About Us

Welcome to St. Luke's!

St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a Christian community called to a vital, ever-deepening relationship with Christ and neighbor.

We are a growing, dynamic community, with programs for children, youth, families and people of all ages.

Our programs reach out to the community of Fort Collins and beyond with the Music at St. Luke's concert series, outreach ministries, St. Luke's Community Childcare, and Youth Group.

Our Christian Formation/Sunday School for Preschool through 5th grade and Youth Group for 6th-12th Grade runs on Sundays from September through May. The Youth Group also has additional weekend retreats and summer trips.

Please visit the other pages on this website to learn about our many programs.

Our members are among the several million Episcopalians in the United States today. We are part of a worldwide body, the Anglican Communion, numbering about seventy million.

A summary of what Episcopalians believe is found on page 845 in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP).

History of St. Luke’s

In 1875, Colorado was just a territory with Indian tribes still living on the land. The frontier was pushing west and Fort Collins, a village of only 200 souls was part of this migration.

On the first Sunday in May 1875, an Episcopal mission station, St. Luke’s, was established with regular services. St. Luke’s was first housed in Tutton's Hall, a small building at the corner of Mountain Avenue and Linden Street. It had previously been a bank building and was even used as a billiards hall at one time.

Growth of the city and the tiny mission dictated a move to a new building at the corner of College Avenue and Oak Street. Consecrated in 1887, the tiny stone church in downtown Fort Collins was used for services until parish growth, about 168 communicants, necessitated a larger facility.

The church building where we now worship was consecrated February 14, 1965 and we recently celebrated 50 years on Stover Street. For further details, seeOne-Hundred-Five Years with St. Luke's Episcopal Church, available in the church library.

The Larger Church

The Diocese of Colorado

The Episcopal churches in Colorado are part of the Diocese of Colorado, headed by our new Bishop, The Rev. Kimberly (Kym) Lucas.

The Diocesan Digest, is a weekly email with news of the Diocese, information about music, art and theater events, special talks and programs, youth programs, retreats and programs at Cathedral Ridge. For both clergy and lay people, it's free and a great way to connect to the larger Episcopal Church in Colorado. You can sign up here.

In addition, if you are not receiving the quarterly Colorado Episcopalian (either in paper or electronic form), read online or sign up here.

The Episcopal Church USA

The national body of which we are a member congregation is the Episcopal Church USA, headed by our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael B. Curry.

The Anglican Communion

The worldwide organization of churches to which the Episcopal Church belongs is the Anglican Communion. The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury ("Primate," or Senior Bishop, of the Church of England) is the symbolic head of this body.