Episcopal Diocese of San Diego

Creation Care Roundtable - October 30, 2025
2025-10-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
On Thursday, October 30 from 6:30 to 8pm join the virtual gathering for updates, ideas, resources, and networking opportunities from colleagues across the diocese. The Fall Roundtable will highlight how wise energy use can result in more funds for ministries!
Register below. Questions? Please email Diane Lopez Hughes: dianelopezhughes@gmail.com.
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John Rutter, "Requiem" for All Saints' Weekend
2025-11-02 16:00 - 18:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA, 92064, United States
Enjoy a candlelit presentation of John Rutter’s “Requiem” masterwork, featuring orchestra, soprano soloist, choir, and organ. Concert will also include a litany for the departed, in honor of All Saints’ Weekend, including Rupert Lang’s beautiful anthem, “The Kontakion.” Tickets $20 ($10 for students) at stbartsmusic.org

New Sacred Ground Circle 2025-2026
2025-10-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Sacred Ground is the Episcopal Church’s film & reading based dialogue series on race, racism & faith. A new Sacred Ground circle starts Wednesday, October 22, 3-5 pm via Zoom. You are invited to join this opportunity for difficult but respectful and transformative dialogue in a safe space.
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Sacred Ground is the Episcopal Church’s film & reading based dialogue series on race, racism & faith. “Circles” (i.e., small discussion groups of 6-12 people) provide the opportunity for difficult but respectful and transformative dialogue.
A new Sacred Ground circle (via Zoom), starts on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3-5 pm. The circle will meet every two weeks—same day & same time—for 12 sessions: Oct 22, Nov 5 & 19, Dec 3 & 17, Jan 7 & 21, Feb 4 & 18, Mar 4 & 18, Apr 1. The facilitators are the Rev. Susan Green and Nan Hardison.
The series is open to anyone with an interest in learning and discussing challenging issues in a safe space. Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call for faith, hope, mutual respect, and love.
The program assumes prior reading/viewing before each session. Selected materials are highly informative, stimulating, and transformative. Most study materials are available online.
Circles are open to EVERYONE in the diocese and beyond. If your parish has not yet organized a circle, or if you weren’t able to participate before, this is your chance! If you know of someone in the community-at-large who is interested, please share this info and invite them to join.
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For further questions, contact Jill Henderson: jfh@cox.net
Note: Sacred Ground recently had its program year launch with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and Sacred Ground program leaders, you can watch it here – link to: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=2611002672613213

EDSD Youth at Convention 2025 - Proclaim: What is your ministry?
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, 6556 Park Ridge Blvd., San Diego, CA, 92120, United States
What’s your ministry? – Youth at Convention 2025 – Join with youth from all over our diocese as we serve and play together. Each year Convention offers the opportunity for our diocese to gather for business, fellowship, and worship. A vibrant youth presence is an integral part of that day! Highlights of the day will include fellowship, games, a thoughtful service project, craft, and delicious food. Youth Leadership Council delegates will lead this fun program!
This year’s diocesan youth ministry theme is PROCLAIM. At convention, we will be exploring proclaim through the lens of “What is your ministry?”.
* Youth in grades 6-12
* When: November 8th, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
* Where: St. Dunstan’s
* $10 – Scholarships available
Youth at Convention also counts as one of the classes for Collaborative Confirmation for participating confirmands.
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RefugeeNet Benefit Concert
2025-11-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, 4321 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA, 92121, United States
RefugeeNet is holding its second annual benefit concert at Good Samaritan, featuring an international award-winning youth orchestra and musicians. Reception begins at 4 pm and the music will start at 4:30. Admission is free and donations are invited to support RefugeeNet’s life-saving work in the community.

Film screening: Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up under the Gun
2025-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA, 92064, United States
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children and teens. “Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun” is a new 30-minute documentary about how gun violence affects young Americans, from PBS News Student Reporting Labs in collaboration with 14 student journalists from six U.S. cities: San Diego, Philadelphia, Oakland, Washington D.C., Nashville, and East Lansing, Michigan. The documentary profiles how the same young people that have survived these traumatic events are leading the fight for a safer future.
Join members of the congregation and community to see this new 30-minute documentary about how gun violence affects young Americans, and participate in a discussion about the film and gun violence in our communities and ideas or solutions for addressing it.
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St. Paul's Essential Needs Drive (SPEND)
2025-11-20 10:00 - 15:00 | St. Paul’s Conference Center, 2557 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92103, United States
Join St. Paul’s Senior Services in answering the prayers of seniors this holiday season. Donate a new, unopened blanket, toothbrush/toothpaste or pair of socks to a PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) participant in need. Items can be donated at the Drop-Off event at St. Paul’s Conference Center (2557 Third Ave., Bankers Hill, 92103) on November 20, 10:00AM-3:00PM.

Walking with Mary in Advent Tuesday Evening Zoom
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
This three-week study offers the opportunity to pause and breathe; to walk with Mary as she prepares to bear God. With each step of her journey from angel’s greeting to the stable’s stillness, from wonder to worship, she reveals God’s revolutionary love. We hope you will come and walk with Mary. And as we reflect on her response, may we find ourselves renewed in faith, ready to receive Christ who comes to us born in a manger, born to change the world.

Each session will be facilitated by the series creators and will include worship, context and grounding, an exploration of the guiding scripture, and small group conversation.

Perfect for individuals or small groups, this series invites us to engage deeply with scripture in ways that challenge, inspire, and transform our hearts as we prepare for the birth of Christ.

Event Details:
Dates: December 2, 9, 16
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM Pacific
Location: Online (Link provided upon registration)
Hosted by the Reverend Jacob Robling, Teresa Hixson, and Charlette Preslar
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Advent Speaker Series
2025-12-03 18:30 - 19:30 | St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
St. James by-the-Sea invites you to our Advent Speaker Series, Isaiah: A Prophet Proclaiming, featuring Dr. Florence Gillman (USD, FST) and Dr. Angela Zautcke (FST), Rev. Abby VanderBrug, and Lay Catechist, Teresa Hixson.
Advent Speaker Series Schedule
6:30-7:30 pm
Dec. 3, 2025
Dec. 10, 2025
Dec. 17, 2025
For full details, click HERE.

St. Bart's Annual "Messiah" Sing-along
2025-12-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA, 92064, United States
Our annual sing-along presentation of “Messiah”, featuring Christmas portions and the beloved Hallelujah Chorus, in collaboration with the Greater San Diego Music Coterie. Free admission (suggested donation $20, $10 for students)

CINEMA of RESISTANCE: Apocalyptic Hope
2025-12-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Resurrection Church, 2083 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., San Diego, CA, 92107, United States
Is there hope for humanity? As authoritarians threaten to remake democratic society into a dystopian police state, it can feel like the End of the World to those committed to social justice. Despair is a constant temptation as it becomes harder and harder to imagine a return to normal politics. If there is hope for the future of the human project, it may well have to come from an apocalyptic rupture in history — an unpredictable event that opens new and currently unimaginable pathways for justice to be born into the world.
Join us for our next free, public screening, followed by a discussion. All are welcome. This month, we will screen a dystopian sci-fi thriller in which the future of humanity depends on the unexpected pregnancy of a Black refugee. Set in an increasingly plausible near-future characterized by vast wealth inequalities, martial law, the dehumanization of immigrants and refugees, and widespread political hopelessness, this prescient film grapples with the themes of hope and despair in a world of police states and mass migration. Join us as we explore ways to sustain faith in the human project during such a time as this.
Special Guests:
Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego, who specializes in the ways Indigenous, marginalized communities utilize the Book of Revelation
Heather Ross:
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Point Loma Nazarene University

Blue Christmas Service
2025-12-18 11:00 - 13:00 | St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 10125 Azuaga St, San Diego, CA, 92129, United States
St. Timothy’s in Rancho Peñasquitos is offering a Blue Christmas Service in the daytime for those who cannot attend an evening service. All are invited to attend. There will be a luncheon following the service.

EDSD Youth Posada
2025-12-19 18:00 - 21:00 | St. Philip’s, Lemon Grove, 2660 Hardy Drive, Lemon Grove, CA, 91945, United States
St. Philip the Apostle Episcopal Church invites children, youth, and families to celebrate the Posada. We will journey with the Holy Family as they seek room at the inn. There will also be games, food, music, and friends from around the diocese.
December 19, 2025
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
St. Philip the Apostle Episcopal Church
*If you would like to bring a group from your congregation, please email EDSD Children and Youth Missioner Leighton Jones, ljones@edsd.org for further details and waivers. There is no cost for participation in this event, but an rsvp is required no later than Sunday, December 14, 2025.

World Premiere: John-Luke Addison, "A Christmas Cantata" Concert
2025-12-21 16:00 - 18:00 | St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 16275 Pomerado Road, Poway, CA, 92064, United States
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with the premiere of John-Luke Addison’s new work, “Christmas Cantata”, featuring choir, soloists, orchestra, and piano. Tickets available at stbartsmusic.org

PRAISE-Children’s Camp
2026-01-17 13:00 - 2026-01-19 10:00 | Camp Stevens, 1108 Banner Rd., Julian, CA, 92036, United States
PRAISE-Children’s Camp
Who: Children grades 3-6
Where: Camp Stevens
When: 1:00 p.m. January 17, 2026– 10 a.m. January 19, 2026
Cost: $175 (grace-based pricing available)
Children in grades 3-6 are invited to explore the joy of camp this January at PRAISE!
Children will enjoy the abundance of camp through crafts, hiking, songs, s’mores, games, and laughter with friends. There could even be SNOW!
We will explore Psalm 105 together and what it means to praise God and proclaim God’s love in the world.
Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
Registration includes two nights of accommodations at Camp Stevens, five delicious meals, campfires, worship, activities, and growing in faith and love!
REGISTRATION CLOSES DECEMBER 15TH AT 9:00 PM
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Courtly Noyse Concert
2026-01-17 16:00 - 18:00 | St. David’s Episcopal Church, 5050 Milton St., San Diego, CA, 92110, United States
Courtly Noyse in Concert at St. David’s on January 17, 2026. Courtly Noyse transports us to the Renaissance with humor, storytelling, and authentic early instruments. Both events are free and open to all. Come, sing, listen, and rejoice as we celebrate the beauty of community, gratitude, and the timeless gift of music.
Saint David’s Episcopal Church & Preschool
5050 Milton St. San Diego, Ca 92110
Phone (619) 276-4567 + www.saintdavidschurch.com

Funeral for the Rev. Tom Callard
2026-01-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Trinity Episcopal Church, 845 Chestnut St, Escondido, CA, 92025, United States
The Rev. Tom Callard’s ministry, compassion, and steady faith shaped our community in lasting ways. Trinity Episcopal Church in Escondido will hold Fr. Tom’s funeral on Monday, January 19, at 10:00 am. The family asks that gifts be made to Community of Light at comunidaddeluz.org
