OUR VALUES: Grace • Courage • Wonder • Beyond ABOUT US: St. Luke’s is a wonderfully creative, energetic church, engaged with life. In the St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Summer and Fall of 2018, the St. Luke’s community engaged in a church-wide welcomes you to our Christian visioning process. From that process, we identified four key principles that family, where we share life. guide our ministry and life together. This work reflects who we are today as Wherever you are in your faith a community of faith, and gives direction for the continued journey together. journey, you are accepted and encouraged to grow spiritually. We invite you to join us on this journey. Grace Because all have received God’s grace, we in turn are called to extend to others respect, compassion, acceptance, and love; Courage We take risks Because of the life and teachings of Jesus, we exist to deepen people’s by welcoming different viewpoints, engaging in difficult conversations, and connections with God, show moving beyond comfort zones; Wonder Faith is a journey, not a destination. compassion for all, and reflect God’s Wonder and curiosity inspire us to embrace the journey and explore the love in a way that changes lives. mysteries of God. Beyond God invites us to move beyond the self to others, beyond the norm to the new, and beyond our walls to the world. Grace leads us to Courage. Courage moves us to Wonder. Wonder inspires us to go Beyond. SUNDAY SERVICES: Beyond fills us with Grace for all. 9:00am live-stream service* 10:30am Outdoor Worship** (in- OUR HISTORY AND FUTURE: GROWING WITH FAITH person) *Visit our website stlukeshr.com or our Throughout the history of St. Luke’s, there have been a great number YouTube page to access our live-stream of successes and challenges that have shaped us to be a connecting service. community. On March 13, 1983, St. Luke’s was chartered as a United **Sign-up on website homepage. Methodist Church with 76 families. The first worship service at 8817 S. Broadway was held on March 17, 1985.Two more construction CLERGY TEAM: phases ensued over the next 15 years completed the Narthex in 1994. Rev. Michele Kaminsky, Lead Minister In 2000, we created greatly needed space for Children’s, Youth, and Pastor Liza Stoltz Hanson, Music Ministries, in addition to the creation of a beautiful and versatile Associate Minister worship space. In 2008 we added additional space for Youth Ministry, Adult Education, and the Chapel. SUNDAY SCHOOL Our programs, small group/connection opportunities, and overall Children’s: 9:00am live-stream or membership have continued to flourish over the years. Our Clergy Team 10:30am in-person Adults: Open Minds 3:00pm (Via leads the vision and continues to foster the legacy of the core values that Zoom) are woven into the fabric of St. Luke’s new vision: Grace, Courage, Wonder and Beyond. ST. LUKE’S:YOUR SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY youngsters feel like they are an important part of God’s world. Communion is usually served the first Sunday of each month. Our hearts lead the way when we join in a community. Check out one of our services, connect to God and see if it’s the We embrace new friendships, discover shared passions and right place for you. connections, ask questions, and begin to understand who OUR MUSIC & ARTS: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE Jesus is for us, in our lives. We invite you to experience community with St. Luke’s and discover opportunities that The Music and Arts Ministries are exciting ways to engage in inspire wellbeing and make a difference in our world. We look community and praise God. We are blessed with a variety of talented vocal and instrumental ensembles for adults, youth, forward to sharing our journeys together. and children. Adult music ensembles include the Chancel Choir, OUR SPIRTUAL CARE & FORMATION: Grace Notes, Mens Chorus, Sisters of Soul, Tintinnabulators There are countless ways for you to grow at St. Luke’s. Spiritual Handbell Choir, Ministers of Swing Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Formation and Community Groups are the intentional ways we Orchestra, and the Brass, Flute and Wind Ensembles. Youth music connect you with opportunities to: Engage the inspired & ensembles include St. Luke’s Youth Jazz Orchestra, Joyful Noise inspiring message of the Scriptures; Reflect on who we have been, Handbell Choir, and Soul Purpose Youth Choir. For children, there who we are, and who we will be as God’s people; Open yourself to are a variety of choirs and groups including the Tone Chimes, the ways God is present & active in our lives; Think through and act Kidz Prayz (Primary and Junior Prayz) and Cherub’s Choir. The on our relationship with God’s world. Our Center for Spiritual Arts Ministry includes Puppets, and the Wesley Players that Engagement (CSE) offers experiences that foster health and reach St. Luke’s and the greater community through talents and wholeness of mind, body, heart and spirit. Opportunities include outdoor adventures, counseling, consultation, spiritual gifts in worship and productions year ‘round. Also, check out direction, yoga, retreats, service travel, and educational the Performing Arts Academy (PAA) at paacolorado.org with experiences that inspire connection and wellbeing. Our performance opportunities for children Stephen Ministers provide one- on-one spiritual support and youth throughout the year. and care. OUR CHILDREN: BUILDING A WORLD OF LOVE OUR MISSIONS: OUR COMMUNITY, OUR WORLD Over the years St. Luke’s has worked to create sacred space At St. Luke’s we are engaged in looking outward to help people for children through grade 6 to learn more about the Bible, in our community and throughout the world. Our missions build a faith-based relationship with God and each other. We team coordinates the collection of food and supplies for local offer a wide variety of programs and events for children and and international organizations; organizes outreach projects; and their families to grow with God and develop faithful loving manages funds for local and worldwide missions. The St. Luke’s lives, modeled after the Love, Acceptance, Justice, and Hope of community has provided service from Guatemala to New Jesus. We joyfully provide Sunday School lessons weekly for Jersey, and Washington and back home in Denver. Some of our our preschoolers and our elementary children (Kindergarten- missions include: Cambodia Scholarships, Love INC, Imagine No 6th grade) that build on our values of grace, courage, wonder Malaria, Interfaith Community Services, Nuba Water Project, UMCOR, and beyond in a variety of ways to reach children where they Urban Peak, Warren Village, We Don’t Waste, Walk for Sudan, are. We also have a Nursery with a caring and nurturing staff Sedalia Elementary School, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, & and a weekday preschool program. St. Luke’s Littler School, Pura Vida. offering a Christian hands-on learning environment for ages 2/12 to 5. OUR YOUTH: A PLACE TO GROW, LOVE, PRAY & LAUGH St. Luke’s Youth (SLY) are a group of youth in grades 7-12.They learn what it means to reach out to others in love, acceptance, and joy through fun, fellowship, Bible study, and educational events and experiences, and model these values through missions locally, nationally, and around the world. They have served Habitat for Humanity, repaired churches, built community centers, and worked with the homeless. OUR WORSHIP: START YOUR WEEK IN LOVE GET CONNECTED: JOIN OUR COMMUNITY We invite you to join us for worship each Sunday to deepen At St. Luke’s we encourage you to attend worship, join a your relationship with God so we can reflect the love of small group, and participate in opportunities to serve the Christ in life-changing ways in our world. Our worship community inside our building and out. Check out our services seek to encourage and restore hope by recognizing website, stlukeshr.com, find us on social media (St. Luke’s UMC and celebrating the blessings we have in life, and to bring Highlands Ranch) or contact Renae Parra, Director of healing and renewal to the difficulties we may be experiencing. Servant Ministry, renae©stlukeshr.com. Services include a mix of music, prayer, Bible readings, children’s times and sermons. Sunday Worship services are held at 9:00 a.m. via live stream and at 10:30 a.m. outside for an in-person experience. Please go to stlukeshr.com for the link to the live stream or to sign up for the outdoor service. We joyfully welcome all children at our services, and make