Parents' Night Out is connecting through community, one way of showing parents in our church community and community at large that Christianity is relevant to daily life. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs out there. We need help. PNO allows parents time to rest and recharge.

Parents' Night Out offers all parents in our community free-will offering baby-sitting for infants to children age 11.

Date: Second Saturday of every month
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

Date: Thursday evenings
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Room 105 (enter through north end doors)

For more information, contact Todd Lage at 334-9026.

Pancakes4Pantry
Capitalizing on the Fourth of July celebration hosted by the city of Urbandale, Pancakes4Pantry is St. Stephen's opportunity to serve our community and celebrate the Fourth.

This annual fundraiser for the Urbandale Food Pantry is held on the morning of July 4 in our south parking lot (weather permitting). Members of St. Stephen host a pancake feed open to the community. Activities include St. Stephen Praise Band performance and games for children. The breakfast is a free-will offering with all proceeds going to the Urbandale Food Pantry.

A dinner is served on the last Saturday of each month to anyone who is tired of eating alone or who may be at the end of their budget for the month. For more information, please contact Linda Held at 288-5161.

The St. Stephen Social Ministry Team leads the congregation in its effort to extend Christian compassion and concern to those in need of assistance in body and soul. There are many ongoing missions, but the purpose and direction change as human needs arise.

• Collecting cancelled stamps for Mosaic
  
• Collecting Campbell's Soup labels and box tops
  
• Pop top tabs for the Ronald McDonald House
  
• Collecting personal hygiene items for Broadlawns (homeless persons)
  
• Hunger walks
  
• Work Camps
  
• Community clean-up
  
• Visiting Mosaic homes
  
• Help for Habitat for Humanity and building houses
  
• New Directions Shelter
  
• Blood drives at St. Stephen
  
• DMARC Food Bank
  
• Urbandale Food Bank
  
• World Hunger
  
• Clothes Closet
  
• HomesTogether home for the homeless
  
• Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
  
• Hosting Urbandale Senior Citizen luncheon
  

For more information about these ministries, please contact Barb Huey at 289-9092.

The Welcome Center Ministers are a very valued part of St. Stephen. They welcome members and visitors to St. Stephen and help them feel at home. The Welcome Desk is available to answer questions members and guests may have.

For more information, contact Jane Dieseth, 276-4628.