We welcome you to worship with us at St. Luke any Sunday at 10 am.
We had great fun at the Fifth Annual Main Line Children's Festival at St. Luke. Above are pictures of the aerialist who performs without a net in the St. Luke sanctuary. Below the Give and Take Jugglers juggles past a line of children. For more pictures, click the Festival link above.
St. Luke United Methodist Church
568 Montgomery Ave. (at Pennswood Rd.),
Bryn Mawr PA 19010
610-525-2396
Pastor: Rev. David Tatgenhorst
St. Luke Church is a church of open hearts, open minds, and open doors. We welcome you to worship with us any Sunday at 10 am. Our pastor is Rev. David Tatgenhorst. We offer a children's program called the Children's Celebration each Sunday during the worship service. The children gather in worship each Sunday. Most Sundays the children gather at the altar for a "theme talk" with the pastor or a congregant. They are introduced to the theme of the morning celebration and then the children go downstairs for separate programs. Sam Rotz, Youth and Children Ministry intern, teaches the older class, with help from parents. Chrisnie Pagana and Megan Farrell teach classes for younger children. There is also a nursery for toddlers or babies staffed by .Taylor Sands-McElvarr.
Each Sunday's morning celebration includes inspiring music directed by Organist/Choir Director Clyde Shive, jr., relevant preaching, and the presence of the Spirit. (Click here for a copy of a recent sermon at St. Luke.)
We welcome you to worship with us at St. Luke any Sunday at 10 am.
Prayer Requests
Please input your prayer request here. You may also use this form to contact Pastor David or call 610-525-2396.
Please take a moment and pray for
Kathy Taylor, Judy Bohot, Bim & Johnny Nash, Harvey Nash, Charlotte Ferguson, Carrie Jones, and Kelly Sands..
Thanks
Living In Faith Everyday
We invite all members and friends of St. Luke to join one of our LIFE groups. The acronym stands for Living In Faith Everyday. You may want to start with the new members' class which meets with the pastor. These classes are a chance to learn about the faith, get to know other members, and to explore your particular faith journey. Then continue your faith journey through one of these regular groups:
Parents' LIFE group: meets the first and third Tuesday of the month over a shared dinner. Childcare provided along with Bible study and parenting support.
Exercising our Faith LIFE group: meets every second and fourth Monday evening for yoga stretching, and spiritual growth and support.
Women's Workshop: meets Tuesday mornings for spiritual support and lunch.
College Students' LIFE group: meets according to students schedule for dinner, Bible study and personal support, a "home away from home."
Homebound Visitation LIFE group: meets Monday evenings at the homes of homebound members and friends for singing and Bible study.
Men's Breakfast LIFE group: meets the first Sunday of every month at 8 am before the morning worship.
Sunday Bible Study: meets every Sunday after church for intensive Bible Study.
Other great things about St. Luke
* Plenty of parking in lot behind the church * Nursery for pre-school children * Children’s Celebration * Inspiring music * Relevant message * Warm community
St. Luke Virtual Bookstore
Click the picture link below to connect to the St. Luke Virtual Bookstore. You can order books online and receive a 20% discount. St. Luke will receive a 5% rebate from Cokesbury for any purchases you make. Soon we will have book recommendations on this site as well.
Sundays in December
December
7, 2008 Second Sunday of Advent, Holy Communion
This Sunday we celebrate Holy
Communion as we continue to wait for the fulfillment of The Promise. We are promised many
things in our lives and we adults get a bit jaded about them.Since Christmas comes around every year, it’s
hard for us to continue to get as excited as we once did about the real promise
of Christmas.This year, we go back to
look at that real promise and strive to live into the wonder and hope of the
coming of the Child.
Contributions
for gift cards for the families and youth of the Methodist Home for Children
are due by today. The communion offering will go to the Mary Jane Enrichment
Center.
Read: Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8
December
14, 2008Third Sunday of
AdventMitten Tree
By the third Sunday of Advent,
Christmas is starting to feel close. We celebrate the closeness of the Christ
child today with a Service of Lessons
and Carols. We will also collect gloves and scarves for our mitten tree
this Sunday.The music and the giving
help this Christmas to be a celebration of Christ’s actual entrance into our
lives.
The confirmation class will meet
with Pastor David after the service today.
Read: Luke 1:47-55
December
21, 2008 Fourth Sunday of
AdventChristmas pageant
We are blessed to have several
‘Mary’s’ attend our service today.One
will light the four Advent candles. Another will take part in our annual
Christmas pageant with the rest of the children, who also will be singing this
morning. In the sermon The Birthing
Process we reflect on the hope, the pain, and the awe of giving birth.God calls us all to the process of giving
birth to Christ in the coming season of hope and peace.
Read: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26, Luke
1:26-38
December
24, 2008, 7:30 pmChristmas Eve
The quiet and darkness of the sanctuary
on Christmas Eve is part of its beauty. The busyness and anticipation of
children and congregation add to the wonder of it all. The tradition of the
candlelight service speaks to a primal part of our lives as we reach the
darkest part of the year and celebrate the coming of the light.The hope, peace, and joy of the Christ child
is bundled into the service and becomes a gift to us all.
Read: Luke 2:1-20
December
28, 2008First
Sunday after Christmas Day
The Sunday after Christmas the angels are
getting ready to fly away. The child has been born. One might hope that
everything has changed and all is right with the world, but we who have been
around longer know that change is slow. As we read about Jesus growing up and
become the hope we had all anticipated, we learn to (in the words of Teilhard
de Chardin) Trust in the Slow Work of God.
Read: Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Luke
2:22-40
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