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Happy 202nd Birthday, St. Stephen's!!
Happy 202nd Birthday, St. Stephen's!!

Today, February 27, 2025 marks 202 years of prayer, art, and history at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Stop by or explore our website to see how the church has evolved over these past 2 centuries!

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St. Stephen's StaffFebruary 27, 2025
Friday Feature—Saying thanks to “our” brilliant young St. Stephen
Friday Feature—Saying thanks to “our” brilliant young St. Stephen

Consider, the day after the Church formally commemorates him, what this marginalized, gifted kid gave to a fractious community so eerily like our own.

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Friday ReflectionsSuzanne Glover LindsayDecember 27, 2024Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Friday Feature–Reading the “mysterious” Anna Magee
Friday Feature–Reading the “mysterious” Anna Magee

Join us in questioning narrow views of Anna Magee and her time.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayDecember 13, 2024
All Hallows Feature: Meet the Magees in Death
All Hallows Feature: Meet the Magees in Death

Explore how this intriguing family engages with us at their tomb.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayNovember 1, 2024
FRIDAY FEATURE—Finding UNITY in the sacred through . . .  electric light?
FRIDAY FEATURE—Finding UNITY in the sacred through . . . electric light?

Check out our third post in this series on the electric light at St. Stephen's.

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Suzanne Glover LindsaySeptember 13, 2024
FRIDAY FEATURE: Seeking the sacred in . . . electric light?
FRIDAY FEATURE: Seeking the sacred in . . . electric light?

Check out the second post in Suzanne Glover Lindsay’s mini-series on the electric light at St. Stephen’s.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayAugust 9, 2024
FRIDAY FEATURE—Electricity, modernity and St. Stephen’s
FRIDAY FEATURE—Electricity, modernity and St. Stephen’s

Explore the “pioneering” electrical lighting at St. Stephen’s

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Suzanne Glover LindsayAugust 2, 2024
TUESDAY FLASH—Our cornerstone was laid 202 years ago today: Where is it???
TUESDAY FLASH—Our cornerstone was laid 202 years ago today: Where is it???

Today is a big day, missing the star of the show.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMay 28, 2024
Historical theatrics for the Post-Easter miracles
Historical theatrics for the Post-Easter miracles

A chronicle of in-church theatrics that are fun to imagine.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMay 17, 2024
Friday Feature--Experiencing the seismic shift after Easter through our windows
Friday Feature--Experiencing the seismic shift after Easter through our windows

Today St. Stephen’s historian and curator Suzanne Glover Lindsay welcomes the season with a look at our stained-glass windows.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMay 10, 2024
Friday Feature—Dr. Rudder: A precocious youth from ... South America’s Wild Coast?!
Friday Feature—Dr. Rudder: A precocious youth from ... South America’s Wild Coast?!

Suzanne Glover Lindsay explores some new surprises and new questions about St. Stephen’s last High-Church rector.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMay 3, 2024
A Virtual Site for Contemplation on Easter Sunday: Women at the Tomb, stained-glass window, 1903
A Virtual Site for Contemplation on Easter Sunday: Women at the Tomb, stained-glass window, 1903
St. Stephen's StaffMarch 31, 2024
A Virtual Site for Good Friday Contemplation: St. Stephen’s mosaic Last Supper
A Virtual Site for Good Friday Contemplation: St. Stephen’s mosaic Last Supper
St. Stephen's StaffMarch 29, 2024
Friday Feature —  New perspectives help us imagine Furness’s lost 1878 addition to St. Stephen’s
Friday Feature — New perspectives help us imagine Furness’s lost 1878 addition to St. Stephen’s

Exploring Furness’s 1878 alterations to St. Stephen’s over the last weeks has brought intriguing finds from new perspectives. And yes, more questions . . . 

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMarch 22, 2024
Friday Feature- A clearer history of Furness’s 1878 remodeling emerges from our archives
Friday Feature- A clearer history of Furness’s 1878 remodeling emerges from our archives

I’m constantly amazed at how new questions and information make us see the familiar differently.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayMarch 1, 2024
Happy 201st Birthday St. Stephen's!
Happy 201st Birthday St. Stephen's!
St. Stephen's StaffFebruary 27, 2024
How does the “new” Furness Rudder memorial adapt an ancient Christian symbol?
How does the “new” Furness Rudder memorial adapt an ancient Christian symbol?

Explore new thoughts about the memorial’s relationship to a famous Christian art form.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayJanuary 19, 2024
Friday Feature: A newly identified Furness design at St. Stephen’s!
Friday Feature: A newly identified Furness design at St. Stephen’s!

Explore a door on Furness and St. Stephen’s opened by a friend on New Year’s. 

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Suzanne Glover LindsayJanuary 12, 2024
In the steps of St. Stephen.... at St. Stephen’s today
In the steps of St. Stephen.... at St. Stephen’s today

Today, as the Church celebrates St. Stephen on his Feast Day, we look to his example in our continued outreach efforts. Stay tuned!

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St. Stephen's StaffDecember 26, 2023
 Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: A Hidden Church Unveiled
Friday Anniversary Perspectives Opened Up Close: A Hidden Church Unveiled

Explore a stunning lost decor through a loosened cover.

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Suzanne Glover LindsayDecember 1, 2023
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