St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Featuring an extensive list of links to other locations that may be of interest to you.  Just click on the organization "hyperlink" below to visit them. Not all links have been "approved" by an Episcopal organization or official.

The Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real - Our Local Diocese.

The Episcopal Church USA - National Headquarters.

The Unoffical Episcopal Church Home Page - Long before the national office got onto the web, this site existed to introduce the Internet to the Episcopal Church.

The Bible

Bible Gateway - Search the Bible in nine languages and multiple Bible versions. One of the earliest and still best Bible text sites.

The Book of Common Prayer

Book of Common Prayer - 1979, 1928, 1892, 1789, & 1786 versions and much more in various formats.

Book of Common Prayer - 1979 ASCII (plain text) version.

Prayers & Readings

The Daily Office - The Online Daily Office exists to give busy people a way to particpate in Morning and Evening Prayer including the readings and psalms for each day (along with a bit of music!), in English and Spanish. You will also find Noonday Prayer, Compline, and Devotions for Individuals and Families here. These rites are based on The Book of Common Prayer. To be read online or printed out to take with you.

The Lectionary - A collection of Lectionary resources for the Episcopal Church. Updated every Sunday night. The Sunday Eucharistic Lectionary and the Daily Office Lectionary linked to the readings and psalms for the day.

The Lectionary Page - This site was created to support all those who need access to the lesson texts of the Episcopal (ECUSA) Eucharistic Lectionary. The lessons presented follow the Episcopal form.

Forward Movement - The publishers of "Forward Day-by-Day" among other things. The Anglican cycle of prayer is online at this website.

Misc. Documents, Data Bases and Links

General Convention Documents - Read The Episcopal Church's recent document on human sexuality.

ECDplus - Search the Episcopal Clerical Directory online for clergy and parish data.

Guide to early Church Documents - This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, Creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history.

Episcopalian.org - Is a website designed to inform and encourage those who support worldwide evangelism and discipleship in the name of Jesus Christ, particularly in the Anglican Communion.

Christian History Institute - 91 Issues of Glimpses a bulletin insert on church history. Three editions of Pocket Classics. A clickable calendar: "What Happened On This Date In Christian History?" and more.

The Episcopal Presence - A lively collection of information about the Christian faith and Episcopal tradition.

Special

The Crucifixion - John 3:16. This animation has been seen by millions of people. Viewing this page requires Macromedia's Shockwave and Flash plug-in. There is a link for downloading the required software on the page. (Java program)

For Children & Young Adults

Peek Through the Window - Information about the Episcopal Church directed at young adults.

Ministries with Young People Cluster - The master site for the ministries with young people office of our church (aka 815 because the real site is 815 Second Ave, New York). The Cluster works with three groups: Persons under 30; adults who advocate and work with young people; ministries in higher education. ESPECIALLY RECOMMENDED: Click on the "connecting with the post-Boomer generations".

A Young Adult's Look at the Episcopal Church - Are you looking for a church to call home? Are you just curious about what the Episcopal Church has to offer? My name is Amy. I'm a twentysomething "cradle" Episcopalian who would love to see more young adults in the pews on Sunday mornings.

Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered & Supportive

Integrity - National site of the Episcopal Church lesbian & gay community.

Media

The Mission Bell Online - A publication of the Diocese of El Camino Real.

Episcopal Life - National Episcopal Newspaper.

Odyssey Channel - Online TV schedule, Kids Corner & more.

ECTN - The "Episcopal Cathedral Teleconferencing Network" is a distributor of acclaimed interactive programming on spiritual information, continuing education, and professional training for clergy and laity of the Episcopal Church.

Episcopal E-Mail Lists - By: St. Sebastian's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Melborne Beach, Florida.

Music

Anglican Online Hymnal - Texts from six Anglican hymnals used in the second half of the twentieth century (and still used today), and some music that you can listen to. (Midi format)

The Cyber Hymnal - Over 2,100 Christian hymns and Gospel songs from many denominations. The most comprehesive collection of hymns that you can listen to online; this website includes lyrics along with biographies of the composers and writers (including pictures of same), scores, history and more. (Midi format)

The Silvis Woodshed - A collection of midi files and tools to help singers learn their notes so that they can be ready to turn it into music when they go to rehearsal. Not all, but mostly, classical religious music.

Lutheran Hymnal.Com - Almost all the music from the Lutheran Hymnal (& some other Christian hymns) that you can listen to online. (Midi format)

Stewardship

The Episcopal Network for Stewardship - A voluntary network of people who understand the important role of leadership in realizing a faithful response to God's call to generously share of our time, talent and treasure to do God's work in the world.

Anglican

The Anglican Communion - The official website.

Anglicans Online - Lots of great resources. If you need information about anything Anglican, look here first. Comprehensive news, directories, and information from and about the Anglican Communion, and then some. The website is searchable. Updated every Monday morning.

Pictures & Icons

The Ecole Initiative - Links to Christian images stored at various places on the World-Wide Web.

Orthodox Byzantine Icons - A complete catalog of icons --mostly ancient-- and other goods from the New Skete Monastery. (Orthodox) (Commercial site)

Other Commercial Sites

Church Publishing - Books, Software, Recordings, & Online Services. The publishing house of the Episcopal Church. (Commercial site)

Prayerstones - Crosses and other symbols in glass from Eileen and Sheldon Hutchinson. (Commercial site)

Bridge Building Images - Modern religious & spiritual gifts. Cards, plaques, photos, icons, posters, paintings & magnets. (Commercial site)

Humor

Ship of Fools - The Magazine of Christian Unrest. A humorous and intelligent look at the Christian Church (90% Anglican) from the United Kingdom. Updated weekly.

Web Ring

A Web Ring is a way to link groups of web sites with mutual interests together, so that anyone interested in a subject can follow the ring and know that the links will be of interest to them. Through navigation links found most often at the bottom of Member pages visitors can travel to all or any of the sites in a Ring. They can move through a Ring in either direction, go to the next or previous site, or list the next five sites in the Ring. They can jump to a random site in the Ring, or survey all the sites that make up the Ring. The Anglican and Episcopal Web Ring has been set up for people that maintain Anglican and Episcopal web sites or are interested in topics concerned with the Anglican communion. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is a member of this ring. See the bottom of our Home Page for the navigation buttons.

Planning to visit or move to our area? Here are some local links:

San Luis Obispo City

San Luis Obispo City Chamber of Commerce

SLO Online - San Luis Obispo Online. (Commercial)

Central Coast.Com - The complete online guide for California’s Central Coast. (Commercial)

San Luis Obispo County - Visitors & Conference Bureau.

San Luis Obispo County Virtual Village - Sponsored by SLONET.

University Christian Community - The UCC is located at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), behind the Health Center, San Luis Obispo, California.

California Polytechnic State University - Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California.

Cuesta Community College - The "home" college of San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo, California.

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