All Saints by the Sea Episcopal Church

Have you heard the news? Rev. Vicki Kirk Mouradian will be retiring at the end of August after 13 years of remarkable service at All Saints. On Sunday, August 30, we will celebrate her ministry here and congratulate her on her retirement. If you would like to contribute to an offering called a “purse” for Vicki, please send your check to All Saints by August 24 and in the memo, please put Rev. Vicki Mouradian. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to Vicki and thank her for all she has given to All Saints through her gifts for ministry. Please keep her in your prayers as she makes this transition in her own life.

Did you know All Saints has a Green Team? All are invited on Sunday, August 9 at 11:15am as we strive to practice sustainability, improve our environmental footprint, and have fun in the process! Recent events include a hike at Sedgwick Preserve, gathering stretchy plastics each week to recycle, praying for threatened/endangered species, Earth Day Service, Coastal Cleanup, and habitat restoration.

20th Annual Jim Bower Golf Tournament, Parish Dinner & Silent Auction

What? Golf, fun, fellowship, food and shopping!

When? Sunday September 13

Where? Glen Annie Golf Club – Goleta

Why it Matters:

All the money raised from this event goes to our community partners and is the chief source of the church’s Outreach funding for the year. Because our support for Outreach relies on this event, any shortfall in our fundraising means a reduction in support we offer to serve the homeless (Transition House), fight s*x trafficking (Olive Crest, Pedal the Pacific) or help qualified local residents obtain driver’s licenses, improve their English or obtain citizenship (Immigrant Hope). Whether you participate as a golfer, dinner guest, or sponsor, we need your help to continue these activities.

Contact: Matt Smith - [email protected]

Children, Youth, and Family Ministries had a great outing to the zoo last week! We took turns blessing our favorite animals, including the flamingos, giraffes, peacock-pheasants, salamanders, and red pandas.

Choral Foundations is back!

For anyone looking to gain confidence in singing at church (from the pews or in the choir), the music ministry at All Saints if offering a short course in church singing. We will cover concepts like breath, diction, and vocal line, while building confidence and learning more about music in the Episcopal tradition, with a specific focus on canticles!

The course will take place over two sessions— come to one, or come to both, whatever works best with your schedule. We will meet in the (air-conditioned) sanctuary from 7-8:30 pm on the following Thursdays:

Thursday, July 30, 7-8:30 pm and Thursday, August 06, 7-8:30 pm

Please let Music Director, Steven Thomson know if you plan to attend by emailing him at [email protected].

Our Children, Youth, and Family Ministries have been blessed with an abundance of Godly Play materials, making many of our stories duplicates. So, we were grateful for the opportunity to donate some of them to St George's Anglican Church in New Brunswick, an under resourced province in Canada, through parishioner Elissa Rodkey who has lived in that area as a professor during the academic year. It is a small but vibrant Anglican congregation with a number of families who have immigrated from India, Africa, and the Caribbean. St George's is in partnership with five other small Anglican congregations in the area and every month they share a church service, combining the children's Sunday School. Our donated stories will be well used by all of these children! We hope the stories will be a cherished part of their early faith formation just as they have been for our children at All Saints.

In honor of our Sunday School’s summer theme, God’s Very Good Creation, you and your children are invited to join Rev. Christina at the zoo to marvel at God’s diverse and fascinating animals and say a blessing for them. Meet at the zoo entrance. Tickets are $40 for adults and $30 for kids. Please RSVP to [email protected] so she knows to wait for everyone!

Could you recognize a victim of human trafficking if she was standing right in front of you?

There may be a young woman at a gas station who won't make eye contact.

The teenager with someone much older who speaks for her.

The girl at a motel who seems afraid to answer simple questions.

Join us for an important forum at All Saints tomorrow as we learn what to look for, how to respond safely, and how our community can protect vulnerable young women.

Forum: Giving Voice to the Silenced: Shining a Light on S*x Trafficking of Girls in Santa Barbara

Speakers: Olive Crest, Pedal the Pacific, the Santa Barbara District Attorney

Date: July 19, 2026 at 12 noon
Place: All Saints by-the-Sea, 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara 93108

Forum is free of admission. All are welcome.

All are invited to this Sunday's Forum: Giving Voice to the Silenced: Shining a Light on S*x Trafficking of Girls in Santa Barbara

Date: July 19, 2026 at 12 noon
Place: All Saints by-the-Sea, 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara 93108

Come learn how victims are groomed, how to identify at-risk youth, how this crisis impacts our community and what we can do about it. Take the first step toward protecting our children.

Speakers: Olive Crest, Pedal the Pacific, Santa Barbara District Attorney

Forum is free of admission and refreshments will be available after the Forum

Visit www.asbts.org for more details

The Rev. Dr. Antonio Jose Gallardo Lucena was consecrated as the 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles this morning. Channing Smith, Robert Brown, Steve Koch, and Beth Mohon attended. Beth said "it was a beautiful service with great energy."