Dear St. Lukers, What a powerful turnout for the Civics for Change Makers Lunch and Learn this past Sunday. Nearly 100 people gathered, with many more expressing a desire to learn what concrete steps they can take to engage faithfully in the issues shaping our city, state, and nation. Chris...
Heart Disease Awareness Month provides an important opportunity to focus attention on the leading cause of death in the United States—heart disease. While the statistics are sobering, the message is ultimately one of empowerment: most heart disease is preventable. Through informed choices, early detection, and sustained lifestyle changes, you can...
We’re off into this new year… students have returned to classrooms, routines have settled back into place, and many of us have found ourselves re-learning old rhythms after the holidays. In so many ways, January is a season of learning again: how to focus, how to listen, how to grow....
Dear St. Lukers, What a great start with our new pastor, Rev. Corey Jones, this past Sunday. So many people attended worship that we ran out of our Epiphany Star Words. You can still use this link to spin the wheel to find your word or pick one up from...
Returning Returning is one of those words that carries more meaning than we sometimes realize. After the celebration, travel, disruption of routines, and turning of the calendar to a new year, many of us are returning. Students are heading back to school after Winter Break. Many of you are returning...
The winter months bring cooler weather, but they also bring a season loaded with viruses and germs. Cases of FLU continue to rise each and every week and in some places cases are up 30% from the week before. Cases across the US are at the highest level in over...
Merry Christmas, St. Lukers! From all your St. Luke’s staff, know that we are thankful for all the ways that you have learned, lived, loved, and led with us in 2025. Your generosity of time, talent, and treasure ensured that our ministries THRIVED in 2025! As we look toward a...
Dear St. Lukers, Happy New Year! A new year always carries that quiet mix of gratitude and anticipation—thankful for where we’ve been and curious about what God might do next. And this Sunday, as the calendar turns, we will step into the year the church always begins with: intention and...
Dear St. Lukers, It’s almost that time. This Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Advent where a little Elf helps us remember the gift of Joy this Advent Season. By the way, I have heard that our Elves have shown up with great joy spreading cheer and giving gifts for...
Grace and Peace Beloved St. Luker’s, and a Blessed Advent! It is hard to believe we are halfway through Advent, which means that as I’m typing this, Christmas is two weeks away!! We got our tree (a lovely 7-foot Frasier fir), and while its lights went up last night, it’s...
Dear St. Lukers, As I write this, I’m about to board a plane to Ohio for a conference, and when I arrive at my destination, it will be 27 degrees outside. Yep, you read that right. 27 degrees and snow on the ground. I’m getting at least a little bit...
Happy Thanksgiving St. Lukers! “We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you. We’ve done this since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all God’s people. … This message has been bearing fruit and growing...