Welcome to Saint Ann's Parish

Welcome to Saint Ann’s Old Lyme, an Episcopal Church in Connecticut on the coasts of the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. We have been a welcoming community on the shoreline since 1883.

We invite you to come and see us at Saint Ann’s Sundays as we share the love of God in Jesus Christ. Join us during the week for community events, educational programs and fellowship opportunities. Learn about our commitment to addressing poverty, homelessness, refugee resettlement, food insecurity and climate change.

Be with us in person and virtually in discovering God’s abundance and joy.

The Rev’d Dr. Anita Louise Schell

Rector

Saint Ann's Mission Statement

We are a community of Christians,
open to all, who serve God in Jesus Christ through worship, education, mission and fellowship.

Parish Goals

Grow deep and wide in the love or our Lord; deepen ministries within our parish and expand ministries beyond our parish.

Spread the love of God in Jesus Christ in all aspects of communication: in person, one to one; in print, signage, social media, and marketing.

Explore and put in place a “right sized” model for our parish. In all aspects of our common life, develop a plan to “live within our means.”

Save the Dates

Griswold Forum

Sunday, May 5, 11:30am

Griswold Forum: “A Dementia Friendly Church" presented by Erica DeFrancesco, MS, OTR/L, Director of Community Education, LiveWell (formerly Alzheimer's Resource Center), Plantsville, CT

~ Reception at noon for our Senior Center Artists

CT Early Music Society Concert

All-Bach Program

Saturday, June 1, 5pm

Founded in 1982 by a group of early music devotees, the New London-based Connecticut Early Music Society presents an annual festival of between six and nine concerts each June. The term “early music” refers both to a repertory (European music written before about 1800, encompassing medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical music) and to an approach to performance (“historically-informed performance,” including the use of period instruments). Performers and scholars of early music seek to discover and present music from times past and to explore a repertory of music that is otherwise little known.

Henri Matisse Lecture

Sunday, June 2, 4pm

Lecture by The Reverend Charles Miller, Team Rector of St. Helen's in Abingdon-on-Thames, UK entitled The Spiritual Adventure of Henri Matisse: The Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, 4pm in the Griswold Room.