Welcome to St. Luke's Parish
The mission of St. Luke's Parish is to be a supportive Christian community of worship, learning, and outreach, open to all.
REGULAR SERVICE TIMES:
St. Andrew's Chapel, Sudlersville: 9:00 am (Holy Eucharist with Sunday School)
St. Luke's Church, Church Hill: 11:00 am (Holy Eucharist)
Ash Wednesday Services, February 22:
7:30 AM at St. Andrew's, 7:00 PM at St. Luke's
Lenten Movie Series - movie and soup supper on Wednesdays
February 29 - "The Crucible" at St. Paul's Kent
March 7 - "Smoke Signals" at St. Luke's Church, Church Hill
March 14 - "Remember the Titans" at Shrewsbury Parish
March 21 - "October Sky" at Emmanuel Church
March 28 - "Pay it Forward" at St. Paul's, Centreville
April 4 - "Babette's Feast" at St. Stephen's, Earleville
(Soup Supper begins promptly at 6:00 pm - movie at 6:15 pm)
From the Rector:
The promise of a New Year’s Resolution...
We all may think of a New Year’s Resolution as a promise for a big change in our lives, but actually, a resolution can be a very tiny thing. Big changes are sometimes difficult to stick with, but a small step is often the way to make big changes in our lives. Why bite off more than you can chew? Why not just start with something you can succeed with most of the time, and add a little bit to that, instead of wondering how you can change everything?
Christmas may be over, but Our Lord is still with us. Presents may be put away, the papers and ribbons gone with the trash, cards stored, perhaps, and even parties ended and job and daily duties resumed. However, what is our faith—what roots us in our faith—the Love of God, is not put away, nor discarded. Emmanuel—Christ with us—is still in our hearts.
That may be the small change which can change your life—recognition that the Lord is still in your heart. The manger may be gone, but that is because we worship the God who came to us in human form. We cannot resume a life that we lived before because all things change; our strength is in our ability to accept and make a change for ourselves. That change needs to be inside—not visible, perhaps, to others, but recognized and accepted by you.
Daily prayer, asked on behalf of others and not for oneself, can be a subtle change. Using Forward Day by Day can be a route to change. Sometimes a change is a risk—listening and accepting a new way of doing something can make one feel uncomfortable, but doing it because it is Christ-like is a good change. Think about what you do and risking a change might make a big difference in your life and happiness in your heart.
May God live in your heart and bless you in this coming year…
Nanese +
Directions to St. Luke's:
From Centreville - Rt. 213 N, right on Rt. 19, left on Sterling Lane to park. From Chestertown - Rt. 213 S, left on Rt. 300, right on Rt. 19, right on Sterling Lane to park. From Rt. 301 - Rt. 300 S, left on Rt. 19, right on Sterling Lane to park. Physical address: 403 Main Street, Church Hill MD 21623.
Directions to St. Andrew's:
From Rt. 301 - Rt. 300 N, right on Rt. 313, left on Maple Avenue to park. Physical address: 104 Maple Street, Sudlersville MD 21668.