Therefore, our congregation, the majority are immigrants that comes to this country, struggle each and every day to survive in the currently inflation-ridden economy; it is that struggle that makes this church more consolidate and aggressive when it comes to stewardship, and what a best way to keep this congregation in shape with our community.
Our Mission: Our city of Elizabeth is a macrocosm of how an inner city, along with the Episcopal Church, struggles to minister effectively in an urban context. Being such a well-defined area this situation presents a unique opportunity for our Diocese in this community to follow-up and develop a social ministry, that might serve as a model of Mission for other urban center ministries.
Our Church is a gathering of people who have been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and gifted with the Holy Spirit. Yearly budgetary is expended to shows the ministry to which we are called and how we help them. Our vision—in-mission is to:. This tradition, united with the free Anglican Heritage helps considerably in the process of assimilation without absorption in the dominant culture.
As a family oriented mission, San Jose progresses daily in its pastoral objective: to proclaim and manifest the love of Christ to all people, facilitate in the development of personal faith, and contribute to the overall strength and growth in God in the context of the Episcopal Church. Evangelization, outreach programs and stewardship are our primary areas and goals. We have defined the program of evangelization, not only as the Christianization of our members, but also the Anglicanism of our people, who usually have a Roman Catholic background.
In this aspect we also have made adequate our ministry in preparing a strong support for the mission and ministry. We have developed a service ministry in an urban context in the name of Jesus Christ. Services are designed and implemented in a manner that express community involvement.
We are establishing good relationships with other social institution in the city of Elizabeth to improve the quality of life of our people, especially in our neighborhood. We have developed a Worshiping Community, inclusive of all segments of our city, neighborhood and other areas without Episcopal Church y a Hispanic Ministry.
A Community of Prayer, Worship, Service and planning with full support from our Vestry and Lay leaders, has implemented these goals. This ministry is creatively linked to the wider Episcopal community.
Our Vision evaluation is measured on our ministry. The context aspect of our program is evaluated by the level of fellowship exhibited by the community; from the evangelistic point of view.
Goals will be measured by how enthusiastically the congregation shares the parish family with their un-churched peers. We, in the Mission of San Jose, clearly believe in the future and growth of our congregation. As part of a minority mission, further development requires economical security. Mark The church is located about a six-block walk from either metro station. It would also be possible to combine a tour of some of the notable churches in El Centro along with visits to Museo de Antioquia and Plaza Botero.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It is interesting to find out the history of each one. I love visiting churches and learning their history. They always tend to have amazing art and architecture and the older it is the more intriguing its history usually is, especially when the ground it was built on already had a history.
The main altar in this one is really astonishing! There is another church, Iglesia de San Ignacio, which for me is the second most beautiful church in the city after la candelaria. You can see the interior by clicking on the link below. Thanks, I will add Iglesia de San Ignacio to the list of notable churches to look at in this church series.
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