CANA: St George's Founded in Colorado

CANA Website
April 2, 2009

St George’s Anglican Church website here is the newest Anglican congregation in El Paso County, Colorado. It is founded by the majority of the congregation moving from Grace Church and St. Stephen’s. After a five-week court trial and two-year legal dispute with The Episcopal Church (TEC) and TEC's Diocese of Colorado, the congregation has decided that the best way forward is to leave their former historic house of worship and found St George's.

On Palm Sunday (April 5, 2009) the congregation will be worshiping at a new location for the first time in 115 years. The new site is nestled among the naturally majestic rocks and bluffs of the Mountain Shadows community at 2760 Fieldstone Road. Formerly the Renaissance Academy (a private school), the new facilities will accommodate St George’s with worship space, classrooms, and offices on a five acre campus.

“I am excited about our new location and facilities here in Mountain Shadows,” said the Rev'd Donald Armstrong, rector of the parish. “We are moving to a beautiful location situated among rocks not unlike where Jesus’ tomb was located, and like him we will be resurrected to new life as a congregation, with a new name, and a new future. This biblical similarity is not lost on us.”

Karl Weiskopf, a member of the congregation said that the new St George campus can be more efficiently operated with less overhead expenses. "With our increasing growth in membership, more monies can be freed up for gospel work. Now St George’s will be able to more fully fund local and off-shore evangelism. St George’s will supplement our members’ personal giving to finance the care of Tanzanian AIDS orphans and work more effectively with Anglican leadership in Africa and around the world to expand mission and ministry.” the rest