St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Love and Serve 365
219 Chunns Cove Road
Asheville, NC 28805
(828) 254-2133
office@stlukesavl.org
Welcome to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church!
During Phase 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are gathering in different ways for worship, prayer, study and service. The office is open Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 am – 1 pm and you can reach us by phone or email at (828) 254-2133 or office@stlukesavl.org.
For AA meetings and resources, please contact District 70 at: www.ashevilleaa.org.
Please click here for the 2020 Advent and Christmas Schedule
Sundays
10:30 am A service of Holy Eucharist held in-person outside in the gazebo, weather permitting (in inclement weather we meet in Hamilton Hall with doors and windows open).
Capacity for in-person services is limited; to reserve a spot, please contact the parish office at office@stlukesavl.org
When we gather in person, we commit to wearing a mask, maintaining 6 feet of distance from each other, and washing hands or using hand sanitizer.
or by Zoom (“doors” open at 10:15; the service begins at 10:30)
To receive a Zoom invitation, please contact the parish office at office@stlukesavl.org.
The readings appointed for the day https://www.lectionarypage.net/
The Holy Eucharist, Rite II https://www.bcponline.org/
12:00 noon “A Deeper Dive” into the Scripture readings appointed for Sunday – adults gather to discuss the readings appointed for that Sunday with a particular focus
on their relevance for us today.
To join us by Zoom please contact Tammy Young at buckeyeyoung@charter.net.
For the day’s Bible study https://episcopalchurch.org/bible-study/pentecost-a
Wednesdays
12:15 pm A Service of Healing for ourselves, our loved ones and the world – for the prayer list, liturgy and Zoom link, please contact the rector at rector@stlukesavl.org
4:00 pm-6:00 pm Youth group gathering for service and fellowship (Nov. 4 & 18, Dec. 2 & 16, Sun., Dec. 20)
Thursdays
8:00 pm Compline – a quiet service of night prayer. For the Zoom link, please contact the rector @ rector@stlukesavl.org
For the order of service, go to “The Daily Office: An order for Compline” at https://www.bcponline.org/
Second Saturdays (Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan. 9)
9:30 am -11:30 am A time devoted to socially-distanced care of our sacred space, inside and outside.
May the blessings of God be with you.
A Prayer in Time of Pandemic
This hour we turn to you, O Lord, in full knowledge of our frailty, our vulnerability, and our great need as your mortal creatures.
We cry to you, as one human family, unsure of the path ahead, unequal to the unseen forces around us, frightened by the sickness and death that seem all too real to us now.
Stir up your strength and visit us, O Lord; be our shield and rock and hiding place!
Guide our leaders, our scientists, our nurses and doctors. Give them wisdom and fill their hearts with courage and determination.
Make even this hour, O Lord, a season of blessing for us, that in fear we find you mighty to save, and in illness or death, we find the cross to be none other than the way of life.
All this we ask in the name of the One who bore all our infirmities, even Jesus Christ our Risen and Victorious Lord. Amen.
by the Rev. Dr. Kate Sonderegger