Worship & Gatherings
We gather for worship at Saint Stephen’s (click here for instructions on how to find us) as follows:
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Saint Stephen’s at 5, every Sunday. Refreshments served from 4:45pm in the cafe
MORNING PRAYER
Thursdays 9-9.30am - a short service of readings and prayers
Please check the church calendar for up to date details.
saint stephen’s at 5
You are welcome to this space of community, honesty, and encounter with God.
Our gatherings begin with refreshments in the cafe. We then usually move into the church for a relaxed, informal service, with readings, prayers, and music, and sometimes we stay in the cafe for part or all of the service. There are often creative elements to our worship, and usually time for discussion with the people around us. Twice a month our services include Holy Communion.
You do not need to have any church background to join us for these services – all are welcome: regular churchgoers, occasional visitors, people who may never have been to church at all but wonder what it might be like.
This community is many things - you are welcome to be a part of it.
It is open.
Questions are encouraged and cherished, but you may not find absolute answers.
It is a space of respect and tolerance.
We encourage everyone to consider the people around them, the people they meet - how they might be similar or different to themselves. At our services and meetings, we ask everyone to think about when to listen and when to speak, when to be silent and when to be loud.
It should be safe space where everyone is valued, everyone is welcome.
You can be yourself here.
It is honest.
That might mean you hear things that surprise or challenge you, that change your mind, that you disagree with, or that upset you. If that happens at our services, there are always people from our leadership team available to speak with you if that is helpful.
It is creative.
Some parts of our services might be different each week. Our gatherings are spaces to explore and try new things. We engage with creative arts, poetry, storytelling, music and art.
It is connected.
We aren’t just focused on our Sunday services. Our community is connected to the challenges and the beauty of the world around us, to the other days of our week, to our work, and the causes that drive us.
It is historic.
We are rooted in the ancient space of our building and engage with the legacies of the past for our building and city.
It is holy ground.
Our services are a space set aside to encounter God whoever that may be to you and whatever that may mean.
This community is many things - you are welcome to be a part of it. Welcome.
resonate
The Resonate community offers an opportunity to come together to think about faith and its expression and relevance in our world. Click here for more information and an overview of upcoming sessions.
Holy trinity hotwells
Our sister church has a service every Sunday at 10.30am. Around 10 times a year our two churches join together for Sunday worship, either at Holy Trinity at 10.30 or at Saint Stephen’s at 5. Please check the church calendar for up to date details.