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 750 members strong, with active programs for children, youth, families and people of all ages. Our programs reach out to the community of Fort Collins and beyond with Music at St. Luke's concert series, social ministries, St. Luke's Preschool, health ministries, Christian Formation programs, and a summer music camp for preschool and elementary-aged children. 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 presently worship was consecrated February 14, 1965. For further details, see One-Hundred-Five Years with St. Luke's Episcopal Church, available in the church library.