We were not always St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church. We were founded in 1957 as St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, and we remained in TEC until 2009. Whenever the church is fractured, the body of Christ is wounded, even if such a decision is deemed necessary. Both sides of the fracture have reason to repent, but we must and did follow our conscience.
In 2009, we joined the Diocese of Quincy, one of the founding dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America. In 2018, Bishop Morales installed Fr. Michael as our new Rector, and he has served us faithfully in that position ever since. Father Michael has a vision for St. Dunstan’s that directs all he does. He wants us to be a church where the ancient faith and practice of the Church co-exist with modern questions. He wants us to be a church that defines what it means to be Christian by more than the political agendas of our day. He wants us to be a church where the Bible is preached unapologetically; the cross is proclaimed not only as a means of salvation but as a way of life, and the resurrection is taught as more than a past event but also as the hope of all believers. He calls this being “A Church on the Way.”
We are currently remodeling much of our church, so please pardon our dust. The aim of the renovation is to create new, dedicated classrooms for children and youth, expand our Fellowship Hall so we can all gather together and break bread as a family, and remodel our sanctuary to make it more practical and flexible for our style of worship. We call this capital campaign Making All Things New because we believe this effort reflects Jesus’ plan to renew, restore, and remake the world.
However, the renovation is simply a means to an end. Our current goals are growth and discipleship. More specifically, we aim to be “Growing Young” by making life-long disciples of the next generation of believers. The journey has been long and difficult, but we are gradually transforming into the church we believe God wants us to be. There are, and will continue to be, growing pains. We often learn as much from what hasn’t worked as from what has, and we don’t have a large staff or a vast team of volunteers to help us achieve everything we know we should be doing as a church. For some, this may present a challenge. We hope you are the kind of person who sees that empty space as an opportunity to love and serve Christ and His people.
Join us every Sunday as we gather to worship together at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. If you have any questions, we'd love to hear from you.