Join Pastor Ruth for a quick orientation to the Bible to assist you in participating in our Advent Daily Bible Challenge. We'll be...
Join Pastor Ruth for 3 discussions on Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark. "On the cover of Barbara Brown Taylor’s...
In Godly Play, theologian and educator, John Berryman teaches us that Advent is the season of preparation before the mystery of...
Many people enjoy marking the days of Advent with an Advent calendar -- opening a door or window to find a special treat. A similar...
One of my regular prayer practices is to say Compline, or Night Prayer. I am not really a morning person and, of course, with the girls...
There are a number of ways that St Stephen's is preparing to enter into the mystery of Christmas. Join us for one, some, or all of our...
For Lent this year, St Stephen's is holding two different book groups. On Sundays, after worship, we will explore Amy-Jill Levine's...
After a hiatus due to shfiting online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our study group on Richard Rohr's The Universal Christ is back on...
In other years, perhaps you have counted on the special worship times at St Stephen’s to guide your engagement with Holy Week. This...
Christian communities within and without the Anglican Communion have found many ways to celebrate this strange and unusual Easter Day....
Lectio Divina is the practice of holy reading -- seeking God in written texts, often Scripture, but not always. All are welcome to...
Our weekly Monday Morning Bible Study session looks ahead to the readings assigned for the next Sunday. We currently meet on Zoom. We...
Earlier this week, the Archbishop's Office released a guiding document with a four phase plan to help our parishes re-open to public...
Join Pastor Ruth for a Zoom-based conversation about the sermon from the day before. For four weeks in October and November (not...
Last week’s new Public Health Orders making you anxious about Christmas?Having a hard time getting excited about a COVID Christmas?...
Join Pastor Ruth on Zoom for a quiet few minutes of prayer at the end of the day. Compline is a service based on the monastic times of...
We are inviting folks from both St Stephen's and St Timothy's to join us for a short, simple service of prayer at the end of the day....
Explore some of the chains that bind us and reflect on how the promises of Jesus' Resurrection free us. These explorations will be both...
In so many ways, this whole pandemic has felt like an extended season of Lent – we wait and wait in the valleys of death for the...
As we look forward to Holy Week in 2021, we realize that many of us will still be strictly limiting our social interactions. BC's plans...
This series of 10 short films was created by Valarie Kaur, a civil rights activist, lawyer, filmmaker, and founder of the Revolutionary...
Join others from St Stephen's and beyond for a simple, brief time of prayer in the late evening. Compline is based on the last prayers...
The Church of England has two apps and podcasts to support regular prayer at home. The Daily Prayer App offers the texts for Morning...
COVID-19 protocols have required that we return to a historic practice in the church: distributing only the wafer (as symbolic bread)...
What would it be like to be visited by an angel and told that you were favoured, treasured and cherished by God? And what if that...
Join Pastor Ruth, Father James from St Timothy’s and St Stephen’s parishioner Jay Park in exploring 4 different monastic traditions and...
As You Step into This New Year by Esther Hizsa (from www.estherhiszsa.com. Used with permission) As 2021 comes to a close, I'm...
At 8:00 PM on Thursday evenings in February, before Compline, Esther will lead time on Zoom to share what stirred in you as you...
At St Stephen’s this Lent, we will explore three themes connected to the practice of praying with a labyrinth. Labyrinths are...
Join Pastor Ruth to walk the outdoor labyrinth at Colony Farm Park in Port Coquitlam. This outdoor labyrinth is cut into the grass...
Beginning on March 2, 2022 with Ash Wednesday, St Stephen’s will mark the church season of Lent. This season lasts 40 days (not...
We are happy to announce that beginning on Maundy Thursday, April 14, we will return to offering wine and wafers at Holy Eucharist. As...
Join Pastor Ruth for a cup of tea and your big theology questions. This is an informal time, on Zoom, to chat about the nature of God,...
Join Pastor Ruth to take a step forward in reconiciation with the indigenous people of Canada and learn more about the "Doctrine of...
We begin Lent this year on February 22 with worship for Ash Wednesday. St Stephen's is offering a Quiet Morning on Saturday, February...
As part of our ongoing work to deepen our understanding of Indigenous justice issues, we are reading Michelle Good's novel, Five Little...
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