All Saints' Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
NY

11215

All Saints' Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2019 Christmas at All Saints'
2020 Easter celebration

Who we are

Welcome to All Saints’ Church. Our parish has been part of the fabric of Park Slope since 1867. For over 150 years, generations of people have come to this place for renewal, comfort, and a deeper knowledge of God.

As an Episcopal parish, All Saints’ Church is part of the global Anglican Communion, the third-largest body of Christians in the world. Anglicans everywhere look for God in the abundance and diversity of creation, strive to respect the dignity of every human being, and hold fast to faith in Jesus Christ. Because much of our particular tradition emerged in a time of conflict and strife, we value communion over dogma, welcome over boundaries, and the irrepressible love of God revealed in Jesus Christ.

If you are looking for a church home, have questions about the life of faith, or are simply curious about what we’re up to here, we would love to get to know you better. Please sign our guest register at the back of the church and introduce yourself to a member of the congregation, or if you've found us online, please introduce yourself here. We hope you will always find All Saints’ Church to be a place of warmth and welcome. God bless you.

The Rev. Steven D. Paulikas, Rector​

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286-88 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
Phone: (718) 768-1156

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Church Pastor

Rector
286-88 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
United States
Phone: (718) 768-1156

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Quote of the Day

Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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The Rev. Steven D. Paulikas
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Rector
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Fr. Paulikas came to All Saints' in June 2011 and has been Rector since December 2013. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Episcopal Relief & Development, where he chairs the Advancement and Development Committee, and the Pastoral Care Advisory Committee at New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

He previously served on the Board of Governors of the Episcopal Church at Yale, and facilitated the process of discernment for holy orders through the Commission on Ministry of the Diocese of Long Island. He is a candidate for the DPhil in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. While a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Steven co-chaired the New York Term Member Advisory Council.

His opinion writing has recently appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and others, and his essay on the political response to evil is featured in Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments: A Stone Reader. He is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary, the University of Cambridge, and Yale University. Prior to attending seminary, Steven was a journalist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is married to Jesse Lazar.
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F/G train to 7th Avenue
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Bus routes: B67, B69, and B61

CitiBike: 7th Avenue and 6th Street


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Street parking in Park Slope is limited. There is a garage on 6th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues.


All Saints' Episcopal Church Brooklyn Service Times

Holy Eucharist
Sundays at 10am
In-Person & Livestream

Sunday Forum
Sundays at 11:30am

​Tuesday Bible Study
Tuesdays at 10:30am (in person or online)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81374244060
Meeting ID: 813 7424 4060

Mid-Week Holy Eucharist
Tuesdays at 12:15pm
In-Person Only

Upcoming events at All Saints' Church December 2023

Georgian-American Fellowship
Sunday, December 10 at 3pm

Sound Bath Evensong
with Guest Musician Samuel Sjöstedt
Sunday, December 10 at 5pm

Christmas Pageant
followed by Family Party
Sunday, December 17 at 10am

All Saints' Lessons & Carols
followed by a Cookie Swap
Sunday, December 17 at 5pm

Holy Eucharist for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Sunday, Dec 24 at 10am

Christmas Eve Family Eucharist
Sunday, Dec 24 at 4pm

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Concert
Sunday, Dec 24 at 9pm

Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist
Sunday, Dec 24 at 10pm

Christmas Day Holy Eucharist
Monday, Dec 25 at 10am

Service Times last updated on the 7th of December, 2023


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All Saints' Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2019 Christmas at All Saints'
2020 Easter celebration



All Saints' Episcopal Church History

All Saints' Episcopal Church, located at the corner of 7th Avenue and 7th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn was founded in 1867.

On August 4, 1867, 20 families celebrated the Holy Communion in the Military Hall, on Fifth Ave. at the corner of 9th Street, under the leadership of Arthur Sinclair, the first Warden. On September 16, 1867 members voted to incorporate the church as All Saints' Church, and elected a warden and vestry. On Christmas Day, 1867 the Reverend William D’Orville Doty was appointed the first Rector of All Saints'. A search committee was then elected to find a suitable spot for our church. After visits to several sites, a generous offer was given by Mr. Isaac Henderson, Esq. in April 1869 and the present property was purchased. In June, the red brick chapel on 7th Street (now occupied by a Seventh Day Adventist congregation) had begun; the cornerstone of this chapel was the first to be laid in the new diocese of Long Island and the first by Primal Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Abram Newkirk Littlejohn D.D. Easter Sunday, April 17, 1870 was the opening of All Saints' Chapel. The stained glass window in the current side chapel comes from the older building.

There were hardships in the early years but despite all that the church pressed on with the construction of the current edifice on 7th Avenue . In 1881, the West Aisle was built and, in the following year a corresponding East Aisle. In 1886, a Baptistery, Choir Room and Chancel stalls were erected and the front was extended toward 7th Avenue with three entrance doors and steps of brownstone. At a simple ceremony on April 12, 1992 , Master Melville Boyd, Jr, the Rector’s son, turned the first spade of earth and at 4 pm on Wednesday June 22, 1892 the cornerstone was laid by the Diocesan Bishop. The current church building, is yellow brick and terracotta Romanesque-Moorish basilica with two distinctive towers, a bright barrel vaulted interior with ornate terracotta detailing, and many stained glass windows, including one by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

The mortgage was burned on November 2, 1924 and the building was re-consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess, D.D. As the years went by the church, rectory, undercroft and finally the parish hall and gymnasium were constructed. The church suffered a fire in 1976, which required the re- creation of some of the interior and east front, and replacement of much of the stained glass there. The current organ was also installed in the 1970s.

The Reverend William Lester began his 28-year tenure as the twelfth Rector of All Saints' in 1965. During this time many new organizations and ministries were commenced in the church, including Sunday School and our intercessory prayer and worship ministries which continue to this day. The Park Slope Center for Successful Aging is a weekday tenant of our Undercroft and several community 12-step ministries meet in the Church. Fr. Lester’s retirement in 1993 was followed by the rectorships of the Reverends Dale Lumley and David Miracle alternating with Interim ministries, of the Rt. Rev. Theophilus Annobil and then of the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Henry and the Rev. James Manning. From November 2008 to June 2011 the parish was served by a long-term supply priest, Fr. Joseph Moise.

The Reverend Steven Paulikas began his service at All Saints' in June 2011 and and was instituted as the fifteenth Rector of the parish on December 14, 2013. By grace, we continue to thrive in Park Slope and are enjoying a period of renewal in ministry. As our reach into the community expands, we will continue to be guided by our tradition of steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, in whom we are made one Body with those who have come before us and those who will come after.


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