The Rev. Mike Angell is the 13th rector of The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion. Mike previously served on the Presiding Bishop’s staff as the Missioner for Young Adult & Campus Ministries and as Assistant Rector at St. John’s Church, Lafayette Square, Washington DC. At St John’s, Mike lead outreach ministries and the Spanish-language congregation.
Mike is a graduate of both the University of San Diego and the Virginia Theological Seminary (where he is also currently pursuing a Doctorate in Ministry in Christian Spirituality). Between college and Seminary, Mike served for a year with the Young Adult Service Corps of The Episcopal Church at a foster home and school Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He stays connected with Central America through serving on the board for Cristosal, a human rights organization based in El Salvador.
Mike grew up in Colorado and gets back out west to ski or hike pretty regularly. He is especially fond of Winter Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Mike is an enthusiastic traveler, ukulele player, and reader. You can sometimes find him running in Tower Grove park or practicing yoga at a local studio. He particularly enjoys reading the theology of Jon Sobrino and Kelly Brown Douglas, the fiction of Madeleine L’Engle, and the poetry of Mary Oliver.
Mike and his husband Ellis Anderson, a Librarian at a local Middle School, are the proud parents of Silas. Their family is rounded out by two sweet Labradoodles named Oscar and Gus.
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