Grows Here | Faith, Community & Ministry

St. Luke United Methodist Church is a place to belong. Decades of faithfulness have made a lasting impact on our community.  The metaphor of growth is woven throughout scripture and challenges the people of God to sow seeds, water plants, and be harvest workers. St. Luke UMC is a place where faith, community and ministry grow.  Join us this fall for a three-week worship series where we are reminded of God’s faithfulness and are encouraged by God’s grace. As we begin to look toward 2025, let us cultivate space in our lives for a bountiful harvest of love.

T-Shirt Sale | $20 Each | Youth XS - Adult XXXL

It’s time for some updated St. Luke UMC T-shirts! We have three options available for pre-order and proceeds will go to support our children & youth ministry! Order your shirt by November 1st. 

All shirts are comfort color shirts. 

Registration Type: T-Shirt Pre Order
Additional Item: Pick your colors and sizes

Faith | Worship Series

Faith 101: class is in session! When you think about being a Christian – what comes to mind? What is most important? Where should we focus? Faith 101 is a five-week worship series where we talk about the foundations of our faith. We’re going back to the basics! Whether you have been a Christian for decades or are just starting to learn, this series is for you. Join us on Sundays starting September 22 at 10:30 AM as we unpack topics like: church, Jesus, love, service, and worship.

Join us on Wednesdays starting September 18th at 5:45 for a 6 week study, The Difficult Words of Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine.

Books are optional and cost $14. Please let Paula in the church office know if you want her to order you one, or you can order your own at Amazon.

Study Description

Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44).

In The Difficult Words of Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine shows how these difficult teachings would have sounded to the people who first heard them, how have they been understood over time, and how we might interpret them in the context of the Gospel of love and reconciliation.

Whether you travel far away or see your local surroundings as if for the first time, pilgrimage has long been a spiritual practice, and “Journey” a deeply-felt metaphor for our spiritual lives. “Quest” comes from the Latin root meaning “ask, seek.” This four-week worship series will encourage us to open ourselves more fully to the curiosity and wonder, reflection and transformation that travelers–not merely tourists–experience when they choose to immerse themselves in soul-widening adventures.

Dynamite Prayer | A 28 Day Experiment

Join Rev. Amber Lea for a 4 - week discussion group on the book Dynamite Prayer!

Starts on Wednesday July 17 | 5:30 PM

This devotional has short daily readings and prayers. Even if you can’t come on Wednesdays, you’re encouraged to go through the book with us. It will tie in with our sermon series starting July 14!

Breakthrough Prayer | Worship Series

You’re invited to join us starting July 14th during worship for a 4-week series on the power of prayer!

We’re inviting everyone to start praying the below prayer together:

God, may your will break through, change history, usher in and accomplish through us your new hopes, dreams and possibilities—both in the life of our church, and in our own lives. We surrender our wills for yours, in order to fully follow you. Amen.

You’re invited to join us every Sunday in June at 10:30 AM as we talk about the best ingredients for the soul!

On June 30th we’ll celebrate Rev. Rob Gill’s Retirement with a church wide pot luck.

Wesley UMC and St. Luke UMC are joining together for a 5 week study that takes us back to the roots of Methodism and traces the growth of our connection. 

Study: Radicle Methodism: getting back to our roots

The study starts at 6 PM at Wesley UMC, but everyone is invited to dinner starting at 5 PM. Wesley UMC cook teams will prep the food, and St. Luke members are invited to give a donation to help cover the cost. We are using this registration to let Wesley UMC know how many St. Luke UMC people plan to join. 

About the Study:

Welcome to Radicle Methodism. For those of you with green thumbs, you may see the word “radicle” and know that it refers to a foundational part of a plant. The rest of you may think you’ve spotted a typo. In this free online video history course, we talk about root systems and what that has to do with Methodism and, especially, what it means to be United Methodist.  

As we journey together through these radicle moments, it is our hope that your are reminded of what it means to be United Methodist, to follow in our founders' footsteps and to be in connection with one another.

Dinner For Six  (April 5 – May 18)

Interested in sharing a meal with friends old and new?  Consider signing up for Dinner For Six.  There will be a Team Leader for each group who will organize the gatherings (eat out, dine in, lunch or dinner, potluck, etc).  Each session for Dinner For Six will run 6 weeks (meet as often as desired), then we’ll sign up and shuffle group members and start again!  Please feel free to invite a friend, just let your Team Leader know.  You can sign up on forms in your Sunday school class or register here!

Registration deadline is Sunday, March 24th.

Because of this I Rejoice: reading Philippians during Lent | Wednesdays Starting Feb 21 | 6 PM 

Join Rev. Amber Lea Gray as we journey with Paul through Philippians with Max Vincent’s book, Because of This I Rejoice: reading Philippians during Lent. In this 6 week study, Vincent challenges us to joyfully practice spiritual disciplines. In Philippians, Paul describes spiritual practices that help him sense God’s power and presence even in the midst of persecution and imprisonment.

You can purchase the book here. Purchasing the book is encouraged but not required!

Join us on Sundays at 10:30 AM starting on February 18th!

The Season of Lent is a time of self-reflection, of spiritual examination. While that is a healthy and necessary exercise, we don’t examine ourselves in isolation. Instead, we are invited to lay our lives alongside the life of Jesus. It is a sobering exercise to say the least. And yet, what we discover in this examination of his life and ours, is not condemnation or recrimination. Instead, we are overwhelmed, the farther we go on this journey with him, by the depths of love he has for all of us. Lent is a time for getting our spiritual house in order, that is true. But above all, it is an invitation to once again commit to love like Christ loves.

Wednesday Night Schedule Starting February 14th

5 PM Dinner | 6 Bible Study
* Choir (2 PM) and Handbells (1 PM) are meeting on Sunday afternoons during Lent.

Join us on Wednesdays starting February 14 h for Wednesday Night Suppers! The church will provide the meat, and members will be invited to sign up to bring sides/dessert or provide a monetary donation!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Rev. Amber Lea Gray. 

Upcoming Menu

• February 14 - BBQ

• February 21 - Chicken Tenders

• February 28 - Pizza & Salad

• March 6 - BBQ

• March 13 - Pizza & Salad

• March 20 - Chicken Tenders