All Saints’ is a congregation that celebrates diversity – both among ourselves and in the world we live in. We range in age from newborn to 90, with an average age around 38. A few of us have attended All Saints since childhood, and have raised our own children here. Many others are new to the city or the neighborhood and are just beginning to feel at home at All Saints'. Over the past five years, we have welcomed a number of young, single people as well as families with young children and, simultaneously, many empty-nesters.
Most parishioners were not raised in the Episcopal tradition. Indeed, many of us didn't attend church at all as children and are surprised to find ourselves encountering God through the institutional church. We turn up each week imbued both with skepticism and with hope, knowing that what we will find at All Saints' will be honest and provocative. Services and sermons are rooted both in tradition and in the real world, the spirit is joyful and fun and the congregation is warm and welcoming.
All Saints' unique spirit also extends into the surrounding neighborhood through our commitment to helping others. We currently dedicate one-third (and we're aiming for half) of our operating budget to outreach. Our Just Neighbors food distribution and meal service program, run by Ravenswood Community Services, is also funded in part by private foundations and other Episcopal parishes. Every Tuesday evening, parishioners and volunteers from the neighborhood prepare a meal for up to 150 people, bag up to a thousand pounds of food (most of which comes from the USDA's food bank and the Greater Chicago Food Depository) and join the conversations and lives of those who come seeking connection and support, as well as food.
All Saints' is truly a rising church, and we hope that you will join us as we continue to grow in grace, spirituality and community involvement. To learn more about All Saints', take a look around this website and at our 2010 Annual Report.
