The ministries of the Diocese of Colorado help us to show the face of Christ to our neighbors and our communities. They spread love, peace and justice and fellowship to those in need.
Jubilee Ministries
The Sudanese Community Church
Canterbury House
Jubilee Ministries are designated peace and justice ministries that make a direct and dynamic link between our theology and our ethics. The Peace and Justice Ministries Office of the Episcopal Church have recognized several hundred ministries nationwide as Jubilee Ministries; to be named a Jubilee Ministry, an organization must serve the poor and oppressed, and have a close association with an Episcopal parish, an ecumenical cluster with an Episcopal presence, or an agency with connections to the Episcopal Church.
- Metro CareRing is an emergency assistance service for those in need in metro Denver, providing food and help with other needs to an average of 800 to 900 families per month
- St. Clare’s Supper feeds between 100 and 150 homeless and low income people each week at a sit-down dinner in the parish hall at the Episcopal Church of St. Peter and St. Mary in Denver
- Caring Ministries of Fort Morgan runs an emergency food pantry that provided nearly 80,000 meals to more than 1,600 families last year, supplies low- or no-cost clothing through its thrift store, and offers limited assistance for other needs
- Cooperating Ministry of Logan County served some 3,000 people in and around Sterling last year through its food bank and clothing outlet and its stockpile of home health care equipment
- Southern Colorado Prison Ministries works with the more than 13 federal and state prisons and county jails in the area around Pueblo and Canon City, sponsoring prison and jail visits, worship services, Bible studies for prisoners, prison family support groups, summer camps for children of inmates, and mentoring newly-released inmates
- St. Francis Center is a gathering place for the homeless in downtown Denver, serving 400 to 500 homeless people each day who come there for shelter, showers, counseling, employment referral and an onsite health clinic
- The 32nd Ave. Jubilee Center resources to reduce the economic and cultural barriers faced by new immigrants and others in northwest Denver, including a language skills acquisition program, a food bank, an after school program for students and a health care ministry
- Evergreen Christian Outreach housed on the campus of Transfiguration Church, provides food, clothing and assistance with other needs to families in crisis in the Evergreen area
- New Beginnings Church a joint project of the Episcopal diocese of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church to provide spiritual services to women incarcerated in the Denver women’s Correctional Facility
- Trinity Housing Corporation of Greeley offers affordable housing to nearly 350 poor residents at its Island Grove Village Apartments, as well as a free community computer lab and GED, ESL, Adult Basic Education, job- and skills-training classes as well as after school programs
- West San Luis Valley Community Meal sponsored by the Episcopal Mission in the San Luis Valley, provides space and food for the Monte Vista community to gather, share fellowship and a meal and provides meals to go for those unable to attend during service hours
- Colorado Haiti Project raises awareness of conditions in Haiti and to provide educational, nutritional and medical services for a variety of groups throughout the island
- Caring Association of Native Americans provides emergency services to Native Americans sent to Denver for critical medical care, as well as long term support for chronically ill Native Americans in Denver
- St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry is an outreach program of the Episcopal churches in Boulder County to provide health care for the indigent and marginalized through health checks, educational programs, screenings and spiritual direction
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The Sudanese Community Church is a special congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, worshiping at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver.
There are almost 1,000 Sudanese living in the Metro Denver area. Most are Christian, and have long historical ties to the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church in the United States. Bishop Rob O’Neill convened a diocesan group under the leadership of the Rev. Canon Poulson Reed at St. John’s to support the Sudanese Community Church. For over six years, this congregation of more than 140 men, women and children, who are all survivors of a brutal civil war in Sudan, have worshiped at St. John’s.
The Rev. Anderia Lual Arok is the Priest-in-Charge for this special congregation.
For more information, or to find out how you can help, please contact The Rev. Canon Poulson Reed, The Rev. Anderia Lual Arok, or Anita Sanborn.
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Canterbury House seeks to enrich the lives of students through worship, prayer and music, ministry, mission and fellowship. Canterbury House operates as a parish-based campus ministry, in affiliation with St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, which is located on the CU campus, just across from the School of Engineering.
Canterbury House provides a location for student activities, including meals, fellowship, Bible study and discussion, and prayer groups.
For more information, visit
the Canterbury House web site.
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