All Saints' Episcopal Church (Beverly Hills, California)

All Saints' Episcopal Church
34°04′15″N 118°24′20″W / 34.07073°N 118.40566°W / 34.07073; -118.40566Coordinates: 34°04′15″N 118°24′20″W / 34.07073°N 118.40566°W / 34.07073; -118.40566
Location 504 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, California
Country  USA
Denomination Episcopal
Website allsaintsbh.org
History
Founded 1926
Dedication 1951
Administration
Diocese Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
Clergy
Bishop(s) J. Jon Bruno
Rector Stephen Huber
Deacon(s) Scott C. Taylor

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

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 experiencing homelessness.[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. ↑ Google Map
  2. ↑ The Episcopal Church: All Saints' Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, CA
  3. ↑ LAWeekly: All Saints Episcopal Church
  4. 1 2 3 4 Marc Wanamaker, Early Beverly Hills, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, p. 117
  5. ↑ All Saints' Episcopal Church, Organ Historical Society
  6. ↑ City of Beverly Hills: Emergency Shelters and Services
  7. ↑ Kevin Roderick, The homeless of Beverly Hills 90210, in art, LA Observed, March 7, 2012
  8. ↑ Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles: The Bishop's Commission on LGBT Ministries
  9. ↑ Nita Lelyveld, On Ash Wednesday, two deacons deliver on the streets of Beverly Hills, The Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2015
  10. 1 2 Rev. Kermit Castellanos : Rector Emeritus of All Saints' Dies, The Los Angeles Times, April 01, 1985
  11. 1 2 3 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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