Saint George's in the Arctic Episcopal Church

Saint George's in the Arctic Episcopal Church is a church in Kotzebue, AK 99752. It is one of 5 churches in Kotzebue.

Kotzebue, AK, 99752

Saint George's in the Arctic Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 22 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Alaska — 5,448 across the United States on The Church Map.

Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.

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The community around Saint George's in the Arctic Episcopal Church

It takes 20.0 miles in every direction to gather 1,600 neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

  • Social Isolation: 37.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5%
  • Obesity: 37.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.0% (4.8–9.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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