Welcome to St. Stephen’s
Celebrating 200 Years of Worship and Service in 2024
Since its founding 200 years ago, the congregation of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Forest has welcomed people to this sacred place in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. No matter who you are or where you are on your journey, you are welcomed here. We invite you to experience for yourself the joy and presence of God’s real and abiding love. If you are looking for a church to call home, we would love to have you with us at St. Stephen’s!
Worship with Us
Sunday Services
8:30am – Holy Eucharist I (spoken)
9:30am – Sunday education for all ages (September through May)
10:30am – Holy Eucharist II (with music and live on Facebook)
Calendar
Recent Sermons
Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 15, 2024)
Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 Who do you say that I am? Of all the questions Jesus asks of the disciples throughout the Gospels, I’m particularly drawn to this one from today’s […]
Sermon for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 8, 2024)
Gospel: Mark 7:24-37 Even now, roughly two millennia removed from the moment of Jesus’ encounter with the Syrophoenician woman in this reading from Mark, what we find in the scene […]
Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (September 1, 2024)
Epistle: James 1:17-27 If you were to spend time perusing the bookshelves at my house or swiping through the digital book apps on my iPad, you’d likely notice several books […]