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St. Stephen’s Staff
To reach a member of the staff, call 288.2867.
Extensions are listed in parentheses. Email may be
addressed to a staff member by using the first initial
and last name @saintstephensrichmond.net (e.g., John
Doe would be jdoe@saintstephensrichmond.net).
Janet S. Allen (305), Associate for Development & Operations
Stan Barnett (320), Coordinator of Kitchen Ministries
Elizabeth H. Bartenstein (338), Market Manager and Office
Assistant
Sarah R. Bartenstein (323), Director of Communications
The Rev. Louise Browner Blanchard (307), Vicar
Marion S. Chenault (316), Preschool Director
Donald Clements, Sexton
The Rev. Canon Robert G. Hetherington (339),
Priest Associate
The Rev. Matthew R. Johnson (303), Associate Rector
The Rev. Gary D. Jones (308), Rector
Deborah Lawrence (329), Director of Outreach
Gene LeCouteur (324), Associate for Christian Formation &
Education
Betsy Lee (300), Receptionist and Pastoral Care Assistant
Dan Moriarty (347), Director of Music
Ben Nelson, Sexton
Sun Ho Nuon, Sexton
The Rev. Leigh C. Preston (311), Associate Rector
Ashley D. Rotella, Palmer Hall Choir Director
The Rev. William L. Sachs (306), Priest Associate and
Director of the Center for Interfaith Reconciliation
Mary Frances Siersema (302), Wedding Coordinator
Steven Simon (321), Facilities Manager
Greg Vick (304), Associate Director of Music
Abigail Whorley (346), Director of Children’s Ministry
Other numbers
May Fair House, 282-3004 (open October through May)
St. Stephen’s Preschool, 288-6401
St. Stephen’s Vestry Class of 2013
Keith Dull
Betsy Fauntleroy
Mark Krudys
Andrew Luke
Cotesworth Pinckney
Karen Wise
Class of 2014
Becky Boyers
Mary Anne Burke, Register
Bill Goodwin
Steve Long
John Sherman
Betsy Tyson
Class of 2015
Robert Allen
Gussie Bannard, Senior Warden
Carol Dickinson
Allen Goolsby, Junior Warden
Allison Koschak
Christopher Oakey
Bill Mears, Treasurer
St. Stephen’s Endowment Fund Trustees
Becky Boyers
Lee Camp
Anne Hines
Eppa Hunton
John Sherman
Ex Officio
Gussie Bannard, Senior Warden
Allen Goolsby, Junior Warden
The Rev. Gary D. Jones, Rector
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
6000 Grove Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23226
saintstephensrichmond.net
St. Stephen’s Food Ministry grows (literally)
St. Stephen’s Community Garden seeks volunteers
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Permit No. 320
Parishioner Dan Lette has generously provided land on which St. Stephen’s has planted a vegetable garden
to serve clients of our food pantry. We are excited about this new venture and the ability to supplement our
shelf-stable foods with fresh produce. Would you like to work in the garden with other St. Stephen’s volunteers?
Please contact Deb Lawrence in the parish office.
Food pantry needs have shifted
Every Monday when our food pantry opens, the scope of the
need is once again made real. The generosity of those who
regularly provide donations of non-perishable food sustains this
ministry. When we come to St. Stephen’s, we are fed—and we
feed others. Your faithfulness is deeply appreciated.
Your donations are more important than ever. The Central
Virginia Food Bank, from whom we purchase much of the food
for this ministry at relatively low cost, is transitioning away from
providing shelf-stable items such as canned fruits and vegetables
and all-important protein sources such as peanut butter and
canned tuna. Many grocery chains and other retailers who had
regularly donated (or sold at markedly low prices) to food banks,
are doing so much less now, removing a vital supply of these
items for food banks, which cannot afford to purchase the items
at higher prices. The good news is, the Central Virginia Food
Bank will provide more fresh produce which is not only healthy,
but less expensive. The challenge, though, is for us to provide
protein sources for our clients. Please keep this in mind as you
do your own grocery shopping, and give prayerful consideration
to increasing your donations of peanut butter, tuna, boxed
macaroni and cheese and other shelf-stable foods.
If you have your own vegetable garden, you are welcome to bring
fresh produce to donate, as well.
A special donation
Recently a St. Stephen’s parishioner who had gone through a
serious illness decided to give tangible thanks for the support she
received from friends, neighbors and medical professionals, by
donating a bag of groceries in each person’s name. Perhaps there
is someone in your life whom you would like to honor or thank
with such a gift.
Agua in Azua
Our friends at the Azua parishes of La Reconciliacion
and San Jorge have been asking us for years, and now
we’re going! July 14-21, St. Stephen’s youth ages
16 and up will lead morning Vacation Bible School
(VBS) and afternoon basketball camp in Azua.
The Bible school will run simultaneously with St.
Stephen’s VBS, using the same curriculum (it’s about
water—see page 4) translated into Spanish, with
Skype communication between Azua and Richmond.
The basketball camp will be led by Entrenador
(Coach) Jeff Thomas. The group will also have
some time for sightseeing in Santo Domingo, where
Christopher Columbus roamed in 1492.
Ann Pearman Blanchard took part in a mission trip
to Azua last year. Young people from St. Stephen’s
have participated in mission trips in the past, but this
summer’s will be the first youth-led trip to the ‘DR.’
I was hungry and you
gave me something to eat
St. Stephen’s food ministries
by the numbers
In 2011—its third year—St. Stephen’s
Food Ministry bought 10,274 pounds
of food (over five tons) from the Central
Virginia Food Bank to supplement the
generous donations of parishioners.
The pantry served 795 families and
3,378 individuals in 2011, from 16
different zip codes, including 23221,
23226, 23229, and 23233.
In its 13th year, our fruit ministry
purchased and delivered 7,490 pounds
of fruit; 6,552 bags of fruit were
served. Our fruit ministry volunteers
deliver this nutritious food to elderly
residents of Fay Towers, where many have
no other source for fresh fruit, and who
welcome the visits from our volunteers.
There was a 15 percent increase in
fruit ministry clients in 2011, to 224.