Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday Celebration
Tuesday, February 17, 5:30pm
Get one last celebration in before the season of Lent. Enjoy breakfast for dinner, fellowship, and fun. Register to let us know you’re coming
Ash Wednesday 12pm and 7pm
We begin our Lenten season with the imposition of ashes. Join us for this important day as we begin our season of repentance.
A spoken service at 12pm
Organ and choir music are offered in our 7pm service
Turning Towards Life: Practices for a Spacious Lent
9am Sundays in Lent: February 22; March 1, 8, 15, 22.
Remember + Release + Repair + Receive + Rise
What if Lent is more than just a time for penitence?
This class invites you to explore Lent through scripture, prayer, and reflection, focusing less on guilt and more on reorientation, liberation, and heightened awareness.
Lenten Bible Study: Galations
Lenten Bible study: Galatians
Wednesdays in Lent: February 25; March 4, 11, 18, 25
6pm Soup Supper
6:30 pm Bible study
7:30 pm Compline (Evening Prayer)
Feast of the Epiphany
Intergenerational Activities at 9am, a visit from the wise men at 10:15 and a chance to help us degreen the church following worship.
The Grassroots Concert
A concert/ open mic hosted by our own Rafa of Lost for Words Productions. A percentage of the $15 door fee goes to support the church.
Christmas Day Worship
A simple worship to honor the birth of our savior. You are invited to come in your pajamas for this casual but festive celebration!
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist
Our traditional service features incense, beautiful music from our organist and choir, and concludes with a candlelit singing of Silent Night. Join us online or via zoom using our Sunday morning link.
Christmas Eve Family Friendly Worship and Pageant
Designed to include families with children, but a welcome place for all. Enjoy the Christmas story presented by our children, prayer, communion, and lots of Christmas carols. Join us in person or online via zoom using our Sunday morning link.
Longest Night
Find a place for sadness in the midst of a season of cheer with music and meditations to honor loss and grief. Please invite those who might benefit from acknowledging darkness at this time of year.
Cookie Exchange
Cookie Exchange
Sunday, December 14th following 10:15am worship
Bring a few dozen of your favorite cookies packaged in half dozen increments and trade them for others. Consider donating a half dozen cookies to our outreach committee who will be putting together cookie packages for those in our congregation who cannot join us for worship.
St Nicolas Sunday
St Nicolas Youth Sunday
Sunday, Dec 7th @10:15am
Learn the story and the true origins of Santa Claus in a worship service led entirely by our children and youth.
Advent Quiet Day
A time for worship, discussion, and personal reflection as we prepare for the celebration of Christmas. Breakfast and lunch are served and childcare will be provided. This event is open to all and free (donations accepted) Please RSVP by November 17th
Christmas Children's Choir
Children’s Choir
Sundays Nov 30- December 21st 11:30am-12:30pm
Calling all kids, grandkids, friends with kids, members or non-members of St. Stephen’s. Here’s a great opportunity to have your kids involved in making music with our Children’s Christmas Choir for the Christmas Eve Service at 4:00pm on December 24th. A light lunch and holiday activities will follow rehearsal. Feel free to stay for the rehearsal or go get some Christmas shopping done!
Advent Formation
Advent Conspiracy
Sundays @9am Nov 30, Dec 7,14, and 21
Join the groundswell of Christ-followers who are choosing to make Christmas what it should be—a joyous celebration of Jesus’ birth that enriches our hearts and the world around us. Explore a different element each week through connections to our own stories, reflections, and prayers: WORSHIP FULLY, SPEND LESS, GIVE MORE, LOVE ALL.
Advent Intergenerational Activities
Come prepare for Advent by making a wreath or calendar. All are welcome
Thanksgiving Worship
Join us for a special worship focused on gratitude as we prepare for the holiday season
All Saints and All Souls
Learn about the saints and remember loved ones who have gone before us. Bring a picture or other item for our altar of remembrance. At 9am, we will have intergenerational activities for Day of the Dead.
Halloween Celebration and Chili Cook Off
Whether you’re trick or treating or not, stop by St. Stephen’s for some fun and games and to sample some chili and cinnamon rolls. All who wish are invited to compete for the coveted “chili-cook off winner” apron
St. Francis Fall Festival
Join us for a fun filled day with jump castle, balloon animals, games, and activities celebrating our pets and the world around us. Food will be available for a donation. Bring pets for a blessing during the festival or 10:15 worship. All ages and creatures welcome.
Silent Auction
A celebration of St. Stephen’s gifts featuring art from our congregation, a variety of packages from community sponsors, and a wine and cheese reception! Come support our church’s ministry!
Mass in the Grass
Mass in the Grass
August 23rd@5pm in Del Mar Park
An outdoor worship experience followed by a picnic. All are welcome for this wonderful summer event!
Movie Night: All We Carry
This feature documentary follows a young Honduran family as they flee persecution—migrating in cargo trains across Mexico, claiming asylum at the US border, and enduring separation in detention before being released in Seattle.
Movies begin at 3:30, dinner and discussion follows. Join us for all or some of the night. Childcare will be available. Donation of $15 for adults and $5 for children helps defer costs, but additional donations in support of St. Stephen’s ministry are appreciated.
Gift Economy Pop Up Market
All are invited to participate in this community exchange. Please share goods, services, garden bounty, and then take what you need. No money exchanged. No bartering. Just give and receive freely.
Back to School Brunch
For our first formation hour, we’re inviting all ages to come and enjoy breakfast burritos and fun and fellowship as we kick of the new school year.
Movie Night: 1946
Summer Film Series: Movies, Munchies and Mass: June 28-1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted a Culture
A feature documentary that follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible
In the tradition of our congregational conversations join us for films discussing the intersection of faith and current issues. Movies begin at 3:30, dinner and discussion follows. 6pm Eucharist. Join us for all or some of the night. Childcare will be available. Donation of $15 for adults and $5 for children helps defer costs, but additional donations in support of St. Stephen’s ministry are appreciated.
Mass in the Grass
Mass in the Grass
Saturday, June 21st @5pm in Del Mar Park
An outdoor worship experience followed by a picnic. All are welcome for this wonderful summer event!
Summer Camp
Compassion Camp
Join us for a fun filled week of camp for ages 3-12 with songs, crafts, games, and poetry. Meals and snacks provided. Cost is $5 Register here
Pentecost
Celebrate the birth of the Church and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Enjoy a potluck after church, with food representing our diverse cultures and heritages.
Movies, Munchies, and Mass
Summer Film Series: Movies, Munchies and Mass
In the tradition of our congregational conversations join us for films discussing the intersection of faith and current issues. Movies begin at 3:30, dinner and discussion follows. 6pm Eucharist. Join us for all or some of the night. Childcare will be available. Donation of $15 for adults and $5 for children helps defer costs, but additional donations in support of St. Stephen’s ministry are appreciated.
May 31- The Way
A father heads overseas to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling the "El camino de Santiago," and decides to take the pilgrimage himself.
Register here to let us know you are coming.
Spring Talent Show
A showcase of singing, joke telling, dancing, and who knows what other hidden talents will be on display, followed by a potluck reception of finger foods. A free will offering will be collected to support St. Stephen’s. RSVP here
Celebrate Easter with St Stephen's
Saturday April 19th @ 5pm. The Great Vigil of Easter. This interactive service is one of the most ancient of our tradition and follows the movement from darkness to light including elements of fire and water, readings from the scripture, and communion.
Sunday April 20th @10am. Festive Easter Eucharist. Our typical Sunday service featuring wonderful music from our choir and followed by an Easter Egg hunt and festive brunch.
