St. Stephen’s offers a variety of Christian Education opportunities for both adults and children throughout the year. Some of those programs offered include: Sunday Morning Church School classes, special seasonal events, Tuesday morning Men’s Bible Study Class and Vacation Bible School.

  Our Sunday Morning Church School classes are held at 9:45 a.m. beginning the Sunday after Labor Day and continue until Memorial Day.  Currently, we have one adult class on Sunday morning which is taught by the rector.  A second class is occasionally offered and focuses on parenting or family issues.   

Our children's preschool age class uses Cokesbury's new curriculum "BIG" and our elementary age classes use Augsburg Fortress, "Witness" as their teaching guides. Special seasonal activities such as All Saints Celebration, Deck the Doors Contest during Advent and special arts and crafts projects  and activities are planned during all seasons of the year to coordinate with the curriculum.  

Youth in grades 6, 7, and 8 participate in a two-year adult mentored program called  Rite-13. Through fun, fellowship, sharing and caring, young people journey together into adulthood.  Our Senior High Sunday School Class meets informally in the EYC room.  On the first Sunday of each month, senior highs meet for breakfast at Lantern Inn at 9:45 a.m.

WOW- Welcome on Wednesdays, is our intergenerational program on Wednesday afternoons!  Choir and Bible Fun are offered to children who are in 3 year old preschool through fifth grade. The fun begins at 5:15 p.m. each Wednesday for our children. Rebecca Fordham is our children's choir director and leads Cherub Choir for preschoolers and kindergarteners at 5:15 p.m. and Junior Choir meets after dinner at 6:30 p.m. and is open to first through fifth graders. Each group enjoys Bible Fun while the other group is in choir.  Dinner for the entire parish is served at 6:00 p.m. Dinners are informal and cooked by different cooking teams.  The cost is $2.00 for children and $3.00 for adults.  A brief adult evening program follows dinner at 6:30 p.m.

  Vacation Bible School is a fun week of activities scheduled during summer vacation. This fun week of discovery is open to children ages 3 to 10.

  Tuesday Morning Men’s Bible Study - All men of the parish are invited to gather in the library on Tuesday mornings at 7:00 a.m. for coffee and Bible Study.  Most mornings the group enjoys a breakfast "out" afterwards.

Thursday Noon Bible Study - anyone is invited to "Beginning at the Beginning" Bible Study at noon on Thursdays.  Meet in the Common Room for Bible Study and discussion of Revelation for exactly 1 hour.  Bring your own lunch or call the church office by 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays to order a sandwich.

 Seasonal events include our Lenten Wednesday evening program which includes: evening prayer, potluck dinner and programs for adults and children, parish picnics and parish retreats.

Confirmation - The Rector meets with children and their parents to provide instructions for children’s communion, and conducts classes for confirmation annually for candidates aged 12 years and older.

 Acolytes - Young people in grade 6 – 12 serve in our parish worship.  Required training is offered periodically.   Please contact Ray Harris if you are interested in becoming an acolyte.

EYC - Each Sunday afternoon from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., youth in grades 6 through 12 enjoy time together. 

Last Updated 07/01/2008