St. Anne’s takes to heart the commandment
to love one another and our mission to be Christ’s loving arms in the world.
We look outward with joy and hope and the knowledge that there are deeds of compassion and courage that will not be done unless WE do them.
And WE hope to include YOU, too!
We always welcome new members, new hands on deck, and, most importantly, new ideas.
email: stannesepiscopal@msn.com for more information on outreach
St. Anne’s ongoing local partnerships include:
Mano a Mano, Feed My Starving Children, Neighbors, Inc., DARTS , Mission to Children Angel Tree
As a member of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, St. Anne’s is a partner in supporting Episcopal Community Services, Episcopal Homes, Sheltering Arms Foundation.
St. Anne’s ongoing international partnerships include:
Various efforts in Belize, Kiva, Operation Bootstrap Africa
St. Anne’s as an International Peace Site 
St. Anne’s, led by the Sunday Club children, has committed to becoming an International Peace Site, through World Citizen. In order to become an international peace site, St. Anne’s agrees to:
- Seek peace within ourselves and others
- Be a responsible citizen of the world
- Promote intercultural understanding and celebrate diversity
- Reach out in service
- Protect the environment
The Peace Garden was planted in the fall of 2009. Three Peace Poles were planted a year later, October 16, 2010. They proclaim “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in 13 languages: Arabic, Braille, Chinese, English, Greek, Hebrew, Hmong, Mayan, Ojibwe, Paw Prints, Somali, Spanish, Swahili.
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1 John 3:17-18
Ongoing MDG Campaign
Pledges are still being accepted — download a pledge form or pick one up at church. St. Anne’s joins Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation in working to eradicate extreme global poverty.
Together, let’s make poverty history!
Ongoing Fundraising for Outreach
Buy beautiful handmade jewelry from Belize. Available Sundays at coffee hour, or by request. The silver jewelry was made by prisoners at Belize Central Prison. Other pieces, made of shells, stones, and other organic materials, by Gustavo Williams and Linda Pais, who live in western Belize near San Ignacio.
Buy Peace Coffee at St. Anne’s. Fair trade. Ground or beans, regular or decaf.
Think Globally, Run Locally – Annual 5K run in the fall, to raise money and awareness of global needs.
If you or your company is interested in becoming a race sponsor, please email:
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Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.
The cost of truly engaging in any relationship is to die to oneself. Often, it is to die to our selfish desires. This seems to be a simple choice though it is by no means easy. But other times it is to die to a naïve, yet simpler life. It is to choose to look at something tragic for which there are not satisfying answers. And life is never quite the same.
- Daniel Berrigan, American poet, priest, peace activist