Hiring the Parish Centre

St. Stephen’s Parish Centre is a building with a worship area at one end and a hall at the other with a smaller meeting room upstairs, these are actively used to support the various ministries of the church.

Where possible, we are happy for the hall and meeting room to be used more widely by members of the church family and wider community with the following provisos:

Church services, church-sponsored events and long-standing tenants always get precedence
Bookings must be made in advance through the Church Operations Administrator in the church office.
Bookings are made on a ‘self-managed’ basis i.e. users of the rooms must set up and clear up for themselves. We expect people to leave the room as they would wish to find it.
Bookings are made between the hours of 08:30 and 22:00 on weekdays and Saturday

Rooms for hire:
Downstairs Hall and kitchen

Wheelchair accessible
Seats up to 100
£30 per hour

Upstairs Meeting Room with sink and water boiler

Access via staircase with handrail
Seats up to 40
£30 per hour

Booking Process

All bookings need to be pre-approved by Church Operations Administrator in co-operation with the Vicar and Churchwardens. The process is as follows:

Event organiser contacts the Church Operations Administrator to check availability (01772 491900 or administrator@ststephenspreston.org.uk)
Booking form is issued to the Hirer.
Booking is held provisionally for up to 5 working days and is secured when the booking form and £30 deposit has been received by the Church Operations Administrator.
Final payment must be made prior to the event.
The Church Operations Administrator will assign a keyholder or keyholders to open up and lock up the building on the day – these individuals will issue a tidy-up checklist to the Hirer at the start of the event and collect it at the end of the event to confirm everything is in order.

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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit, so that you know, beforehand, what to expect on a Sunday.

Where and When do we meet?

We meet at the Church Building on Bird Street (off Broadgate PR1 8DY) for our Sunday Services at 10.30am and 6pm. For your first visit, we recommend arriving 10 minutes early to ensure you find somewhere to sit before the service begins.

Accessibility: There is wheelchair access, and a sound loop for anyone who needs it. Please let one of the Welcome Team know on your arrival and they will help you to get set up. We also have a fully accessible toilet.

What Should I Expect?

You will receive a very warm welcome particularly from our Welcome Team who will be able to answer your questions and direct you to where you need to go. We sing, read a passage from God's Word, the Bible, and church members lead a time of prayer. We have a talk based on the passage that was read to deepen our knowledge and love of God and to understand how we are to live as His people. There are opportunities for prayer at the end of the service with someone from our Pastoral Team.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are served after the service where there is plenty of time to meet new people and ask more questions.

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What about my kids?

We have a creche upstairs with a live link to the service so you can still feel part of it. There is a fantastic Junior Church for those children aged 3–10, and a Pathfinder group for school years 6 to 9. Children stay with their parent or grown-up at the start of the service for the welcome, songs and notices. We really value worshipping God all together as a church family. At the end of the notices someone will announce that it’s time for the younger members to go to their various groups. You will need to go with your children to their groups and register them as part of our child safety policy. Whilst you are dropping your kids off at their groups, we pause to take time to chat to someone sitting near or next to us, giving folk a chance to come back before the sermon begins.

For more information about what happens in the children's work please visit the page on Youth and Children's Ministry under "Church Life".

The kids group activities vary depending on the age but usually there is a friendly welcome, bible stories, testimonies, praying, music, craft, drama, fun games and free play. Please pick your children up as soon as the service finishes.

Is there a dress code?

We don't all dress up for church, although some choose to look smart and others dress less formally. It's always great to see people wearing national dress from various parts of the world. However, we do like to dress with a degree of modesty

Will I have to join in?

Not at all!
You are free to simply observe or participate as much as feels comfortable for you.

What is Christianity?

You can read more about who Jesus is, why he came and what that means for us here.

I have more questions, how can I get in touch and ask them?

Please feel free to contact us.

Getting Connected

Growth Groups

While Sundays are a great way to meet new people, it is often in smaller gatherings that you can really get to know someone. Being part of one of our Growth Groups allows you to make new friends, share together and support each other. We have a variety of groups that meet throughout the week, some daytime and some evenings. Check out our Growth Groups page for more info. If you would like to join a group we can put you in touch with one of the leaders, who will be more than happy to invite you along to their group.

Get in touch with us to plan your visit

If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.

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Comments / Questions or anything you would like to say?

Next, we will contact you by email to say hello and help arrange anything necessary for your visit.

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We hope that whoever you are, you will feel at home at our church.

Best Wishes

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