About the Episcopal Church - Saint Augustine by-the-Sea Episcopal Church

About the Episcopal Church

Worship Services:

Sundays
8:00 A.M. & 10:30 A.M.

Wednesdays
8:30 A.M. Market Mass

More About Worship

1227 Fourth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310) 395-0977
fax: (310) 451-8960

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Upcoming Events

February 21, 2012 - 6:30pm
Mardi Gras Party
in Pierson Hall

February 22, 2012
Ash Wednesday Services
7:30am, 12Noon, 7:30pm

February 29, 2012 - 6:30pm
Lenten Program

March 4, 2012
The Bishop is Coming!

March 6, 2012 - 6:30 p.m.
Women's Potluck Dinner
in Pierson Hall

March 17, 2012 - 5:00 p.m.
A Service of Evensong

April 25, 2012 - 6:00 p.m.
Installation of The Rev. Nathan Rugh
Reception following service

We are a member of the
Episcopal Church of the United States,
which is part of the
World Anglican Communion

Legend has it that Joseph of Arimathaea, the Jewish elder who provided his own grave for the burial of Jesus, left Palestine shortly after resurrection and arrived in Glastonbury (England) bearing the gosphel and the Holy Grail.

St. Augustine is part of the lineage of that primative Celtic and later Anglican Church (Church of England) and is thus related to one of the three historic Catholic churches: Orthodox, Roman and Anglican.

Shaped by the Protestant Reformation of the 16th Century, our worship emphasizes a balance between sacrament and preaching. As the "bridge church", we are in a place where both Catholics and Protestants feel right at home. Our heritage is one of spiritual diversity in which rationalists, charismatics, evangelicals, social activists, mystics, and catholics are seen as part of an extended family. By this, we are self-defined as a comprehensive church.