advent quiet day saturday december 9, 9 am-noon
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Plan to take some time to pause in the midst of the holiday rush with a Quiet Day from 9 am to noon on Saturday December 9 at St. Luke's in the Meadow, Community Life Center, Meadowbrook-Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, Fort Worth, 76103. The Rev. Julia Rusling, newly moved to the North Region from New Orleans, will be the presenter.

"Despite illness of body or mind, in spite of blinding despair or habitual belief, who you are is whole. Let nothing keep you separate from the truth." -- Donna Faulds.

We are all desirous of the inbreaking of grace -- the experience, usually incarnationally experienced (that is, in our bodies), of God's very real presence in our life. And yet, there is a larger grace, the Grace of Wholeness, inherent in every one of us, individually and communally, as people forever Beloved of our God who creates, sustains, transforms, empowers and heals. This is not to say we do not experience brokenness. We do.

Join Julia to explore such questions as "How does our brokenness (in whatever forms our brokenness takes), and the inbreaking of grace, relate to the Grace of our Wholeness in God?" And "How might attuning to the Grace of our Wholeness assist us in this journey we call Gospel Life?" Exploration will take place through prayer, walking the labyrinth, conversation, silence, and, some good laughs.

To enable good planning for resources, please RSVP to the Rev. Karen Calafat at kcalafat at att.net. And bring a friend!

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 ALL ARE WELCOME - lots of room for ever expanding circles of grace.Join us at 10 am every Sunday as we worship at the Community Life Center at Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue. Parking is directly across the street.   (4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry is housed with us.) 

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helping out at advent, Christmas worship

We are the beanery

At 4Saints Episcopal Food Pantry, member Linda Waring shows off a big assortment of beans donated by the Beanery (also known as St Luke’s in the Meadow). By donating specific items much in demand, congregations help the pantry serve our neighbors. So bring cans of beans to church with you Sunday.

Reverse Advent calendar

Another way to help 4Saints Food Pantry. This is the opposite of the usual Advent calendar where we take things out to count down the days until Christmas Day. With this calendar we give back daily by placing a food item in the box each day. Bring your box to church on Christmas Eve.

Christmas worship

The Christmas season can be hard for folks struggling with grief or other issues, so we offer a Blue Christmas Service to acknowledge that reality. On Christmas Eve we gather to rejoice at the birth of the Christ Child, God becoming human and dwelling among us.  ​All are welcome to join us for all our  worship services.

 St. Luke's is the only local Episcopal Church offering a Taize service. If you like quiet, meditative worship, this is the service for you.
​Each First friday at 6 pm. SOcial time afterward.

Music

Taizé is an ecumenical community in France whose influence has spread throughout the world, especially through its meditative style of music.

centering prayer

Taizé (pronounced: tay-zay) music often takes the structure of an ostinato (a simple melody that repeats over and over) and is meant to serve as a kind of musical centering prayer. 

prayer in song

Because Taizé music itself is intentionally simple, it provides a great way to move our prayer from the head to the heart

Join us 

We invite all to join us in praying this lovely prayer adapted from our baptism liturgy as we strive to always remember who we all are -- the beloveds of God:
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Gracious God, I thank you that by water and Holy Spirit you have bestowed upon me, your servant, the forgiveness of sin, and have raised me to the new life of grace. Sustain me, O Lord, in your Holy Spirit. Give me an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works. Amen. ​​

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  Love God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.’  No other commandment is greater than these. Mark 12:30-31

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​TAIZE SERVICES return to St. Luke's in the Meadow at 6:00 pm on the first Friday of each month at the Family Life Center of the Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue.. Mark first Fridays on your calendar. Services are quiet and meditative, enhanced with Taize music. All are welcome. You do not have to be a member of St. Luke's to attend any service at St. Luke's.

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 On Sunday, October 10, 2021, St. Luke's celebrated the Rev. Karen Calafat's 7th anniversary as our rector. Her ministry among us has blessed us in seventy time seven ways. 

Blessing of the animals 

Observing St. Francis Day, 

The Feast of St. Francis is October 4, but St. Luke's moved the celebration to Sunday, October 3, in the Pavilion at Oakland Lake Park.  We worshiped and  the animals got their St. Francis Day blessings.

Read SOME OF THE sermonS

Read the some of the sermons preached at St. Luke's in the Meadow.   Join us for worship in our new space at the Family Life Center of the Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue.
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​Read the sermon the Rev. Karen Calafat preached on Pentecost, May 23, 2021, St. Luke's first Sunday in their new worship space at 3021 E. Rosedale, Fort Worth, 76105, in the Baker Building on the Texas Wesleyan University Campus. [NOTE: Beginning February 19, 2023, we are worshiping at the Family Life Center of the Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue.]

​"ever-expanding circles of grace"

"Oh,that we might see better times!"

Read the Rev. Karen Calafat's last sermon in the building at 4301 Meadowbrook Drive. The congregation is moving to a new location, because the Texas Supreme Court awarded more than $100 million of Episcopal Church property to people who left The Episcopal Church. St. Luke's building is among that property. 

 The congregation occupying the building at 4301 Meadowbrook Drive  is NOT part of The Episcopal Church. St. Luke's in the Meadow Episcopal Church IS part of The Episcopal Church, and, as of May 23, 2021, is worshiping at 3021 E. Rosedale, FW, 76105.  NOTE: Beginning February 19, 2023, we are  worshiping at the Family Life Center of the Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue. See map below. All are welcome.

 
As of February 19, 2023, St. Luke's in the Meadow is now at the Family Life Center of the Meadowbrook - Poly United Methodist Church, 2529 Mt. View Avenue, at the corner of Mt. View Avenue and Mt. Vernon Avenue.Join us at 10 am every Sunday. All are welcome. 

​Our mailing address is P.O. Box 8695, Fort Worth, TX. 76124.

​To say daily - A Prayer of Self-Dedication (BCP p. 832) 
Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we pray, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people, through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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