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 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..
The Bach Institute presents:
J.S. BACH’S ST. JOHN PASSION
**Sunday, April 13th, 4:00 PM ct
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Location: 205 N Prospect Ave, Park Ridge, IL 60068
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 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 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
You are invited to participate in in a variety of Bible Study opportunities that are offered in person or online.
COAT DRIVE for Open Arms Ministry and
San Timoteo Lutheran Church in Chicago
St. Luke’s members, we call on your generosity again this year!
Open Arms Ministry – Logan Square and San Timoteo Lutheran Church in Chicago – have both reached out to us for help. They have a large demand in the month of December/January to distribute Winter Coats.
St. Luke’s Social Ministry and Global Links Committees are joining together again to support this effort.
All around us, in Park Ridge and beyond, is an abundance of religious diversity. Our lives intersect with neighbors and co-workers, school friends and sometimes family members too, who belong to other Christian churches or to communities of other religious traditions. How do we bring respectful interest to their practices and beliefs? How do we seek to understand their lives and perhaps to find ways to work together for the common good?
ALIVE! Resumes on Wednesdays: January 8, 22; February 5, 19
5:30 PM: Biblically-based craft activity and interactive games for kids (Please note the new time)
6:00 PM: Devotions and dinner for all
6:45 – 8:30 PM: Card and board games for adults
ALIVE! continually provides a wonderful opportunity for St Luke’s members and their families to gather mid-week, beyond just gather on Sundays.
For any questions, please contact Rita Hoffer: ritamhoffer@yahoo.com