Earlier this month, I had 13 meetings in just 3 days! All were meetings where I needed to digest and comprehend every word. I didn’t have the luxury to let my mind wander, think of a favorite song or even...
On Fire! That’s the summer theme for worship, but apparently, the weather is trying to keep up as well. Heat and rain mean Orlando is officially in the midst of summer. Whenever summertime rolls around in church life it usually...
I’ll never forget listening one Sunday to Jim Harnish, the founding pastor of St. Luke’s, preach when I was a teenager. He used a quote from Elizabeth Barrett Browning that has stuck with me ever since…Click here to view the...
This past weekend was a marvelous celebration of Pentecost and the way the Holy Spirit is moving through our church and in our new spaces on campus. Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who made our Open House and...
Here it is…the weekend that has been years in the making. We are FIRED UP about celebrating Pentecost with the consecration of Founder’s Hall and the Barnes Learning Center. We will be consecrating the ministry of this space to the...
This past Sunday, we joyfully celebrated graduates of all ages, especially high schoolers who are looking to begin a new chapter in their lives. It was incredible to hear about the ways in which their faith was nurtured and developed...
Thank you for your tremendous response to our Chair-ity Challenge. You are stepping up to meet our need for new chairs in Founder’s Hall! We are blessed to be able to have a vision and a congregation who helps these...
Thank you for stepping up to the Chair-ity Challenge this last week! To date, we have collected donations for over 380 of the 625 chairs needed. If you missed the hilarious antics of Contemporary Music Director, Steve MacKinnonand his assistant...
This month has exciting ways to be involved in making a difference! As we talk about the Holy Spirit this coming weekend in worship, I wonder how many times we get nudges throughout the day to take the extra step,...
It’s been a productive two weeks for me since Easter. Last week I spent the majority of the week fleshing out our sermon series ideas for the rest of the year with our clergy. We will be FIRED UP! this...
What an amazing Holy Week we experienced at St. Luke’s! Each worship service was meaningful and helped us journey as closely as possible with Jesus. Our Prayer Labyrinth was a beautiful time of reflection and contemplation that set us up...
Every year the week before Holy Week, your St. Luke’s pastors participate in our Child Development Center’s (CDC) Palm Sunday/Easter Chapel. The children make their own palms and line up along the center aisle of the Sanctuary waving them in...
