FALL/WINTER/SPRING WORSHIP SCHEDULE:

Our regular Sunday worship schedule resumed September 13^th with services at 8 and 10:15 a.m.

Childcare is available at the 10:15 service.

The Saturday 5 p.m. service continues as usual.

Office Schedule:
The church office returns to regular hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (closed for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.)

Senior Warden “Office Hours”

Click below for details:

http://www.ststephens-spokane.com/?m=20100514

In response to God’s love, St. Stephen’s invites and welcomes all to
GATHER in worship,
GROW in faith, and
SERVE as stewards of God’s creation.

St. Stephen;s Episcopal Church of Spokane is a worshiping community in full communion with the Episcopal Church.

WELCOME TO ST. STEPHEN’S

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church proclaims in its Mission Statement: “ In response to God’s love, we invite and welcome all to gather in worship, grow in faith, and serve as stewards of God’s creation.”  So what does that really mean?   It means that we are a community eager to worship God through sacrament and liturgy, to deepen our faith, and to serve others in need.

Founded in 1957, our beautiful and beloved church was built and created to provide people the opportunity to come together in many ways.  In addition to Saturday and Sunday services, our church family gathers for fellowship and for outreach.  From the summer Basketball Camp to our annual Wine Tasting and Auction, we invite community members to participate and to find what a friendly, active, warm group we are.  Our members serve food at Crosswalk and at the Holy Trinity Dinner Table, sew quilts for needy and recuperating children, donate toiletry items to women in shelters, maintain a recycling program . . . and much, much more.

As you explore St. Stephen’s through our website, perhaps you will find ways you would like to connect with God and with others. Most of all, we welcome you to join us in worship and in fellowship.

Jaki Lake

Senior Warden

Rev. Kristi Philip joins us!

The Vestry is delighted to announce that Rev. Kristi Philip will serve as our interim rector in the coming months as we discern our needs and conduct a search for a permanent rector.  Kristi will divide her time equally between her responsibilities at the Diocesan level and at St. Stephen’s, commencing formally on November 1.  Kristi has extensive training and experience with congregational transition and the search process.  In addition, the Vestry was drawn to her pastoral skills, her communication background, and her though-provoking sermons.  Please welcome her as part of the St. Stephen’s family.

The Rev. John Shepard, 65, rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Spokane , died Monday morning, August 24th after suffering an apparent heart attack.

He was born in Sioux Falls , SD , in 1944. He earned both a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from the University of South Dakota and received his Master of Divinity Degree at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley , CA . Before coming to the Diocese of Spokane, he served in the Diocese of South Dakota.

In the Diocese of Spokane he was on the Commission on Ministry, was chair of the Diocesan Commission on Theological Education, and was a Director of the Diocesan Corporations. He also served as Dean of the Spokane-Colville Deanery.

Please keep John’s wife, Sheryll, their family and the people of St. Stephen’s in your prayers.

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We have established a CaringBridge website for family and friends to express their stories, memories and condolences publicly with all who mourn so that we may know the consolation of God’s love.

May John’s soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen

The funeral service for Fr. John was Thursday, September 3, 2009 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
127 E. 12^th Avenue, Spokane WA.

Parts of the service can be read by clicking the links below:

A Prayer in Memory of Father John Holland Shepard

Homily – The Rt. Rev. James Waggoner