Author: Karl Stevens

  • Centering Prayer at St. Stephen’s

    Three Opportunities to Learn & Practice Centering Prayer There are 3 opportunities at St Stephen’s to learn and practice centering prayer: 1. Every Thursday at 12 noon we have an in-person centering prayer meeting that meets in the Sanctuary. After the centering portion, we have a Lectio Divina portion where we read an excerpt from…

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  • Art in the Sanctuary – Mike & Elly Kaizar’s Block Prints

    We’re so excited to be featuring block prints by Mike and Elly Kaizar this month. Stop by the sanctuary and check them out! Artist Bio Mike Kaizar michaelkaizar@yahoo.com 614-747-3151 Michael Kaizar is a Columbus-based blockprint artist whose bold, hand-carved imagery blends craft with playful, mythic storytelling. He began printing during the early COVID-19 pandemic, growing…

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  • Take the Adult Formation Survey

    Our new Adult Formation Working Group has created a survey so that you can help guide their planning. Please fill out here, or fill out a paper copy in church on Sunday.

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  • Spiritual Journaling Workshop

    Saturday, August 22nd  10:00am – 11:30amHobson Hall Join Melissa Reed as she guides us through a beautiful Lectio Divina inspired creative journaling practice. Bring your journal, your favorite pens, old magazines, and any other crafting supplies you may like. We will spend time quietly journaling together followed by a time of (optional) sharing. 

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  • All Living Flesh: Experiencing God in the Natural World

    Join us every Sunday in September after the 10:30 AM service for a time of formation and learning centered around the Season of Creation.  For approximately one hour, we will engage with the ongoing work being done to plant a native pollinator garden at St. Stephen’s and reflect on the project’s significance on ecological, communal,…

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  • Art in the Sanctuary – Jen Poppen’s “Hybrid”

    We are thrilled to display Jen Poppen’s wonderful art in the Sanctuary this summer. In this series, “Hybrid “, Poppen explores ideas of combining different aspects of artistic tendencies and symbols to create something new.  Reflection on how all of us carry some form of hybridization is central to this body of work.  Meshing natural…

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  • Neglected Scriptures: The Song of Songs

    Periodically throughout this year, we will spend time during the Sunday Adult Formation hour reading and learning about some of the scriptures that we rarely hear on Sunday mornings, as they are mostly left out of the Revised Common Lectionary. We will start with the Song of Songs. We will begin our study of this…

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  • New Centering Prayer Group Forming

    “Please join us on Thursday, July 2nd from 12:00 noon till 1:00 pm in the Sanctuary for a new group that is forming. We will lean & practice the art of centering & connecting with the Divine within us. Our centering time will be followed by a Lectio Divina reading of Sacred Texts and sharing…

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  • Book Study: Queer Theology

    Join us for a book study on queer theology this July and August at St. Stephen’s, led by Judith Grant. In this series, we will explore the origins and meanings of the term queer and examine its relevance for theology and religious life. Our readings will include: We will meet at 6:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays: Use this link…

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  • Early Music Concert on June 6

    We are thrilled to host Early Music Columbus’s chamber music concert on June 6. The concert is at 7:30 PM in the sanctuary (parking in our lot and in the Arps Garage) and is free. The flyer is below.

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  • Centering Prayer at St. Stephen’s
    Centering Prayer at St. Stephen’s

    Three Opportunities to Learn & Practice Centering Prayer There are 3 opportunities at St Stephen’s to learn and practice centering prayer: 1. Every Thursday at 12 noon we have an in-person centering prayer meeting that meets in the Sanctuary. After the centering portion, we have a Lectio Divina portion where we read an excerpt from…

  • Art in the Sanctuary – Mike & Elly Kaizar’s Block Prints
    Art in the Sanctuary – Mike & Elly Kaizar’s Block Prints

    We’re so excited to be featuring block prints by Mike and Elly Kaizar this month. Stop by the sanctuary and check them out! Artist Bio Mike Kaizar michaelkaizar@yahoo.com 614-747-3151 Michael Kaizar is a Columbus-based blockprint artist whose bold, hand-carved imagery blends craft with playful, mythic storytelling. He began printing during the early COVID-19 pandemic, growing…

  • Take the Adult Formation Survey
    Take the Adult Formation Survey

    Our new Adult Formation Working Group has created a survey so that you can help guide their planning. Please fill out here, or fill out a paper copy in church on Sunday.