About St Stephen'S Church, Canterbury
A Parish Church with a strong choral tradition and an inclusive theology
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And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost
Join us for our Good Friday Service at 2pm
For our All Ages Good Friday service we read the story of The Three Trees who had great wishes for their future, although the wishes didn’t turn out as they were expecting they were each used in an important part of the life of Jesus and realised their hopes. We remembered Jesus died on the cross - and with our hopes written on leaves and offered up to God we turned that cross back into a tree - a tree of hope!
All welcome - please come along.
Informal worship with music, storytelling and activities followed by hot cross buns. We will be following the journey of Jesus and telling the story of the cross in a child friendly way. All welcome!
A fun filled Palm Sunday at St Stephen’s today including our annual visit from Billy the donkey and ‘Pin Jesus on the Donkey’ activity as inspired by Christopher Johnson and The Wigston Benefice - so thank you very much!
Today in Sunday school we talked about Mary washing Jesus’s feet with her best perfume and designed our own perfume bottles with special ingredients including all the best bits of us like our smiles, talents and love 💕
"How can I pray?" was a very successful week - lots of people popped in and tried things, and we have a wonderful reflection on the window of the Visitation in the Lady chapel as a tangible product of the event. For those who missed it some of the leaflets on different approaches to prayer that were not taken are still in the porch - help yourself!
Several of those who took part want something similar next year so look out for" How CAn I Pray 2 ? - sometime in Lent next year.
How can I pray? week is going well - lots of interesting and fun ways to pray or meditate in the church and a steady stream of visitors through the day. Open today and tomorrow - closing tea party on Sunday Afternoon at 4 pm
Spring has come to St Stephen’s 🌸🌼
St Stephen’s young organists club watching Steve play this morning.
Today in Sunday School we created transfiguration pictures.
Great celebration of Lady Loretta , Canterbury's anchoress yesterday. over 70 people heard about her life and enjoyed the short service from the Gregorian Society. A candle was lit and flowers laid on her grave.Celebrations continue this evening with a special evensong at 6 pm.
Rehearsals are underway for this evening’s performance of King John at St Stephen’s Church. Come and join us for the performance at 7pm 🎭
Loretta de Braose, Countess of Leicester lived as an Anchoress at St Stephen’s Canterbury from 1221- 5th March 1266
To commemorate the anniversary of her death there will be a short introduction to her life followed by a musical celebration of her ministry by the Canterbury Gregorian Society
Today in Sunday school we created candles and talked about having to be patient when waiting for things we are looking forward to and being very excited when it happens, just like Simeon and Anna.
A week of opportunities to explore different approaches to prayer and spirituality in the Christian tradition.
Programme
Saturday 9th March 10 30 am ... Introduction to the week and the resources available Special guest speaker Barbara Wallace, Co-ordinator - Changing Lives Prayer Network
Sunday 10th March 6pm Service of prayer and contemplation featuring music and poetry
Monday 11th March – Friday 15th March - 9am- 4pm The church will be open and a variety of prayer resources available, including art materials, literature and aids to contemplation. Morning prayers at 9 am and evening prayers at 4 00 pm will be followed by a chance to discuss different approaches to the inner journey. There will be an hour of shared silence between 11 am and noon ending with midday prayers. There will be said service of Holy Communion on Wednesday at 10.15 am A labyrinth walk, visit to a quiet garden and evening activities will be available if requested. Sunday 17th March 4 pm Closing tea for participants to share experiences and discuss future prayer opportunities, followed by Choral Evensong at 6 pm.
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Today we made turning wheels that illustrated Jesus’ miracle of changing the water 💧 into wine 🍷