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Easter Day
Sung Eucharist
10.30am Sunday 20th April 2025
For all of our previous services, visit our worship pages.
Easter Day
Choral Evensong
6.00pm Sunday 20th April 2025
Lord of all life and power,
who through the mighty resurrection of your Son
overcame the old order of sin and death
to make all things new in him:
grant that we, being dead to sin
and alive to you in Jesus Christ,
may reign with him in glory;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit
be praise and honour, glory and might,
now and in all eternity.
Amen.
Maundy Thursday
Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar
7.30pm Thursday 17th April 2025
For all of our previous services, visit our worship pages.
Holy Week and Easter at St Stephen’s
Sunday 13th April 2025
Palm Sunday
10.30am Procession of Palms and Sung Eucharist
6.00pm The Way of the Cross – a service of readings and music for Passiontide
Thursday 17th April
Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Sung Eucharist and Stripping of the Sanctuary
Friday 18th April 2025
Good Friday
10.30am All Ages Service
2.00pm Good Friday Liturgy
Sunday 20th April 2025
Easter Sunday
10.30am Sung Eucharist with lighting of the Paschal Candle
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Image: Detail from the stained glass window
in the north transept of St Stephen’s Church

Latest news from St Stephen’s
Agenda and Reports for the APCM 2025
Agenda and Reports for the APCM 2024 The Annual Parochial Church Meeting is being held in church on Sunday 28th April 2024 at 12 noon in the Church Hall, following…
Choral Evensong for Peace
As the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine passes, join us for a special service of Choral Evensong Music, Readings and Prayers for Peace in Ukraine and other war-torn places around the world.
Christmas Tree Festival 2024
Don’t miss out on our spectacular Christmas Tree Festival at St Stephen’s, opening at 2.30pm on Friday 6th December, and open from midday until 6.00pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December. Trees will be decorated by groups from within St Stephen’s Church alongside trees decorated by groups representing all parts of the wider community of our parish.
Congratulations to St Stephen’s Bellringers!
St Stephens bellringers have had a very successful year under the direction of Tower Captain, Jane Huxley, winning 3 cups in one year: The Canterbury District Call Change, the 6 Bell Striking Competition, and finally the Kent County 6 Bell championship today (Saturday). They do not remember when (or if ever) the Tower was in possession of all 3 cups at once!
Congratulations Rev. Sally Pickersgill!
Congratulations to Rev. Sally Waters, who was ordained Deacon in Canterbury Cathedral on Saturday morning. Sally is, of course, known to all of us at St Stephen’s as she has been our Lay Reader for several years, but now she begins her new ministry as our Curate.
Agenda and Reports for the APCM 2024
Agenda and Reports for the APCM 2024 The Annual Parochial Church Meeting is being held in church on Sunday 28th April 2024 at 12 noon in the Church Hall, following…
St Stephen’s Choir singing in St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Our choir will be singing the services in St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Bury St Edmunds on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th April. Music will include some of our favourite Easter anthems, as well as a celebration of Stanford’s music to mark 100 years since his death.
READ MORE… St Stephen’s Choir singing in St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Remembering Lady Loretta
At Choral Evensong on Sunday 10th March, we will be remembering Lady Loretta, an Anchoress who was enclosed at St Stephen’s from 1221 until she died in 1266.
Ash Wednesday
This year, Lent begins on Wednesday 22nd February. We will be marking Ash Wednesday with two services, our regular 10am Holy Communion, and a special Sung Eucharist at 7.30pm.
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