Week in and week out All Saints offers a broad spectrum of events and groups with something for everyone. Listed below are highlights of upcoming events.
Wonder who’s preaching on Sunday? Check out our Sunday Preaching Schedule.
Check out our written Annual Report for 2025, and the short film “All Saints 2025.”
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Saturday, June 6 — Latino/Hispanic Ministry and Transformational Journeys Tour of Mission San Fernando Rey de España
10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Los Angeles, California 91345. During this bilingual tour, Oscar Alcantara and Carlos D. Carrillo, members of All Saints Latino/Hispanic Ministry, will guide exploration of the Mission’s history, buildings, grounds, and remarkable collection of Mission art. A carpool will leave the ASC parking lot at 9:00 a.m., or you may meet us at the Mission for the 10:00 a.m. tour. Lunch will follow at Presidente Mexican Restaurant. The lunch special includes a taco plate and drink for $20, payable at the restaurant. There is also a $12 Mission entrance fee, payable on-site. For information and required registration, please contact Carlos D. Carrillo at carrilloc@sbcglobal.net. Please join us! See the flyer here.
Sunday, June 7 — Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad presents The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin & Audre Lorde
9:00 a.m. in the Forum. We launch Pride Month at All Saints by welcoming Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad to explore her new book “The Fire Inside” — diving deeply into a dharma of liberation as lived by Baldwin and Lorde, offering timely lessons to help us each meet this moment. She explores the writers enduring legacies to show that liberation depends not only on organizing and mass movements, but the generative power of inner well-being, authenticity, art, and embodiment. Dr. Vesely-Flad’s work helps answer the question: “How do we pursue justice without burning out, turning on each other, or becoming what we oppose?” Her response is: “Through disciplined spiritual practice that transforms how we see, feel, and act? not just what we believe.” Books will be available for purchase.
Sunday, June 7 — Newcomers Coffee
Immediately following the 10 a.m. service in the Chapel. Please join other newcomers and meet staff and greeters, ask more questions, have a cup of coffee and learn how to get connected!
Sunday, June 7 — Sacred Collage
12:00-2:00 p.m. in Learning Center 3. This 5 week program, lead by Dori Torrey, introduces participants to the art medium of collage as a focus for meditation and prayer. No art experience or talent is needed. All supplies are provided. Come and experience a new way of letting your inner voice speak through image. The program will be Sundays after church June 7 through July 12 (will not meet on 6/14). No food will be provided, so please bring a snack or bag lunch for yourself. Attendance at all sessions is recommended, but not necessary. Please register here.
Sunday, June 7 — Adult Choirs’ Spring Concert featuring Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy
5:00 p.m. in the Church — in-person only, there will be no live-stream. A video of the concert with beautifully mixed audio will be posted in four weeks. Two extraordinary works. One unforgettable evening. First, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, a dazzling, joyful showpiece featuring the same melody that eventually became the iconic “Ode to Joy” from the 9th Symphony. Our own Grace Chung takes the piano. Then, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem (“Grant Us Peace”) — a searingly beautiful cantata written as the world was tumbling toward World War II. Its longing for peace feels as urgent today as ever. The concert moves from celebration to reflection: from pure joy to a prayer the whole world needs right now. You won’t want to miss it.
Monday, June 8 — Women’s Lectionary Online Bible Study
All Sessions are on Mondays at 9:00 a.m. Pacific standard time. Using Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney’s A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year B. Each online Bible study session begins with an oral reading of the week’s scriptures and then proceeds to conversation exploring the womanist perspective from which the lectionary was written. All are welcome! Register here to get your Zoom link. You will be sent the link for the online meeting (the link will be good for the whole year). For more information please contact: Front Desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Tuesday, June 9 — LA CADA Recovery
4:30 p.m. in the Guild Room. Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse meets every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 9 — Prayer Shawl Ministry
7:00–8:30 p.m., in the Regas House Lobby. The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month. We gather in community to share our prayers, our stories, the work of our hands and hearts while knitting and crocheting shawls to be given as mantles of healing to those in need of comfort. Prayer shawl participants have long known that working with hands is a meditative spiritual practice that quiets minds to hear God’s clear voice. Please join us with yarn, needles, and prayer. Information = frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Wednesday, June 10 — Seeking Healthy Faith
Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Zoom. Trust, love, and hope are at the center of faith, yet many of us have had harmful and injurious religious experiences. This monthly small group provides a safe space to explore toxic religious experience and develop new and healthier ways of understanding ourselves and God/Spirit. Contact group leader Charles Foster at drcharlesfoster@icloud.com for Zoom access.
Sunday, June 14 — June Labyrinth Walk
8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Forum. Come join our June Labyrinth Walk in the Forum. Whether your walking meditation is to celebrate Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community, Juneteenth, marking the freedom from slavery for Black Americans or your personal intentions, all are welcome, especially for those new to the Labyrinth! Your walking prayer (or prayerful walk) will be a gift in helping create the Beloved Community here at All Saints and in the wider world.
Faith & Formation: 50 Years in Pursuit of a Promise
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Join us as we look back in order to move forward — marking the 50th anniversary of the first General Convention resolution promising “full and equal claim” to LGBTQ Episcopalians and the ongoing work of making that resolution a reality. Susan Russell will lead us in that look back and a look ahead to a September churchwide gathering in Minneapolis and how it will both inform and empower our ongoing work and witness here at All Saints. In person or online.
Sunday, June 14 — Relaunching the 20/30’s Community
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Dog Haus Old Pasadena, 93 E. Green Street. All 20/30s are warmly invited to join us for lunch and good conversation! Meet us on the lawn after the 10:00 a.m. service to walk together, or join us directly at Dog Haus. Come share a meal, get to know one another, and help shape what this community becomes. Lunch will be provided, no-host libations. We’d love to hear your ideas. RSVP to 2030allsaints@gmail.com.
Wednesday, June 17 — Recovery Eucharist
6:00 p.m. on Zoom; Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday. The Recovery Eucharist is designed for those recovering from any addiction and for those who support them in their recovery. Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87551078462. Meeting ID: 875 5107 8462.
Thursday, June 18 — Creative Writers Group
6:30 – 8:30 p.m., in the Guild Room. The All Saints Writers Group brings writers from different walks of life together to discuss their pieces in a workshop-style setting. In this small group, writers are able to read their work in any genre they choose (memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, novel, short story, etc.), and all can give feedback to, and hear suggestions from, the other writers in the room. This builds a sense of community, and helps the writers to become more confident in their work. We meet every other Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Bernice Fong facilitates. Be assured: whoever you are, and whatever you write, there is a place for you here! Information = frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Saturday, June 20 — Holy Rakers
8:30 a.m. by the vegetable garden near Scott Hall. Join the fellowship of other worker bees as we plant, weed, prune, mulch and otherwise attend to the ever-changing church gardens. We meet the third Saturday morning of each month. All are welcome. Ministry Leaders: Judith Fischer and Jennifer Gealy. Information = frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Sunday, June 21 — Jazz Vespers: Kevin Van den Elzen and Josh Nelson Quintet
5:00 p.m., on the Chancel. Kevin van den Elzen is an in demand jazz-drummer and bandleader originally from the Netherlands who works and resides in Los Angeles. He has worked with musicians such as John Clayton, Dick Oatts, Bob Mintzer, Larry Carlton, the New York Voices, Bob Sheppard, Dianne Reeves, Gerald Clayton, Anthony Wilson, Nick Mancini, and the Millennium Jazz Orchestra. Pianist, composer and recording artist Josh Nelson maintains an active and creative schedule. He has performed and recorded with some of the most respected names in jazz and beyond, including Natalie Cole, Ivan Lins, Anthony Wilson, George Mraz, Jeff Hamilton, Walter Smith III, Dayna Stephens, Eddie Daniels, Gaby Moreno, Sinne Eeg, Richard Galliano, Michael Buble, Benny Golson, Sheila Jordan, Greg Hutchinson, John Clayton, John Pizzarelli, and Lewis Nash.
Friday, June 26 — Fiction Fun! Reads Richard Powers, Bewilderment (2021)
Early Discussion from 6:30 p.m., Book Discussion from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Guild Room. This novel followed The Overstory, which we’ve read. Here’s how the Booker Prize committee described it: “An astrobiologist thinks of a creative way to help his rare and troubled son in Richard Powers’ deeply moving and brilliantly original novel.” As a New Yorker summary notes, the son “undergoes an experimental neurofeedback therapy that can imprint other people’s emotions—including his mother’s—onto him. Before long, the treatment transforms Robin into an almost oracular figure, a social-media activist devoted to protecting the earth against mankind.” Bewilderment sustains Powers’ environmental concerns in a strongly emotional work.
Friday, July 17 — Theatre Ministry: Mexodus
8:00 p.m. at Pasadena Playhouse. Tickets are $43 and available here. Mexodus – the New York Times Critic’s Pick new musical created and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson – comes straight from New York to the Playhouse stage this summer. This electrifying experience explores a hidden chapter of the Underground Railroad – one that moved south, by crossing the Rio Grande toward liberation in Mexico. This groundbreaking musical amplifies the story of a freedom seeker and an unlikely ally as they forge a remarkable bond that transcends borders. It’s history remixed. It’s a ride you won’t want to miss. Information = Melissa Hayes at mhayes@allsaints-pas.org.
For more information on these events contact the Front Desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org or (626) 796-1172.
Looking Back:
See the 2024 Annual Report in color here.
Watch the short film about All Saints’ 2024 shown at the Parish Annual Meeting.
