“Will you let me be your servant / Let me be as Christ to you?”

~Servant Song, Richard Gillard

Pastor's Greeting

No matter who you are or where you are on your journey, you are welcome here.

Welcome to St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ in St. Paul, Minnesota. We hope that this website will give you a sense of who we are, how we live out our faith, and the opportunities for learning, growth, relationships and service that our church offers.

We are seekers, open to questions and mystery. We come from a variety of religious backgrounds and denominations. We enjoy one another's company. We strive to live in right relationship with each other, our neighbors near and far, and the natural world. We work for justice and peace and reconciliation.

We invite you to join us as we seek to grow as people of faith, experiencing the abundant love of God, the cost and joy of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, and the guiding movement of the Holy Spirit. Come and see what God is doing!

Strength for your journey. Shalom.

Rev. Victoria Wilgocki, Pastor

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  • Reverend Victoria Wilgocki

    PASTOR

    Victoria earned a B.A. in music from St. Olaf College, an M.A.L.S (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies) from Hamline University, and a Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. She has served as solo pastor of St. Anthony Park UCC since 2008, and truly loves her "flock," from infants to elders and everyone in between. Victoria enjoys singing, playing the piano and collaborating with other musicians, reading The New Yorker magazine, fiction and memoir, riding the giant slide at the State Fair, and going to yoga class. She lives with her husband and two sons in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis.

  • Liam Magistad

    DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRIES

    Liam came to SAPUCC as a young child and has many fond memories from growing up here at the church. He graduated from Macalester College in December of 2019 with a B.A., majoring in sociology and minoring in political science. Since then, he started a small tutoring business and a digital therapy tools company with friends from college. Liam has had an interest in working with youth since he was in high school when he worked as a peer tutor and helped spearhead several service projects with the church. Liam is passionate about issues of housing and homelessness as well as climate justice. He loves going camping in the BWCA and other wilderness areas. He lives in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul.

  • Jacob Ristow

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Hailing from Neenah, Wisconsin, Jacob came to the Twin Cities in 2007 for college and has since stayed for the strong sense of community and wonderful people he's found here. Jacob brings a strong bouquet of skills to his role, which he has gathered from a field of previous positions in customer service, housing & residential life, education, and nonprofits. When he’s not holding down the fort at SAPUCC, Jacob gardens, bikes, walks, writes fiction, watches action movies, listens to podcasts, plays card games with his wife, the Rev. Claire M. Klein, has bonfires with friends, and folds thousands of paper cranes.

  • YELMA BEKLE

    CHURCH CUSTODIAN

    Yelma is full-time employed at Mitchell Hamline School of Law as a custodian and maintenance staff person. Here at the church, he serves as our part-time Custodian, caring for our building and grounds. Yelma hails from Ethiopia, coming to the U.S. in 2005. He lives with his family in St. Paul. His hobby is gardening and agriculture, especially growing and harvesting vegetables.