February 28, 2012 by admin.

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Price, Jr., provisional Bishop of Pittsburgh, will visit St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, March 4 for the 10 a.m. service. A reception will follow in the church undercroft.

Dr. Price has served as provisional bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh since October 2009.

His visit will be hosted by the Rev. David L. Kinsey, who was named Priest-in-Charge of St. Stephen’s by Dr. Price on Feb. 1, 2012.

Bishop suffragan, or assistant bishop, in the Diocese of Southern Ohio since 1994, Dr. Price has taken as his primary ministry the Diocese of Pittsburgh until a new permanent bishop is elected and installed. He also serves as secretary of the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops and was appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Windsor Report Reception Committee.

A new Bishop of Pittsburgh is to be elected by the Diocese in April, and consecrated in October.

Dr. Price was born in Charleston, W.Va. He is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary and Marshall University and was ordained deacon and priest in West Virginia in 1968 and bishop suffragan in Southern Ohio in 1994.

Sunday’s visit is Dr. Price’s second formal trip to McKeesport since his installation.

He and his wife, Mariann Prosser, currently divide their time between homes in Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio. They have two grown children.

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February 23, 2012 by admin.

Print out this coupon and bring it to our fish fry on Friday, Feb. 24, or Friday, March 2, to save $1.50 on a fish, crab cake or shrimp dinner.

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February 23, 2012 by admin.

St. Stephen’s is once again holding its Lenten fish fry from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Fridays through April 6! Parking is free.

Enjoy a delicious meal and help support our church by joining us for lunch or dinner in the church undercroft (hall) on Walnut Street at 220 Eighth Ave., Downtown McKeesport.

All items are available to eat in or take out. The menu includes:

DINNERS

Baked Cod Loin: $8.50
Shrimp: $8.50
Deep Fried Pollock: $7.00
Crab Cakes: $7.00
Sampler (1 crabcake, 3 shrimp, 1 pollock): $8.50

(All dinners include seafood, coleslaw,  choice of French fries or browned whole potato, dessert, beverage)

CHILDREN’S MENU (under 12)

Baked Cod: $4.00
Shrimp: $4.00
Breaded Pollock: $3.50
Crabcake: $3.50

A LA CARTE

Fish Sandwich: $4.50
Halushki: $1.75
Macaroni and Cheese: $1.75
Cole Slaw: $1.75
Applesauce: $1.00
French Fries: $1.50
Browned Whole Potatoes: $1.50
Provolone Cheese Sticks: 5 for $4.00
Chicken Planks: 3 for $4.00

DESSERTS

Cake: $2.00
Pie: $2.00
Apple Dumplings: $3.50

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February 21, 2012 by admin.

Holy Eucharist and imposition of ashes will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

For those members of the parish who are unable to attend a Wednesday night service, Rev. Kinsey will be at the church at 12 noon for imposition of ashes.

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February 18, 2012 by admin.

The reports from our 2012 Annual Parish Meeting can now be downloaded from our website. You will need a PDF reader (such as Adobe Reader) to view the file.

• Download the Annual Meeting Reports (PDF, 365KB)

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February 18, 2012 by admin.

Let us take a moment and reflect on the year that has just passed. We here at St. Stephen’s have weathered a storm. We have just completed a year without a Rector.

Was it a difficult year? I know you will agree with me when I say — oh yes, it has been difficult. But I believe we here at St. Stephen’s needed to take this past year to be calm and listen to what the Lord wanted us to do, where he wants us to head, and how we were going to be able to do His work in the future.

We as a Vestry spent many months restructuring ourselves — the Finance Committee, Worship Committee, Pastoral Care Committee, Outreach and so on. We will have much more to accomplish as we grow stronger. We contemplated the need for the continuation of the fish fries, and under the direction of Mrs. Cassie Pratt, it was a huge success. The fish fry was a great financial boost for the beginning quarter of 2011. Thank you to all who participated in that six-week event. Every hand was needed and so appreciated.

Although we did not have a Rector throughout this year, we did have continuous support throughout the year. We were blessed with being able to utilize consistently the service of the Rev. Marty Wright for the first six months. He brought a calming presence 
to our congregation. When Fr. Wright was called to be Rector at Johnstown on July 3, 2011, we again felt a severe loss. We had come to feel that he belonged to us.

Thankfully within three weeks we had found the Rev. David Kinsey to join us as a supply priest. It was apparent in a very short time that many of our parishioners liked and respected Fr. Kinsey. Although at first he was not looking to stay, the Lord had a very different idea of what was to come.

I am sure that everyone is well aware that Fr. Kinsey has agreed to commit to St. Stephen’s a minimum of one year of his service. Over the last month we as a vestry have accepted his offer and have requested that during this next year he take the position of Priest in Charge. We have made that request to the Diocese and Bishop Price. All meetings and requirements have been met, and officially as of Feb. 1, 2012, the Rev. David Kinsey is indeed Priest-in-Charge of St. Stephen’s Church.

Hopefully I can speak for all of us when I say that our Lord has made a perfect fit for St. Stephen’s with his choice of who shall walk, teach, and guide us into the future of where St. Stephen’s fits in His great and glorious plan.

May our gracious Lord bless St. Stephen’s and the congregation that holds it up to do his work!

Yours in Christ,
Karen L. Slobodian
Senior Warden
St. Stephen’s Church

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