St. Paul's City Church now open in Menifee

News release from St. Paul's City Church:

There is a new church in the Menifee area. St. Paul’s City Church has begun meeting in the Oak Meadows Elementary School on Sundays at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

St. Paul’s City Church’s pastor is the Rev. Toni Burwell. She is a native of Los Angeles and grew up in a home of musicians, preachers and storytellers. Thus she brings with her a very warm, relatable style of preaching and teaching that draws the listener in. You might hear her share a story of listening to her grandmother from under the dining room table – or a vivid and heart-wrenching description of what it was like to pray for and serve communion to thousands of people in New York City just after the attack on September 11, 2001. Her passion is serving people wherever they are.

St. Paul’s City Church is a diverse group that has as its center three things: being ancient, active and authentic. Its worship is rooted in traditions that are centuries old and link worshippers to the past, as well as being contemporary. It also is deeply committed to being active in the community it serves. Finally, St. Paul’s strives to be a place where people can be authentic with each other; it’s a caring community.

Rev. Burwell earned a Masters Degree of Divinity from Duke University in North Carolina. In her spare time, she is working on composing a jazz/gospel mass. She is both a gifted and trained choral director, conductor and singer who often brings her love of music into her preaching.

Oak Meadows Elementary School is located at 28600 Poinsettia St., Murrieta, near the border of Menifee and Murrieta, east of the 215 freeway off Scott Road. St. Paul’s City Church is a member of the Anglican Churches of North America. More information can be found at stpaulscitychurch.org, or by emailing spcitychurch@gmail.com.