Holy Spirit Episcopal Church welcomes ALL who seek to know and serve Christ and share in his unconditional love. We seek to know Christ through Spiritual Growth, Prayer and the Holy Eucharist. We are a Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast. We serve God and our community through various ministries. They include a Thrift Shop, Day School for children from 6 months to 5 years and other local ministries.


The purpose of the Thrift Shop is to help fund Holy Spirit’s outreach ministries in Gulf Shores and Baldwin County. To date over $1.3 million has been given as grants to various non-profit organizations and other church ministries. We believe that by funding these grants and other outreach ministries we are following Jesus’ commandment of loving our neighbors.


The Day School, located on our church campus, is dedicated to providing a strong foundation for lifelong learning in a safe, nurturing, and Christian environment.

What we offer

Worship, Day School, and Thrift Shop

At Holy Spirit Episcopal Church we tend to be a little less formal in our

Liturgies (Worship) while exploring the many ways of worshiping together.

Our common unity is expressed in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist

(Communion) each Sunday where we come together because of our love

of God and each other. ALL are invited to receive God’s grace and love no

matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual journey. We believe

that as followers of Jesus, our life and ministry should be molded after

Jesus’ life and ministry. We live the words of our Baptismal Covenant, “We

seek to serve ALL persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves. We strive

for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every

human being.”

Women are empowered by working collaboratively with women’s organizations, program and ministry groups within and outside the Church, as well as with global and local networks working for gender justice, and individual women compelled to risk transformation – of the world, the church, and their own lives in Christ.

On your journey of transformation the resources and information here will help you venture into the refining fire and the water of renewal and rebirth. The work, life, and ministry is your own, but the road is one women can hope to build together along the way.

In addition to sharing active roles in the maintenance and operation of the church, men are searching for ways to develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, to become more Christ-like, to become disciples. Above you will find links to resources and organizations related to men’s church ministries, within and beyond The Episcopal Church.

In the first century, Jesus of Nazareth inspired a movement. A community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God’s unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. As Episcopalians, we believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death and resurrection saved the world.

We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being. Ordination and the offices of bishop, priest, and deacon are open to all without discrimination. Lay people and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

We believe that God loves us all – no exceptions.

The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion and is composed of 108 dioceses in 22 nations and territories.

At the head of the Anglican Communion is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

The Episcopal Church, established shortly after the American Revolution, has its roots in the Anglican Church. The Anglican Church, known as the Church of England, had a strong following in colonial America. But when the colonies won their independence, the majority of the United States’ Anglican clergy refused to swear allegiance to the British monarch as was required. As a result, The Episcopal Church was formed.

The vibrancy of the Anglican Communion reflects the lives of its congregants and their commitment to God’s mission in the world.

Liturgy is the term for the church’s sacramental rites and texts used in public worship. In An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church (Church Publishing, 2000), Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum explain that “liturgy expresses the church’s identity and mission, including the church’s calling to invite others and to serve with concern for the needs of the world.” Although many liturgies of The Episcopal Church are included in the Book of Common Prayer, newer liturgies, such as same-sex blessings and rites for departed pets, are developed and reviewed by The Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission for Music and Liturgy on an ongoing basis. 

Music in The Episcopal Church can be as diverse as its worship services. Although final authority over the music used in an Episcopal service is “the duty of every Minister” (Canon 24, Section 1), our hymnal draws all Episcopalians together musically in the same way that the Book of Common Prayer draws us together in prayer and liturgy. 

Most recently revised in 1982, The Hymnal of The Episcopal Church offers 720 hymns in addition to liturgical music. While some of the hymns date back to monastic chants, the hymnal offers more modern music as well.

“The Hymnal 1982 retains the best of the past and sets forth many riches of our own time.  [The Standing Commission on Church Music] looked for theological orthodoxy, poetic beauty, and integrity of meaning. At the same time, the Commission was especially concerned that the hymnody affirm ‘the participation of all in the Body of Christ the Church, while recognizing our diverse natures of children of God.’ … Texts and music which reflect the pluralistic nature of the Church have been included, affording the use of Native American, Afro-American, Hispanic, and Asian material.”