Welcome to St. Stephen’s!

About Us

Our mission as a people of faith is to “love and minister to our neighbors, each other, and our children.” We practice this through worship, learning, and service, trusting that God is guiding us to a new expression of ministry in a changing Seattle and ever-changing church.

We believe that God speaks to us through scripture, tradition, and reason, and we engage our intellect and our senses to explore our faith and discern how we can share God’s unconditional love and acceptance of all people and all of creation.

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Who We Are

We are a vibrant and inclusive Christian community, part of the Episcopal tradition of following Jesus into loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, with each other, and with the earth. St. Stephen’s is rooted in the Laurelhurst neighborhood, while engaged with the wider Seattle community as well, serving and celebrating this mission and ministry for over 100 years.

If you are looking for a place where you can grow in love of God, service to this world, and gather strength for the living of daily life, please come and worship with us. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome at St. Stephen’s!

Clergy & Staff

The Rev. Jennifer King Daugherty

Priest in Charge

The Reverend Jennifer King Daugherty is Priest in Charge at St. Stephen’s and has been the parish’s clergy leader since April, 2024. Prior to this role, she served at Saint Mark’s Cathedral for nine and a half years, including as Canon for Community Life as well as Canon for Connection and Engagement. Her interests include Celtic spirituality, inclusive liturgy, creative approaches to scripture study, and engaging the visual arts as a spiritual practice. She has served on many diocesan commissions, including the Standing Committee and the Commission on Ministry. Jennifer earned a MDiv from Seattle University, an MBA from NYU, and a BA in Economics from Princeton University. In addition to her ministry at St. Stephen’s, she has worked in finance for not-for-profit hospitals for over 35 years and is currently a Managing Director at Kaufman Hall.

Rev. Jennifer is glad to be in mutual ministry with the community of St. Stephen’s as we develop spiritual formation for all ages, an expanded music program, and a full-day preschool in 2025. She values her relationships with members of the parish, both long-standing and new, and is always available for a cup of coffee and conversation or a walk in Laurelhurst Park.

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The Reverend Peter Snow

Associate Priest

The Reverend Peter Snow grew up in England during WWII. As a member of St. John’s College, Cambridge, he studied academic theology and graduated with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in the subject. He was ordained a priest of the Church of England in Birmingham, where he served as a parish priest. Peter moved to the United States with his family in 1967, and while in Southern California during the early seventies, experienced the full force of the Cultural Revolution. He subsequently helped develop alcohol treatment programs, battered women’s protection and assistance programs, and post-traumatic stress studies. He also worked on minority youth issues and youth ministries.

Peter is the author of three books: The Book of Sam: Putting Together a Spiritual Life Without a Lot of Belief (2018), Jesus: The God App. Conversations Along the Way (2017), and Jesus: Man, Not Myth (2011).

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John Terauds

Minister of Music

I’m very much looking forward to contributing to St. Stephen’s worship life at the Bond organ. I have spent much of the last six months as the interim organist at Trinity Parish downtown. I am employed full-time as a hospice chaplain by Kline Galland. Prior to beginning my first parish internship as a seminarian in 2018, I spent 37 years as a church music director, and spent most of my adult life working as a writer and editor at the Toronto Star daily newspaper in Canada. I moved to Seattle in April (from Sidney, Iowa), and have been sampling all that Seattle, Puget Sound, and the Cascades have to offer. My husband and I live near Seward Park, so I hope to use my time at St. Stephen’s as an opportunity to explore more of what lies north of the Ship Canal.

David Baylor

Assisting Lay Minister

Dave has been a member of the St. Stephen’s community since the mid-1970s and has served in virtually every capacity open to lay people, including two terms on the vestry, and as Junior Warden and Senior Warden; as chorister, lay reader and eucharistic minister; and as officiant and cantor for Morning Prayer and choral evensongs. As Worship Coordinator, he schedules and trains our lay eucharistic servers, assists at the altar and in all special ceremonies and services, and assists the clergy in planning and managing the liturgy.

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