St. Stephen's, Your Local Parish Church
Welcome. Amidst all the uncertainly of life, the good news of the Christian faith is that God loves you for being the unique, special, individual that you are. None of us have to worry about being perfect in mind, body or spirit before we can respond to God’s invitation to ‘come and see.’
St Stephen’s would absolutely love to welcome you, your friends and your family to our church. Services are at 10am on Wednesday (BCP Holy Communion ) and on Sundays at 10am (Holy Communion) with an informal non-communion family service on the first Sunday of each month at 10am. Our hope and prayer is that we help your spirit soar, your heart to sing and your soul to find rest by God’s love and grace through his Son Jesus Christ. Earlier in the year we posted regular online reflections on our YouTube page >
Polite Notice: St Stephen’s Church does not have a car park. You are asked not to double park on St Stephen’s Road or park inconsiderately thus obstructing access for residents and emergency vehicles when attending services or events in our church building or church hall.
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#dailyprayer today for -
The Church, especially in places of conflict
The Holy Land, for peace with justice, and reconciliation
Refugees and asylum seekers
Homeless people
Families with young children
Today from #DailyPrayer one of my favourite New Testament passages ‘He is’.
Colossians 1.15-23
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Rosemary Coleman and I at my last service as Vicar of St Stephen’s Steeton with Eastburn today. Thanks to David Shearing for the photo!
The world has lost a great Christian, fighter for justice, inclusion and humanity today #ArchbishopTutu #DesmondTutu . If you haven’t come across these books yet, then to paraphrase words uttered in a famous meeting- ‘read them & understand them!’ RIP & RIG friend of us all.
Great to see a good number at our Christingle service earlier at St Stephen’s Church Steton with Eastburn. Some candle boxes already filled for the work of The Children’s Society. Please bring yours back at any of our services up to and including our family service to celebrate the visit of the Wise Men Sunday 2nd January at 10am.
Thanks to our fabulous team at St Stephen’s Steeton with Eastburn our #Christingles are ready so we’ll see you today #ChristmasEve at 4pm!