Smoke, fire, streamers, and sticks…who wouldn’t want to play with those, especially in church? The Cathedral Church of St. Luke’s has a long tradition of using incense, torches, streamers, banners, processional crosses, and verges (those symbolic “sticks” that the vergers carry). With the retirement of two invaluable head vergers, Thurl Headen and David Savage, we’ve […]
From 1793 until 1933, U.S. Presidents, having been elected in November, weren’t inaugurated until the 4th of March in the subsequent year. During this gap of roughly four months, most Americans forgot who the new president was going to be, and began preparations for celebrating the (British) King’s official birthday, lining up marchers for […]
Ever since my first day at St. Luke’s, I have been inspired by the amount of work and dedication put forth by so many loving and passionate parishioners. As a fellow episcopalian I cherish the ability for our church to be advocates and activists for change in our communities both close to home and around […]
The Season of Creation is celebrated each year in September by Christians worldwide. Its purpose is to renew, repair, and restore our relationship with God, all creation, and each other. St. Luke’s will be celebrating the Season of Creation from September 11 to Oct 2. Season of Creation offerings at St. Luke’s that are planned […]
Bishop Brown joins bishops from across New England in creating videos on the topics the Lambeth Conference is covering. Bishop Brown’s video was posted this morning and you can view that above. To watch all the videos day-by-day, you can find them here. Bishop Brown has been mentioned or quoted in the following Lambeth-related news […]
by Dean Shambaugh My siblings and I grew up surrounded by stories from around the world: tales from my parents who had lived in Taiwan and traveled around Asia and postcards and stories from my aunt who ran a school in what was then known as Bombay and traveled around the globe. All five of […]
We are excited to highlight a community partner that is making a big difference! St. Luke’s Food Pantry is receiving a generous weekly donation of local fish from the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association’s “Fishermen Feeding Mainers” program in Brunswick. MCFA supports local fishermen while also promoting underutilized fish species. We pick up the frozen monkfish […]
The 2022 Lambeth Conference, “God’s Church for God’s World” began on Tuesday. This is a worldwide gathering of all the bishops of the Anglican Communion led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Read the whole program and pray and study resources. The controversy surrounding Lambeth this year revolves around the exclusion of the spouses of bishops […]
Last Sunday, Sarah Braik and Dean Shambaugh discussed their experience as deputies to General Convention, reviewed legislation passed at the General Convention in the areas of Creation Care and Racial Justice, and led a brainstorming session about what we, at St. Luke’s, and as St. Lukans might do in these areas. The following are notes […]
To increase efficiency and improve our offerings to the congregation and outreach to the wider community, I have decided to transition away from TOCmedia and move our communications in-house, with Avery Schott, our parish administrator, increasing his hours from 30 to 40 hours a week to take on this additional responsibility. Avery comes to us […]