What it's like to visit St Luke's
What it's like to visit St Luke's
Worship in St Luke's has a modern outlook in a historic building. We are a warm and welcoming community who would love you to come and worship with us.
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St Luke’s Traditional Service - Sunday 9:30am
St Luke’s Traditional Service - Sunday 9:30am
This formal service is either Morning Prayer or Holy Communion with some parts of the service sung. Hymns are led by the organ, which has recently been refurbished using a bequest, played by our gifted and dedicated organists.
The words for the service (which are mainly from Common Worship) are in service booklets. The service is led by either the Vicar, a retired vicar or one of the authorised lay people.
This service is quite quiet, usually following the same pattern.
There are refreshments after the service for those who want to stay and share fellowship.
Communion services are usually on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month.
St Luke’s Family Service – Sunday 11:15am
St Luke’s Family Service – Sunday 11:15am
This service is more relaxed and contemporary in style. Worship is led by a talented music group with guitar, drums, keyboard and singers. Bass guitar, flute, ukulele and saxophone have also made guest appearances in recent years. Music is chosen each week to complement the service, supporting the theme and teaching and helping set the atmosphere.
On most Sundays, after an opening worship time, the children go out to a range of groups to cater for 0-16 years. The grown ups enjoy a talk and prayers, with family communion celebrated once a month (usually on the 4th Sunday).
Words for the service are displayed on screens at the front. There is often some interaction during the service to link with the theme.
The service is followed by tea, coffee and biscuits (if you can get there before the kids!)
The Building
The Building
St Luke’s is a Victorian Church with stained glass; choir and high altar and tower (but no bells!) and many architectural features to inspire. We are also blessed with the vision and hard work of the congregation in the late 1990s, who converted the rear third of the main space into a church centre.
Across two floors, this includes two larger rooms and three smaller rooms, along with a large kitchen downstairs, a kitchenette upstairs and toilets on both floors. As well as being let out, these rooms provide flexible spaces for the church's work through the year.
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