by the parishioners of the Church and fed about 50-75 homeless people. The two St Stephen's youth volunteers are in Journey to Adulthood and Godly Play church school programs. More information on St Stephen's Mission & Outreach programs and Church School are available on this site. The church school follows all the guidelines of "Safe Church Practices and Policies" to ensure that the children are safe.
Published in the Westborough News March 16th, 2007
St Stephen's Celebrates St Patrick's Day
March 10th, 2007
The public is welcome to help St Stephen's Episcopal Church celebrate St Patrick's Day with its traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner with all the trimmings. This 6th annual family event will feature live Irish music and will be served at St Stephen's Church Hall, 3 John Street Westborough on Saturday, March 17th, at 6:00pm. The cost is $8 per person, maximum of $30 for a family. For ticket information or purchase please call Michele or Glenn Mongeon at (508) 366-3985. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Published in the Westborough News March 9th, 2007
Published in the Telegram and Gazette March 8th, 2007
St Stephen's Aids Battered Women
February 28th, 2007
As part of its extensive Mission & Outreach work, St Stephen's Episcopal Church in Westborough is collecting items for Abby's House during the month of February. Founded in 1976, Abby's House is a shelter in Worcester for homeless, battered and low-income women and their children and provides a place for them to regain hope. Abby's House relies only on contributions and does not accept government funds.
They need all cleaning supplies, gift cards to supermarket, paper good, office supplies (postage stamps, gift cards to Staples, etc.), coffee, tea, juice boxes and foil. Abby's House is happy to accept anything useful as long as it is non-perishable.
If you would like to help, donations can be brought to St Stephen's Church, 3 John Street (across the street from the High School) 9:00am-1:00pm during the week, or Sundays after the 8:00am or 9:30am services.
Published in the Westborough News February 16th, February 23rd, March 2nd 2007
Published in the Community Advocate February 23rd, 2007
Line Dancing at St Stephen's
February 26th, 2007
Members of St Stephen's Episcopal Church of Westborough enjoyed an evening of country line dancing on Saturday, February 17th, 2007 at the parish hall on John Street.
Instructions were provided on five basic country line dances to approximately 50 people of all ages.
Parishioners visible in the photo are (left to right) Tom Askew, Bill Panas (partially obscured), Marq Davis, Jim Urso, Sharyn Philcox, Diane Barrette and Bev Boyer practicing their dance steps.
Published in the Westborough News February 23rd, 2007
Youth Group helps Boston's homeless
Westborough News, February 2nd, 2007
The Youth Group of Westborough's St Stephen's Episcopal Church and their mentors traveled to Boston on January 19th to spend Friday evening and Saturday learning about and helping the homeless.
The program, called City Reach, is a multi-church outreach program based at St Paul's Cathedral in Boston and is one of many outreach programs that St Stephen's Youth Group participates in. The City Reach program is unique however in its one-on-one experience with the homeless. Youth Group members made sandwiches, sorted and passed out clothes and food to the needy. They observed and interacted with the homeless in alleys and doorways in the cold weather and got a real sense of their struggle. The youth were amazed to learn that there is an estimated 744,000 homeless in America, of which 6,500 are estimated to be in Boston.
The Youth Group's focus this year is on feeding the hungry, looking after the poor, and clothing and housing the homeless. They have more activities planned to help the needy. Tim Moss, a near 30-year parishioner of St Stephen's and one of the Youth Group's mentors, said, "This important ministry assists in building community skills and awareness in our youth. In sum, the ministry teaches our youth to be good citizens."
Published in the Westborough News February 2nd, 2007