About
About Resurrection Parish
Resurrection Parish is a congregation within the Anglican tradition that emphasizes its Catholic heritage in theology, worship, and practice. Worship is centered on the Eucharist, often celebrated as a High Mass with incense, bells, chant, and ceremonial vestments such as chasubles and dalmatics. The liturgy typically draws from the traditional Book of Common Prayer, enriched with elements of pre-Reformation Catholic piety.
The parish upholds the seven sacraments, especially the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and practices such as private confession, anointing of the sick, and Marian devotions. The aesthetic of the church building include icons, candles, a prominent altar, and a tabernacle for the reserved Sacrament. Music is an important part of parish life, with traditional hymnody, and Anglican choral traditions featured prominently.
Devotional life includes Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, and observance of saints’ days and all major holy days. Resurrection Parish is part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, holding to the ancient creeds and apostolic succession, while remaining within the Anglican tradition. Resurrection Parish is known not only for its rich liturgical life but also for strong pastoral care and a traditional moral and theological outlook grounded in the historic Christian faith.
We are committed to prayer, service to others, Christian unity, and spiritual formation.
Our Story
Resurrection began in 2002 when invited by the Archbishop of Rwanda to form a mission congregation under the auspices of the Anglican Mission in America. In 2018 members of that mission society were invited to join the international confraternity of faith communities, large and small, in the US, UK, Africa, India, and Europe. That contractility is known as the Anglican Union, an expression of the historic Church in the Anglican tradition called to unite Christians around the world, reaching from Africa and India to Europe and the Caribbean, and from South to North America. The Anglican Union is governed by a council of Patron Bishops, clergy, and parishioners.
In this time when so many areas of life are changing, we are dedicated to proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ through prayer, service, unity and spiritual formation. We are an open Christian society that holds to the orthodox biblical faith, believes in the teachings of Jesus, and worships according to the Anglican tradition.
Meet Our Staff
Our Vestry / Parish Council
Anglican parishes are collabratively by the clergy and laity. The laity are elected to serve for the purposes of assisting in the leadership of the parish, particularly in the areas of finances, building grounds, long-range planning, and parish development.
Resurrection is served by a talented group of council members consisting of:
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Amy Faulkner, Senior Warden
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David DuGay, Junior Warden
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Ann Sandsmark, Clerk
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Kurt Anderson, Finance
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Frosty Haslup, Buildings and Grounds
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Gary Webber, Pastoral Planning
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Rick Lamb, Worship
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Steve Phillips, Assistant Junior Warden
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Amy Loerch, Communications and Planning
What We Believe
Prayer is the foundational practice of our lives. It is the principal way our spirit communes with God. It opens our heart to hear God's guidance, and experience his never-failing presence.
The Bible is the Word of God, containing all that is necessary for salvation and the standards for living.
All people are born in need of God’s love and forgiveness, and that by accepting Jesus as the substitute in place of our being lost to God, he has become our Savior, our brother, and our Lord.
The sacrament of Baptism is the outward sign of initiation into the body of Christ by which the church demonstrates God’s spiritual cleansing and renewal through water and God’s Word.
The sacrament of Holy Communion, also called the Eucharist, is offered at every mass as the feast of great thanksgiving in which we remember Jesus’s sacrifice for the sin of the world, and by which we are spiritually fed. By eating the bread and drinking the wine, consecrated during the mass, we are participating in the gift of his broken body and poured-out blood freely given by him to us on the cross. The Eucharist is offered to assure us of God’s forgiveness, presence with us, and promise of eternal life.
Jesus is our model of compassion. The gift of salvation we have received from Him compels us to serve others in His name both locally and globally.
The Church is the community of Christians gathered to worship God, grow in Christian faith, love and care for each other, and bring others to know God’s love. The church is the Body of Christ on Earth, commissioned by the Lord to do good works in His name so that others will see and glorify God, accepting his invitation to become united with him both in this life and in the life to come.
