Parish Life
St. Luke's lives into its Vision - offering glimpses of the sacred to
those who have faith
and to those who do not through
inspiring ministry, learning, celebration
and community service.
Scroll down this page to learn about:
The Inter-faith Food Pantry
Our Send a Card Initiative
Christian Formation
International Missionary Work
Ending Gun Violence
and other ministries
OUTREACH INITIATIVES:
serving our neighborhood,
city & beyond
The Inter-faith Food Pantry
@ Old First Church
Join fellow St. Luke's parishioners in a morning of serving the neighborhood by volunteering at our Inter-faith Food Pantry. Over 300 people are given as many groceries as they can carry in a in a cooperative effort between the San Francisco Food Bank and local churches. Old First Presbyterian and St. Luke’s banded together as good neighbors to start the food pantry in 2010.
The Next Food Pantry Event:
Saturday, September 8,
at 7:30 a.m. at
Old First Presbyterian Church
Old First Church is located at the corner of Van Ness @ Sacramento. If you can join the cheerful crew in the morning at 7:30, or if you want to know more, please contact Tom Hensley at: thomas.hensley@yahoo.com -or- Birgit Jacobsen at: birgit@stlukessf.org.
Longer term, here are the Food Pantry dates currently scheduled for the remainder of 2018: September 8, October 20 and December 1.
There are 4 "All Faith Days", where participating churches rotate responsibility for leading the Food Pantry that day. All Faith Days scheduled for 2018: March 17, June 16, September 15 and December 15. Participating churches are as follows:
Join Us and Help
Support the Food Pantry!
Send a Card to a Parishioner
We have many parishioners who would appreciate a real “snail mail” card from their church family - sent and received the old fashioned, non-electronic, US Postal Service way.
It's easy to reach out to a fellow
parishioner with a card
or postcard to:
Please let this program help you reach people who might appreciate and benefit from receiving a card in the mail.
We have the cards and we have the stamps! You can also use your own card(s)….but please: write a short note, address the envelope, leave it in the box on Birgit's office door and we will stamp and mail it promptly. Easy, thoughtful and a nice surprise for any recipient!
Christian Formation
Outings, Current Events
& Advocacy
"Movie Theology" and "Theater Theology" are examples of interesting outings the church takes together and then discusses over coffee on Sunday mornings. The play The Christians, was enjoyed as a group at the San Francisco Playhouse Theater. We've also viewed and discussed a number of movies together.
Additionally, St. Luke’s has hosted Christian speaker/author Brian McLaren and his “Spiritual Migration” book tour and signing, the Celtic theologian John Philip Newell, Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) and Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander (Proof of Heaven).
Historically, each program year has offered a different series of subjects. Our last program focused on Race, Gender and Gun Violence. Billy Curtis, Executive Director of the Multicultural Sexuality and Gender Center at Cal-Berkeley led two forums on racism and gender identity. His talk was followed by the screening of Traces of the Trade, the story of the DeWolfe family in Rhode Island, a prominent family of businessmen, academic, and church leaders who were deeply involved in the slave trade.
In addition, the rector hosted a panel discussion and reception entitled, "The Moral Imperative to End Gun Violence” with city law enforcement, politicians and anti-gun violence advocates.
International
Missionary
Work
St. Luke’s first international mission trip was to the Philippines in May of 2014 to aid typhoon victims in Tacloban and help impoverished children in Manila.
In 2016, twelve members of St. Luke’s traveled to Guatemala on a 10 day mission trip which saw us traveling all over the country. Were we going to proselytize? Convert? No, we were there to offer our simple gifts in Jesus’s name. We did this through some hard labor, reading and playing with children, and sharing of our earthly treasure. We owe a debt to Lucrecia Sparks for not only showing us her beautiful native country, but also introducing us to wonderful people who make a difference in their impoverished communities.
We are still in touch with the friends we made and served while on these missions. Currently, no international mission trips are planned - and our mission to help those less fortunate than ourselves continues from and at home.
Ending Gun Violence
Our Moral Imperative to
End Gun Violence
St. Luke’s has been a beacon to those impacted by gun violence. The sanctuary was full when we hosted a candle-lit prayer service near the anniversary of the Sandy Hook killings with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi as our guest speaker. We have also marched across the Golden Gate Bridge to protest with Moms Demand Action to End Gun Violence.
A sampling of other ministries:
FAMILY & FUN:
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