Rev. Mary Bargiel
Rev. Mary Bargiel
765-721-3037
mbargiel@me.com
THANK YOU Kunstfest Volunteers
Dear friends,
Big thanks to everyone who in any way helped us raise funds for outreach through our Kunstfest booth fundraiser. Please let me or Linda Warrum know if you would like to make a donation. It was a very hot weekend but our team stepped up and worked the booth hard. Much appreciation to all that assisted.
Best regards, Mike Staubitz
CHAIR YOGA on Mondays and Thursdays
CHAIR YOGA
9:00 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays
Chair Yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting on a chair
or standing using a chair for support. Good for all ages and levels.
HARP CONCERT - Oct 6, 2026
HARP CONCERT, Tuesday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Church. The New Harmony Harp Haven is featuring harpists Elizabeth Richter and Martha Waldvogel. The event is free and open to the public
FOOD PANTRY - October 15, 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
The Food Pantry needs grocery bags.
A basket is in the parish hall to receive your donated bags.
SOUP SUPPER Saturday, Oct 17th at 5:30 p.m.
SOUP SUPPER
Saturday, October 17th at 5:30 p.m.
Please check with Ken to see who will bring soup;
we’ll fire up the grill and have some tenderloins.
Joint Worship Service with Mt. Vernon's St. John's Church
OUTDOOR JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE
with St. John's Church
Sunday, October 18, 2026
JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE with St. John’s Church, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. on October 18th at the Big Oak shelter house in Harmonie State Park. Please bring a side dish or desert to share. Rev. Mary Bargiel will be preaching at the Worship Service and Father Allen will be celebrating. If it’s raining the Worship Service will be at St. Stephen’s Church. Ken will alert the gate that the church will pay with one check for the park entrance fees for their members. Please let the gate know you are with St. Stephen’s.
VESTRY Meeting - Oct 18, 2026
October 18, 2026
VESTRY, Sunday, October 18th after Worship Service and Pitch in Dinner.
RED DOOR MUSIC Concert October 24th at 7:00 p.m.
RED DOOR MUSIC CONCERT
RED DOOR MUSIC with The Erin Bode Group, Saturday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets $20.
NEWSLETTER Sep 27- Oct 3, 2026
Week of September 27 - October 3, 2026
CASTING OUR NET
ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
PO Box 173, 512 Granary St. New Harmony, IN 47631 (812) 682-4604
Rev. Mary Bargiel 765-721-3037 mbargiel@me.com
Website: ststephensnewharmony.org
Facebook: New Harmony St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
You may give online by visiting our website or by texting SSNH to 73256
A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL TO LOVE, LEARN, AND LIVE THE WORD OF GOD
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Please use this link or if you need assistance,
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**LITURGICAL CALENDAR**
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Announcements
- CONFLUENCE FALL MEETING, Sunday, October 11th at 3:00 p.m. CST at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 509 E. Walnut Street, Washington, IN.
- FOOD PANTRY, Thursday, October 15th.
- JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE with (Mt. Vernon) St. John’s Church at Harmonie State Park, Sunday, October 18th.
- The Deadline for submissions for the newsletter and the bulletin is at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
PRAYERS for the church, its members, and its mission. - Sean, our Presiding Bishop; Jennifer, our Bishop.
- Mauricio, Bishop of our companion Diocese of Brasilia.
- For The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Haiti, and especially for Saint Andrew’s Parish and the School in Mithon.
- For the Venerable Jean Michelin.
- The nation and all in authority.
- The welfare of the world.
- Richard & Margaret; Audrey & Ed; Ann; Scott; Norman; Kathy R.; Kim; Mary Ellen; Irma; Coty; Gretchen; Kelsey, Anthony & Baby Geo; Ted & Martha; Tracey; Brian; Judy; Greg Powell & Shelley; Theresa; Phyllis; David; Sara.
- All who suffer from hardships - physically, emotionally, or financially.
- Those serving in the military: EB and his team, Caitlyn, Brady, Jackson, Holden, and all who serve.
- Safety in travel: Benton; Reid; Airline personnel; Truck Drivers; Delivery persons.
- Those who have died: All who have died in disasters and all who mourn them; all who have died from violence.
- For all the blessings of this life: A beautiful weekend.
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Open for me the gates of the righteous;
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
Oct 4, 2026 BULLETIN for MORNING PRAYER
Morning Prayer
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church |
New Harmony, Indiana
October 4, 2026 | 10:00 a.m.
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome to worship.
Please join in speaking the bolded words.
Prelude Liz & Bish Mumford
Announcements
The service begins with the ringing of the bell; the people stand as able.
O send out your light and your truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.
Psalm 43:3
Help us, O Lord, to learn H628
Help us, O Lord, to learn
the truths your word imparts:
to study, that your laws may be
inscribed upon our hearts.
Help us, O Lord, to live
the faith which we proclaim,
that all our thoughts and words and deeds
may glorify your Name.
Help us, O Lord, to teach
the beauty of your ways,
that yearning souls may find the Christ
and live a life of praise.
Confession of Sin
Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of Almighty God our heavenly Father, to set forth his praise, to hear his holy Word, and to ask, for ourselves and on behalf of others, those things that are necessary for our life and our salvation. And so that we may prepare ourselves in heart and mind to worship him, let us kneel in silence, and with penitent and obedient hearts confess our sins, that we may obtain forgiveness by his infinite goodness and mercy.
Silence may be kept; all kneel as able for the confession.
Most merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed,
by what we have done, and by what we have left
undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will, and walk in your
ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life. Amen.
The Invitatory and Psalter
All stand as able.
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Officiant and People
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
The Lord is full of compassion and mercy:
Come, let us adore him.
Venite, said responsively by half verse Psalm 95:1-7
Come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth,
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
The Response Caeli enarrant Psalm 19
Psalm is said responsively by half verse.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the firmament shows his handiwork.
One day tells its tale to another,
and one night imparts knowledge to another.
Although they have no words or language,
and their voices are not heard,
Their sound has gone out into all lands,
and their message to the ends of the world.
In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun;
it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber; it rejoices like a champion to run its course.
It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens
and runs about to the end of it again;
nothing is hidden from its burning heat.
The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure
and gives wisdom to the innocent.
The statutes of the Lord are just and rejoice the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is clear
and gives light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean and endures for ever;
the judgments of the Lord are true
and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, more than much fine gold,
sweeter far than honey, than honey in the comb.
By them also is your servant enlightened,
and in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can tell how often he offends?
cleanse me from my secret faults.
Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins;
let them not get dominion over me;
then shall I be whole and sound,
and innocent of a great offense.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
heart be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
The Lessons
The people are seated. A period of silence will follow each reading.
First Reading
A reading from the book of Exodus.
(Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20)
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin.”
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Canticle 7 Te Deum laudamus We Praise Thee
The canticle is read responsively by half verse; all stand as able.
We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father
everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy
glory.
The glorious company of the apostles praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise
thee.
The noble army of martyrs praise thee.
The holy church throughout all the world doth
acknowledge thee,
the Father, of an infinite majesty, thine adorable, true, and only Son,
also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
Thou art the King of glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man,
thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the
glory of the Father.
We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants,
Whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in
glory everlasting.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
The Second Reading
The people sit.
A reading from the book of Philippians.
(Philippians 3:4b-14)
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Silence may follow.
The people stand as able.
Canticle 4 Benedictus Dominus Deus
Luke 1:68-79 The Song of Zechariah
The canticle is read responsively by half verse; all stand as able.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began:
That we should be saved from our enemies,
and from the hand of all that hate us;
To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers,
and to remember his holy covenant;
To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham,
that he would give us,
That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before him,
All the days of our life.
And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest,
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
prepare his ways;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people
for the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited
us;
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Gospel Reading
The people are seated.
The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Matthew. (Matthew 21:33-46)
Jesus said, “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.’ So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures:
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Homily Martha Raske
The Apostles’ Creed
All stand as able for the creed.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the
dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
The Peace
All stand.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
The Ministers and People may greet one another in the name of the Lord.
Offertory
The people are seated.
Let us with gladness present the offering and oblations of our life and labor to the Lord.
During the offertory (or at your own convenience), please consider giving to St. Stephens at the following link: https://onrealm.org/StStephensEpisc/-/give/now or by texting SSNH to 73256 and following the prompts. All donations go towards sustaining our church operations and our ministries.
Offertory Anthem Liz & Bish Mumford
Doxology H380 v. 3
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
The Prayers
The people stand or kneel as able for the prayers.
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Officiant and People
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it
is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who
trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, forever and ever. Amen.
The Suffrages
Said responsively
Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance;
Govern and uphold them, now and always.
Day by day we bless you;
We praise your Name for ever.
Lord, keep us from all sin today;
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy.
Lord, show us your love and mercy;
For we put our trust in you.
In you, Lord, is our hope;
And we shall never hope in vain.
The Officiant and People say responsively
The Collects
A Collect for the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
A Collect for the Renewal of Life
O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Prayers of the People: Intercessions
In peace, we pray to you, Lord God.
Silence
The leader and people pray responsively.
For all people in their daily life and work;
For our families, friends, and neighbors, and for those who are alone.
For this community, the nation, and the world;
For all who work for justice, freedom, and peace.
For the just and proper use of your creation;
For the victims of hunger, fear, injustice, and oppression.
For all who are in danger, sorrow, or any kind of trouble;
For those who minister to the sick, the friendless, and the needy.
For the peace and unity of the Church of God;
For all who proclaim the Gospel, and all who seek the Truth.
For Sean, our Presiding Bishop; Jennifer, our Bishop; Mauricio, Bishop of our companion Diocese of Brasilia. For The Standing Committee of the Dioceses of Haiti, and especially for Saint Andrew’s Parish and the School in Mithon. For the Venerable Jean Michelin, and all bishops and other ministers;
For all who serve God in his Church.
For the special needs and concerns of this congregation.
Silence
The People may add their own petitions
Hear us, Lord;
For your mercy is great.
We thank you, Lord, for all the blessings of this life.
Silence
The People may add their own thanksgivings
We will exalt you, O God our King;
And praise your Name for ever and ever.
We pray for all who have died, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom.
Silence
The People may add their own petitions
Lord, let your loving-kindness be upon them;
Who put their trust in you.
Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.
The General Thanksgiving
Officiant and People
Almighty God, Father of all mercies,
we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks
for all your goodness and loving-kindness
to us and to all whom you have made.
We bless you for our creation, preservation,
and all the blessings of this life;
but above all for your immeasurable love in the
redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;
for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your
mercies,
that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth
your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives,
by giving up ourselves to your service,
and by walking before you
in holiness and righteousness all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
O love, how deep, how broad, how high H448
O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
how passing thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals’ sake.
For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought:
by words and signs and actions, thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
For us to wicked men betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us gave up his dying breath.
For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad;
the Trinity whom we adore
for ever and for evermore.
The Dismissal
Officiant
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to him from generation to generation in the Church, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20, 21)
Postlude Liz & Bish Mumford
Announcements
- CHAIR YOGA, Mondays and Thursdays at 9:00 a.m.
- HARP CONCERT, Tuesday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Church. The New Harmony Harp Haven is featuring harpists Elizabeth Richter and Martha Waldvogel. The event is free and open to the public
- FOOD PANTRY, Thursday, October 15th.
- SOUP SUPPER, Saturday, October 17th at 5:30 p.m. Please check with Ken to see who will bring soup; we’ll fire up the grill and have some tenderloins.
- JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE with St. John’s Church, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. on October 18th at the Big Oak shelter house in Harmonie State Park. Please bring a side dish or desert to share. Rev. Mary Bargiel will be preaching at the Worship Service and Father Allen will be celebrating. If it’s raining the Worship Service will be at St. Stephen’s Church. Ken will alert the gate that the church will pay with one check for the park entrance fees for their members. Please let the gate know you are with St. Stephen’s.
- VESTRY, Sunday, October 18th after Worship Service and Pitch in Dinner.
- RED DOOR MUSIC with The Erin Bode Group, Saturday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets $20.
- DEADLINE for submissions for the newsletter and bulletins is 9:00 a.m. on Wednesdays
Thanks to those serving!
Altar Guild, Peggy Meyer
Greeter, Phyllis Westfall
Tech Coordinator,
Officiant, Martha Raske
Lector, Rita Davis
Intercessor, Greg White
Music, Liz and Bish Mumford
Homilist, Martha Raske
Offertory, Gloria, Doxology, Sanctus, & Communion Anthem
used with permission © Windelm Music.
