Saint Luke Episcopal Church | Mount Joy, PA

The Third Sunday after Pentecost: Morning Prayer
2024-06-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating the Third Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Morning Prayer. Morning Prayer offers and opportunity to hear the Word of God and to pray as a community.
Jim Johnson will lead the worship service.
Coffee hour begins at 9;30 am We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!
All are welcome.

Morning Prayer
2024-06-12 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer led by Br. David Rutledge, Community of Francis and Clare. We will learn about Emmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary who died in 1902.
The service will be held in the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building.
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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.

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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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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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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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.

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.

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!

Morning Prayer honoring Benedict of Nursia, Monastic 543
2024-07-10 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in our weekly service of Morning Prayer, as we honor Saint Benedict of Nursia, a Monastic from the sixth century. St. Benedict founded twelve communities for monks about 40 miles east of Rome. His main achievement is his Rule of Life which governs how monks behave. The rule of Saint Benedict became one of the most influential religious rules in western Christendeom. For this reason, Benedict is often called the “founder” of western Christian monasticism. The Reverend Martha Harris will serve as Officiant.
The readings can be downloaded here: https://www.lectionarypage.net/LesserFF/Jul/Benedict.html
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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.

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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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!

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!

Morning Prayer: Thomas a Kempis, Priest and Mystic 1471
2024-07-24 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer. We will remember Thomas a Kempis, Priest and Mystic who died on July 25, 1471.
Author of The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A Kempis is more widely known than other medieval Christian Writers. The Imitation of Christ has been translated into more languages than any other book except for the Holy Scriptures.
Scripture:
Psalm 33: 1 – 5. 20 -21
Ephesians 4: 32-5:2
Gospel: Luke 6: 17-23
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Morning Prayer
2024-07-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us in celebrating the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost with a service of Morning Prayer, Rite II. This contemplative service of scripture and prayer can refresh your soul. Forget the heat outside and enjoy air conditioned comfort of Saint Luke’s beautiful sanctuary.
Scripture:
2 Kings 4:42-44
Psalm 145: 10 – 19
Ephesians 3: 14 – 21
Gospel of John 6: 1 – 21
All are welcome. Join us for coffee hour beginning at 9:30 am.
The service will be carried live on our YouTube channel
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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.

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

Wednesday Morning Prayer
2024-08-07 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-09-04 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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Morning Prayer: John Mason Neale, Priest and Hymnographer
2024-08-07 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for our weekly service of Morning Prayer when we commemorate the Reverend John Mason Neale, Priest and Hymnographer who died in 1866. According to the book, Holy Women, Holy Men, Rev. Neale was a priest of many talents, As a hymnodist, he authored several original hymns and more than thirty translations of Latin and Greek hymns. Many of his hymns are included in the current 1982 Hymnal used by the Episcopal Church today.
As priest, he gave active support to the Oxford Movement in its revival of medieval liturgical forms. A humanitarian, he founded the sisterhood of St. Margaret for the relief of suffering women and girls.
Scripture Readings: Psalm 106, 2 Chronicles 10: 20-21, 1 Corinthians 1: 1 – 9 and the Gospel of Matthew 12: 44-52
Brother David Rutledge is the worship leader.
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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

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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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

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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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
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Morning Prayer: Augustine of Hippo. Bishop and Theologian, 430
2024-08-28 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Wednesday August 28 for our weekly service of Morning Prayer, Rite II, led by Brother David Rutledge. We will learn about Augustine of Hippo, a Bishop and Theologian in the early Church. Perhaps the best known theologian in the history of Western Christianity, he was born in 354 at Tagaste in North Africa. Augustine wrote countless treatises, letters and sermons. His writings provided a rich source of new and fresh insights into Christian truth.
Readings:
Psalm 87
Isiah 62: 6-12
Hebrews 12:22-24, 28-29
John 14: 6-15
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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.
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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.

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Morning Prayer
2024-09-08 11:00 - 12:00
Join us on Sunday September 8 for a service of Morning Prayer, Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer. Enjoy this contemplative service of scripture and prayer in our air conditioned sanctuary.
Readings are:
Isaiah 35:4-7a
Psalm 146
James 2: 1-17
Gospel of Mark 7: 24-37
Join us for coffee hour before the service in the Undercroft.
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