One Episcopal Parish’s Self-Description
Welcome to All Saints' Episcopal Church located in NE Philadelphia. We have been a worshiping and ministering presence in the Torresdale section of the city for 240 years. Since our beginning in 1772 we have evolved to address the needs of our local community, the greater Philadelphia area and the global community as well.
In this 21st century we are learning what the Apostle Paul meant in his Letter to the Galatians, "... for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." Spend a Sunday with us and you will discover Paul's words in action. People joining you in the pews come from all around NE Philadelphia. We are men and women and children. We are young and old. Some of us are white and some are black. Some have families and some are single. Some of us are straight and some of us are gay. Some of us are people of means and some of us struggle to make ends meet. But when we kneel at the communion rail, hands stretched out, we are, as Garrison Keillor described his own experience of an Episcopal church, "A real anthology of the faith." We are, indeed, all one in Christ Jesus.
It is our Baptismal Covenant that helps us understand what community in action means. All Baptismal candidates from infancy to maturity are invited to put their whole trust in the grace and love of Jesus Christ our Lord. In the covenant we are asked to embrace life-giving commitments...
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In this 21st century we are learning what the Apostle Paul meant in his Letter to the Galatians, "... for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." Spend a Sunday with us and you will discover Paul's words in action. People joining you in the pews come from all around NE Philadelphia. We are men and women and children. We are young and old. Some of us are white and some are black. Some have families and some are single. Some of us are straight and some of us are gay. Some of us are people of means and some of us struggle to make ends meet. But when we kneel at the communion rail, hands stretched out, we are, as Garrison Keillor described his own experience of an Episcopal church, "A real anthology of the faith." We are, indeed, all one in Christ Jesus.
It is our Baptismal Covenant that helps us understand what community in action means. All Baptismal candidates from infancy to maturity are invited to put their whole trust in the grace and love of Jesus Christ our Lord. In the covenant we are asked to embrace life-giving commitments...
Read it all.
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