Best Episcopal Church Downey Near Me

4worldlovers: Welcome to St. Mark’s Church, a congregation worshiping in the Episcopal tradition. We invite you to explore our webpage, as we invite you to learn more about our walk together in faith and service.

We seek to live out the mottos of the Episcopal Church:

4worldlovers:
…to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.

The Episcopal Church (TEC) is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and is based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere. It is a mainline Christian denomination divided into nine provinces. The Episcopal Church describes itself as “Protestant, yet Catholic”

The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ, in 111 dioceses and regional areas in 17 nations. The Episcopal Church is a member province of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

The mission of the church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer’s catechism (p. 855), is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.”

As part of that mission, we’re following Jesus into loving, liberating and life-giving relationship with God, with each other and with the earth as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. We seek every day to love God with our whole heart, mind and soul, and to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40).

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 have 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.

We are located in Norwalk, CA on Paddison Avenue, just off Imperial Hwy. We are the only street facing Target.

Saint Francis currently has an Interim Pastor but we look forward to you joining us in worship.

When we return to normal schedule we will share information about our Sunday School Program.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to speak at Nov. 7 Bishop’s Gala virtual fundraiser; everyone welcome to log in

4worldlovers: St. Luke's is a Sanctuary parish and is a safe place for all.

We welcome the LGBTQIA+ community, our unhoused siblings, and anyone still exploring their relationship with God.

We believe that all human beings have a place in God’s eternal love, which leads us on a journey of inclusion made real by loving one another as God loves us. We seek a radical love that transforms our differences into the beautiful body of Christ. We intentionally invite all into a meaningful, deeper, and collaborative faith journey as part of the St. Luke's Community.

We believe that God loves diversity and commonality, joyful noise and silent peace. We continually strive to develop a personal understanding of God’s presence within and around us. Our faith is both a personal journey, and a fulfilling fellowship with those we know, those we may not see, and those who we find hard to love. Through God’s grace we discover ourselves and the exuberant joy of being.

We believe that we take out into the world both what we do, and what we receive in worship and community: the body and blood of Christ, forgiveness, awareness of God’s grace and mercy, and the joy of communion with God and one another. Thus, we are called to relentlessly actualize love, grace, mercy, and justice as we do good in our church, our neighborhood, and the world.

We believe that everyone at St. Luke’s brings unique and diverse gifts and talents that can be used to live into the reality of being God’s Beloved Community. By fostering an environment in which people claim their unique identity in Christ, their special gifts, and their personal calling, we strive to invite and equip disciples to humbly live into their life in Christ. We seek spiritual and social transformation as we offer ourselves as Christ's heart, hands, and feet in the world.