Worship and Music at All Saints

We gather in worship here

• to glorify God, who is known to us as the Trinity: Father,   Son and Holy Spirit;
• to give thanks for God’s boundless love and goodness   towards us;
• to pray for the fulfillment of the mission of the Church,   which is the restoration of all people to   unity with God   and each other in Christ;
• to be strengthened by God’s word and sacraments for the   mission to which we are called; and
• to enjoy the fellowship of one another.

Music
We are striving to build a comprehensive, multi-generational music program, and new programs are always being considered as we seek to enrich our common worship with the best music available to us. Our music ministries are rooted in the great sacred music of the Episcopal/Anglican tradition (which, in turn, also draws on Lutheran, Methodist and Roman Catholic sources), yet we understand our tradition to be a lively one, and we seek to incorporate musical languages, new and old, that reflect the richness of God’s people.

The heart of our musical life is congregational singing of hymns, psalms and service music. Our choirs and other musicians enhance our liturgy as they draw us all (through active, prayerful listening) into their musical offerings.

We involve parishioners and neighbors in our musical life through educational offerings and fellowship events (e.g., discussion groups and hymn-sings), and by nurturing the sacred musical arts in the Santa Barbara community through the involvement of music students and others in our worship and in specialized musical concerts.

Steve O'Connor, Music Director; Temmo Korisheli, Associate Music Director, and The Choir at All Saints-by-the-Sea