St. James Church is the oldest Episcopal congregation on Colorado’s western slope, established in the 1870s.  The church building originally housed a carpenters' shop in the booming mining town of Lake City, high in the San Juan Mountains, and was later used briefly as a public school. Local Episcopalians purchased the building in December, 1876, and converted it to a worship space. For nearly a century, a rare Estey reed organ has provided music for our services.

St. James is a part of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado and the national Episcopal Church, a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, born out of the Church of England with roots extending 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.” There are over 70 million Anglicans in 38 national churches or provinces.

St. James' MISSION is: Christian Proclamation, Discipleship and Servanthood.
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