e are a progressive and inclusive Christian community who respects and values a wide range of perceptions and who understands the place of questions and doubt in spiritual growth. We seek to offer a refuge where all can experience healing, compassion, and spiritual nurture.
Our congregation is made up of locals, visitors, and second-home owners. We are diverse in age, backgrounds, and interests; yet, there is a strong sense of acceptance and community that has grown out of our shared history and values.
Christ Presbyterian Church is located in the residential area of north Telluride in a neighborhood filled with historic homes and across from the Telluride Elementary School. It is one block north of the main street of Telluride and just outside the commercial core.
Christ Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Presbytery of Western Colorado.
Our Mission Christ Presbyterian Church’s mission is to be a loving and accepting fellowship bound by our common faith in God, the beauty and wisdom of Word and Sacrament, the presence of God borne to us in Jesus our Christ, and the active life of the Spirit in all creation. We will gladly share our refuge with anyone seeking prayer, contemplation, music, spiritual growth, and truth. Together as followers of Jesus we will embrace our children, each other, our community, and the world with peace, joy, celebration, acceptance, and love.
Our Vision Christ Presbyterian Church seeks to be a leader and a positive force within its community. Its members are bound together by the Spirit of Christ, with respect for all faiths and the independence and uniqueness of each person’s spiritual journey. Christ Church is dedicated to acting responsibly, upholding God’s creative Spirit in our midst, and to balancing community, church, and personal growth. We seek to be leaders in faith-inspired learning, education, and spiritual formation. Collectively we are working to develop a comprehensive ministry that will include worship, teaching, service, spiritual practice, and outreach programs having local, regional, and national impact.
Our Values Inspired by God’s Spirit and seeking to follow Jesus, we share these core values:
Hospitality. We welcome others and embrace our differences.
Community. We are a loving and caring family of faith.
Compassion. We respond in love to the pain and need of others.
Joy. We celebrate the abundance of God's gifts and grace in our lives.
Desire. We long for what God longs for in relationship with us and with all creation.
Beauty. We share in wonder at the beauty in all of nature and God’s presence in all of life.
Wisdom. We seek self-awareness and explore a diversity of views on our spiritual journey.
Justice. We seek to speak the truth in love to power and to resist persons, systems, and ideas that destroy.
Stewardship. We generously share our time, talents, and resources.
