Our Facilities
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in San Carlos at the corner of Cedar Street and Arroyo Avenue, a residential
area, and across from a large city park, Burton Park. The church building,
parish hall (named Eastburn Hall after the founding rector),
classrooms, business offices, and play yard
occupy approximately two-thirds of an acre and are surrounded by mature
trees and well-kept grounds. In 2007, a large bricked courtyard and
entrance area was added in front of the parish hall. A separate rectory, located in San Carlos, is provided for
the Rector and her family |
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The Church
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The Gothic-style
church has a nave and sanctuary arranged in a miniature cathedral fashion.
The nave seats 325. Forty-two stained glass
windows located on all four walls
of the sanctuary, depict the four Gospel Evangelists and various Biblical
themes.
The chapel, which
opens off the nave, is used for special services and for post-communion
healing prayer. It seats approximately 25.
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| Eight brightly
colored tapestries, woven by a parishioner, hang on the rear wall of the
church and behind the altars in the sanctuary and the chapel. |
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(This photo is a composite of the eight tapestries) |
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We have three
musical instruments in the church: a Steinway grand piano, a small Wurlitzer
spinet piano, and an
Ahlborn Galanti
Praeludium III digital organ from Mondaino, Italy.
The organ, dedicated in 1989, has three manual
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three memory banks for registrations of pipes. It has an additional sound
module that increases the potential of the organ to a total of 55 ranks.
The Great and Swell chambers are divided among each side of the chancel and
the choir echo organ gallery at the rear of the church.
The
sanctuary is equipped with a full sound system that integrates three wired
microphones, 3 body mikes, two handheld microphones, a mixer/equalizer, a CD
record and playback system, and has DVD playback capabilities. |
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The Parish Hall, Classrooms, and Business Offices
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Eastburn Hall seats
approximately 175 for meetings.
It has a curtained stage, equipped with a fully
functional sound mixing board, speakers, and two handheld mikes with
stands. The hall has a console style Yamaha piano, a comfortable
lounge adjacent to it for informal group meetings, and a large, fully
equipped kitchen. The building also houses classrooms, a library, a nursery,
a nursery school, and staff offices. Several community groups, such as the
Interfaith Hospitality Network, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Girl Scouts,
use Eastburn Hall on a regular basis. |
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Sequoia Parent's Nursery School
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We have a long-term
relationship with Sequoia Parents’
Nursery School, a pre-school program for children ages 3 through 5 and
their parents sponsored by the Sequoia Union High School District. The
school uses the second-story facilities five days (8:30 am–12:30 pm) a week
during the school session. In cooperation with the parish, it maintains an
enclosed play yard, with active play apparatus, and a fully equipped
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The Rectory
The rectory is a
detached, single-family home located in a residential neighborhood about one
mile from the church.
It is within walking distance of public transportation, shopping, the public
library, and parks. The 2,500-square-foot house has three bedrooms, three full
baths, living room, dining room, kitchen, family room, office/bedroom, newly
landscaped front and back yards, deck, and two-car garage.
Use of Our Facilities
The
sanctuary, Eastburn Hall (with kitchen, lounge, and outdoor play area) and
classrooms are available, subject to schedule priorities, for use by groups for
events such as concerts, recitals, meetings, celebrations, and weddings and
receptions. Please call the Parish Administrator at 650-591-0328 Ext. 101 or
send an e-mail to
office@churchoftheepiphany.org
with information about your requirements.
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