Saint Luke Episcopal Church | Mount Joy, PA

Morning Prayer
2024-02-21 10:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us at 10 am in the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building at Saint Luke, for our weekly service of Morning Prayer. We follow the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II. Today’s service will honor the late Abolitionist and Social Reformer Frederick Douglass, who died in 1895.
The readings are: Psalm 85: 7-13
Isaiah 32: 11 – 18
Luke 4: 14-21
for more information on Frederick Douglass, visit:
http://www.satucket.com/lectionary/frederick_douglass.htm
Not able to attend in person?
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Holy Eucharist: Lent One
2024-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on the first Sunday in Lent with a service of Holy Eucharist. The scripture readings are:
Genesis 9: 8-17
Psalm 25: 1 – 9
1 Peter: 3: 18-22
Gospel of Mark: 1: 9-15
All baptized Christians are welcome to receive communion in the Episcopal Church. The Reverend Martha Harris, Priest in Charge, will preside and preach during the service.

Not able to join us in person? Watch the service live on our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Ash Wednesday
2024-02-14 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Wednesday February 14, 2024 at 10 am or a solemn remembrance of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. This service will be held instead of Morning Prayer.
We invite you in the name of the Church, to the beginning of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word.
Ashes will be administered to all who wish to receive the mark of the cross on their foreheads.

Mardi Gras Pancake Supper Celebration
2024-02-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Celebrate the eve of Lent with Saint Luke! Our Shrove Tuesday celebration includes pancakes, both blueberry and plain, crepes, sausage, fruit salad and an all time favorite, shrimp and grits!
Bring your family, your friends and neighbors and join in the fun. Mardi Gras music and raffle prizes will entertain you while you dine.
Funds raised will support the vital ministry and operations of Saint Luke Episcopal Church.
Tickets Available at the Door. Ticket Prices: $10/adults; $5 /pre-teens. Children under 5 are free.

Wednesday Morning Prayer
2024-02-07 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-01-03 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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2024 Annual Meeting - Saint Luke parish
2024-02-04 11:30 - 14:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
All members of Saint Luke Episcopal Church are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the parish. A review of 2023 will be presented, the budget for 2024, election of a delegate to Diocesan Convention and a discussion will be held on new opportunities for growth in service to the Mount Joy community.
Bring a dish to share and your ideas for Saint Luke parish. We will enjoy a potluck luncheon before the meeting, following the 11 am worship service. RSVP by calling the church office, 717-653-4977.

Holy Eucharist: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
2024-02-04 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist in celebration of the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 40: 21-31
Psalm 147
1 Corinthians 9:16 – 23
Mark 1: 29 – 39
The Reverend Martha Harris will preach and preside at the service. All are welcome!
Not able to joim us in person – watch the service on our YouTube Channel: @saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Taize Worship
2024-02-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Saturday February 3, 2024 at 5 pm for a candlelit service of scripture, prayer and chants, based on worship services from the religious community of Taize, France.
Douglas Beach, Minister of Music at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lancaster, will play the Taize music on the piano, and lead the chanting. Douglas is an accomplished musician of choral, organ and piano music.
Find your inner peace during this contemplative service. When you enter the sanctuary, pick up a candle to light in memory of a loved one, or as a focus of your devotional prayer that evening. We ask that you leave the sanctuary in silence at the end of the service.

Morning Prayer
2024-01-31 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-01-24 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-01-17 10:00 - 10:30, 2024-01-10 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II, and featuring a commemoration of a Saint or Holy Person, our weekly service of Morning Prayer takes place in the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building at Saint Luke.
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Holy Eucharist: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
2024-01-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for worship on Sunday January 28, 2024. Our guest preacher and presider will be the Reverend Allysa Pasternak-Post.
Scripture Readings:
Deuteronomy 18: 15 – 20
Psalm 111
1 Corinthians 8: 1 – 13
Mark: 1: 21 – 28
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service online: https://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

A Case for Love: The Movie
2024-01-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-23 16:00 - 18:00
Join fellow Episcopalians and people of many faith traditions in watching the national premiere of a new documentary film, “A Case for Love”. Featuring interviews with Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and other prominent faith leaders, the movie makes a case for unselfish love to overcome a culture of hatred and division. Premiering on one day only – Tuesday January 23, 2024 at two times: 4 pm and 7 pm. Join your friends from Saint Luke at either the afternoon or the evening showing. Tickets are $15/adults, $12.50 for children. Purchase tickets in advance at www.regmovies.com
Want to learn more? What this official movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTxUBCbLiQ

Morning Prayer: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
2024-01-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Following the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II, the service will include scripture readings and prayers from the Daily Lectionary.
Scripture Readings:
Jonah: 3: 1 – 5, 10
Psalm: 62
1 Corinthians: 7: 29 – 31
Mark: 1: 14 – 20
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Holy Eucharist: Second Sunday after the Epiphany
2024-01-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us for a service of Holy Eucharist in celebration of the Second Sunday after the Epiphany.
Scripture Readings:
1 Samuel. 3: 1 – 20
Psalm: 139
1 Corinthians 6: 12 – 20
John 1: 43 – 51
Not able to join us in person? Watch the service here: https://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Taize Worship: The Epiphany
2024-01-13 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The service originally planned for Saturday January 6 will be held on SATURDAY JANUARY 13 at 5 pm. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us!
Celebrate the Epiphany through spoken and silent prayer, chants and scripture readings from the Epiphany of our Lord. Enjoy our intimate, candlelit sanctuary and the beautiful music played by Davie Krak on the Irish harp. The prayer service will be led by Br. David Rutledge, CFC. Our service resembles the prayerful worship of scripture and song offered daily by the religious community of Taize, France.

Festival of Lessons and Carols
2023-12-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Saint Paul Episcopal Church, 340 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, 17512, United States
Join us for our final joint worship service of 2023, hosted by Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Columbia.
This traditional Anglican service features scripture readings and beautiful carols, accompanied by organ and harp.
A cookie reception will follow in the Parish Hall at Saint Paul.

The wedding of Leslie Gebhart and Lynn McCleary
2023-12-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
The wedding of Lynn Wallace McCleary and Leslie Ann Gebhart will be celebrated on Saturday December 20, 2023 at 4 pm in the sanctuary of Saint Luke Episcopal Church. The ceremony will be streamed live on the parish’s YouTube channel. @saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591
Please join us in wishing much happiness to Lynn and Leslie!

Wednesday Morning Prayer
2023-12-27 10:00 - 10:30, 2023-12-20 10:00 - 10:30, 2023-12-13 10:00 - 10:30, 2023-12-06 10:00 - 10:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Wednesdays at 10 am for a contemplative service of Morning Prayer. Come to the Saint Francis Room in the Education Building at Saint Luke, or join us online via ZOOM.

Fourth Sunday of Advent: Christmas Eve
2023-12-24 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Sunday December 24, 2023 at 11 am for a special service combining the lessons of Advent Four with Christmas Eve. This year Advent is shortened due to the calendar, with Christmas Eve coinciding with the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Begin your Christmas holiday with Saint Luke, as we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

If you're not able to join us in person, you can watch the service on our YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Choral Evensong
2023-12-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Saint Paul Episcopal Church, 340 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, 17512, United States
Invitation to attend a Choral Evensong service at Saint Paul Episcopal Church

Third Sunday of Advent
2023-12-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Join us on Sunday December 17, 2023 at 11 am as we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent.

Love is the theme of the third Sunday. Come make a joyful noise to the Lord!

Scripture: Isaiah 61: 1 - 11
Psalm 126
1 Thessolonians 5: 16 - 24
John: 1: 6 - 28

Unable to join us in person? Watch the service on our YouTube Channel.
http://@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Second Sunday of Advent
2023-12-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
The Second Sunday of Advent will be celebrated during a service of Holy Eucharist at Saint Luke, 11 am Sunday December 10, 2023.
Join us as we pray for Peace, the theme of the second week of Advent.
Scripture: Isaiah 40:1 – 11
Psalm 85
2 Peter 3:8 – 15
Mark 1: 1 – 8
Unable to attend in person, watch the service, live or recorded on our YouTube channel:
http://@saintlukesepiscopalchurchm1591

Taize Worship with Holy Eucharist
2023-12-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Saint Luke Episcopal Church, Mount Joy PA
Handicapped entrance available on left side of sanctuary building

Join us on the first Saturday of each month at 5 pm for a contemplative worship service featuring music and prayers from the religious community of Taize, France. Enjoy chanting lyrical music from Taize and reading scripture while listening to gentle tones of an Irish harp played by Davie Krak and Native American flutes played by Jon Hansen. All are welcome.
For those who wish to receive communion, a service of Holy Eucharist will follow the Taize worship.
