Left masthead - St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
Middle masthead - St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
Mission Statement - The mission of St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church is to include all people as we share the grace of God and challenge ourselves to follow Jesus Christ.
Homepage - St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
St. Augustine's Worship Schedule -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
St. Augustine's History -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
Ebb and Flow Newsletter -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
Community Links Page -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
contact / Map -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
Guestbook -St. Augustine by the Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, California
-- 1227 Fourth Street, Santa Monica, California 90401 -- (310) 395-0977
May Calendar of Events

Sunday Worship Services
at 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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, refects the divine comprehensiveness of the God of all created things.


Dear Mom -
This Pentecost is for you!

Mother's Day, May 11 at Noon

Come for the biggest birthday celebration & wear something RED!

Pentecost celebrates the birthday of the Church. It commemorates that day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples in an Upper Room, filling them with power, conviction and enthusiasm to go forth as the Body of Christ into the world to serve. This year, it's also Mother's Day… MORE

See Photos From Last Year's Pentacost Picnic!


Episcopal 101: Part Two: The Sacraments

by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy

In response to the question: "What are the sacraments?" from the Catechism we read: "The sacraments are outward and visible signs of an inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace…" MORE


Holy Saturday Reflection

by The Rev. Hartshorn Murphy

In the Creation story, God scoops up a mound of moist earth and forms it into humankind but it had no life until God breathed his own breath into it. At that moment of inspiration, a part of the divine life enters into humanity and the human receives a soul. When a human dies, at the time of expiration, that breath or spirit leaves the body and the body becomes an empty vessel… MORE

 
What's New?  Saint A's On YouTube…
What Else?  Our First Video Sermons!

Click Here for St. A's May, 2008 Newsletter
Pictures from Easter Sunday Services and Easter Egg Hunt
Click for St. A's Photo Album   
Featuring pictures from
St. Augustine's Activities

Photos from Womens' Retreat

Ministries and Groups 2008

Prayer Circle – Carrie Price
Corozon – Mindy Staley
Retreats and Parish Weekends – The Clergy
Swinging Seniors – Sylvia Johnson
Altar Guild – Sheila Harrington
Sunday School Teachers – Jennifer Pavia
Ushers – Bill Amlotte
Newcomers – Ann Shepphird
Men's Group – Ken Phillips
Women’s Group – Suzanne Edwards
Prayer & Healing - Gretchen Haight
Vestry – Darrel Menthe
Labyrinth and Taize – the Rector
Choir – Bunny Thornburgh
Book Store – Marla Murphy, Christa Buswell

Search Search Saint Augustine's
Web site using Google

WWWeb site by Dada Design
www.dadada.com