About us

 

All Saints’ Episcopal Church, located at the gateway into West Newbury from Newburyport, the historic house of worship on Main Street — with its brick façade, slate roof and vibrant stained glass. The church and its neighboring St. John’s Hall have a historical connection that dates back to the earliest days of the town. Both were gifts from the Emery family, who settled along the Artichoke and Merrimack rivers in the 1600s on land granted from the King of England. As longtime members'  “The family cleared and farmed the land, and lived there for almost three centuries. Reverend Samuel M. Emery of Putnam, Connecticut, retired to the farmstead with his family around 1900, and he and his wife conducted church services and Sunday school from their home.” The Emery sisters — Mary Elizabeth, Louisa, Frances and Georgina — were “answering John the Baptist’s cry in the wilderness” when they first funded construction of St. John’s Hall in 1907 and built All Saints’ Episcopal Church seven years later.

“The Emery land has never been sold and has remained open and used for spiritual purposes to the present day,” the Emery sisters also gave land on the other side of Route 113 to the Brothers of the Society of St. John the Evangelist. In 1986 a painting of the Madonna and Child presented as a gift at the church’s original dedication was rediscovered in the rectory attic by church member Beverly Young. And eventually was revealed to be an original work by 15th-century Italian Renaissance master Andrea Del Santo. In 2003 the church sold the painting at Sotheby’s in New York to private dealers in London for $1.1 million. The money was used for good works, to build homes for the rector and assistant rector, and to improve the church property.

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“All Saints’ Episcopal Church continues to answer ‘a call in the wilderness’ as we begin a second century of worship, community and mission,”

Church services are held each Sunday at 12 p.m. with Sunday school offered at the same time

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We are an inclusive congregation that works on living lives of faith, hope and love and that wishes to share ourselves and our resources with others. If you are looking for a church home, we invite you to see who we are and what we offer. We pray, worship, learn, work and play together and we have FUN! We value what we do, we are greatly blessed and we want to share our many blessings with others. Please come visit us. We think you’ll like what you find.

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 All Saints has a core committed group of congregants that want to see the church grow and thrive. This is evidenced by the following:

• pledges for the current fiscal year are up and being paid consistently

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• attendance at worship is mostly regular. We enjoy getting together at worship and

most attendees are actively involved in key church activities as well as the care of the

church.

 We have a music program that consists of a pianist, a small choir and a variety of musical talent in the congregation.

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 All Saints enjoys a historic relationship with the Society of St. John the Evangelist. the treat house and property sits close by across Main St. It is the desire of both entities to strengthen this bond in the future.

There is a strong desire among the congregants for a close connection to one another and the wider community of West Newbury and surrounding towns.

The people of All Saints share some core values that we hope define our parish:

• a growing and lively relationship with the Triune God

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• the importance of the family in the life of the parish

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• service to those in need: the sick, the home--‐bound, meals, etc.

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• mission outreach in word and deed: Emmaus House, Mitch’s Place and Maine Mission specifically

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• an appreciation of the liturgy as a means for worship, self--‐reflection, and renewal

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• a love and appreciation of nature and the desire to be good stewards of the earth