Come as you are. All are welcome.
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church is an inclusive, nurturing, and healing community that seeks and invites all to practice the transformational and empowering work of Jesus Christ among us and in the world.
FAITH AND JUSTICE STUDY GROUP |
The Faith and Justice Study Group will continue to watch the docu-drama ‘When They See Us’, on Netflix. This is a 4- part limited series about the Central Park 5, a group of young men who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a jogger in Central Park.
We will be watching episodes 3 and 4. Join us to discuss these episodes next Wednesday, June 18, at 6:30 PM via Zoom.
Starting on June 25 we will be discussing the first section of the book ‘Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America’, by Beth Tompkins Bates. All are welcome!
ROSARY GROUP |
(Saturdays at 8:00 AM in-person or on Zoom)
Gathers to pray the rosary and fellowship together weekly. Open to youth as well as adults.
You are invited to join us beginning every Saturday from June 14 – through July 26 to pray for peace. If you can’t be with us, a digital copy of “Peace – A Rosary Meditation” is available here.
Our Community at St. Stephen’s
We are a progressive Christian community that welcomes the challenge of faith. We don’t offer easy answers and we don’t agree with each other on many things. But we do share a common challenge to care, to grow, in the way of Jesus. Gathering in Jesus’ name is difficult for some of us because of the way it has been misused in our culture and by us. However, the challenge of Jesus to love God first and our neighbors draws us together to worship and serve. Through our church, day school, and community center we strive to invite diverse people into greater wholeness; we are a community of wonder and of action.
Civic Engagement Is An Act of Peacemaking
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that...