St Stephen's Anglican Church Belrose

28/04/2026

One of our mission partners - BRIDGE OF HOPE
Shared this encouragement for us!

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BRIDGE OF HOPE NEW REGIONAL OFFICE OPENING - In the Ibu area of west Halmahera.

I’ve been involved with Bridge of Hope in its microfinance program for 23 years. As the years have progressed, it has become a bit easier for the poor to obtain loans in the cities & bigger towns, so now Bridge of Hope is moving into more remote areas to serve those who have less access to saving/borrowing programs.I drove 4 of the BoH staff on the 3 hour drive across the island with some extremely bad roads & a river crossing, but it was also very beautiful in the mountainous winding jungle roads.

The official opening ceremony was well attended by the new local beneficiaries of our program, as well as the village head, a church pastor, & several government officers responsible for giving approval to our program in the Ibu area. I think it was good for the officials to see all the real people involved in the program, both the local recipients, plus the amazing BoH staff.

- Cam Rogers

www.bridgeofhope.org.au

Bridge of Hope

09/03/2026

Can you believe Easter is less than a month away!
We saved you a seat!

25/11/2025

Church prayer evening tonight at 7pm - praying for all our Christmas activities, our community, our mission partners, and for 2026.

20/11/2025

10/10/2025

Did you know our Youth group went on camp this week!
They read through 1 Peter and talked about what it means to be Set Apart.
Praise God for people coming to faith, awesome fellowship and fun!

16/09/2025

Powerful opening address from Kanishka Raffel, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, yesterday at synod. A 5 year mission across Sydney and the Illawarra to reach the lost.

Reaching our cities front and centre in the Archbishop's Presidential Address.

14/09/2025

On the third Wednesday of every month a group of guys from St Stephens catches up for a friendly lunch. We love to welcome men from our community to come and join us for conversation and friendship. It's on this Wednesday.

14/09/2025

This week we continue in our series on the prophet Micah. We looked at chapter 2, where God calls out the injustices being committed by leaders against those who are already struggling. God also promises a future where such injustice will finally be dealt with by his son Jesus.

Minister: Andrew Paterson

08/09/2025

Last Sunday at St Stephens we began a sermon series on the prophet Micah. In this first talk on Micah 1, we looked at God's jealous love for his people and asked, "Are we giving God our full attention"?

Minister: Andrew Paterson

24/08/2025

This coming Saturday between 2 - 4pm, our local community is welcome to come and get your car washed for free in the St Stephens car park. Our car wash is being run by our young adult leaders and our 'RAW' youth group who want to serve our community. They're having a bake sale too - all funds raised will go to giving more RAW youth group members the opportunity to attend its annual youth camp in October.