First and foremost we are a collection of people who seek to ground all we do ever more deeply in God’s love. We are young and old, gay and straight, longtime residents and newly arrived transplants, born and raised in the church and still wondering what it all means and if it is for us.  All are welcome. No matter what. More than anything this is who we are.

Second, we do not own a building. We have found this invigorating and our community has grown in depth and size in part because of the freedom we have found to focus on God’s mission in the world, on creating sacred space in which to worship week by week at the Great Barrington Community Center and on small group gatherings for worship, contemplative prayer, ESL classes, ecumenical worship and Bible Study in our office and chapel space in downtown Great Barrington.

The truth is though that it was hard to begin with! We are (more than the sum total of) a merger between St. James’ Episcopal Church in Great Barrington and St. George’s Episcopal Church in Lee.  After much discernment – and many complications – these two founding churches chose to sell their buildings so that we could use the money to support all members of our community – those inside—and outside—the church.  Since 2012, we have been worshipping together in rented space in our community. In this way we support our neighbors and they support us – setting up a mutual relationship of love and openness which we hope we carry forth all we do in prayer, worship and work towards justice.

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