The Sanctuary Choir, Worship Committee, pastoral staff and minister of music have all been very busy preparing and planning for the dedication services for Glory… Read More »Dedication Services for the new Hymnal, Sun., Nov. 17
GRATITUDE AND GRACE A Community Thanksgiving Service of Worship Tuesday, November 26, 2013 7:00 PM First United Methodist Church of Hurst 521 W. Pipeline… Read More »A Community Thanksgiving Service of Worship, Nov. 26, 7 p.m.
The Worship Committee, in conjunction with the Christian Education Committee, is pleased to announce that children who attend the 11:00 AM worship service will have the option to participate in Godly Play while the sermon is being preached in the sanctuary. Godly Play, which has been offered during the Sunday School hour for many years at St. Stephen, teaches children the art of using Christian language – parable, sacred story, silence and liturgical action – helping them become more fully aware of the mystery of God’s presence in their lives.Read More »Godly Play in Worship for Children at 11 a.m. Service
Situation Report Update from Grace Presbytery, Presbyterian Church (USA) Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Situation Typhoon Haiyan left monumental devastation when it struck the central Philippines November… Read More »Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Assistance
The 2013-2014 St. Stephen Special Series presents. . . The TCU Choral Department Dennis Shrock, director of Choral Studies Music by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Hymn… Read More »TCU Choral Department Presents Benjamin Britten, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Last Sunday evening in October, the youth of St. Stephen went to a favorite mission site – Casa House, a low-income, Catholic Charities multi-ethnic senior citizens apartment complex. Lynn Yeoman, Social Service Coordinator, and St. Stephen church member, announced our arrival so that 15 – 20 seniors came out of their apartments to play games, and get their fingernails painted led by the Youth of St. Stephen.
Typically, the seniors love Bingo and have the need, like every child, to win a prize or pout. Prizes purchased and donated were holiday themed gadgets and decorations, books, pencils, and bags of candy. John Bollman called the Bingo with loud measured pace and we made sure that everyone earned a prize twice over. The youth were exuberant and so attentive to our senior partners in Bingo, you would have been proud.Read More »Simplify the Seasons
World Communion Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday in October, this year, October 6th. Originally called “World Wide Communion Sunday,” the celebration originated in… Read More »Music for World Communion, October 6, 2013
The new hymnals have arrived and will be dedicated and used for the first time on Sunday, November 17th. A joint project between the Christian… Read More »Sing a New Song
Idyllic, amazing…This picture is the Lyons Community Church, in Lyons, Colorado, a hamlet at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We, the youth and sponsors of St. Stephen, held a week-long Vacation Bible School at this church in July, 2013, just two months ago. As the rains have inundated these foothills these last few weeks, I am in mourning for the loss of life, limb, possessions, and this loving small township.
Lyons Community Church is 1/10 the size of St. Stephen with a heart bigger than both. It is a white clapboard church atop a rocky ridge with a basement that affronts the Main Street. Our first day into service, we met adult volunteers, Holly and Jani and Zeke, in the basement of the church fixing our breakfast and asking us to advertise the VBS with hand colored poster boards. It worked, along with Facebook, as everyday our crowd grew bigger and bigger. We started upstairs in the small old fashioned Sanctuary singing our signature Christian songs with movement and abandonment. Read More »Lyons, Colorado, and the Devastating Flood
