Join Dr. Miche van Essen to explore how embracing theological ambiguity and using an intersectional approach can foster more inclusive faith communities.
Join us as we continue our journey to “walk the walk” and become faith communities where trans and gender-expansive community members are loved, cared for, and free to share their unique gifts.
Both a love story between university professor Dr. Gavin Lone Wolf and Washington, D.C., lawyer Katherine Hill, and a haunting narrative of the ongoing problem of missing and murdered Indigenous Women on Indian reservations.
Join this special worship service featuring music of Dan Forrest.
What better time for a spring cleanup of the property than Earth Month?
Join our annual Easter Egg hunt!
Supper at 6 p.m., followed by a short service at 7 p.m
Considering membership in St. Luke? Please join Pastor Zach for this lunchtime class. Attending does not commit you to membership.
Join the Folk Group at 10 a.m. for music-making before the service!
Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids is dedicated to a saint who was a mermaid before her conversion.
Organic waste recycling is the focus of this week’s “What’s for Dinner” Adult Education series, presented by Earth Stewards.
The first entry in the “What’s for Dinner” Adult Education series, presented by Earth Stewards.
Every Minnesotan—regardless of their skin color, income, or zip code—deserves a stable and affordable home. You’re invited to a rally hosted by ISAIAH in partnership with Yes to Homes Coalition. Come to the annual meeting, grab a bite from a local store, and come back for the rally!
Annual Congregational meeting for St. Luke Presbyterian Church: Sunday, March 16, after worship
Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world.
Soup supper at 6 p.m., followed by a short, reflective service at 7 p.m
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm concert with Singer-Songwriter Amy Angeline & Eva
Pre-show social hour 3:00 PM with beverages, wine and dessert provided before concert. This mother-daughter duo will blend warm vocals, piano and guitar with some fun Christmas carols. With special guest Randy Schumacher. Tickets $20 @ Amy Angeline & Eva Show - amy angeline(ages 12 & under and volunteers free).
Pre-registration is required to reserve seats. Contact Amy at: amysongs@aol.com or 612-730-9326 with # of tickets needed. 20% of proceeds will be donated to Charlie Hall’s GoFundMe site to support his wife Ashley, and sons Caiden (13), Austin (12) and Sawyer (7). Charlie lost his life in a car accident last March. He was the son of St. Luke members Chip and Gail Hall. If you'd like to volunteer to help with this event, please contact Amy.
Sunday Dec 15, During Worship
Final dress rehearsal will take place Sunday Dec. 15, 9:00 am (before worship). All children and youth (and young-at-heart adults) are welcome to participate. Families mark your calendars!
Initial rehearsals will take place during Sunday School November 17-December 8. During SS, children will choose parts and practice their lines. And, for any children who just show up the day of, there will certainly be a place for you in the show.
Contact Chris van Lierop vanlierop.chris@gmail.com or cell: 952-607-0473 with any questions or to volunteer. We need many adult/young adult helpers!
Children and teens have the opportunity to make gifts for the holidays. Please register them for this event on the registration form at the back of the sanctuary or by communicating with Chris Sullivan at 612-616-5059 or andromeda88@comcast.net. A goodwill donation of $10/child entry fee will pay for materials.
St. Luke Performing Arts Series Returns!
Saturday, November 16 at 1:00 pm
Experience the evocative magic of Thomas Keesecker, celebrated across the country for his sensitive and meditative hymn tune arrangements for piano. Join us for an afternoon of Keesecker's inspiring interpretations, sing beloved hymns together, and enjoy his choral arrangements performed by the St. Luke Choir. This musical journey will be beautifully interwoven with poetry by Mary Oliver and Wendell Berry, creating a soul-stirring blend of sound and verse.
Free! A freewill offering will be taken for the ICA FOOD SHELF.
We will be getting the vegetable gardens ready and cutting down the vegetation and removing it from the two rain gardens. There will also be the opportunity for ongoing removal of invasives in the woods, specifically the squill! Bring rakes, hedge shears, gloves for rain garden work, and shovels, trowels and gloves for the squill in the woods.
It’s Comedy Night in Minnetonka, Saturday, March 18, right here at St. Luke! The St. Luke folk group will start things off at 5:45 pm. Then stand-up comic/storyteller/ventriloquist Bill Chadwick will entertain. Piggy-backing off our March Change for Change recipient, a free-will offering for ICA Foodshelf will be taken.
Bill has appeared at Acme Comedy Club, Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy at the Mall of America, Sisyphus Brewing, Comedy Corner Underground, Camp Bar, and other comedy clubs around the Twin Cities. In addition, he regularly provides entertainment at churches and housing communities.
He is the author of Still Laughing, Still Learning (Still Looking for a Good Title): Mostly True Stories of Family, Friends, Faith & Foibles. It was awarded the Silver Medal in the category of Non-fiction Humor by the Midwest Book Awards, and recently was named “Best First Book” by the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. Copies will be available for sale following the show.
A recent comedy booker had this to say about Bill’s performance: “Wow, was last night ever great. It is so therapeutic to laugh as hard as I did. It certainly made me feel good. Thanks much for making the evening so special.”
Find out more at Bill’s website: billchadwick.com
Join us for our annual Gift-making Workshop when kids (of all ages) will make Christmas gifts, rather than buy them.
