ALL NATIONS CHURCH

Affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America

Dynamic worship, biblical teaching,

and intimate fellowship in a community representing

the diversity of the city of New Haven

Regular Sunday Worship

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Temporary new location:

Brams Hall

(next to Betsy Ross School)

150 Kimberly Avenue

New Haven, CT 06519

Sunday School

Children 5 - 12 yrs old

10:00 AM

Refreshments and Fellowship after ​the service

Contact

All Nations Church

Pastor Geoffrey Little

Ministry Center

358 Lenox Street

New Haven, CT 06513

(203) 467- 6083

Email: office@allnationsnewhaven.org

The Rev. Geoffrey Little is a lifelong Anglican and New Englander. After coming to Christ in college, he served for ten years with the South American Missionary Society (SAMS), first as a lay missionary in southern Peru and then on the SAMS staff in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. While in Ambridge, Geoff completed his divinity degree at Trinity School for Ministry. Ordained in 1992 in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, he moved with his young family to New Haven, Connecticut, where he has lived and worked ever since as a pastor in intercultural urban ministry. Geoff earned a second master’s degree in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2004. In 2010, Geoff and his wife, Blanca, joined the ACNA Anglican Diocese in New England and established All Nations Church and All Nations Christian Academy in New Haven. All Nations Church brings together Spanish- and English-speaking people in bilingual worship and fellowship.

A Bible-Open Faith Community

All Nations Church is a Bible-believing body. We hold the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired word of God and “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16). On Sundays the pastor preaches devotional sermons based on one or more of the appointed readings in the Sunday lectionary of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. Whether to children in our Christian school, adults in healing retreats, or elderly residents in local nursing homes, the approach is always to open the Scriptures, exploring the questions raised and the answers provided for Christian living.

An Intercultural Community

All Nations Church is located in the eastern side of New Haven where there is a mixed population of African-American, Caucasian and Latino residents. Our Sunday worship and many of our mid-week meetings and retreats are bilingual (English and Spanish together) to purposefully bring together groups of people who might not associate with each other normally. It is hard work, but the witness to the love of Christ across racial and cultural barriers is compelling.

An Intimate Community That Eats When It Meets

At All Nations Church we enjoy one another’s company, andwe care for one another in keeping with the biblical exhortation to “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another” (Romans 12:15-16). It brings us great joy to share a meal and fellowship together as a family.

An Anglican Community

What does it mean that All Nations Church is “Anglican”? Our history as a denomination dates from the period of the English Reformation in the sixteenth century. The marks of Anglicanism are: 1) The authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures for salvation and Christian living; 2) The unfailing use of Baptism and Holy Communion (the Lord’s Supper) as church sacraments ordained by Jesus Christ; 3) The confession of the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed as authoritative summaries of orthodox Christian faith, proved in Holy Scripture; and 4) the historic Episcopate (bishops) as integral part of apostolic faith and practice, and for accountability outside the local congregation. All Nations is a member church of the Anglican Diocese in New England, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America. Our cathedral church and our bishop, Andrew Williams, are located in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

A Community Plugged In and Sent Out

All Nations Church has its signature outreach ministry in the city, our Christian elementary school All Nations Christian Academy. We are also active members of Bridges of Hope, a cooperative of churches in New Haven doing larger-scale ministry projects such as a mentoring program for public school children in low-income housing projects and “I Heart New Haven,” an annual service day dispatching Christian teams from many churches to do community service in our beloved city. We also work closely with the 180 Center, a discipleship program for men in recovery.

A Healing Community

All Nations Church believes in the present day manifestation of gifts of the Spirit, including Jesus Christ’s ongoing ministry of healing. We have ministers trained in confessional healing practices. We participate in healing conferences and conduct our own healing retreats, all with the full expectation that when we anoint with oil and lay on hands, God can and will bring healing to those who ask in faith.

All Nations Christian Academy

All Nations Christian Academy is an outreach ministry of All Nations Church. By the grace of God the school has been in operation since 2007 and continues to offer a great education to elementary school aged children of Greater New Haven, K - 4th grade.

Visit the school website: www.allnationschristianacademy.org

Statement of Faith

We believe that “all Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the ​people of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ​Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14

We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on ​the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at

the right hand of the Majesty on High, he now is our High Priest and Advocate. John 1:1; Luke 2:35; 2 Corinthians 15:3-4

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and during this age to convict men, regenerate the ​believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service. John 15:26; John 16:8

We believe that man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is therefore lost and only through regeneration by the Holy ​Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained. Genesis 1:27; Romans 5:12

We believe that the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only grounds of justification and salvation for all who ​believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become believers. John 3:3; John 1:12; John 3:16

We believe that the true Church is composed of all such persons who, through saving faith in Jesus Christ, have been born anew by the ​Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ of which He is the Head. 1 Corinthians 12:12-14

We believe that the teaching of Scripture is the normative ethical framework and guideline in human relationships, upholding faithfulness ​in marriage between a man and woman in lifelong union, and abstinence for those not called to marriage. Genesis 2:24; Corinthians 7:1-4

We believe in the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this "blessed hope" has a vital bearing on the ​personal life and service of the believer. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

We believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead and that the believer will live in everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord. 1 ​Corinthians 15:51-54

For the week leading up to Sunday, July 28, 2024, as published in Anglican Compass

Bible devotions out of the Anglican lectionary for the upcoming Sunday

We come to Proper 12B, and, following Mark’s Gospel, to the narrative immediately following last week’s account of Jesu​s feeding the five thousand. Mark 6:45-52 contains that Gospel’s briefer (compared with Matthew) but detail-rich account​ of our Lord’s walking on the water of the Sea of Galilee...

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