Advent Study Guide: Week One
December 1, 2024 Messengers of Help, Comfort and Hope Scripture: Genesis 16:6b-11, 13 (NIV) Help for a helpless Egyptian slave MONDAY...
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St. Stephen’s Hurricane Helene Response
St. Stephen United Methodist Church is praying in earnest for the safety and wellbeing for all those affected by the devastation in Western...
Prayer and Response: Hurricane Helene
In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, Bishop Ken Carter of the Western North Carolina Conference offered a prayer for...
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
During St. Stephen’s recent worship series, we’ve explored the concept of “ONEness.” (View ONEness messages.) What...
From the Archives: Groundbreaking News
Welcome to our second installment of our new church history series. In part one, we explored the initial formation of St. Stephen as a...
Lament in Times of Trouble
Who is not troubled by our world and our country today? Political violence and an assassination attempt. Divisive and hurtful language in...
Reflections on General Conference: ‘Community’
It was a moment I will never forget. After almost five long years, twenty members of the Western North Carolina Delegation arrived inside...
St. Stephen presents Christmas Eve Offering to Center of Hope, Booth Commons
On Thursday, April 18, St. Stephen leaders met onsite with leaders of the Center of Hope, a local shelter for women and children operated...
From the Archives: In the Beginning…
Imagine a time many of us have likely experienced. You may have been in your grandmother’s attic, plundering through dusty boxes or...