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?

April Message

Dear All,

This is a different ‘take’ on my Easter letter this year. It is a personal account of having my grandchildren at my dad’s funeral.

Many of you know that my dad recently died after a long illness with dementia and we had his funeral on January 12th this year. I have six grandchildren who were aged 4,5,11,11,17 and 20, in January. My children said it was up to me whether I wanted my grandchildren at my dad’s funeral.

Children and funerals is a difficult call and over the years people have said to me children shouldn’t go to funerals because: children shouldn’t see adults upset; children shouldn’t see and experience things they might not understand; children should enjoy life, not worry about dying and death. What’s your opinion? For what it’s worth, this is mine: on the whole I think children should go to funerals and I’m going to explain why I think this

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