Who We Are

Our mission is to provide a strong foundation from which the members of the parish can continue to grow in Christ’s ministry, through worship, teaching, healing, and service to our area communities, in the spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.

St. Columba is within, and part of, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. We are located in Hanover Park, about 30 miles from Lake Michigan and Chicago’s downtown area. The surrounding communities include Bartlett, Elgin, Hoffman Estates, Roselle, Schaumburg, and Streamwood. This entire area is a mix of older, established communities, burgeoning with new developments. We are home to a small but diverse group of people from the communities listed above. Our church family welcomes all people to our warm, lovely church, and strive to integrate all visitors into our parish family. At St. Columba, we celebrate all the important occasions of our lives including baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and funerals. Worship is the central activity of the church and an active outreach and social life have strengthened the bonds of the parish family. We work together to maintain the church building as well as the grounds outside.

Our parishioners contribute to a local food pantry and DuPage County PADS. Parishioners donate flowers for the church in remembrance of special occasions and have planted trees on our park-like grounds, as memorials to loved ones.

Our expansive grounds and beautiful exterior of our church are inviting to all. The interior offers a traditional worship setting, with stained glass windows throughout the sanctuary and community rooms, including the office, library and Sunday school classroom. Our beautiful church seats approximately 100 people. We strive for and welcome growth, as we seek to draw from our surrounding communities to help all people grow in faith and love.