St Stephens Belrose partners with a variety of organisations to promote the gospel and care for communities. 

Local organisations.

Northern Beaches Hospital Chaplaincy

St Stephens is one of the financial supporters for the Anglicare Chaplaincy at the Northern Beaches Hospital. Libby Janssen is the Anglican Chaplain. ​If you find yourself or someone you love in Northern Beaches Hospital, we encourage you to ask the hospital for this free service.

Soul Survivor, NSW

Soul Survivor is an organisation that encourages youth and young adults to live a heart of worship through word, spirit and action. 
soulsurvivornsw.org.au

The Cottage Counselling Centre, Sydney

The Cottage Counselling Centre was established in 1996 by St Faith’s Anglican Church in affiliation with Anglicare Counselling.
It is staffed by professional counsellors dedicated to caring for the wellbeing of their clients. It is a local initiative which aims to serve anyone in the community, irrespective of race or religion, who may be seeking individual or relationship counselling.
 
The Cottage Counselling Centre provides individual and relationship counselling in a safe environment for anyone in the community, regardless of race or religion. It has a strong commitment to providing an environment where people who are hurting can be heard and encouraged to find hope for themselves and help for their relationships.
 
All counsellors are Christians, highly trained and accredited with professional counselling organisations. They are committed to assisting people who are hurting to find hope for themselves and help for their relationships. The Cottage also runs courses and educational programs on various topics such as grief, parenting, abuse and suicide. 
 
Cottage Counselling Centres are at Chatswood, Narrabeen, Lindfield, Manly, Dee Why – and at St Stephens Belrose.
 
Phone (02) 9972 0141
www.facebook.com/thecottagecounsellingcentre
www.cottagecounselling.org.au

Focus on children and youth.

St Stephens Kindergarten, Belrose

St Stephens Belrose Kindergarten was established in 1973 by St Stephens Anglican Church. Since then more than 2,000 children have passed through our doors and even some of our pupil's children as well. We are a not for profit organisation, providing high quality education and care for preschool children. Although St Stephens Kindergarten is a separate business to St Stephens Church we maintain close ties with the church and our local community.
ststephensbelrosekindergarten.org.au

mainly music, Belrose

mainly music runs each Thursday from 10am to 11.30am in school term times. 

Scripture in Primary Schools, NSW

Scripture in schools is our mission field at home to our own community. Currently several St Stephens members teach children weekly in our closest public primary schools - Belrose, Mimosa, Kambora, Wakehurst and Frenchs Forest Public Schools. St Stephens has been a champion of Scripture teaching among local churches for many years, and currently we supply all the teachers for Belrose Public School.  
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Lessons are 30 – 40 minutes with amazing rewards, both for teachers and for students.  For teachers it’s an opportunity to get deeper into the Word, so that what we teach comes from our hearts and not just our heads.  On the other side of the equation, it’s rewarding to watch faith develop from when the students arrive in kindergarten, start asking questions around Year 3, and develop in their understanding of a personal God who loves them and wants them to be part of His family. Often this is the only time children learn about God and his love for them and their families.
 
Scripture teachers undergo mandatory “safe ministry” training as well as courses run by Anglican Youthworks to equip them to teach effectively.  Teachers also follow a curriculum with lesson plans and student workbooks or work sheets. There is always practical application in the lesson material, so that the children develop in their faith walk.

Scripture in Secondary Schools, NSW

The Forest Association for Christian Education (FACE Inc.) is a cooperation of churches in the Forest area of Sydney.
FACE was established in November 2011 by the co-operative vision and work of local Churches who desired that students in our local state high schools have the opportunity to hear the Gospel clearly explained.  The Board of FACE comprises pastors and members of local Churches. FACE seeks to enable every student in our local State high schools to be exposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ with ongoing opportunities to respond and be involved in a local Church.
face.org.au

Helping organisations

Bridge of Hope, Indonesia

Bridge of Hope is a Christian micro-enterprise development organisation working with families trapped in poverty in the Manado region of North Sulawesi, East Indonesia. By assisting family businesses and facilitating community support programs, Bridge of Hope seeks to empower communities to build a better future. 
In 2001 a group of concerned Christians from Sydney's Northern beaches initiated Bridge of Hope after learning of the refugee crisis in the Manado region caused by religious persecution in 2000 and since. Bridge of Hope was established to allow an ongoing partnership between concerned Australians and those struggling in one of our nearest neighbouring countries. Microenterprise Development was identified as the most practical, appropriate and sustainable method to help these people help themselves.
 
Over the last few years, St Stephens have sent teams to visit and support staff in Bitung, and encourage small business owners in the development of their businesses.
 
email: [email protected] 
https://www.worldshare.org.au/bridge-of-hope

Fair Trade and Abolitionists

St Stephens has been a strong supporter of social justice including the Fair Trade movement for many years. We purchase products that are Fair Trade certified or fairly traded for our tea, coffee and hot chocolate and promote fair trade awareness during Fair Trade fortnight each year. We are also an abolitionist church - anti slavery and human trafficking.
fairtrade.com.au
worldvision.com.au

Link missionaries.

CMS, Broome | Chris and Karen Webb

Chris and Karen work in partnership with the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia, with the aim of growing and strengthening the Aboriginal church in Broome. They seek to encourage Aboriginal Christians by sharing their lives with them and teaching God's word. Chris and Karen are supported financially and prayerfully by St Stephens.
www.cms.org.au/missionary/oceania/chris-and-karen-webb 

Wycliffe Bible Translators | Philip and Guinevere Swan

The young men began reading out loud, grins spreading across their faces. 'This translation is great! I can really understand it! What else have you got?' Responses like this are what motivate Philip and Guinevere to continue working alongside Papuans to translate the Bible. They long to see lives and communities transformed through people engaging with God's Word in their own languages and growing as disciples of Jesus.

After ten years based in Papua, Indonesia, in 2020 Philip and Guinevere relocated to Melbourne. They continue as Wycliffe members, working under SIL Australia, a partner organisation of Wycliffe Australia. Guinevere continues as a translation advisor for the Papuan Malay translation team, working to complete the New Testament for the two million speakers of this regional language. She also serves as a translation consultant for other teams in Indonesia. These roles involve both remote and face-to-face translation checking and mentoring.
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Philip continues to support the Nimboran translation team remotely, in their language development and Scripture engagement efforts. He is also drawing on his field experience and love of teaching to train future Bible translation and literacy specialists through SILA’s graduate and undergraduate programs, as well as working to build the capacity of Bible translation partner organisations across Asia and the Pacific. He plans to undertake Bible translation consultant training in 2021.
wycliffe.org.au