Saint John’s Cathedral

If you’re looking for a progressive church that still does tradition well, this is the place. Yes, the building is beautiful. But the people are what make the place. It’s the kind of place where you can be anonymous for a while or get involved quickly. So much to do — for all ages. Great preaching. Inspiring music. Extremely welcoming. They have a big presence at Pride every year and their clergy include men and women, gay and straight. Very active church with something for just about anyone. Their website is very useful too!

This review is for Lessons and Carols.
St. John’s is a beautiful church. Absolutely gorgeous. My sweet neighbor took me here for their Christmas carols – which is just singing and no serious churchy stuff. Think hymns, not Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. It was so peaceful and just what I needed to get into the holiday spirit. Way better than being at the mall questioning the future of humanity.

We’ve been attending St. John’s Cathedral for over five years. The Dean and clergy are excellent, and there is a wide variety of opportunities to volunteer in the Denver community. Part of what I love about SJC is the adherence to scripture, tradition, and reason. For those of you who pride yourself on logical thinking, you’ll find rigorous intellectual challenges that will feed your mind (and soul).

I visited this church as part of Doors Open Denver. I am not religious in any way, however I have always loved the architecture of the European cathedrals. I’d rather be stuck in one of these historic looking churches than in one of those modern megachurch type of places. Therefore I was excited knowing Denver had one of these churches despite the city not having that old of a history.
Absolutely loved all the stained glass windows. They definitely are gorgeous and they are a great reason for giving this place a visit regardless of religious beliefs.

St. John’s is incredible! It does feel, look and experience like an European cathedral. I came in initially in the 90s and joined a 20−30s group and made life long friends. Since moving out to the suburbs I don’t make it down as often as I’d like. It is worth the trek because I always get fed with soul filling music, great liturgy, music and seeing friends from way back. The Sunday morning services are full of people. The Sunday evening service 5 or 6 pm (I forget) is filled with younger crowd. This church is the real deal for me. I love it the most. Christmas, Easter or any Sunday this is an awesome place to worship. It’s relaxing and humbling to just sit in the pews and take everything in.

Beautiful and European looking church! We’re from out of town and was in town for Christmas and looked around for a church to celebrate Christmas Eve on. I looked through Unilocal and thought this church looked beautiful, so we decided to attend the 11 o’clock mass.
The church is huge! And the poinsettias, lights, and Christmas décor didn’t overwhelm the church but still brought in the Christmas feel. And it wasn’t hot at all! I mean with all the candles and the amount of bodies in there, the cold would’ve dissipated quick but everything was peachy.
We arrived around 9:30 because we knew the church was going to be packed and we sat towards the center. Slowly the church was filled and there were stow-​away seats provided for those standing. Plus we scooted over, as requested, by the entertaining Father Eaton (?).
After the beautiful service and the great choir, eggnog and cookies were provided and we got to see the back hall and it still had that olden time– European look.
All in all, beautiful church, great service, and nice people. Satisfied out of towner– hehe.

Even Christmas without a seat in this place was awe-​inspiring. Coming from the East Coast I find the Colorado experience often picturesque but lacking in the trappings of an ornate, complex developed society… like you would find in East Coast cities that thrived from 1880 – 1920 in Pittsburgh or Newport. This Church resembles many churches I have attended in those cities but offers a refreshingly accessible vibe both via a humorous sermon and welcoming staff. Will try their 6pm Sunday service next!

I’m not Christian, but I often attend services because the architecture is so breathtakingly beautiful. The other poster is right — it’s a great place to go to just get away and feel like you’re in England. Especially when they have Bertha (the giant organ), the service is gorgeous and the music fills your soul.

This church is my little getaway for when I want to pretend I am in Europe. I walk in here, breath deeply, listen to the echoes going up, up, up, and feel extremely relaxed. This place is such a gem, right off of Colfax avenue, by lots of venues, bars, traffic, etc. However just inside the doors it feels like such a sanctuary, and it really could be anywhere in the world. In my opinion, there are not enough places in the world that can make you feel completely free from a location on a map.
I have not been to a service here, but I have played two concerts and had several rehearsals in this space. The staff is very nice to let various community groups come and perform in their amazing space, which does a great service to these groups, as it gives us great access to new audience members, and increases our sales. Part of the sales from some of these performances went to support local groups that were doing recovery work in Haiti.
Behind the scenes, the facility is incredibly well-​kept. The «backstage» area, which actually goes underneath the sanctuary, is very modern, and has amazing office and rehearsal facilities. It has been updated to have (actually effective) air conditioning, and the rehearsal facilities are virtually soundproof.
If you ever have a chance just to come sit in this amazing place, do it. If I were feeling strange, out-​of-​sorts, and needing a nice shot of clarity, this is the first place I would go.

I was quite impressed by this church.
First off, they have multiple «types» of masses. There is one at 10am that is more plain/​modern language and gets children more involved in the mass (they get to sit up front during the blessing of the eucharist). They have a children’s mass/​daycare that is open, so no screaming babies in the church. And, they keep it short, even with a guest speaker (guest speaker while we were there was the new Archbishop of a small country on the continent of Africa), you are in and out in a hour.
The church itself is ornate and beautiful without being gaudy. The stained glass windows are gorgeous, and they open (yay) so it’s not hot nor stuffy in the church.
The service is efficient! Rather than make every single person in the entire church walk down the asile to a single service point for the eucharist, there are multiple sets of people doing the bread & wine, a set for every 4 – 5 rows. Very nice! The offertory is done this way as well.
The service itself is a bit more singing than I prefer (they sing several of the parts of the mass that some other Episcopal churches just speak). But, it’s definitely not over the top. I think the 11am, the more formal mass, would have even more singing/​chanting, etc.
So, while I do not attend church on any kind of regular basis, I would definitely go back to this one.