At All Saints Church one of our core values is putting our faith into action. We believe our personal journeys of faith are informed by and made accountable to the world’s deep needs when we commit ourselves to the courageous and risk-filled work of peace and justice. We take action locally, nationally and globally on issues from hunger & poverty to marriage equality; from ending torture to building interfaith bridges of understanding; from peacemaking to immigration reform; from environmental sustainability to economic justice.
This week’s Action:
Each week we are asked to put our faith into action.
This week we ask you to sign and personalize letters to Senators Feinstein and Boxer, asking that they support the full cuts in the Pentagon budget that were required in last year's Budget Control Act. There are current efforts to scale back these cuts. Our letters will be hand-delivered next week in meetings at our Senators' offices at the Capital by delegations organized by Friends Committee on National Legislation. A draft for your view is linked here.
Also, the Pasadena plastic bag ban will go into effect in early March. To make sure that we are all prepared, we will begin to make available our special All Saints cloth bags this Sunday on the lawn. These will be available for purchase today and for the next two weeks at a special table on the lawn.
For more information, visit the Peace & Justice pages and explore where your deep gladness meets one of the world’s deep hungers – and join us in putting your faith into action.
Ending Torture
All Saints Church stands firmly against torture. We have joined forces with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to urge Congress to create an independent commission of inquiry into investigate U.S. torture policies and practices. (more)
Immigration Reform
We are -- all of us --in some sense immigrants and sojourners, strangers in a strange land seeking a homeland. Some of us or members of our families have personally experienced hardships and, at times, unspeakable indignities, in coming to America. (more)
Marriage Equality
All Saints Church is proud to have been in the forefront of the struggle for marriage equality in the State of California just as we have been in the forefront of LGBT equality in the Episcopal Church. (more)
Afghanistan
One of the great peacemaking challenges of our time is the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and All Saints Church’s long standing commitment to peace with justice has called us into that challenge. (more)
Interfaith
At All Saints Church we are committed to the proposition that peace and justice making are not options for the world’s great religions. Rather peace and justice making are central mandates for us all the world’s great religions. (more)
