Sunday, April 28
8:30am Traditional Worship with Communion
9:45am Bible Study/Sunday School
10:45am Word & Song Worship -Reception of New Members
Monday, April 29
4:30pm Individual Confession
Tuesday, April 30
Church Office Closed- Office Personnel Conference
6:00pm AA
Wednesday, May 1
11:00am Confessional Bible Study/ Brown Bag Lunch
4:30pm Confirmation Class
Thursday, May 2
6:30pm Male Chorus
7:30pm Cantare Choir
Friday, May 3
Church Office Closed
Saturday, May 4
9:00am Special Speaker Event- Pastor Mark Frith
Sunday, May 5
9:00am Bible Study/Sunday School
10:00am Worship w/ Communion-First Communion
Guest Speaker– Pastor Mark Frith
One Worship Service: Celebrating First Communion– Sunday, May 5th
9am Bible Study/Sunday School
10:00am Worship with Communion
Upcoming Special Speaker Event
St. Stephen invites you to hear Rev. Mark Frith speaking on “God’s Two Kingdom Church Today”
Saturday, May 4 9:00am-2:00pm
A catered lunch will be provided-free will offering
Topic Description:
Our culture continues to chip away at America’s most basic religious liberties, despite the protections of the First Amendment. Consider the destruction of marriage, the cheapening of life, and a public education system increasingly hostile to the Judeo-Christian worldview. For the sake of our communities and the church, we must engage! Such engagement must be on God’s terms. He engages the world in two ways, to prepare it and to save it. We strive for stable, free communities so that there might be opportunities to share a message of grace in peace.
Register on our website, www.ststephenwaterford.org under the Event Registration tab
**For more information, please pick up an event flyer on the Welcome Desk in the lobby**
Circuit Wide Ascension Day Worship Service at St. Stephen, Thursday, May 9 @ 7pm
Christ Lutheran Choir is inviting any members of our sister congregations who would like to sing as part of a combine choir to join them for rehearsal on Wednesday May 1 & 8th at 7pm at Christ Lutheran Church, Milford
Questions? Call Tim Prueter at 248-505-4507
Congregational Information Meeting
Monday, May 20th @ 7pm
Sunday, May 26th-One Worship Service
9:00am Bible Study
10:00am Worship with Communion
Upcoming Dates to Remember
Saturday, May 11th-WinGs group baking cakes
Sunday, May 12th– WinGs Bake Sale
Monday, June 17th– Ladies Dinner Out
Rummage Sale– August 22nd-24th
(Set up begins Saturday, August 17th)
Save the Date! Spring Cleaning @ Church
Saturday, May 18th beginning at 9:00am
The main focus will be on the church basement storage area. We will be sorting through and organizing items, deciding what to keep, what to toss or recycle, and what items that can be sold at the church rummage sale. If you are a part of a ministry group that has items stored in the basement or if you would like to be part of making decisions about items, please plan to be there.
Rededication of Memorial Garden
In 2023, the Memorial Garden was updated to include memorial pavers, a new memorial stone, a bench, painting, shrubs and decorative stone. On Sunday May 19th there will be a rededication of the memorial garden following the 10:45am worship service. Everyone is invited to attend and light refreshments will be served.
Church Worker Scholarship Fund
Do you know that St. Stephen has a Scholarship Fund established specifically for the education of church workers? We would like to add more money to this fund to encourage people who may be in need of a scholarship to reach their goal of becoming a church worker. This could include a preschool administrator, a teacher in a parochial school, a music director, a deacon or deaconess, or a pastor. Please support this ministry by making an offering to St. Stephen Lutheran Church and earmarking it for the Church Worker Scholarship Fund.
Application forms will be available in the church office.