This year, for the season of Easter, St. Luke’s will focus on the theme of abundant life. I chose to accompany that theme with a series of children’s sermons entitled “Christ is risen! God’s love is alive in the world!” As I prepared for Holy Week this year I consulted some children’s ministry resources that
In an effort to more deeply engage with the land on which we live and with our own faith, the St. Luke’s Land Acknowledgment committee invites you to join a book club on Kaitlin B. Curtice’s Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, a memoir of her never-ending journey to find her identity as both a
In this season of Easter, Jesus’s words of life (the words of The Word) to the disciples are renewed for us. The risen Jesus speaks words of peace, abundance, intimacy, community, friendship, and promise. These words speak abundant life into being for us.
A note from our Cantor, Bev Jedynak Hymns for the 50 days of rejoicing have one thing in common – they are filled with Alleluia and/or Christ is Risen! Our hymnody focuses on celebration, joy, transformation of creation, Christ risen for all, present for all. Baptismal and eucharistic imagery are strong – and we’ll know
Dear friends, Like déjà vu, it’s time to prepare for Holy Week in a pandemic… again. Last year at this time, the pandemic had just begun to disrupt our lives and the world. We didn’t know during Holy Week 2020 that we would be in for another whole year of distance and isolation; a year
Don’t we all need a little sweetness in our lives? Outside it’s chilly and white. Under precaution due to Covid, but still Getting St Luke’s community together. Having fun with Bible trivia. Not one was denied a treat! Uncovering the genius of St. Luke’s biblical feat The chocolate paczyk was the biggest crowd pleaser! Forty
On February 25th, 2020, St. Luke’s released its first ever podcast. Titled Proclamation, it began as a creative endeavor to capture the spirit of St. Luke’s worshipping community and its composition of community voices proclaiming God’s vision of justice, equality, and love. Amid pandemic upheaval that forced communities to rely on electronic mediums for communicating
I picked up the phone. It’s simple enough, but it had been months and months since I’d answered the phone for St. Luke’s. But everything was finally set up so that calls come to my phone. So I picked it up. The last call I had picked up was someone calling about a fundraiser. Thus, when
When St. Luke’s elected new Council members last January, few of us could have imagined the task ahead. Little did we know that after February, we would not meet in-person for the rest of the year; that we would have to make the difficult decision to move all St. Luke’s ministries online; that more than
As we hope to turn from the doldrums of this past calendar year to the promises of a new year, St. Luke’s Council gives its thanksgiving this December to the work of our treasurer Gretchen Burch. Thanks to Gretchen’s dedication (along with the willingness of outgoing treasurer Scott Shippy) and her fast-acting awareness this past