About our Church
St. Francis is an Episcopal Church in the beautiful area of Pauma Valley. Our church is surrounded by growing things, a place set apart where all of God’s children find a home. On Sundays our worship is filled with birdsong, and creatures of all kinds pass through our gardens. Throughout the week the church grounds give space for prayer, study, and community celebrations that nourish body and soul. Following the way of Jesus, we seek to root ourselves more deeply in God’s love, and God’s call to us to love one another. Come journey with us as we learn and explore our mission in the world — transforming our communities with reconciling love.
Join us on sunday!
Everyone is welcome at St. Francis.
Join us at 8 and 10 am every Sunday.
What to expect at St. Francis
Our worship is in the Episcopal tradition, which means a combination of structure and flexibility, reverent and casual all at the same time. Our church is small, but there’s a little bit of everybody here. And everybody is warmly welcomed, in the spirit of St. Francis. There’s thoughtful preaching and lots of chances to dig into scripture throughout the year. We celebrate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ when we come together around the Lord’s table each week, and we carry that celebration on into our gatherings after worship, with food and conversation.
What we believe
We claim God’s love for the world, and God’s loving intention for all of creation. We believe in and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world. We believe the Holy Spirit is active and present in the gathered community.
We believe in God’s love for every human being; people of all genders and sexual orientations serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church. Laypeople and clergy work together in leadership and governance. We, who are many and diverse, come together in Christ through our worship, our common prayer.
As Episcopalians, we practice traditions that open us to God’s presence, called sacraments. The sacraments make use of normal, everyday things such as bread, wine, and water to help tell the story of God’s love within all that exists, and to give us an opportunity to experience God’s presence with us as we worship.