Adult Education will be presenting a five week short film series featuring Rachel Held Evans entitled A New Family - Throwing Open the Doors of the Sanctuary. This week’s film is titled “Love is Biblical.” Click here for more information.

Storyteller Joseph Velasco has been telling stories for over 30 years throughout California.  He is a former Resident Director with the renowned El Teatro Campesino and co-founder of the nationally acclaimed BOXTALES Theater Company.  He studied movement theatre in Mexico at the International Estudio Busqueda de Pantomima Teatro and was a member of James Donlon and Company.  He has taught workshops and residencies in theater in New York and Los Angeles, but calls Santa Barbara home.  

Rooted in cultural tradition and fueled by innovation, Joseph transforms narrative into a full-body experience. His storytelling invites listeners to not just hear the story, but to feel it, move with it, and carry it forward. From folklore to original tales, each performance is a journey that sparks curiosity, connection, and a sense of wonder.

Adult Education will be presenting a five week short film series featuring Rachel Held Evans entitled A New Family - Throwing Open the Doors of the Sanctuary. This week’s film is titled “The God Who Sees You.” Click here for more information.

Sunday, May 3rd ~ Potluck starts at 5:30 pm, Taizé Worship 7:00 pm

On the first Sunday of the month from September to May, St. Andrew’s hosts Taizé worship in the Sanctuary. The service is meditative and prayerful, includes simple, repetitive songs, periods of silence, Scripture readings and candlelight. May 3rd will be our final service before our summer break, so join us for a soup potluck dinner starting at 5:30 pm before our 7:00 pm service. Bring a soup, bread or salad to share or just come with an appetite. All are welcome!

Adult Education will be presenting a five week short film series featuring Rachel Held Evans entitled A New Family - Throwing Open the Doors of the Sanctuary. This week’s film is titled “Gate Keeping.” Click here for more information.

Adult Education will be presenting a five week short film series featuring Rachel Held Evans entitled A New Family - Throwing Open the Doors of the Sanctuary. This week’s film is titled “Remembering Jesus.” Click here for more information.

Adult Education is pleased to welcome Rev. Jason Micheli, General Presbyter of the Santa Barbara Presbytery to lead the class this week. Jason will talk about per capita, why it is important, and the important work it makes possible. Join us in the Window Room at 11am and learn more about our Presbytery and its work.

Holy Humor Sunday is a Sunday to celebrate the joy of Easter — with levity, with lightness, with the particular freedom of people who know how the story ends. There will be music that makes you smile, jokes that make you laugh or groan (in the best way), and the company of a community that takes resurrection seriously enough to enjoy it.

April Book Club: Saturday, April 11 at 10am in the library, Linda Sorensen will lead our discussion of The Women by Kristen Hannah. Please note: This book is in a “book club in a bag” kit from the Goleta Valley Library system. Happy reading!

He is risen!

These three words have been spoken across twenty centuries — whispered in catacombs, sung in cathedrals, proclaimed in storefronts and fields and village squares in every language on earth. They are among the most tested words in human history, and they have not worn out.

Come and hear these words for yourself.

We gather to sing, to pray, to receive bread and cup, and to sit together with the oldest and most startling news ever told. Whether you come full of faith, full of questions, or simply full of longing — there is a place for you here.

Come. Sit with the silence.

On Good Friday, we do not rush past the cross toward Easter morning. We stay. We wait. We let the weight of this day rest upon us.

You are invited to a Taizé service of prayer, chant, and contemplative silence — a space to enter honestly into the mystery of Christ's suffering and death, without explanation or resolution.

The Taizé tradition, born from a community of reconciliation in Burgundy, France, offers simple, repeated chants that quiet the mind and open the heart. There is room here for the kind of prayer that has no words.

Every first Sunday of the month at 7:00 pm we hold a Taizé worship service in the Fellowship Hall. The service is meditative, quiet and reflective. It includes simple, repetitive songs, periods of silence, Scripture readings and candlelight. Our focus is on peace, reconciliation, and listening to God’s Spirit through silence and song. This practice is based on the style of prayer of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in France.

Every first Sunday of the month at 7:00 pm we hold a Taizé worship service in the Fellowship Hall. The service is meditative, quiet and reflective. It includes simple, repetitive songs, periods of silence, Scripture readings and candlelight. Our focus is on peace, reconciliation, and listening to God’s Spirit through silence and song. This practice is based on the style of prayer of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in France.

A lunch to learn more about St. Andrew’s and connect with Pastor Jen and Elders. Also you will meet fellow online attendees, share your story (if you’d like), and explore if we’re a good fit-no pressure!

Every first Sunday of the month at 7:00 pm we hold a Taizé worship service in the Fellowship Hall. The service is meditative, quiet and reflective. It includes simple, repetitive songs, periods of silence, Scripture readings and candlelight. Our focus is on peace, reconciliation, and listening to God’s Spirit through silence and song. This practice is based on the style of prayer of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in France.

Join us on Christmas Eve as we gather to celebrate the night when heaven met earth in the most unexpected way—not in power or splendor, but in a vulnerable child born to refugee parents. We'll sing familiar carols by candlelight, hear the ancient story that somehow never gets old, and make space for wonder. Whether you've been coming to church your whole life or this is your first time in years, you're welcome here. Come share in the joy, the mystery, and the light.

If you're craving quiet in the midst of holiday noise, join us for a Longest Night service. As we mark the longest night of the year, we'll gather for candlelight, silence, and songs—a chance to simply be still and reflect when the world around us won't stop moving. Whether you're carrying something heavy or just need space to breathe, come as you are. No forced cheer, just honest presence.

Join us on Saturday, December 13th at 10am in the Kitchen at St. Andrew’s for our Annual Tamalada! This is a great way to support Transition House with a fun party making tamales!