40 Items for Lent

We are excited to announce that St Luke’s Social Ministry will be supporting the Maine Township Food Pantry again this year during the Lenten season. This annual event has been a wonderful opportunity to help feed our local neighbors in the Maine Township Northwest Suburbs. The Food Pantry feeds over 300 families each month and the need increases every month.

Lent & Holy Week Schedule

Our Lenten Journey 2025 begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5 and culminates with the Festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, April 20 Please, join us on this sacred journey for one or all of these services in remembrance of Christ’s Passion.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday on March 5 marks the beginning of Lent, which is a season of preparation to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Several opportunities for worship and fellowship are offered. All are welcome.

12:00 p.m. service with Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion, followed by a soup luncheon.

7:00 p.m. service with Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion, preceded by a soup supper at 6:00 p.m..

Collaborative Hymn Festival

St. Luke’s choir will participate in a Hymn Festival along with singers from Edison Park Lutheran Church, Epiphany Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, St. John Lutheran Church in Sycamore, and host church St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, on Sunday, February 16, at 4:00 p.m. Come and add your voices to the congregation at this joyful collaborative event! St. Andrew’s is located at 260 N. Northwest Highway in Park Ridge.

Spirit Matters

Spirit Matters on February 19, at 3:00 p.m.
Spirit Matters offers an opportunity to explore Lectio Divina, which is a personal way to encounter God through scripture, and Centering Prayer, in which we quiet our minds and open our hearts to God’s loving presence. Come join us for spiritual rest and refreshment. Your spirit matters! All are welcome.

Empty Bowls Project

Empty Bowls is a grassroots fundraising movement in which artists and craftspeople make and donate bowls, and then serve a simple meal. The empty bowls are taken home as a reminder of world hunger, and the money raised will be donated to The World Hunger Relief Fund.You can participate in 2 ways:
1. Come to the workshop at Centered Clay
Collective and learn how to make ceramic bowls (no experience necessary!) suggested donation:
$20 to cover materials.
2. Purchase hand-crafted bowls at the soup supper on Ash Wednesday (suggested donation: $20 per bowl of