A Poem for Christmas

On behalf of the staff and clergy of St. Stephen's, we wish you and your family a peaceful Christmas and joyous new year.

Please join us today and tomorrow as we celebrate together:

Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m.: Holy Eucharist, Rite Two*
6:30 p.m: Musical Prelude*
7:00 p.m.: Celtic Christmas Service*
10:30 p.m.:Handel's Messiah with choir and orchestra
11:00 p.m.: Holy Eucharist, Rite One

Christmas Day
10:30 a.m.: Holy Eucharist, Rite Two; music by "Sanctuary"

*child care available

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Hoawrd Thurman is a perpetual favorite in the Bookshop-- a theologian, civil rights leader and mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr, his writing is measured and thoughtful and always spot-on.

We love this poetic reminder of the ever constant, always holy work of Christmas, and hope you will, too.

When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:

To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.