Common Life | Church of the Resurrection

As a church community, we reach to be family with and for one another, sharing in all the ups and downs of life. We gather to celebrate our great joys and also carry one another through challenges and grief. We recognize that our lives are richer when we give ourselves to this common life together. Plenty of this fellowship happens on Sunday mornings, and there are many other opportunities to come together as well. Here you can learn about upcoming events, different fellowship groups, and ways to ask for and offer support.

Advent 2024

Advent Festival: On December 1st, we will be celebrating the beginning of Advent with our Advent Festival after the 10:15am services. Come and make Advent wreaths and other items to help you enter into this season of Emmanuel (God is with us). We'll be on the plaza if it's nice out, and in the parish hall if it's rainy.

Adult Formation: December 1, 18, 15, and 22nd at 9am in the …

Healing Prayer Ministry

We have commissioned a team of trained Healing Team Ministers to be channels of God's healing love, and offer prayers at the Healing Station by the Tree of Life mosaic. We have been moved and encouraged by those who have taken advantage of this offering. For some of you this this may be a new ministry and even a new idea, so we thought it might be helpful to try to answer a few f…

Our History

The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection was formed as a mission on July 1, 1959 under the leadership of The Rev. Richard Shackell.

The congregation met first in a local bowling alley and then the Seventh Day Adventist Church while completing their new building. The new building was built by many volunteers from the parish. The first church services in the new building were held…

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Welcome to the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection! The most important thing we want you to know is that this is a community which welcomes and values all who seek an experience of God’s love, whoever or wherever you are on your life or spiritual journey. Whatever your age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social or economic circumstance, or religious background, you are welcome in our worshipping community and at the Lord’s Table.

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Our community is made up of people of all ages, religious backgrounds, political positions, family configurations, ethnicities and church experience. We share a love of and connection to God and each other, a sense of meaning and belonging, a yearning to grow in our faith, and a desire to serve Christ by reaching out to others in the community. We also have a lot of fun together.

Worship is at the heart of our life together, and Episcopal worship is rich in symbolism and tradition. At the same time, it is a contemporary expression of our belief and faith in a Living God who is present and accessible in material and ordinary things.

Sunday Worship

8 a.m. & 10:15 a.m

Worship Covid Protocols

The Episcopal Church has a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church, and some of the first transgender priests in the Episcopal Church serve here in in the Diocese of California. Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. We are delighted to offer the sacrament of marriage (and all other sacraments) to all couples, no matter their genders. We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.

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As part of the Episcopal Church, Church of the Resurrection is a church that is both rich with ancient tradition and relevant to life in the 21^st century. We Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world.

We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.

The Episcopal Church

At Church of the Resurrection, all our ministry and work in the wider community depends on the generosity of our members and visitors! If you'd like to make a one-time donation, you can use PayPal, send a check to the church, or drop your gift in the offering plate on Sunday. If you're considering a regular donation, which we call an annual pledge, you can learn more here. Thank you for all you help to make possible!

Stewardship is the practice of caring for and working with all that we have. How we choose to spend our money is one sign of what is important to us, and it can be an intentional expression of gratitude for all that God has given us. A pledge is a promise most members of our church make each year for how we intend to give money to Church of the Resurrection in the next year. Annual pledges support everything we do here.

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For nearly 20 years, members of Church of the Resurrection have both given gifts and made planned gifts to the Legacy Fund, with the goal of supporting the church's mission and outreach efforts. Joining this group is a way to make a lasting impact on the community, and create new opportunities for years to come.

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