Saint Luke Episcopal Church | Mount Joy, PA

Taste and See: The Fruit of the Spirit. Workshop led by Br. Clayton Johnson, BSG
2024-10-12 09:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating Saint Luke Day (transposed from October 18) with a special workshop led by Brother Clayton Johnson, a Friar in the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, a religious community recognized under the canons of The Episcopal Church and in communion with the Holy See of Canterbury.
His workshop Taste and See: The Fruit of the Spirit is based on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians 5: 22-23. Join us for this interactive, fun and inspiring workshop exploring spiritual gifts of Love, Joy, Peace, Patience/Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women of Saint Luke. Reserve your place by Wednesday October 10 by calling the church office, 717-653-4977 or by emailing stlukesmountjoy@gmail.com. A $25 donation is requested to cover the cost of lunch and workshop materials.

Taize Worship led by Musician William Wright and Br. A J Robbins
2024-10-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Saturday October 5, 2024 at 5 pm for our monthly service of Taize worship. Refresh your soul in our candlelit sanctuary, while chanting sung prayers led by Lancaster musician, William Wright. Br. AJ Robbins of the Community of Francis and Clare will serve as Prayer Leader. During the service, you are encouraged to meditate and give thanks for the season of harvest.
All are welcome!

Blessing of the Animals: Saint Francis of Assisi
2024-10-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Bring your four legged furry friends to be blessed by the Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge, and the Reverend Eleanor Garner, Retired. We will gather outdoors on the lawn at Saint Luke at 4 pm for a sacred service based on the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. We will remember the pets who live with us now and those who are no longer with us.
All are welcome!

Wednesday Morning Prayer
2024-10-02 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-08-07 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month at 9 am at the Mount Joy Friary, 211 Market Street in Mount Joy. Enjoy snacks and casual conversation with friends of Morning Prayer.
Our weekly morning prayer service begins at 10 am to the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building at Saint Luke. Not able to join us in person, join us online via ZOOM.
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19th Sunday after Pentecost: Join us at Columbia Crossing Visitor Center
2024-09-29 10:00 - 12:30 | Columbia Crossing, 41 Walnut Street, Columbia, PA, 17512, United States
Join us on Sunday September 29 at 10 am for a joint worship service with our friends from @SaintPaulColumbia for a celebratory service of Creation Care and Holy Eucharist – followed by our Parish Picnic.
Note: No services will be held at Saint Luke or at Saint Paul on this day.
Preacher and Presider will be the Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge of both churches.
Scripture Readings:

Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
Psalm 8
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10: 2 – 16

Bring a lawn chair and a salad to share during our PotLuck Picnic in the pavillion next to the Visitor Center.
All we are welcome. Note, this service will not be recorded on YouTube.

Spaghetti Dinner!
2024-09-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on September 26, 2024 from 5 – 7 pm for a delicious Spaghetti Dinner and community event. All proceeds will benefit the refurbishment and repair of the beautiful historic stained glass windows that grace our Sanctuary.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling/texting Gail Fridy: 717-538-0810
Adults: $15, children $10.
Thank you for your support of Saint Luke Episcopal Church

18th Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist
2024-09-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost for a service of Holy Eucharist. The Reverend Martha Harris will serve as Preacher and Presider. Beth Warren will play the organ.
Scripture Readings:
Jeremiah 11: 18 – 20
Psalm 54
James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a
Mark 9:30-37
All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Communion. Join us for fellowship during Coffee Hour at 9L30 am
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Taize Worship
2024-09-07 17:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our monthly service of Taize worship, featuring music and chants from the religious community in Taize, France Heather Trenary will play the chants on the flute. Father Bradley Mattson, Rector, Hope Episcopal Church will lead the vocal chants.
Meditation Theme: Creation Care.
Enjoy this devotional time of candlelight, music enhanced prayer and reflection. All are welcome.

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist
2024-09-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Holy Eucharist. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Communion in the Episcopal Church. The Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge, will preach and preside.
Scripture readings:
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9
Psalm 15
James 1: 17-27
Gospel of Mark 7:1-8, 14-15. 21-23
Join us for Coffee Hour beginning at 9:30 am.
Not able to join us in person, catch the service on YouTube:
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Morning Prayer
2024-08-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for a service of Morning Prayer on the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. All are welcome to join us in this contemplative service of scripture and prayer.
Readings:
Joshua 24: 1 – 2a, 14-18
Psalm 34: 15-22
Ephesians 6:10-20
John 6:56-59
Come early and enjoy Coffee Hour beginning at 9:30 am in the Undercroft
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service on our YouTube channel

Morning Prayer: Bernard of Clairvaux, Monastic and Theologian 1153
2024-08-21 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer, Rite II, led by Brother David Rutledge. We will learn about Bishop Bernard of Clairvaux, Monastic and Theologian, 1153. Bernard, fiery defender of the Church in the 12th century, preached love for God “without measure.” He is credited with writing familiar hymns, including “Jesus, the very thought of thee.”
Scripture readings:
Psalm 19: 7 -11
Ecclesiasticus 39:1-10
Jude 1 – 3
John 15: 7-11
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Service of Holy Eucharist
2024-08-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist as we celebrate the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. The Reverend Martha Harris will serve as the Preacher and Presider. Tom Brennaman will play the organ.
Scripture Readings:
Proverbs 9:1-6
Psalm 34: 9-14
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6: 51-58
All are welcome. Join us for Coffee Hour at 9:30 am.
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service live on our YouTube channel: http://@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm159

Wednesday Morning Prayer
2024-08-14 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Today we commemorate Seminarian and Martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels, killed by an unemployed highway worker in Hayneville Alabama on August 14, 1965. Daniels traveled to the south to participate in civil rights protest. He was killed by a gunman after shielding Ruby Sales from gunshot.
Our weekly morning prayer service begins at 10 am to the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building at Saint Luke. Not able to join us in person, join us online via ZOOM.
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Service of Holy Eucharist
2024-08-11 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist as we celebrate the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. The Reverend Martha Harris will serve as the Preacher and Presider. Tom Brennaman will play the organ.
Scripture Readings:
1 Kings 19:4 – 8
Psalm 34: 1 – 8
Ephesians 4: 25-5:2
John 6: 35, 41-51
All are welcome. Join us for Coffee Hour at 9:30 am.
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service live on our YouTube channel: http://@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm159

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: Morning Prayer
2024-08-04 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for Morning Prayer on Sunday August 4 at 11 am as we mark the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. The service follows the liturgy for Morning Prayer, Rite II as found in the Book of Common Prayer.
The scripture readings are:
Exodus 16: 2 – 4, 9 – 15
Psalm 78:23 – 29
Ephesians 4: 1 – 16
Gospel of John 6:24-35
Worship Leader: Jim Johnson. Join us for Coffee Hour starting at 9:30 am. All are welcome.
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service live on YouTube: @saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Taize Worship
2024-08-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for a special service of Taize music and prayer led by Lancaster pianist and orchestra conductor, Dr. William B. Wright. Dr. Wright serves as the Choral Conductor and Senior Teaching Professor of Music at Franklin and Marshall College.
Our meditation focus is the Transfiguration of Christ. All are welcome to draw closer to the divine in our sacred, candlelit sanctuary at Saint Luke.

Sundaes on Sunday!
2024-07-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Sunday at noon, following our service of Holy Eucharist, for an old fashioned Ice Cream Social. Enjoy Sundaes on Sunday with your friends, neighbors and community members. Hot dogs, drinks and chips will be available, courtesy of the Saint Luke Hospitality Ministry.
Cool off with some delicious ice cream in our air conditioned Undercroft, located below the Sanctuary.
All are welcome!

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist
2024-07-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside.
Scripture:
Jeremiah 23: 1- 6
Psalm 23
Ephesians 2: 11-22
Gospel of Mark 6: 30 – 34, 53-56
The service will be carried live via our YouTube channel
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Join us for coffee hour at 9:30 a.m. Saint Luke is a hospitable community of faithful people. All are welcome!

Morning Prayer: Bishop William White
2024-07-17 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer. The service will be led by the Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge, Saint Luke Episcopal Church. Before the service begins, we will remember Bishop William White of Pennsylvania. Bishop White was the chief architect of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was chosen as the first Presiding Bishop at the inaugural General Convention in 1789, and again in 1795, serving in that office until his death in 1836. Born in Philadelphia on March 24, 1747, Bishop White earned a reputation as its first citizen.
Scripture:
Jeremiah 3: 15 – 19
1 Timothy 3: 1 – 10
Gospel of John 21: 15 – 17
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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Service of Holy Eucharist
2024-07-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us as we celebrate the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Holy Eucharist. The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside.
Scripture:
Amos 7: 7 – 15
Psalm 85: 8-13
Ephesians 1: 3 – 14
Gospel of Mark 6: 14 – 29
All are welcome. The service will be carried live on our YouTube channel:
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Join us for coffee hour in the Undercroft at 9:30 am.

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Morning Prayer
2024-07-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for a service of Morning Prayer as we celebrate the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. The service will be held in the air conditioned sanctuary at Saint Luke.
The readings are”
Ezekiel 2: 1 – 5
Psalm 123
2 Corinthians 12: 2-10
Gospel of Mark 6: 1 – 13
The service will be carried live on Saint Luke’s YouTube Channel. @saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591
Coffee Hour begins at 9:30 am. All are welcome!

Taize Worship
2024-07-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Saturday July 6, 2024 at 5 pm for our monthly service of Taize music and prayer. Nourish your soul in our sacred, candlelit sanctuary.
Harpist Davie Krak will lead the music and chanting. The Reverend Martha Harris will serve as Prayer Leader.
All are welcome.
MEDITATION FOCUS
“I Will Give You Rest”
Jesus, in our hearts we carry grief, anxiety, weariness and more.
Help us release those burdens to you and take on your
lighter yoke: a peace the world cannot give.

Prayers in the Park Outdoor Worship Service
2024-06-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Mount Joy Memorial Park, 101 Marietta Avenue Mount Joy
All are welcome to join Saint Luke, Mount Joy, and Saint Paul, Columbia as we worship in Memorial Park, 101 Marietta Avenue in Mount Joy. Our music will be led by Beth Warren. The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside during the service.
The Scripture lessons for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost are:
Psalm 130
2 Samuel 1: 1, 7 27
2 Corinthians 8: 7 – 15
Gospel of Mark 5:21-43
This service will NOT be livestreamed. Bring a lawn chair and plan to join us for lunch in the Undercroft of Saint Luke following the service.

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist
2024-06-23 11:00 - 12:00
Join us in celebrating the Fi2 Corinthians 6: 1 = 13fth Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Holy Eucharist. The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside.
Scripture lessons:
Job 38: 1 -11
Psalm 107
Gospel of Mark: 4:35-41
All are welcome in the Episcopal Church. Coffee hour begins at 9:30 am.
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service on Saint Luke’s YouTube Channel
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Morning Prayer: Juneteenth
2024-06-19 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
During our regular Wednesday Morning Prayer on June 19th, we will celebrate the end of Slavery. Pennsylvania was the first state to abolish slavery in 1780. This traditional African American celebration is now a federal holiday. Banks, the post office and government offices are closed. Saint Luke will be open to worship with a service of Morning Prayer and reflections on the end of slavery.
Please join us in person in the Saint Francis Room at Saint Luke, or online through Zoom. Our worship leader will be the Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge.
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist
2024-06-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Holy Eucharist. The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside.
Scripture Lessons:
Ezekiel 17:22-24
Psalm 92
2 Corinthians 5: 6 – 17
Gospel of Mark: 4: 26 – 34 The Parable of the Mustard Seed
All are welcome. Coffee Hour begins at 9:30 am. We look forward to seeing you there!
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service on Saint Luke’s YouTube Channel.
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Strawberry Festival!
2024-06-15 16:00 - 19:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
It’s BACK! A real highlight of the Strawberry Season is Saint Luke’s Strawberry Festival. Delicious strawberry pies, shortcake and vanilla ice cream available for purchase. Hot dogs and hamburger barbecue, chips and drinks will satisfy any palette. All proceeds benefit the charitable ministries of Saint Luke Episcopal Church.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday June 15, 2024 between 4 and 7 pm.
All are welcome.

Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday Holy Eucharist
2024-05-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
The Pentecost event was the fulfillment of a promise which Jesus gave concerning the return of the Holy Spirit. The speaking in tongues, which was a major effect of having received the Spirit, is interpreted by some to symbolize the church’s worldwide preaching.
Join us for a festive celebration of Pentecost, sometimes referred to as Whitsunday. We are encouraged to wear red to church on Pentecost. Red is the liturgical color worn when celebrating Saints Days and Ordinations. By inviting everyone to wear red on Pentecost, we are inviting you to remember that each of us is a member of the Communion of Saints.
Liturgical dance will be performed by Valerie Henry, Founder of Dance Mosaic.
Join us for a May Day Tea following the service in the Undercroft at noon. Please bring a picture of yourself as a baby, and a picture of your mother. Enjoy a selection of petite sandwiches and desserts, assorted teas and drinks will be served.
Not able to join us in person? Watch the worship service on Saint Luke’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591
All are welcome!

Morning Prayer: Pachomius of Tabenissi, Monastic 348
2024-05-15 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer, held in the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building. Our prayer leader will be Br. David Rutledge of the Community of Francis and Clare.
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