This Sunday, Pentecost, June 4, will be the last Sunday until mid-August that St. Stephen will have two Sunday morning services. Starting Trinity Sunday, June 11, we will initiate our new 10:00 am service, with Sunday School at 9:00 am.
The summer service will incorporate elements of both the 8:30 am and the 11:00 am services. The service will take place in the full sanctuary, like the 11:00 am service. Preaching and worship leadership will continue from the chancel.
The format will be the same as 8:30, with communion served from the table, which will be set in the crossing, and the servers standing in front of it.
The choir will continue to lead worship through our July 2 service, after which they will take a summer break and return mid-August. While they are serving, we will continue to enter and lead via procession and recession.
We will return to our regular worship schedule on August 20.
This will be a wonderful opportunity for people from both services to worship and fellowship with one another, as well as a chance to do things a bit differently, which always inspires creativity.