News

05/12/2012

The Savidge Fund

After the death of Frank Savidge, Jr. in the late 1920s, his family established a scholarship fund in his memory. Half is distributed by St. Luke and The Epiphany, and half by Princeton University where Frank was enrolled at the time of his dea ...

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05/18/2012

New Online Photo Albums

New informal parish photographs taken on Palm Sunday and Easter Day have been added to our online photo albums. To view the photos, click on the "Photo Album" link in the website sidebar on the left side of the page. Or click here.

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05/19/2012

Church School Fundraiser Success

The lemonade stand fund raiser on Sunday, May 6 was amazing. The children made and sold all kinds of treats with all proceeds going to support Cradles to Crayons, a local organization providing material needs to homeless children and children a ...

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05/27/2012

Support Cradles to Crayons

In addition to the Church School fund-raiser for Cradles to Crayons at Coffee Hour on May 6, we also invite you to clean out your closets and basements and bring wearable children's clothing and other child-appropriate donations to church on the ...

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05/31/2012

Cindy Muse Departs in May

Cindy Muse wraps up her time with us on Sunday, May 27. Cindy received her Master of Divinity degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia this month, and heads off with her family to a year-long parish internship at a church i ...

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Announcements

05/06/2012

Church School Coffee Hour & Lemonade Stand

After the 11 o'clock liturgy on Sunday, May 6, our church school children will host coffee hour and run a lemonade stand to raise money for local children's charities. While coffee hour refreshments are usually free, today's treats will be so ...

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05/06/2012

Imagining a Different Future

On Sunday May 6, from 2 to 5 p.m., a symposium of nationally known speakers will address the need to reform mental health care in America. The title of the symposium is "Imagining a Different Future in Mental Health Care," and the sponsor of ...

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05/06/2012

Pink Smoke over the Vatican

At 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, we will screen the short documentary Pink Smoke over the Vatican. The film's topic is the struggle for women's ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. It focuses especially on the justice work of a Maryknoll prie ...

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05/06/2012

Volunteers Needed at the Piazza

On May 6, members of the congregation will staff a booth offering information about St. Luke's and The Episcopal Church at the Diversity of Pride event being held at the Piazza at 2nd Street and Girard Avenue. The booth will be open from noon ...

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05/08/2012

God Stories

On Tuesday, May 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. we'll continue our popular conversations about short stories in which faith or God is a central theme. This week we'll read Bobbie Ann Mason's The Retreat. Copies of the story will be available in the nar ...

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05/13/2012

Cindy Muse to Preach on Sunday

Cindy Muse is our preacher on Sunday, May 13. Cindy is wrapping up a year of good work among us as our seminarian. She is a senior at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and will graduate later this month. We'll have a send ...

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05/20/2012

Ascension Day

We will celebrate the feast of the Ascension this year on Sunday, May 20. Those who wish to mark the day itself, Thursday, May 17, are more than welcome at St. Mark's Church, 1625 Locust Street, for the Eucharist at 7 p.m.

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05/20/2012

Fred Becker to Preach

Fred Becker will preach at St. Luke's on Sunday, May 20. Fred is a graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and served as our seminarian several years ago.

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05/21/2012

Nominations for Vestry Due 5/21

The Vestry is the elected lay leadership of the parish. Its principle responsibilities include the church buildings and finances. The Vestry also assists the Rector and staff with outreach, planning, and program. Our Vestry has twelve members ...

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05/23/2012

Vestry Meeting Changed to 5/23

The Vestry will meet on Wednesday, May 23, at 7 p.m. -- NOT on the last Tuesday of the month as usual.

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05/25/2012

Eastertide

The season of Easter continues until the Feast of Pentecost (which falls on May 27 this year.) The so-called Great Fifty Days, ten days longer than the Lenten fast, are the high point of the liturgical year. Christ has overcome death and the ...

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05/27/2012

The Day of Pentecost

Sunday, May 27, is the feast of Pentecost. This is considered the church's birthday. Plan now to wear something RED (in honor of the Holy Spirit) and to bring a lunch for our annual Picnic on the Porch.

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05/27/2012

J. Anthony Nichols Is Guest Organist

We welcome J. Anthony Nichols as our guest organist on May 27. He will be playing the closing voluntary.

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