Location Discernment Update – May 2020
At our May meeting, the Council voted to pursue a move to the building at Wrightwood and Kimball this fall, and not renew the lease at Armitage and California. In some ways, this decision was difficult…
Reuniting St. Luke’s Phases 1-3
The Reuniting St. Luke’s Task Force has worked with the Council to establish firm guidelines for the congregation and small group ministries that align with Phases 1-3 of the Restore Illinois plan…
Preaching Workshop
Together we will cover a (re)introduction to preaching, explore creative homiletics, and use some fun exercises to practice together.
Pride Month at St. Luke’s
This June is PRIDE MONTH at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church of Logan Square. Pride is the time each year when we remember the powerful uprising led by trans women of color at Stonewall, celebrate LGBTQIA+ people, and recommit ourselves to the work of liberation for all…
Thank You from Diaconal Intern Lora Salley
Dear St. Luke’s community, As I finish my time as Diaconal Intern, I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity to have served at St. Luke’s. Thank you all for helping me grow in my ministry…
Worship in Easter | Hope Beyond Hope
This Easter season lasts for seven Sundays–a week of weeks to dwell in the promises of resurrection. Here at St. Luke’s our theme this Easter season is Hope Beyond Hope…
Good Friday with children
It can be hard to talk about death or understand what it means to have “new life.” That’s normal and it’s okay. Easter is a mystery that will keep taking on new meaning as we grow…
Maundy Thursday at home
With nightfall tonight, our Lenten observance comes to an end, and we join Christians around the world in celebrating the Three Days of Jesus’ death and resurrection. This is one of the most intimate and embodied days of the church year…
Holy Week 2020
Welcome to the week that the church has set aside to remember the mystery of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. It gives me great strength and wonder to know that even as our world faces global crisis–pandemic exacerbated by pre-existing injustice–Christians around the world this week will open their Bibles, gather around their computer screens, sing across alleyways, and recite from memory the story that has always been the sure foundation of our faith…
Important updates from St. Luke’s Council
Grace and peace to you in this unique time. As with all aspects of communal life right now, St. Luke’s is reimagining what it means to be in community with one another. Your Council has been working alongside the staff to discern what our immediate future will be. We write with a few important updates…