With great joy, the Bishop's Committees of All Saints in the Mountains, Crested Butte, and The Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, Gunnison, announce the call of The Rev. Laura Osborne to be the vicar of The Partnership of the Episcopal Church in Gunnison Valley. Laura begins September 1, 2021. Her first service at All Saints will be Saturday, September 4, at 5:00 p.m. when she will celebrate The Holy Eucharist. Please join us as we welcome Laura to our eager congregation and stay for a celebration!

Laura is a Colorado native. She practiced real estate law for 26 years before leaving to follow God's call to ordained ministry. Laura lives into her ministry vision to feed God's people by offering missional service at food banks, teaching "Kidz in the Kitchen" cooking classes at MetroCaring, and serving meals at Family Promise, Denver, and Winter Nights Shelter, Contra Costa County, CA. Laura has been an active lay leader at Trinity Episcopal Church in Morgan City LA and The Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Denver. At St. Timothy’s, Centennial CO, St. Stephen's, Orinda CA, and St. Gregory’s, Littleton CO, Laura developed her priestly skills as seminarian/intern with three great mentors: the Rev. Dr. Nick Myers, the Rev. Dr. Stephen Hasset, and the Rev. Liz Costello.

Laura’s interests outside of church extend to cooking, walking/hiking, gardening and reading. She has been known to fly fish, snowmobile, cross-country ski, downhill ski, snowshoe, skeet shoot, go-cart race, kayak, sail, and nap. She lives with Brian, her husband, and Beowulf, their Corgi. Laura's son, Jack, is a freshman at LSU. Her stepdaughter, Emmie, works at YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch, and her stepson, Zach, works for Action Computers in Denver.