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 Second Sunday of Advent (December 8, 2024)
Old Testament: Malachi 3:1-4 This morning I’m ignoring the Canticle, Epistle, and Gospel reading. For purposes of this sermon, they simply don’t exist. I’m not going to acknowledge what we […]
Sermon for the First Sunday of Advent (December 1, 2024)
Old Testament: Jeremiah 33:14-16; Gospel: Luke 21:25-36 Nearly a century ago, the vicar of a German Evangelical congregation in Barcelona, Spain stepped into the pulpit on the First Sunday of […]
Sermon for Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 2024)
Gospel: Matthew 6:25-33 For so many for whom worry and anxiety are constant companions, this passage from Matthew’s Gospel is most appropriate this Thanksgiving morning. Really any time is appropriate […]