St. David's Episcopal Church

We are delighted that you are here! When we worship in an Episcopal church, it is like dropping in on a conversation

already in progress, a conversation between God and human beings which began long before we were born,

and will go on long after we are gone. Our Anglican tradition is rich and unique in the Christian experience,

and it is a tradition in which we find the nourishment for a lifetime of Christian living.

We welcome you to St. David's and to this service.

The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, “a fellowship within

the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church, of those duly constituted regional churches in

communion with e see of Canterbury” in England. We “uphold and propagate the catholic and

apostolic faith and order as set forth in the Book Of Common Prayer….Bound together not by a

central authority, but by mutual loyalty sustained by the common counsel of the bishops in

conference.” Those words are from a resolution by the Lambeth Conference of 1920, a

gathering of Anglican and Episcopal bishops from throughout the world.

The faith taught by Anglicans is none other than the Christian faith, no more and no less.

Nothing taught by Anglicans is peculiar to Anglicanism. All teachings are those of the ancient

and undivided church.

Christian doctrine, as taught by Anglicans, must confirm to three criteria: scripture, tradition,

and reason. No doctrine can be taught which is not at the same time scriptural, traditional, and

reasonable. Episcopalians must therefore know the Bible and the traditions and history of the

church. Especially important to Episcopalians is the Holy Bible. No Episcopal priest may teach

unbiblical doctrine, and no Episcopalian is required to believe anything except what is contained

in the Bible.

The Christian faith is summarized in the two ancient and ecumenical creeds, the Nicene and

the Apostles’, which are the traditional standards of faith, second only to scripture, in the church.