All are invited to consider preparing for the celebration of Jesus’ birth by participating in the Christmas Pageant, including adult actors, volunteers andparticipants.
The Christmas Pageant will be held on Saturday December 24th at the 5:00pm Christmas Eve Mass. Rehearsals for the pageant will be held on November 24 and December 8, 15, 22 and 24. Please email Mo. Lewis (vlewis@stlukeinthefields.org) if you would like to participate in the Christmas Pageant or if you have questions.
St. Luke Choir Concert Series 2024-2025
saintlukesnyc.org/concertseason Season Subscription tickets are $135, General admission is $40, and Student and Senior tickets are $30.
Our Next Concert: A French Baroque
Christmas: Music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier December 12, 2024 at 7:30 pm, Lecture at 6:30 pm
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields with Baroque in the Fields orchestra
The French noël represents a tradition of popular Christmas celebration and rich source of melodies that became a preoccupation of French composers. The concert will feature Charpentier’s delightful Messe de Minuit (‘Midnight Mass’), written perhaps for Christmas 1694, based on ten of these popular carol melodies. The program will include In Nativitatem Domini, H.416, Charpentier’s most substantial dramatic oratorio for the Christmas season.
upcoming events
Annual Giving Tree for St. Luke’s Outreach
Starting Sunday, December 1
Celebrate Christmas at St. Luke’s by making the holidays brighter for our Outreach program participants. We’ll be collecting gifts for Art & Acceptance, and our Community Closet families. Go online to our Amazon wish list at saintlukesnyc.org/outreach_wishlist, drop off your gifts at church or at the parish house, or send us a check, and we’ll do the shopping for you. For more information, contact Hannah Sohn (212.414.7442 | hsohn@stlukeinthefields.org) and thank you!
Advent Retreat at Holy Cross Monastery
Our annual Fall Retreat is currently full! If you would like to be considered for our Lenten Retreat, please contact Lily in the parish office.
Holiday Tea at Three
Thursday, December 19 at 3pm
Join us for a festive High Tea at 3pm in Laughlin Hall. All are Welcome!
Tea at Three is sponsored by the Pastoral Care Network.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday, December 6
The Adoration will take place immediately following the 12:00 Holy Eucharist. This service is held on the first Friday of each month.
Advent Candles and Prayers Available
Pray through the season with us by bringing home a set of Advent Candles and accompanying prayers. Suggested Donation: $10 Contact Fr. Ancona, or pick up your candles on Sunday, December 1! Available while supplies last.
Winter Coat and Clothing Drive for Outreach Ministries.
Sneakers, hiking/walking shoes and boots are also welcome!
We are currently gathering gently used coats and warm clothing items to hand out at Community Closet and Art & Acceptance. For men, women, children and babies! Please drop off all donations to the Parish House or in Laughlin Hall. Thank you! Contact Hannah Sohn if you have questions about donating to Outreach (hsohn@stlukeinthefields.org)
SUNDAYS
9:15 am Sung Mass 11:15 am Choral Mass
Weekdays
12:00 pm Said Eucharist
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Follows the 12:00 pm service every first Friday.
Vespers & Bible Study Wednesdays at 6:00 pm
Centering Prayer Thursdays at 7pm on Zoom
upcoming feast days
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 24
5:00 pm Pageant & Eucharist
9:30 pm Carols and Festive Eucharist
Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25
10:30 am Holy Eucharist
First After Christmas
Sunday, December 29
9:15 am Holy Eucharist
11:15 am Holy Eucharist
The Feast of the Epiphany Monday, January 6 6:30 pm Holy Eucharist worship schedule
Second After Christmas
Sunday, January 5
9:15 am Holy Eucharist 11:15 am Holy Eucharist
stewardship and giving
Donating to St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s relies on donations to help maintain and grow missioncentered programming. Scan the QR Code to donate online today!
Volunteer With A Liturgical Guild
There are many opportunities for service in the Liturgical Guilds of St Luke in the Fields. Lay participation is your chance to serve our beloved faith community. If you are interested in volunteering or just have questions, please contact:
Acolyte Guild: Michael Cudney (Mcudney55pte@gmail.com)
Altar Guild: Sean Scheller (seanscheller@gmail.com)
Lectors Guild: Amanda Durant (atdurant@gmail.com)
Ushers Guild: Stephen Novak (stevenov13@gmail.com)
Music & Arts: Melissa Cocco (melissacoccomelissa@gmail.com)
Legacy
Giving
Contact: Hannah Sohn (hsohn@stlukeinthefields.org)
A gift to St. Luke’s Church in your will or revocable trust proclaims your confidence that we will continue to worship, witness, learn, grow, and serve, participating fully in the life of our city and the larger church, for generations to come.
Pledging in 2025
Pledge online: saintlukesnyc.org/pledge
Please consider committing your time, talent or treasure to St. Luke’s for the next calendar year. Pledge forms are available at the back of the church and in the parish office. If you have questions regarding the status of your pledge, please contact the Business Office (212.924.1523).
hospitality at st. luke’s
Tea at Three
Seasonally throughout the year RSVP online: saintlukesnyc.org/tea3 by email: info@stlukeinthefields.org by phone: 212.924.0562
Join us on select Thursdays throughout the year for High Tea at 3pm in Laughlin Hall. RSVP requested but not required. All are welcome to attend. For more information about Tea at Three please visit our website or contact Donald (donald.conrad@me.com)
Coffee Hour After Each Service Sundays throughout the year
St. Luke’s invites all parishioners and visitors to stay for coffee hour after all Sunday morning services. Join us in the School Dining Room for refreshments and community. We welcome donations of baked goods! Please note that the school is a nut-free zone.
Adult Baptisms, Confirmations, Reception, and Reaffirmation of Vows are celebrated yearly at the Easter Vigil. Our Formation Program prepares adults for these sacramental rites.
Baptism For Infants & Children
Contact: Mo. Victoria Lewis (vlewis@stlukeinthefields.org)
The Sacrament of Baptism will be celebrated next at The Baptism of Our Lord on January 12, 2024. If you or someone you know is considering having their child baptized, please contact Mo. Victoria for more information.
Funerals, Memorials & Burials
Contact: Fr. Andrew Ancona (aancona@stlukeinthefields.org)
To schedule a funeral, memorial or burial, please contact Fr. Ancona. St. Luke’s does not have a graveyard; there is a columbarium (niches for funeral urns to be stored) in the Church.
Weddings and Blessings of Civil Marriages are for current members and their immediate families and are performed by the clergy of St. Luke’s. Please see a clergy person after mass for more information.
prayer groups
Daily Office on Zoom
Monday & Wednesday at 5:30pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 8am
Saturday at 9am
Contact: Michael Cudney (mcudney55pte@gmail.com)
Interested in praying the Daily Office with others? St. Paul’s, Carroll Street and St. Luke in the Fields offer a joint ministry of parishioner-led services six days a week. To learn more or to find out about leading a service, contact us.
Centering Prayer
Thursdays 7 pm on Zoom
Contact: Richard Kigel (718.698.7514 | interiorsilence@gmail.com)
Silence. Openness. Rest. Tranquility. These are all words that can describe someone who is beginning to taste the reality of God’s presence within. Centering Prayer offers an opportunity to lay aside the unrelenting tumult and troubles from our everyday lives in order to reach what T. S. Eliot called “the still point of the turning world.”
Intercessory Prayer Group
Contact: prayerlist@stlukeinthefields.org
St. Luke’s maintains two prayer lists: a printed list for parishioners, family, loved ones and close friends of parishioners, and an electronic list for private concerns and for a wider circle of concern that may include parish members’ acquaintances, loved ones of close friends, etc. All of the names on the printed list and the electronic list are prayed for regularly by members of the Intercessory Prayer Group.
faith formation
Catechumenate: Adult Formation
October - April
The Formation Program at St. Luke’s is designed to prepare adult parishioners for Baptism, Confirmation, Reception, or the Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows at the Easter Vigil. It is a way for people to find their way “home” at St. Luke’s, whether from another tradition, no tradition, or a life-time with the Episcopal Church.
The Discovery Series is open to anyone interested in the subject matter, and the latter part is for those who have completed the Discovery Series and wish to proceed as candidates to be presented to the Bishop at the Easter Vigil. All candidates are paired with a sponsor who will introduce them more deeply to the life and ministries of St. Luke’s Church. Candidates are expected to attend all four sessions of the Discovery Series and to participate in all subsequent meetings of the program. Full participation in the liturgies of Holy Week is strongly encouraged. Please contact Fr. Ancona for more information.
Text Talk at Coffee Hour
10:20 am in the School Dining Room
Have you ever wanted to ask a question about that one random verse in the epistle on a Sunday morning? Or perhaps you have a question about the history of an event covered in the Gospel for that morning? Sermons can only address so much on a Sunday morning, so consider joining us weekly,Sundays at coffee hour to talk about the lessons in depth, ask questions, and study the Bible with fellow parishioners.
faith formation
The Antiracism Discussion Group
Meets Mondays at 7pm on Zoom beginning September 9
Email: ardg@stlukeinthefields.org
The Antiracism Discussion Group discusses contemporary and historical issues of race, color, and ethnicity and their impact on our society in order to enable change in perspective, both individually and collectively, to encourage antiracism in the broader community. It is designed as a safe place for members of our parish and community to gain a deeper understanding of how racism affects our lives.
For book recommendations and resources, visit our bibliography on LibraryThing (librarycat.org/lib/stlukeschurch).
Sacred Ground is a film-and readings-based dialogue series on race, grounded in faith.Small groups are invited to walk through chapters of America’s history of race and racism, while weaving in threads of family story, economic class, and political and regional identity.
Sacred Ground is part of Becoming Beloved Community, The Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society. This series is open to all, and especially designed to help white people talk with other white people.Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day –all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.
If you’re interested in participating in our next session, join our mailing list: saintlukesnyc.org/sacredground You will be contacted about dates for our next series.
children youth and families
Sunday School: Godly Play
Sundays September - June
This semester, we offer Godly Play as the foundation for Christian Formation for children in Pre-K - Grade 5 each week.
Support our Sunday School Programming for children and families is made possible by the generous gifts of time, talent, and treasure from our parishioners and friends! We welcome your support of these important ministries as we nurture the next generation of disciples in a spirit of joy and wonder. Consider volunteering as a Lead Storyteller or Doorkeeper/Circle Chaperone. You can also donate a lesson.
Youth Formation
Sunday Mornings
Youth in Grades 6 - 12 are invited to a time of fellowship and formation on Sundays at 10:20. Come hang out, and discuss questions of life and faith with friends and teachers.
Youth Confirmation
St. Luke’s offers Youth Confirmation to Youth in Grades 8 - 12. Preparation for Confirmation will take place in class and in worship. Meeting times will begin mid September with the conferring of the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Easter Vigil.
children youth and families
Baptism: Inquiries Welcome!
Preparations for the Sacrament of Baptism will now be for those celebrated at The Baptism of Our Lord (Jan 5).
Future dates include: The Easter Vigil (April 19)
If you or someone you know is considering having their child baptized, please contact Mo. Lewis for more information.
Childcare
Childcare is offered during worship services and other parish events, as announced. Please contact Mo. Lewis for more information. Note: All child-care staff are vaccinated against Covid-19.
To learn more about these programs, please contact Mo. Lewis (vlewis@stlukeinthefields.org) or visit our website: saintlukesnyc.org/cyf
2024 – 2025 Concert Season
Music for the Nuns of San Vito
Concert On Demand Tickets Available: saintlukesnyc.org/concertseason
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields with Baroque in the Fields orchestra
In the late 16th century, the chronicles of historians and travelers in Italy provide images of a fabulous musical world inhabited by women – singers, players and composers. One of the most musically renowned convents was San Vito in Ferrara. The Concert Mistress was Raphaella Aleotti, the first nun to have music published. The concert will include motets by Aleotti and Palestrina’s massive Missa Confitebor tibi.
A French Baroque Christmas: Music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier
December 12, 2024 at 7:30 pm, Lecture at 6:30 pm
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields with Baroque in the Fields orchestra
The French noël represents a tradition of popular Christmas celebration and rich source of melodies that became a preoccupation of French composers. The concert will feature Charpentier’s delightful Messe de Minuit (‘Midnight Mass’), written perhaps for Christmas 1694, based on ten of these popular carol melodies. The program will include In Nativitatem Domini, H.416, Charpentier’s most substantial dramatic oratorio for the Christmas season.
concert series
Kings of the Earth and Queen of Heaven: Music of Pierre de Manchicourt
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 pm, Lecture at 6:30 pm
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
Largely unknown until recently, the music of Pierre de Manchicourt is at last finding its way onto the early music concert stage. Manchicourt, the first director of Philip II’s chapel of Flemish singers, was the last great composer writing in the older style of Franco-Flemish polyphony, standing between Josquin and Lassus. Manchicourt employs full, rich textures to produce music that is sonorous and uniquely radiant and transcendent. The concert will feature the six-voice Missa Reges Terra and the Easter motet Regina caeli, along with other motets composed for King Phillip’s chapel.
Handel in Italy: Masterpieces of Latin Sacred Music
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 pm, Lecture at 6:30 pm
Choir of St. Luke in the Fields with Baroque in the Fields orchestra
In 1706, Handel travelled to Italy, where he remained for almost four years. During his time there, he absorbed Italian musical styles and worked with prominent musicians. The concert includes two major choral works composed by Handel.in Rome: the dramatic and virtuosic Dixit Dominus and Laudate pueri. While in Rome, Handel encountered Arcangelo Corelli, who had a profound impact on Handel’s instrumental music. Corelli’s Concerto Grosso No. 7 in D Major will also be featured.
For information about Concerts at St. Luke’s: 212.414.7440 | music@stlukeinthefields.org
Recordings Available for the 2023-2024 Season stlukeinthefields.store
Visit our online store for video recordings of last season’s concerts, cds and tickets.
outreach
Community Closet
Saturdays from 2 - 4 pm
Every Saturday (excepting Church holidays/events) from 3-4 in Laughlin Hall, we provide clothing, personal care items, and brown bag sandwich meals to anyone in need. All items are provided free of charge.
Currently our most needed items are gently used summer clothing and especially rolling suitcases!
Art & Acceptance at St. Luke’s is our Saturday evening drop-in program featuring meals, safe space, and arts programming for homeless and marginally housed LGBTQ+ youth. In NYC right now, over half of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ+.
The GO Project
Contact: Hannah Sohn (hsohn@stlukeinthefields.org )
The GO Project at St. Luke’s works to ensure opportunity for children at NYC’s most under-resourced public schools, by providing academic, social, emotional, and family support services in a space of belonging and inclusivity.
the gardens at st. luke’s
Barrow St. Garden Hours
Monday - Saturday, 10 am - dusk
Sunday, 12:00 pm - dusk
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields welcomes the public to its private gardens, and is pleased to open them to the community as a place of respite. Food is allowed, but smoking and alcoholic beverages are not. Please refrain from cellphone conversations and from feeding the birds or squirrels. Dispose of your trash. The gardens are a pet-free zone; service dogs are not allowed on the South Lawn, for the sake of the children who play there.
st. luke’s thrift shop
Thrift Shop Hours
Wednesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
212.924.9364
thriftshop@stlukeinthefields.org
The St. Luke’s Thrift Shop sells gently used clothes and household items in support of our Outreach programs. Donations of clothing, small household items and accessories are gratefully accepted during shop hours. Please do not leave donations outside when the shop is unattended.
