St Stephen's Church, Canterbury

05/09/2026

All our parish children and young people are invited to bring their school bags to church to be blessed for the new school year at church on Sunday 6th September at 10.30am.

05/09/2026

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10.30am Sung Eucharist Setting: The Canterbury Service – Barker Anthem: Mother of God, here I stand – Tavener Hymns: 478, 186, 161 (t. 385), 275, 185 Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat – J. S. Bach

02/09/2026

This is the second in a series of films about the History of Hackington. It is being shown in St Stephens Church, Hales Drive, Canterbury CT2 7AB.
Saturday 12 September 2026 at 7pm and will be followed by wine and canapés.
Tickets are £10pp and details of how to get one are in the notice below.

27/08/2026

Could you spare some time on Saturday morning?

As any of you who have been in church over August will know, there has been work taking place to clean and repair some of our stained glass windows, in particular the large south window in the Manwood Chapel. There was also work completed to repair the ceiling that had fallen too.

This work has now been completed, but there is quite a lot of dust left behind! So that we can use the chapel again for our smaller services, we are having a clean up on Saturday 29th August at 10.30am - if anyone is able to come and help vacuum, wipe down chairs etc, that would be much appreciated!

16/05/2026

Services and News from St Stephen's Church -

10.30am Sung Eucharist Introit: God has gone up with a shout of rejoicing – Lee Setting: The Johannesburg Service – Bertalot Anthem: God is gone up – Croft Hymns: 130i (omit vv. 3, 4 & 5), 134, 296i, 312, ‘Christ triumphant, ever reigning’ Voluntary: L’Ascension (Mvt 1) – Messiaen

10/05/2026

Celebrating Confirmation with Bishop Rose! 🕊️
What a Spirit-filled Sunday at St Stephen’s! We were honored to welcome the Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, for a beautiful service of Confirmation.

✨ The Highlights:

Five Candidates Confirmed: A huge congratulations to those who took this powerful step in their faith journey today. We are so proud of you!

Musical Worship: Our choir’s anthem and the Gospel were centered on the moving words: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” 🎶

A Call to Live Out Our Faith: Bishop Rose shared a stirring message, challenging us all to think about how we show we are Christians to the wider world every single day, rather than just from "Sunday to Sunday."

Let’s take that encouragement into our week! How can we show God’s love to our neighbors today? 🌍❤️

09/05/2026

Services and News from St Stephen's Church -

10.30am Sung Eucharist with Confirmation Setting: The Johannesburg Service – Bertalot Psalm 66 vv. 7–9, 14–16 Anthem: If ye love me – Tallis Hymns: 103, 138, 420, 140, ‘Christ, be our light’ Voluntary: Gigue Fugue – J. S. Bach

02/05/2026

Services and News from St Stephen's Church -

10.30am Sung Eucharist Setting: The Johannesburg Service – Bertalot Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Stanford Hymns: 477, 118, 206, 280 (omit vs. 2), 388i Voluntary: Eastertide – Stanford

25/04/2026

Services and News from St Stephen's Church -

10.30am Sung Eucharist Setting: The Johannesburg Service – Bertalot Anthem: The Lord is my Shepherd – Goodall Hymns: 109 (Easter vv. 1–7), 390 (t. 493), 106, 284, 114 Voluntary: Christ the Lord is risen – Bertalot

20/04/2026

What a joy to have the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, join us at St Stephen’s yesterday!

The Archbishop led us in celebrating the Feast of the Saints and Martyrs of Canterbury, delivering an inspiring sermon that connected our city's deep history with our mission today.

It was also a significant day as we marked the end of Shirley’s time as Churchwarden. Having the Archbishop there to help us thank Shirley for her incredible service made it all the more special.

Thank you to everyone who stayed to chat with the Archbishop afterward. It was a Sunday to remember!

[View the full photo album below] 📸✨