We are a church rooted in our neighborhood in Logan Square and in relationships with each other. Our community is a mix of young and old, queer and straight, lifelong Lutherans and people with complicated spiritual pasts who have found this church to be a safe place to work that out on their own terms. We are glad you found us and welcome you to join us - we want you here!
The Scriptures teach that following Jesus includes a prophetic dimension, which lifts up a vision of social well-being. This means Christians are to act in civic life for the benefit of the neighbor, especially our marginalized or oppressed neighbors. We should evaluate actions and policies according to whether they best serve the needs of these neighbors as a guide to determining the common good…
Worship in the month of October focuses on belonging. What does it mean to belong? Belonging is deeper than welcome. To belong means to have a place; to have a seat with your name on it; your picture on the wall; an important role to play.
The root of all our belonging is in God’s love. Each of us is beloved, named, and called by the God to whom we belong. But how do we experience that? One way is through embodied belonging in community. Belonging is something we can intentionally cultivate…
Every year, St. Luke’s joins in keeping the Season of Creation, a worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. In this special season we celebrate God as Creator and acknowledge Creation as the divine continuing act that summons us as collaborators to love and care for the gift of all that is created. As followers of Christ from around the globe, we share a common call to care for Creation. We are co-creatures and part of all that God has made. Our well-being is interwoven with the well-being of the Earth…
Worship on Sunday mornings in August will be Meal Church in the style of St. Lydia’s in Brooklyn. The liturgy blends ancient and modern elements and includes candle lighting, prayer, and chanted communion liturgy; as well as conversation over shared food. The music is simple repetitive, and easily learned…
Worship in July will be a service of Morning Prayer with eucharist. For centuries, Christians have prayed with the rising sun—each dawn a reminder of Christ’s resurrection, which makes all things new. We gather around psalmody and scripture, prayer and silence as we ask for God’s blessing on this new day. In doing so, we begin to understand our whole lives as prayer…
All year round St. Luke’s highlights and celebrates the many and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions with which God has blessed the human family. Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ liberation is grounded in our faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ given to all people. In Pride Month, we feature LGBTQIA+ people in our prayers, testimonies, and preaching, giving thanks to God for the gift of queer and trans lives and voices…
Join the Logan Square Ecumenical Alliance for Palm Sunday worship at 10:30 a.m. at Grace / St. Luke's (3325 W Wrightwood). Our ecumenical bilingual worship proclaims Christ as our true king, over every earthly political power. Following Jesus, we are bold to envision God's kingdom — a world of peace; a world where everyone belongs; a world where the hungry are fed…
Children are always welcome in worship at St. Luke’s, including during Holy Week. In childhood faith formation, practicing faith at home is just as important as being involved in a faith community. Here are some additional suggestions for keeping Holy Week together with children…
Whether this is your first or hundredth Holy Week, St. Luke’s warmly welcomes you as we keep these special days together. Holy Week is the church’s annual experience of the heart of the Christian faith. There ought to be no immersion into suffering without the gift of the resurrection, and there ought to be no Easter without Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. This three-day worship is sometimes called by its Latin name, the Triduum…
Worship this Lent focuses on the ways God binds us to one another — across difference, across doubt, across longing — and calls us into deeper love. As a quilt show fills our sanctuary with color, memory, and courage, we will draw on the wisdom of quilting and crafting: the patient stitching, the mending of torn places, the beauty made from scraps, and the strength found in pieces joined together. In this holy season of repentance and renewal, we discover how Christ gathers us — diverse, beloved, and unfinished — and binds us together for the healing of the world…
