Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her." G.K. Chesterton

Saint Patrick Presbyterian Church is a church that does not live for itself but is deeply involved in the concerns of our community. We desire to be a church for Greeley, not a church for individual members - or, rather, Saint Patrick is for members insofar as they are willing to live for the wider community. Our goal is to love and serve our city well so that it flourishes, prospers and increasingly becomes a city more like the city of God.

Our mission as a church, however, is only understandable in light of our beliefs about who God is and what he has accomplished in sending his son, Jesus. We believe that God cares not only for individual souls but that through the historical person of Jesus, God is redeeming and restoring the whole earth. In short he cares about cities and neighborhoods as well as the people who populate them. We hope to demonstrate that the good news of Jesus can transform neighborhoods as it lifts up the poor, heals the broken, reconciles the races, and establishes justice for the oppressed. The success of our mission depends greatly upon our ability to acknowledge our own vulnerability and need of Jesus.

We are a church of sinners and a church for sinners. At the root of every one of our problems is the problem of looking to someone or something other than Jesus for our significance, strength, satisfaction and security. As we more clearly see Jesus as the true fulfillment of our every need, the true satisfaction of our every desire, and the final reality behind our every story, he makes us more like himself and restores our humanity. This belief provides the foundation for real community because it says, “I don't have to ‘produce’ to get love and acceptance but that I am loved and accepted completely by Jesus who ‘produced’ for me. This is our hope, that in seeing how Jesus alone meets our needs that we can help others do the same and that together we see the kingdom of God established in this city of Greeley.