No person is denied entrance to church services, Holy Communion, or membership in the parish. In the fall of 1946, Bishop Block and the Rev. Egbert B. Clark, rector of St. Peter's, Redwood City, California, agreed to call a new associate rector who would live in San Carlos and begin preparations to establish a mission church there. Subsequently, St. Peter's invited the Rev. Fordyce E. Eastburn, then on the staff of a cathedral in Texas, to come to California for an exploratory visit. The exploratory visit must have gone well, because Bishop Block immediately hired Eastburn as associate rector at St. Peter's. On June 18, the Bishop and Eastburn started shopping for a church site and recommended that the Diocesan Council buy property in the 1800 block of Arroyo Avenue. On Sunday, Oct. 5, 1947, Rev. Eastburn celebrated Holy Communion in the Community Church with forty people attending. This is considered the beginning of the Church of the Epiphany. That week, the new mission congregation moved to Laurel Hall, at the time the only public meeting hall in San Carlos. It was located over a bar across from the firehouse on Laurel Street between Holly Street and San Carlos Avenue. The Bishop approved the selection of "Epiphany" as the new mission's name, and the name was subsequently endorsed by the Bishop's Committee. Several reasons have been suggested for the name. One is that Epiphany Sunday is the day the Eastburns arrived on the Peninsula. A second reason, provided by Lelia Eastburn, is that it was the date her husband was ordained a deacon. Or it may have been that there wasn't another Epiphany in the diocese at the time. The Bishop's Committee (vestry) held their first official meeting Oct. 28, 1947, after the beginning of the Women's Auxiliary, which had held their first celebration on Oct. 19. The Altar Guild held its first meeting Oct. 30. During this time, Rev. Eastburn resigned as associate at St. Peter's and was appointed vicar to Epiphany by the Bishop. The first building on the site was a combination Parish Hall and chapel, which served both as a place of worship and gathering. Volunteer work on the building site started June 24, 1948 under the leadership of Arnold M. Teza, a professional building contractor and a member of the congregation. By March 7, 1949, the average number of workers was listed as thirteen on Saturdays and four on Sundays, but sometimes as many as 24 men were on the job.