St Stephen’s

Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Berkshire, RG8 8LP.

St. Stephen's is a warm friendly church aiming to be Christ centred and user friendly. We serve the people of Upper and Lower Basildon and beyond.

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Whether you're new to Berkshire, exploring faith, visiting friends or just looking for a place to call home, you're so welcome at St Stephen’s!

Families and Children are very much part of our church at St. Stephens and we believe God put the wiggle in the children so they are very welcome to wiggle here! We have a rich variety of service at St. Stephen’s. Sometimes we use our lovely organ for our services, other times we make use of our very talented worship band. We often spend time in worship, prayer, teaching and of course, sharing some great coffee and conversations after services too!

We have two Sunday Communion services a month, other services include our popular ‘Bacon Butty Sunday’, and our regular morning praise! We’d be absolutely delighted to welcome you anytime to St. Stephen’s.

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Attached to the Church is the centre, hall with a kitchen, toilets and a separate meeting room / office.

The centre serves as a base for a twice weekly pop-up Post Office and a church outreach cafe. 

It is regularly used by the community and a wide variety of local clubs. 

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For all services, across the benefice, including our other two churches, see HERE.
The church remains open for private prayer each day during daylight hours.

UpComing @ Basildon

UPCOMING EVENTS @ Basildon & IN THE BENEFICE
Post Office @ St Stephens
Nov 22
Post Office @ St Stephens

Post Office in the church centre at Basildon. Most Post Office services available plus local free range eggs, and books.

Bacon Butty Sunday @ Basildon
Nov 24
Bacon Butty Sunday @ Basildon

We join together for a short interactive family worship service. Lots of fun! Action songs, Bible readings, dressing up, toys and we finish with yummy refreshments. Bacon butties, posh omelettes, pastries and much more.Lots of Holy Chaos. Come join the fun.

Café St. Stephen's
Nov 25
Café St. Stephen's

St. Stephen’s Cafe is open weekly on Monday mornings. It runs alongside the community post office at St. Stephen’s church. Various groups help to run and support it as we raise funds for various causes. Come along and join us for lovely hot drinks, freshly made homemade cakes and a good catch up with friends.

Post Office @ St Stephens
Nov 29
Post Office @ St Stephens

Post Office in the church centre at Basildon. Most Post Office services available plus local free range eggs, and books.

Basildon Christingle Service - with Basildon Primary
Dec 1
Basildon Christingle Service - with Basildon Primary

Join us at 10am as we host our Christingle Service with special performances from Basildon Primary School. We will build the Christingles as part of our service and enjoy some delicious refreshments afterwards. Absolutely everybody welcome.

Café St. Stephen's
Dec 2
Café St. Stephen's

St. Stephen’s Cafe is open weekly on Monday mornings. It runs alongside the community post office at St. Stephen’s church. Various groups help to run and support it as we raise funds for various causes. Come along and join us for lovely hot drinks, freshly made homemade cakes and a good catch up with friends.

10am Taize @ Basildon
Dec 8
10am Taize @ Basildon

St Stephen’s,

An informal and friendly service where we sing worship songs, hear the inspiring words of Scripture and pray for one another and the needs of the world. We enjoy a short talk and we welcome children and families to be fully part of the service. After the service we enjoy wonderful refreshments which are always yummy!

Café St. Stephen's
Dec 9
Café St. Stephen's

St. Stephen’s Cafe is open weekly on Monday mornings. It runs alongside the community post office at St. Stephen’s church. Various groups help to run and support it as we raise funds for various causes. Come along and join us for lovely hot drinks, freshly made homemade cakes and a good catch up with friends.

We play an active part in our local community, hosting many local groups, a twice-weekly Post Office and Coffee Shop.

Featured
FISH & CHIPS
FISH & CHIPS

Freshly cooked cod, haddock, fish cakes, battered mushrooms, sausages, veggie cakes and of course chips. From ‘Go Fish & Chips’ - winner of the 10 Best Mobile Units 2019.

The Fish & chip van is outside the church hall in Basildon Every Thursday 5.00-8.00.

POST OFFICE
POST OFFICE

10 am – 12:30 pm

Mondays & Fridays in the church centre at Basildon.

Getting here

 

St Stephen’s, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Berkshire, RG8 8LP.

PARKING & ACCESSIBILITY

There is lots of room for parking. Both the car park and centre are wheelchair friendly.

In The Benefice