Saint Augustine's identifies itself as an "open church."

By this we mean that all persons are welcome to come and be part of this community wherever they are in their spiritual journey. We seek to be a safe place for skeptics and doubters as well as for convicted believers.

We are an inclusive church in which people from many backgrounds have found common ground. We are a diverse community which discovered in God a oneness greater in significance than our differences. We have come to know that our variety, in truth, reflects the divine comprehensiveness of the God of all created things.

    In Christ,

    from The Rev. Nate Rugh and the Vestry at St. A's

What's Going On...

Epiphany House Blessings - Since ancient times, it has been traditional for priests to bless the home of parishioners during the season of Epiphany.  If you would like Fr. Nate to visit your home in the next month, please contact Carrie by phone (310-395-0977) or email (carrie@saint-augustine.org) to schedule a blessing.

Please support St. A's outreach ministry through Common Ground - The Westside HIV Community Center.  Contact Deacon Katie Derose (deacon@saint-augustine.org) with any questions or to support our ministry of providing dinners every third Wednesday of the month to 40-50 youth participating in the HYPE (Homeless Youth Peer Education) Program. The next dinner is February 15, 2012.

We also need tutors for our program for HYPE and other Common Ground clients who want to take the GED exams. Or you can provide financial support for these programs by making out your check to St. Augustine, with HYPE on the memo/subject line.

Parish Annual Meeting is scheduled on Sunday, January 29th after the 10:30 a.m. service in Pierson Hall. Lunch will be provided.

St. A's Book & Gift Store - please come in, visit, and shop to your heart's content.  We have many new items arriving every week so come take a look and do say hello to our wonderful staff:  Sarah Giorgione, manager and the "Bookie Girls", Alice, Lorri and Mary.