Welcome to The Santa Anita Church

“Come as you are, become who you want to be!”

Our Mission Statement:

Love ~ Grow ~ Become

Our Slogan:

One Spirit, Many Paths

Our Sunday Service Schedule:

10:30-11:30 AM
Sunday Morning Service – The SanctuarySunday School – The Growing Place (Grade School – High School)

11:45 AM
Coffee & Refreshments – Patio

Our Vision Statement:

A world where all people live to their full potential

Our Purpose:

As a spiritual community we attract, inspire and empower those who seek to discover and expand their unique expression of God’s light. Reaching out through prayer, music, education, and service, we celebrate, growing together in spiritual fellowship.

Who We Are

Our Core Values

The Golden Rule:
We dedicate ourselves and empower others to live life by the Golden Rule

Love:
We believe that love is the basic need of all beings and we demonstrate this through compassion and caring in all our actions

Integrity:
Through honesty, reliability, and awareness of our personal responsibility, we build trust.

Acceptance:
We provide an open, accepting, and loving environment where all are welcome.

Learning:
We provide opportunities to learn, grow, and become who we want to be on our life journey.

Positivity:
We conduct ourselves in a manner which reflects positive thinking and outcomes.

Family:
We practice generosity, loyalty, and recognition to build a community of family.

Cooperation:
We work together openly with the greater community, our church, and our school through the teachings of truth.

Commitment:
We are true to faith, church, our community, and our core values.

Get to know us

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Relax into Forgiveness

In the last three series, we have learned how to step into the NOW in order to release Judgement so we can focus on silencing our Ego. Now that we have quieted our inner naysayer, we are free to release past pains by learning to forgive. Join us over the next five weeks as we look at forgiveness from a variety of different sources. September 8 – ForgivenessWhen we have moments of crisis they generate a defining line in our lives. If we are unable to forgive others, or ourselves, for the events that led to these moments, we scribe a deep fissure that runs through all future events, good or bad. Until we can forgive these points in our life, they will continue to haunt us for an eternity. Forgiveness is the key to releasing the pain associated with these memories. Until we can truly forgive, the events of our past will continue to hinder our growth towards a fulfilling life. September 15 – They Know Not…How much should we forgive those who have wronged us? Jesus told Peter to forgive his brother seventy time seven. And what should we forgive? While hanging from the cross, Jesus forgave those who persecuted and crucified him. Today we look at a radical story of forgiveness from Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor, who forgave the atrocities perpetrated against her and her family in 1940’s Auschwitz. September 22 – It’s for YOU!Rev. Gina recalls the five steps laid out by Colin Tipping in his book Radical Forgiveness and shares a personal story of her own radical forgiveness. All in an effort to reveal that the things we experience in life – the good as well as the bad – are brought before us to teach. We sometimes take the easy road so the lessons catch up to us the hard way and sometimes the lesson can only be learned through grief and struggle. While we may not enjoy the experience, when it comes down to it, it is all part of our growth in this life and forgiveness is part of that growth. September 29 – Let It BeUsing the Chinese painting entitled The Three Vinegar Tasters as a jumping off point, Rev. Gina continues the theme from last week that everything happens for a reason. Founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu, appears to have a look of enjoyment when sampling the vinegar – a perfect parallel to the idea of forgiving the past and acknowledging that it was the good and the bad that brought you to where you are today.

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