All_Saints'_Episcopal_Church_(Beverly_Hills,_California)

All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)

All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)

Church in California, USA

All Saints' Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Beverly Hills, California.

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Location

It is located at 504 on North Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, California.[1][2][3]

History

The congregation first met at the Beverly Hills Hotel from 1922 onwards.[4] Four years later, in 1926, a chapel was built.[4] By 1935, it became a parish in its own right.[4]

Several decades later, in 1951, a new church building was erected, though the chapel was preserved.[4] The organ was made by Casavant Frères for the new church in 1951.[5]

Every week, the church serves 'The Monday Meal' to 130 - 150 guests, many of whom are homeless.[6] In March 2012, artist Lisa Lesniak sold her paintings of the homeless as a fundraiser for the church.[7]

The church is a member of the Congregational LGBT Ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.[8]

On Ash Wednesday in 2015, the deacon from All Saints' offered ashes to passers-by on the streets of Beverly Hills together with the deacon of Church of the Good Shepherd.[9]

Leadership

Rev. J. Herbert Smith served as rector until 1969, when Rev. Kermit Castellanos served as rector until 1975.[10] During the latter's tenure, membership grew from 200 to 1,000.[10] In 1977, Rev. Carol Anderson became the rector.[11] She was the first woman to serve as rector.[11] She was credited with bringing a more charismatic approach to her sermons.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    Google Map
  2. [2]
    The Episcopal Church: All Saints' Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, CA
  3. [3]
    LAWeekly: All Saints Episcopal Church
  4. [4]
    Marc Wanamaker, Early Beverly Hills, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 117
  5. [5]
    All Saints' Episcopal Church Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Organ Historical Society
  6. [6]
    City of Beverly Hills: Emergency Shelters and Services
  7. [7]
    Kevin Roderick, The homeless of Beverly Hills 90210, in art, LA Observed, March 7, 2012
  8. [8]
    Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: The Bishop's Commission on LGBT Ministries
  9. [9]
    Nita Lelyveld, On Ash Wednesday, two deacons deliver on the streets of Beverly Hills, The Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2015
  10. [10]
    Rev. Kermit Castellanos : Rector Emeritus of All Saints' Dies, The Los Angeles Times, April 01, 1985
  11. [11]
    John Hart, 'Carol Anderson: Female and Charismatic in Beverly Hills', in Sources of Inspiration: 15 Modern Religious Leaders, edited by Gene I. Maeroff, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1992, pp. 165-182
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