Every Wednesday during Lent Feb. 17—March 16, we have TWO opportunities to gather:

Worship—11:30 am, Soup lunch—12:30

Soup Supper—6:30 pm, Worship @ 7:15pm (No Soup Ash Wed)

These worship gatherings are designed to help us reflect more deeply on our walk of faith with God.  The Season of Lent calls all Christians into a time of fasting, prayer and helping those in need in order to help us prepare for the miracle of the Resurrection at Easter.  Please sign up on Sunday to help host a soup lunch or supper.  We need at least two families to sign up for each soup supper.

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Pasta Dinner (in lieu of crab due to fishery closure)

Join us for our annual Child Development Center    fundraiser & fellowship event!

ONE WORSHIP SERVICE – Sunday, Jan. 31 at 9:30 am

 followed by Annual Congregational Meeting

 (Please Request Child Care if needed)

We gather together to elect leadership to council, elect voting members for Synod Assembly, and approve a budget for 2016 that reflects our mission. Please plan on attending to support your church as we continue to seek God’s will for our ministry together. Contact the office if you can assist with the coffee hour (set up, clean up, provide finger foods).

 Sunday, December 20 at 7:00 p.m.

St. Stephen’s will be offering a Blue Christmas Service — a time when the “blue” feelings many people experience during the holidays can be acknowledged.

This is not a joyous season for everyone.  Greetings of Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, non-stop shopping, parties, and other traditional ways of celebrating the holidays often contrast sharply with the feelings of people for whom it’s not “the most wonderful time of the year.”  For families suffering from the recent or impending death of loved ones or in crisis due to illness or any other kind of loss, or for those who suffer from Christmas depression or other mental illness, it can be a very isolated and lonely time.

In this Blue Christmas Service, all those who are not having a very Merry Christmas for whatever reason, and the friends who support them, are invited to come and be with one another in a liturgy that speaks of the compassionate love of God for His hurting people.  Together we will offer up our pain, sorrow, anxiety, and loneliness to the One whose birth we commemorate — our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is our prayer that those who attend will be blessed with peace, hope, and especially the comfort of knowing they are deeply loved by God and not alone.

Thursday, Dec. 24th at 5:00, 7:30 & 11:00pm