St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
To Love, To Invite, To Serve
1301 N Broom Street Wilmington, DE 19806
302-652-7623 office@ststeph.org
It is the church's job to step outside of its doors and serve as disciples in the community. It is also important that we work with others in the community to work with and serve others. There are several organizations in town that St. Stephen's partners with.
Peace of Pizza
Bootless Stageworks
Bootless Stageworks (“Bootless”) is a Delaware non-profit arts organization providing high-quality theatrical performances of operas, operettas, musical theater and stage plays. Governed and managed entirely by devoted volunteers, Bootless is a unique, small professional (non-equity) theater company employing emerging theater artists and designers from throughout the Delaware Valley.
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St. Stephen's has been Bootless' home since 2014.
Family Promise
Family Promise of Northern New Castle County is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization that prevents and ends homelessness for families. They provide a safe place to eat and sleep, intensive case management, support, and hope.
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St. Stephen's provides a meal quarterly for families in their Hospitality Center.
Peace Week Delaware
Peace Week Delaware brings together community organizations and people for an annual week of free nonpartisan events to promote harmony, equity and justice in our community. Each organization promotes peace in the way that best fits its mission.
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St. Stephen's hosts Peace Week Delaware's headquarters and sponsors Peace of Pizza every October.
Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center
Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center is a not-for-profit agency providing educational and social development programs for children and teens in the Wilmington community.
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Every year St. Stephen's provides backpacks for Hilltop children, Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gifts.
Emmanuel Dining Room
Emmanuel Dining Room helps alleviate the immediate needs of Delaware’s hungry with nutritious meals served at no cost and with no questions asked.
Every day of the year, guests of Emmanuel Dining Room are seated in a clean, cheerful dining room and served a nutritious meal in restaurant fashion. An average of 550 meals are served every day. All who come through its doors are warmly welcomed.
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St. Stephen's provides lunch on the 25th of every month.
Lutheran Community Services
Lutheran Community Services helps individuals and families address food, housing, and other essential needs with dignity and respect. LCS has been serving low-income families in Wilmington and New Castle County, Delaware since 1959. They offer emergency assistance for housing stability, food pantries, food prescription program, and smoking cessation.
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St. Stephen's hosts a stationary food pantry which is open five days a week.