WELCOME TO SAINT STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

An historic community of faith in Newton, Iowa for more than 150 years.

We’re a small, faithful and growing group of Christians who learn together, support each other and grow in our Faith together We gather here to worship, to sing, and to hear God’s word.

We gather here to offer our needs and our joys before God, and to have them heard. We gather here to be refreshed and renewed, and then go out from this place as living bearers of God’s love.

St. Stephen’s is steeped in history. Our worship is rooted in anglo-catholic tradition, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places (added in 1977), and the church is the oldest church in Jasper County in continual use for worship services. The first worship service in the church building was on April 19, 1874.

A wheelchair is available.

We invite you to worship with us any time.

ALL ARE WELCOME

Church News

Dream it

Church News Dream it

Eastertide- April-May

Join Isaac Green for breakfast/Bible Study every Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

The second Sunday of each month is Healing Sunday with Steve Halstead. Join him at the altar after worship service

Recommendation: check out “Episcopalians on Facebook”. This is a page full of information and insightfulness. You can post your needs, joys, prayers, whatever to share with fellow Episcopalians. An example is this prayer from Frederick William Schmidt: “In the stillness of this morning, meet us each where we are. Some of us will need focus. Some cry out for strength. Others labor under successive waves of bad news. The list is endless and unknown to anyone of us. The need for hope, vision, gratitude, love mercy. But you know Lord. Be with us now and throughout the day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Merle will be in his office every Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for anyone who wishes to visit with him

Worship Opportunities

M.W.F. Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m..

Wednesday: 5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer with Issac Green

Saturday Compline at 8:00 p.m.

 And of course, all of our services will be on live on Friends of St. Stephen’s, a private group on Facebook

Online Services

Worship Schedule:

Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday Morning Prayer at 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Evening Prayer

Saturday 8 p.m. Compline

Services on Wednesday will usually be in the Church, other weekday services may well be broadcast from home. You are welcome to join us at the services in church; but all will be broadcast on the Friends of St. Stephen's Facebook page. Ask us to Friend you if you would like to attend. 

See What We Have To Offer

  • Worship Opportunities

  • Programming

  • Social Outreach

  • Recovery Programs

Vision Statement:

To Be The Hands, Feet and Face of God

Lectionary Study - Book Study -

Lectionary Study - Book Study -

Please join us every Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. to look at the Lectionary selections for the upcoming Sunday.

Book Study will meet at 9:30 a.m., May 19 . In Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa, historian Kevin T. Mason presents a vivid and deeply researched account of Iowa’s evolving landscape, beginning with the 1835 expedition of the First U.S. Dragoons. Drawing from archival records, maps, government surveys, Indigenous histories, and ecological data, Mason explores how Iowa’s prairies and wetlands gave way to farms, towns, and transportation networks. He situates these environmental shifts within the broader forces of Manifest Destiny, military expansion, and settler colonialism, while amplifying the voices of the Sauk, Meskwaki, Dakota, and other Indigenous nations whose histories are often marginalized.