Welcome to St. Stephen's Church Hightown

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"St. Stephen’s Church, Hightown, is integral to community life,
welcoming and joyful in worship,
and inspiring and loving in our ministry to children....."

We are a small, welcoming and busy church at the foot of the railway bridge in Hightown; very much a part of the local community. Eucharistic worship, every Sunday at 10.30am, is ”middle of the road” and there are alternative worship opportunities: BCP (Book of Common Prayer) Evensong every Sunday at 6.00pm.

Enquirers and Nurture courses are run regularly. New members and visitors are always given a special welcome. St. Stephen’s Youth Club meets every Friday in term-time at 6.00pm in the Church Hall.

We have a large and excellent, well-equipped parish hall, which is available to hire.

St. Stephen’s has a friendly and inclusive feel, which comes from the warmth and enthusiasm of its people. If you haven’t already, why not give us a try?

November Message

Dear All,

Last month I wrote about Eco-Church and this month I can update you on the ‘Eco-Church’ survey we have done to see how good/not good St Stephen’s Church is in conservation and how environmentally friendly we are.

Firstly - the good news.

We are doing well in most areas. We try to keep single use plastics to a minimum. If you’ve had food or drink at our coffee mornings or events in our hall, you know we use reusable cups, saucers and cutlery. We gradually are replacing our light bulbs to LED ones and buy Eco-electricity. We use Fair-trade tea and coffee. We recycle our paper. We are aware how our climate change affects the poorest people of the world - this is mentioned in our prayers and sermons.

But then - the bad news.

We scored very poorly in our use of land. We have a fair bit of land around the church and church hall and all we do with it is cut the grass. Yes, it looks tidy but that’s its only merit. Some of this land could be home to insects and pollinators if we encourage wild flowers to grow. These wilder areas will be managed; otherwise trees and perennial weeds take over. So watch this space as we begin to make changes.

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Revd. Jan Ashton Vicar of Hightown, Liverpool. Telephone: 0151 929 3971 Email Me Here