About us
We are glad that you are interested in learning more about St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Florida and encourage you to come and experience our life in Christ and worship the Risen Lord with us.
These are ways people have described our community that recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.
+ Seekers of Jesus Christ
+ A diverse community in backgrounds, worship style preferences, political leanings, and theology
+ Eucharistically-centered with amazingly beautiful music
+ A spiritual oasis
+ A small but growing parish in northwest Gainesville
Here is yet another way one of our members described our life in Christ at St. Michael’s.
“Something that reminds me of St. Michael’s is the lantana plant in my garden. Think about it, the lantana is a plant that once it gets established, it just spreads and spreads. It is almost impossible to kill lantana! It grows best in bright sunlight – as we flourish in God’s light. The stems of the lantana are strong, but flexible as we need to be at St. Michael’s. Lantanas come in a variety of bright colors, each beautiful to behold. It attracts butterflies and grows wherever it is planted. Lantanas plants are resilient and bring joy to those who encounter them.”
"So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5.17-21