I see the annual report as a time capsule for those who come after us, so that it is mostly a year in review; but during the Annual Meeting, I try to use it to look forward a little bit—and so here is a summary of what I talked about at our 2025 Annual Meeting. I...
In her All Saints Day sermon, Dr. Arrington of the Bishop Walker School highlighted the importance of inheritance. She reminded St. Luke’s that we are the recipients of all that has come before us, and encouraged us to remember and honor those who have gone before by...
The Episcopal Church, which originated from the Church of England, has a complex and at times harmful history regarding Native American communities, including the Piscataway, an Indigenous nation historically inhabiting the Chesapeake Bay region of Maryland. This...
Irene Schindler and Peter Stelnyk are the new co-chairs for St. Luke’s Community Engagement (CE) and they hope to extend the excellent CE awareness and engagement developed by the CE team under Patrick Crump’s leadership. CE also hopes to understand and reflect the...
As members of an Episcopal Church, we are familiar with the cycle of liturgical seasons. I think that most of St. Luke’s ministries have a similar rotation of activity, focus, and intent. The Pledge Campaign is one of these recurring, seasonal events, and is necessary...
If you have recited the creeds in the past, you will recall that the Holy Spirit was always referred to as “he.” Recently, that has changed, and the Holy Spirit is now referred to as “she” at St. Luke’s. Why is that? The Christian Bible was written in Greek. The word...
