WELCOME
On behalf of St Stephen’s church community you are most welcome. We are a community experiencing a lot of change and we come in a great variety of forms. However we are united in many ways including our desire to welcome all visitors.
St Stephen’s is one of the many medieval churches in Norwich with a history of being bold in their faith and open to others.
We have an extraordinary building which has been restored after the chancel wall cracked from top to bottom in May 2009. With God’s provision we have been able to install heating and a new floor after the restoration work finished. This will have taken all our resources and in the next year we will be hoping to raise enough to install a new kitchen, draft proof lobby and welcome office and re-install the stained glass in the East window. We moved back to St. Stephen’s in May 2012 after three years worshiping together at the Chantry Hall nearby next to Chapelfield Plain.
SERVICES
We have three services on Sundays every week….
10.00am an original pattern of Holy Communion and Morning Prayer services,
11.30am (started in the autumn 2011) All-age Worship a pattern of worship, teaching and ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit,
4.00pm an informal time for worship, fellowship and friendship around a meal.
CHILDREN
Children are welcome at all services. There is specific provision in another room during the second half of the 11.30am service. There are toys bags available. We have a youth worker who is gathering young people to meet during the week.
WEEKLY MEETINGS
Several small groups meet on different days and times. They range from a purely social gathering to a regular Bible study. This term’s programme is available showing venue and topics studied. Our website monthly posting (click on the relevant month in the “Recent News” menu at the top R of this page) also gives details of when and where the groups meet and contact details. 14-18’s meet at 4.30pm on Wednesdays at 12, The Crescent.
PRAYER
Prayer happens monthly on the last Tuesday in the month at 7.45pm at ‘House of Prayer’, Fishergate, and weekly on Sunday morning at 9.30am. Prayer Circle can be asked to pray for any specific needs.
GIVING
Giving on Sundays is via an offerings basket. Envelopes are available for regular giving. The bank details for giving by direct debit are: St. Stephen’s PPC Norwich sort code: 20-62-53 Acct. no.50794244
NOTICES
The notices are on the weekly sheet of readings at 10.00am and the monthly news sheet and on our monthly what’s on posts on this website.
In 2005 with the construction of the Chapelfield shopping centre, the churchyard underwent re-landscaping resulting in a quiet and restful green space, which many enjoy to sit in, within the centre of the city.
LEADERSHIP
Rev Madeline Light is Priest-in-Charge. There are three Readers, Peter Carroll Anne Murphy, and Matthew Hutton and a retired priest Rev David Hares who are involved at 10.00am on Sunday. There is a wider variety of preachers at 11.30am including some are from Fountain of Life, Ashill. The 4.00pm Gathering is led by Richard Ash-Lameer and a small team.
PARKING
There is no public parking at St. Stephen’s. Chapelfield car park has spaces on lower level at £1/hr, £2 for unlimited time after 3.00pm. Bignold School car park 90p/hr.
Contact: Revd. Madeline Light- see our contact page.
Visit the gallery page to view photos of St. Stephen’s old & new and the post St. Stephen’s the story so far….
COFFEE CENTRE
The coffee centre is not currently open. It has been closed since the major structural repairs began in Autumn 2009 and will re-open once we have completed work on a new kitchen and welcome area, after the church re-opening in May 2012.
Some history of our coffee centre from our previous web page…
Since the 1990′s coffee has been served at St. Stephen’s originally at the west end of the church, later it re-located to the meeting room at the East end of the church. Run by church members and volunteers it’s a place offering a warm welcome, teas, coffees and delicious cakes. A place to relax and refresh or to chat to a friendly face – an ‘oasis’ in the centre of Norwich’s shopping district. In the summer visitors can sit outside. There is disabled access via the glazed West door.
Links with Veterans Associations
St. Stephen’s Church has links with the Normandy Veterans Association (Norwich). There are books of Remembrance at the church on display only These may be viewed on an individual basis (when the church is re-opened) by appointment with the Normandy Veterans Association (Norwich).
St. Stephen’s also has links with the Royal Norfolk Veterans Association and the Royal Army Medical Corps. Association. Theses associations are represented at an annual ’ Veterans Service’ usually held in October.
