September 27, 2020 Spirituality of the River
September 27, 2020 Spirituality of the River
September 27, 2020 Spirituality of the River
March 29 2020 What Are You Hungry For? New Life
April 5, 2020 Hungry for Grace
March 29 2020 What Are You Hungry For? New Life
October 4, 2020 When We Are Not Ready For Grace
October 4, 2020 When We Are Not Ready For Grace
October 4, 2020 When We Are Not Ready For Grace
October 4, 2020 When We Are Not Ready For Grace
September 27, 2020 Spirituality of the River
March 15, 2020 What Are You Thirsty For?
March 15, 2020 What Are You Thirsty For?
March 15, 2020 What Are You Thirsty For?
March 8, 2020 Hungry For A Full Life
March 8, 2020 Hungry For A Full Life
March 29 2020 What Are You Hungry For? New Life
March 29 2020 What Are You Hungry For? New Life
March 1, 2020 What Are You Hungry For?
568 Montgomery Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Our Sunday Services start at 10 a.m. Click here for the Zoom link or to use your phone to listen to the Service. The password is Spirit.
If you would like to request a favorite musical selection for the weekly postlude, please contact our Music Director, Patrick O'Neill.
Please donate to St. Luke church. Your support is critical to our efforts! Please go to the St. Luke Donation page.
Thank you!
March, April Services, Gatherings, and Information
Meetings:
Monday, March 24th, 7 p.m. Leadership Team meeting on Zoom
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Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 p.m. Drumming in Circles 101 at St. Luke (Lurwick Hall)
Please join us for this drumming session, intended to be FUN and to help participants feel positive, empowered, and connected. It will last approximately one hour and is open to everyone. No experience or equipment necessary.
Pastor Mark will be sending an all-church email inviting you (and guests!) to the session. If you are planning to participate, please reply to the email so that he can share an approximate count with Ken.
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Sunday, March 30th, 10 a.m. Sunday Service, Rev. Qadry Harris providing the sermon
Thanks, again, to Heeding God's Call and the St. Luke volunteers who created the Memorial for Montgomery County Residents Lost to Gun Violence in the Last Five Years.
Immigration Rapid Response Team
Pastor Mark is building a coalition of clergy and lay people in UM churches serving Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater New Jersey to help train vulnerable churches and communities in a time when our immigration laws and policies are changing rapidly.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference and the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference are resourcing the work of the Immigration Rapid Response Team to protect undocumented people in many of our churches who may be at risk of ICE arrest and deportation. Please contact Pastor Mark if you would like to join him and the Immigration Rapid Response Team in educating and protecting our immigrant friends and neighbors.
Get to Know Reverend Brittany Whyte, St. Luke's New Outreach Minister
Over the past two months, I have had the opportunity to meet many of you as I begin my new role as Community Outreach Minister. So far, I have been familiarizing myself with the congregation and had the opportunity to help lead worship with Pastor Mark, Pastor Qadry, and my fellow Wesley Theological Seminary alumna, Pastor LoisAnn. It has been great getting to know all of you. I’m looking forward to the Lenten season, when I will be assisting in joint Lenten services with Ardmore UMC and Havertown UMC.
In addition to that, I am planning a project that will help St. Luke UMC accommodate people with different sensory needs due to ADHD, autism, or sensory processing disorders. This is a multi-phase project that will unfold over the next year. If you have sensory needs during the worship service that you feel are not currently being addressed (light, sound, etc.) and would like to offer some input toward this
project, I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.
I’m also planning for a series of Bible studies. One would be a more traditional study, while the other would be an innovative study that I am designing myself. Stay tuned!
Our New College Minister, Pastor Qadry Harris, and His Impact on Community Engagement and Digital Presence at St. Luke:
Since joining St. Luke UMC as College Minister in mid-January, Pastor Qadry, M. Div., has been actively contributing to both the church and the broader community. He has been shadowing Pastor Mark, offering valuable insight and commentary on race relations policies within the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. This role has allowed Pastor Qadry to engage deeply with important conversations around justice, equity, and inclusion within the denomination.
In addition to his ministerial duties, Pastor Qadry has taken on the role of church website and social media platforms engineer. By enhancing St. Luke UMC’s online presence, he aims to create more engaging and welcoming digital spaces for our congregation and the wider community. As part of this effort, a Women’s History Month campaign will launch in March, focusing on authentic multiculturalism. All members active on social media are encouraged to support this initiative by liking, commenting, and sharing posts to help strengthen our church’s online profile.
Looking ahead, Pastor Qadry will deliver a sermon at the end of March on “Multiculturalism and the Gospel.” This timely message will coincide with the end of Ramadan, offering a meaningful opportunity to reflect on the intersections of faith, inclusion, and interfaith solidarity.
St. Luke UMC is grateful for Pastor Qadry’s leadership and vision, and we look forward to the continued growth and enrichment he brings to our church community.
ST. LUKE MISSION STATEMENT
It is our sincere desire that you will experience the very presence of the Living God in the words we speak, the music we sing, the love we share, and the community we form.
Our Sunday morning service is full of joy and connection. We welcome ALL people, nurturing faith in the Living God, and inspiring action for the transformation of the world.
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We celebrate the gift of diversity of race, ethnicity, belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and mental ability. We strive to be a living expression of the love extended through Christ.