Apr 29, 2025 | Stephen Ministry
“During the time of the early church, the apostles decided to choose among their faithful disciples those who would be sent into the community to minister to the needs of the people. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit…” —Acts 6:5 The past...
Dec 3, 2024 | Stephen Ministry
Founded in 1975 by Dr. Kenneth Haugk and his wife, the program was housed in the Haugks’ garage. The program was created to provide high-quality, one-to-one, Christ-centered care to people in the congregation and the community experiencing life difficulties. The...
Sep 10, 2024 | Stephen Ministry
On August 11th. Drew Fennema and Mildy Walton were commissioned to be Stephen Ministers in our congregation. They have faithfully completed fifty hours of training to prepare them to give confidential, Christian care to adults having difficulty with events in their...
Jun 20, 2024 | Stephen Ministry
St. Louis Is Making Improvements Our Stephen Ministry trainees are almost finished their studies and will be commissioned by the congregation mid-summer as full-fledged Stephen Ministers. Mildly Walton and Drew Fennema are part of congregations world-wide who are...
Nov 17, 2023 | Stephen Ministry
Stephen Ministry is based on the idea that all Christians are ministers. The responsibility for passing on God’s love is not just for a chosen few. People with gifts for caring can use those gifts to bring Christ’s love to individuals in our congregation and...
Sep 12, 2023 | Stephen Ministry
A Thank You The following letter from one of the church’s first care receivers was sent to me on June 11, 2002 to publish in the Messenger: Dear Saint Matthew Church, I would like to thank you for bringing the Stephen Ministry into our parish. It has been almost a...
