Following the closure of all churches with the pandemic, we have now returned to Church.

We are holding a 9.30 a.m. and an 11.00 a.m. service. Please email the vicar if you would like to attend.

WELCOME TO
ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH CHATHAM

You’re Welcome Here

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ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH

Maidstone Road, Chatham

GARDEN SAFARI

The Garden Safari and Plant Sale ( not forgetting the teas) planned for Saturday 6th June has, like so many events, been canceled. This is particularly sad as all of the gardens are looking wonderful -the weather has been kind and the owners have had extra time for weeding!

Hopefully, the photographs will give a taste of what would have been on show, and that we will all be able to visit the gardens in person in 2021.

"The greatness and beauty of created things gives us a corresponding idea of their Creator" Wisdom of Solomon 13.5

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WHAT IS OUR DEEPEST INTENTION?

Nurturing a Christian spirituality that is alive!

Our mission at St. Stephen's Chatham is to be compassionate, inclusive and to make the Christian Faith relevant to our lives. We ask the hardest of questions about what it means to believe, yet try and live out the answers in the simplest of ways.
Revd Barry Linney

OUR WORSHIP SERVICES AND EVENTS

Click on the Video Messages tab above to see a short video during the coronavirus pandemic

St. Stephen's Church is in the liberal Catholic tradition and seeks to be progressive in the way we think and worship. Our music draws from both tradition and renewal in a rare blend of yesterday and today. We are open to God, the world and each other!

At St. Stephen's we embody contemporary thinking within the deep traditions of sacrament and ritual.

CREATIVE IN CREATION

Creative in Creation is a new initiative in St. Stephen’s Church that was launched with an Open-Air Eucharist in September 2019.

Creative in Creation seeks to develop a deeper Christian based understanding of our place within the entire web of life; to strengthen our spirituality as intimately connected to the natural world, and to participate in God’s work in the natural world. A creation centred spirituality adds the natural world and its evolution to the ancient texts of the Christian tradition as a means of knowledge, a source of revelation and inspiration, and as a teacher to guide us and sustain us.

Creative in Creation Events 2020

The Dawn Chorus at High Halstow - Cancelled
Saturday 23 May, meeting there at 5am
Nightingales are in abundance at High Halstow

The Summer Solstice - Pending, depending on guidelines at the time
Saturday 20 June, meeting at The Robin Hood at 9 pm
Walking to Bluebell Hill for 10.34 pm for the sunset

Open-air Eucharist and vegan food
Friday 4 September, 6.30 pm
At the Vicarage Garden

Pilgrimage to Canterbury
Saturday 17 October

Befriending Creation—ecological conversation
of the heart and leading a simple life
Wednesday 18 November, 8pm
A talk by Katya Ivanova

SUNDAY CLUB

Every Sunday at 10.30

Sunday Club is divided into three age categories Rainbows, Meteors and Lasers. It is a dynamic way to teach children and young people the important truths of life within the context of the Christian Faith.