St. Christopher's Episcopal Church | Roseville, Minnesota

Mission

As Episcopalians, we seek to serve Christ in all people, to celebrate life and to reconcile the world and its people to God. We do this by engaging in balanced ministries of service, worship, education, evangelism, pastoral care and stewardship.

St. Christopher's is...

Part of the global community of 70 million Anglicians
Part of the 2.3 million Episcopalians in the U.S.
Part of t28,000 baptized Christians in the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
Our Bishop is the Rt. Rev. James L. Jelinek
The Vision Statement of the Diocese of MN is to:
Listen...Proclaim...Serve...Celebrate
Our mission: Reconciling the World to God, and Celebrating Life.

A Statement of Faith

How we experience God alive in our midst

We believe in God, in Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit and in you and me.

We believe the Holy Spirit has freed us to worship as a community.

We believe the Holy Spirit works through balloons and ministers, daisies and wiggly children, clanging cymbals and silence, touching and praying, spontaneity and planning, faith and doubt, tears and laughter, leading and supporting, hugging and kneeling, dancing and stillness, applauding and giving, creativity and plodding, words and listening, holding and letting go, thank you and help me, Scripture and Alleluia, accepting and caring, through you and through me- through love.

We believe in praising God for life.

We believe in responding to God’s grace, love and justice for all people.

We believe in poetry within each of us.

We believe in dreams and vision.We believe in old people running and children leading.

We believe in the Kingdom of God within us.

We believe in love.

GLBT

GLBT Ministry welcomes Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender people. These GLBT persons are welcome here and are active as individuals and couples in a wide variety of ministries. St. Christopher’s is a member of Integrity and several members are active in Space Available. In June, an annual PRIDE Picnic is celebrated. GLBT persons, their families, and allies are invited.

Book of Common Prayer

The Episcopal Church is the representative of the Anglican Communion in the United States, and also in several other countries. It has had its own Book of Common Prayer since the American Revolution; prior to that, of course, it was part of the Church of England. There have been four editions of the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer; all are presented here, starting with the latest and going back to the first.