Who We Are
The church with the red door on First Street
Welcome to St. Paul’s
At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, we experience God’s love firsthand. We follow Jesus, serve our neighbors, worship, and learn in community. We study scripture and draw on a life-giving tradition of worship and theology as we strive to discern God’s call to us now, in our own neighborhood. We value faith, love, and service. We find God’s grace moving among us, and we give thanks.
The best way to learn more about us is to come and visit–or contact us if you’d like to speak with a priest.
What We Believe
With Christians of many generations, traditions, and languages, we affirm the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed–we believe in God the creator, in Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit. In the Episcopal Church, we also commit in our Baptismal Covenant to live out our beliefs in specific ways. We promise that with God’s help we will:
- continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers
- persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever we fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord
- proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ
- seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves
- strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.
The Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s is part of the Episcopal Church, and the Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion in the United States. When it was first founded, Anglican Christianity was seen as a “middle way” between Catholic and Protestant expressions of faith. When we’re at our best in the Episcopal Church, we’re both rooted in ancient traditions and able to move with Holy Spirit’s call in the present moment. We believe that God loves absolutely everyone, and that we can be part of that love.
The Episcopal Church is open and affirming—members of the LGBTQIA+ community can be baptized, get married, and serve as lay and ordained leaders in the Episcopal Church. We believe that people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions are sacred, made in God’s image. LGBTQIA+ parishioners worship, serve, and lead here at St. Paul’s.
In our baptismal covenant, we promise to “strive for justice and peace, and to respect the dignity of every human being.” We are learning how to live out this promise within our parish and beyond. We pray and teach and work toward a church and a world where all of God’s beloved children are not only safe and welcome, but celebrated for who they are.
