Sunday Forums: Conversation, Reflection, Community
Our Sunday Forums are a time to deepen connection—between faith and life, spirit and community. We meet after coffee hour several times a month at 11:30 in the Parish Hall to explore a wide range of topics: spirituality and prayer, community needs and hopes, and shared planning for our parish’s future. Come for thoughtful conversation, fresh ideas, and a sense of belonging. Everyone is invited to join the dialogue.
Stewardship and Budgeting for 2026
Chris Dorling, John Plimpton, & The Rev. Jennifer King Daugherty
November 16, 2025
Come join your wardens, vestry, treasurer, and rector to learn more about our Stewardship Drive and financial planning for 2026.
Our theme is “Draw the Circle Wide: Growing in Faith,” a reflection of our parish’s mission to love our neighbor, ourselves, and our children, and the desire to deepen our own spiritual lives as grounding for our witness of justice, mercy, and generosity.
Walking in Faith
The Rev. Jennifer King Daugherty
October 12 and 26, December 7, 2025
This fall, our Sunday Forums invite the St. Stephen’s community to reflect on what it means to live and grow in faith within the Episcopal tradition. Over three sessions, we are exploring the practices, beliefs, and shared commitments that shape our Christian identity and deepen our connection to God and one another. These conversations will help prepare us for the joyful celebrations of baptism on All Saints’ Sunday and the rites of confirmation, reception, and reaffirmation of baptismal vows during Bishop Phil’s visitation on December 28, the Feast of St. Stephen (tr.).
The Psalms: From Chant to Hymn
John Terauds
September 14 and 28, 2025
Our two-part forum on the psalms invited us to experience these ancient prayers anew. In Part I, we reflected on the psalms as movements of orientation, disorientation, and reorientation, grounded in their Hebrew origins. In Part II, we traced how the psalms have shaped the worship life of the Church—from the cadences of chant to the hymns we sing today—revealing their timeless power to express both the anguish and the hope of faith.