Wednesday, June 11 (5:45 pm) to Thursday, June 12 (5:00 pm), 2025

at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Place, Denver, CO 80205

You’re Invited!

Bishop Kym Lucas invites leaders engaged in Becoming Beloved Community ministries to gather at St. Andrew’s in Denver, with the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers facilitating.

Becoming Beloved Community in the Episcopal Church is a long-term commitment to racial reconciliation, healing, and justice. It calls Episcopalians to live into their Baptismal Covenant by working toward a society where all people experience dignity and equity as God’s beloved children.

This gathering welcomes leaders in race justice initiatives, Indigenous allies, Latino ministry leaders, Asian and Pacific Islander community leaders, and those working in migrant and refugee ministries—as well as others engaged in this transformative work. The Summit is also open to emerging leaders who have a passion for these ministries and a desire to help the Church more fully embody Becoming Beloved Community. Join us for learning, networking, and inspiration.

Schedule

Our Speaker: The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers

The Rev. Canon Dr. Stephanie Spellers is one of the Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers around 21st-century ministry and mission. The author of “The Church Cracked Open” and “Radical Welcome,” she recently wrapped up nearly a decade as canon to the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. She currently assists at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in New York and is at work on a new book exploring what nonreligious young Americans (the “Nones” and “Dones”) can teach us about the future of faith. Prior to her service with Bishop Curry, Spellers served as a chaplain to the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops, directed and taught mission and evangelism at General Theological Seminary, and served as a canon in the Diocese of Long Island. Her professional ministry began at St. Paul’s Cathedral-Boston, where she founded The Crossing, a ground-breaking church that weaves Episcopal tradition together with the voices of young adults, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. A graduate of both Episcopal Divinity School and Harvard Divinity School, she received an honorary doctorate from the General Theological Seminary in 2018. Spellers grew up in Kentucky and today makes her home in New York’s Harlem neighborhood with her husband, Albert, and their two chaotic cats. Keep up with her work at www.churchcrackedopen.com.

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Register Now

Don’t miss this chance to connect, grow, and act for love and justice. Secure your spot today for the Beloved Community Summit—registration is open now!

No registration cost to attend the Summit. If you would like to make a suggested donation of $30 to help defer some of the cost of presenting this event, you can select this option prior to completing your registration. Thank you for your generosity in making this possible here in the Episcopal Church in Colorado! 

Workshops

The deacon serves as a sacramental sign of servanthood and is the proactive servant, calling, modeling, and leading others to live out their baptismal covenant in ways that seek and serve Christ in all persons. Come, participate, and explore how diaconal ministry and servanthood is calling you. This workshop is led by the Rev. Jan Pearson, Deacon, St. Ambrose, Boulder.

Reflecting the richness and unity of the Body of Christ by welcoming, forming, engaging, and incorporating the Latino/Hispanic population at every level of our life together. Listen to some of our congregational and ministry stories that have strengthened Evangelism within the Latino/Hispanic community and have increased practitionership and leadership within their own congregational life. This workshop is led by the Rev. Quirino Cornejo, Missioner for Multicultural Ministries.

This Sacred Ground workshop will provide a brief history of the Sacred Ground curriculum, a review of the eleven sessions, and personal testimonials from previous participants. This workshop is led by the Rev. Gary Darress, Deacon, St. Michael’s, Colorado Springs.

Where do we go from here? How do we identify and set in motion our goals for this work? It all starts with a vision…What does visioning look like? Let’s explore this together. This workshop is led by led by Darren Armstrong and Nora Robinson.

In this workshop, we’ll examine how Saint James in Wheat Ridge, a small suburban parish that was struggling with years of declining membership and resources, came to welcome a family of Hmong Christians into its midst, and in the process found its heart opened and its vision expanded in surprising and life-giving ways. We’ll talk about the challenges and the joys, what worked and what didn’t, and we’ll invite participants to share their own best ideas for building beloved community in whatever setting you may find yourself. This workshop is led by the Rev. Becky Jones, Rector of St. James, Wheat Ridge.

In this workshop, we will learn about efforts across the Episcopal Church to engage in truth-telling and repair with our Indigenous relatives, including the national work of the boarding school commission. We will learn the steps some dioceses have taken to follow Indigenous leadership in building a process of repair. We will also hear from local organizers to learn how to get involved with our own congregations in this important and necessary work for the transformation of the church and the world. Led by the Rev. Joe Hubbard, Convener of the Episcopal Indigenous Justice Roundtable, and Sarah Hartzell, Indigenous Allies mentor from St. Ambrose, Boulder.

This interactive session will explore how community wealth-building strategies—such as worker cooperatives, local procurement, and anchor institution engagement—can serve as tools for racial equity and economic justice in Colorado. Participants will learn how these models empower communities to reclaim economic agency and build lasting, inclusive prosperity. This workshop will be led by Center for Community Wealth Building co-op members.

FAQs

We will be filming the keynote sessions and posting them after the conference, but we will not be filming the breakout workshops. We are encouraging our workshop leaders to be present and interactive with their in-person attendees in the room. BUT, we are also encouraging workshop leaders to adapt their workshops for an online Zoom audience at other points throughout the year.

We’d love to have your team participate! Please understand that each registration is per person and it helps us, administratively, to have you register each person individually.

Traveling to Denver?

Our gatherings and workshops are being hosted at St. Andrew’s in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. There are dozens of lodging options within blocks for you to choose from, based on your comfort and price point of affordability. From hotels to Airbnbs or hostels, there are plenty of options to find a fitting experience! And, if you are a hotel points kinda person, you can either use your points or get more at your favorite chain. Your choice, your flexibility, at your cost. Here are the more budget-friendly options closest to the conference:

  • Airbnbs run around $133-180/night for a private space or whole place with a queen bed within 5 blocks of St. Andrew’s.

  • Warwick Hotel is $179/night. .7 miles, 16 min walk.

  • Holiday Inn Express is $186/night. 1 mile, 20 min walk

  • The Acoma House is $197/night. .8 miles, 20 min walk

  • Hampton Inn is $220/night. .9 miles, 19 min walk

  • Sonesta Denver Downtown is $222/night. 1 mile, 21 min walk

Lots of other options around the same price points as above if you do a little searching!

Local Transportation

Based on your place of lodging, you’ll most likely be within blocks of St. Andrew’s, so walking may be best for you. But there are a lot of scooters and bikes to choose from as well to get around. Additionally, major bus routes exist on almost every corner, and calling an Uber or Lyft is the easiest way to get an affordable ride in minutes.

  • If you plan to Uber, the general cost is $8-10 for up to a 2-mile ride, which covers the distance of all downtown hotels including in the Union Station area.

Parking

There is free parking at St. Andrew’s in the lot, or on the street.