Dear St. Luke’s COMMUNITY, We are on the Core Value of Community this week and already we have been practicing this superpower both on campus and off. Our Missions team has been working on Capitol Hill with Bread for the World talking to legislators about food insecurity across our nation...
Dear St. Luke’s Family, I remember my very first summer in Florida when my family and I moved to Orlando in 2000. Just when I thought we survived the Y2K hype, it felt as if I was thrown into an inhabitable land. If you are thinking…”But you grew up in...
Dear St. Lukers, It sure has been a busy week here at St. Luke’s! We have three different camps full of kids and youth happening at once, filling our campus with the sounds of young people laughing, learning, and growing together. It was a great first week for our cast...
Hey St. Lukers! Are you still fired up with the Holy Spirit from Pentecost? I am so proud to be a St. Luker right now, because after worship last week, more than 100 of you signed the Central Florida Pledge saying that you are going to stand up against all...
Grace and Peace Beloved St. Lukers! While the season of Eastertide has come to an end, we now move into a powerful season, because with the close of these “great 50 days” comes the season of Pentecost! Our worship teams have been preparing for weeks for this Sunday (May 19)...
Watch the video below for a quick message from Pastor Jenn as we near our church-wide celebration of Pentecost and the long-awaited unveiling of our renovated Welcome Hall on Sunday, May 19! You’re invited to come to worship on campus that morning at 10:00 a.m. for one service in the...
Dear St. Lukers, What a week in the United Methodist Church. If you haven’t seen it on our social media pages already, please watch the video below about what has happened in our denomination because of the work of our worldwide delegates, including our own Alice Williams, and the work...
Dear St. Lukers, As we move through this Eastertide season, we are concentrating on the power of resurrection at work – through the church and seeking to be St. Luke’s on Purpose. The Vision Team, Church Council, and your staff are spending a great deal of time honing what purposeful...
Hello St. Lukers, and Happy Earth Month! Did you know that Earth Day is coming up on Monday, April 22! As St. Lukers, we believe that a relationship with God’s creation, and a ministry of caring for and healing the earth, is integral to being a Christian. Our natural world...
Happy Easter Thursday St. Lukers, You didn’t forget, did you? How are you doing living into your daily resurrection work? Every day is a chance for you and I to live into MORE of what it is to be resurrected with the power of Christ to reveal God’s love, grace,...
Hey St. Lukers – how’s your Resurrection Monday going? Next week, I leave with a few other St. Lukers and folks from two other churches on a trip to Mutare, Zimbabwe, to go and see the community groups that St. Luke’s sponsors through ZOE Empowers. It’ll be my first time...
Dear Holy Week Travelers, This week when I was rifling through a drawer in my desk looking for something, I found a postcard I bought in Belfast. In lovely script font, it says: “Courage, dear heart.” It is a quote by Belfast native, C.S. Lewis from The Voyage of the...
