We invite you to make St. Aidan's your home!

What Should I Expect?
A warm welcome in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. St. Aidan's throws open its doors and welcomes all who sin and need a Savior; all who are spiritually weak and seek strength; all who mourn and need solace; all who travail and are heavy laden and need refreshment; all who are strangers and want fellowship; all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and whoever will come.

What We Believe
†We believe that the best that God intends for us in life is found when our prayer and worship shapes the values and purpose of our life in the world. Our life together in the church is what sustains and nurtures us in times of joy and times of crisis.

†We believe our Lord Jesus Christ, through his death and resurrection, has redeemed us from our sins.

†We believe that Holy Scripture, the inspired Word of God, as interpreted in light of tradition and reason is our ultimate authority regarding matters of faith and morals.

Our Catechism, which begins on page 845 of the Book of Common Prayer, provides a more complete explanation of our beliefs.

Who We Are
†We are Christians. St. Aidan's is part of the Christian faith and life that has its foundation in the person of Jesus Christ, and has been carried forward through the centuries by apostles, martyrs, bishops, priests, deacons and laity of all ages and races. We count ourselves part of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church and share with many other Christians key elements of faith including scripture, creeds, sacraments, and the historic episcopate. We have a similar worship style, follow the same liturgical calendar, and share many commonly held beliefs and traditions with the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches.

†We are Anglicans. We were born out of the Church of England, whose roots extend back to the earliest days of Christianity. As Anglicans, we uphold and proclaim a catholic and apostolic faith, "based on scripture and interpreted in light of tradition and reason." We are part of the Anglican Communion, with over 77 million Anglicans in 38 national churches or provinces. We are linked directly to the Church of England and its head, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is one of four symbols of unity between the Communion churches. For more about the Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canterbury, go to the Anglican Communion web site.
†We are Episcopalians.
We sprang from the missionary movement that began in the former British colonies after the American Revolution as "The Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America." With over 2.2 million members across the United States , the Episcopal Church is a national church that was established after the American Revolution with the 1789 Book of Common Prayer. We currently worship according to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. We are part of the Diocese of Colorado and under the authority of Bishop Rob O'Neill. We hope that the Windsor Report provides a way forward for unity in the whole Anglican Communion of which we are part. For more on the Episcopal Church, go to the ECUSA web site.

†St. Aidan's is a traditional Episcopal congregation in the Diocese of Colorado , which has 118 congregations spread throughout the mountains, valleys, and plains of our great state. Our Diocese is committed to living out the mission of the Church through the ministries of evangelism (proclamation), Christian formation (discipleship), and service to all (servanthood). The missionary work St. Aidan's undertakes is both local and global in scope, and we look to support all who seek a deeper understanding and relationship with Jesus Christ. We worship according to the doctrine and discipline of The Book of Common Prayer 1979.

†Our Namesake, St. Aidan
St. Aidan was an Irish monk. In 625 A.D., the monastic community of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides consecrated him bishop and sent him to the kingdom of Northumbria. Aidan chose the island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast corner of England, as the site of the first Christian Church and monastery in the district. You can read more about Aidan's life and work in The Story of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, which is available at the church.

It is appropriate that our parish should be named for Aidan. Aidan was sent to bring the light of Christ to Northumbria. He was also concerned with education. He founded a school for boys at Lindisfarne and encouraged the establishment of "double monasteries" which housed both men and women. Our parish was established in 1948 to bring the light of Christ to the students, faculty and staff of the University of Colorado at Boulder. More than 50 years later we continue to carry on the missionary tradition of Aidan as we state in our vision statement: "St. Aidan's is a mission-based Anglican community of faith shining the light of Christ to the University of Colorado, Boulder community and the world."