St. Luke's Church has re-opened for in-person worship. Please scroll down to read the Protocols for attendance. We are also livestreaming our Sunday services via Facebook Live. 
Click here to visit our Facebook page at 10:30 A.M. to watch the service or thereafter to view the video at a later time. You may also watch it below on the website.
We have resumed in-person Coffee Hour. If we are able to continue it via Zoom for those unable to worship with us on Sundays, it will begin after service at approximately 11:45 A.M. Please watch for an update on this and email us for credentials.
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Facebook, check our website here at www.StLukesHaworth.org or sign up below for This Week @ St Luke's, our weekly eBlast for parishioners.
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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
June 13 , 2021
In today's Gospel lesson (Mark 4:26-34), Jesus gives his disciples a vision of the kingdom of God through a parable. He says, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”"
Read all of today's lessons here:
https://www.lectionarypage.net/.../Pentecost/BProp6_RCL.htmlClick here to link to our "Sermons" archive and read today's message about family by Rev. Bev.
JOIN US for WORSHIP on SUNDAYS at 10:30 A.M., IN PERSON at CHURCH or VIRTUALLY on FACEBOOK LIVE!
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Parish News & Notes
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Protocols for In Person Worship
• In person worship with 50 people or less in worship space, including ministers
• NO nursery or childcare, but children are welcome to worship with their families
• In-person Coffee Hour has resumed with socially distanced seating.
• Our outside groups are beginning to resume their meetings within the same protocols as the parish uses
Protocols
• Vulnerable people continue to shelter. If ill, please stay at home. Any person who has had any contact with known COVID-19 confirmed cases or who has flu like symptoms or fever should stay home and self-quarantine.
• Only the kitchen entrance is to be used entering and exiting on Sunday.
• Doors open 15 minutes prior to worship. Exterior and interior doors will be propped open to facilitate touch-free access. Or, someone will be assigned to open and close doors.
• Cloth face coverings/masks are required throughout the worship service. If you don’t have one, it will be provided.
• Everyone to maintain at least 6 feet distance.
• In pews, maintain at least 6 feet separation. Pews are marked for spacing between parties in any row (except members of the same household who may sit adjacent to one another with six feet distance on all sides of their group).
• Frequent handwashing/sanitizing is required. Please wash your hands before and after using the bathroom to ensure the safety of others.
• All copies of the Book of Common Prayer and the hymnals have been removed from the pews but have been made available via a lending library sign-out system.
* If you signed out a hymnal and/or Prayer Book for virtual worship at home, continue to bring them with you and take them back home. Although they are emailed to parishioners in advance, printed bulletins and inserts are available in church.
• Communion will be distributed in one element – wafers only. You do not have to receive communion if you are uncomfortable doing so.
• Communicants will receive wafers from the priest while sitting in their pews.
• There will be no lighting of the votive candles in the back of the church.
• No physical contact between attendees (i.e., shaking hands, hugging, fist bumping, high fiving, etc.) anywhere on church premises.
• No Collection plates. A receptacle at the double doors into the church from the parish hall will allow parishioners to give their offering without touching anything.
• Online and mail-in giving is encouraged.
• No "receiving line" after worship. Families and individuals will be asked to exit pew by pew while maintaining social distance.
For those who may still not feel comfortable, we are continuing to live stream the services via Facebook.
To get to the page, go here:
www.facebook.com/stlukesepiscopalhaworth OR access it from the home page of our website at
www.stlukeshaworth.orgAbout Our Live Streamed Services
We will be live streaming our service each Sunday going forward on Facebook Live. That means you can watch the service both in real time at 10:30 A.M. or later at any time as a recorded video. Our Facebook page is public, so you do not need to be a member of Facebook to view it. If you visit online with us, please check in or make a comment so that we know you are worshipping with us.
To get to the page, go here: www.facebook.com/stlukesepiscopalhaworth
OR access it from the home page here on our website at www.stlukeshaworth.org
Our Facebook page is public. If you get a message saying you need to log in or create an account, you can ignore that and click ANYWHERE on the LEFT column (videos, photos etc.) and that message to log in will disappear and you may now enjoy the live Facebook presentation. You cannot make comments the way other people do unless you have a Facebook account and you are logged into that account.
Whether you have an account or not, we would love to know that you worshipped with us. Check in or leave a comment if you are on Facebook. Otherwise, send us an email @ office@stlukeshaworth.org and let us know you were with us!
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A PRAYER FOR 
HEALING
The Almighty Lord, who is a strong tower to all who put their trust in him,
to whom all things in heaven, on earth, and under the earth bow and obey:
Be now and evermore your defense, and make you know and feel that
the only Name under heaven given for health and salvation is
the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. (The Book of Common Prayer, 1979)
One of our parishioners recently shared our Sunday virtual service on Facebook and asked if anyone needed prayers. He was overwhelmed by the number of prayer requests he received. As a result, St. Luke's has now started a Community Prayer Chain.
As friends of St. Luke's, we invite you to share your concerns with us. If you need prayers for a relative(s) or friend(s), please let us know by listing their FIRST names only in the comments section on our Facebook page or private message us if you prefer. Names received before Saturday at Noon will be included in the Prayers of the People during our Sunday Service of Holy Eucharist livestreamed on Facebook the next day. Prayer is one thing we can all do collectively and effectively!
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St. Luke’s is a loving, inclusive, Christ-centered faith community in the Episcopal Diocese of Newark in Northern New Jersey. We
seek to be a bridge between traditions and communities. We welcome anyone who wants to learn and grow in the knowledge and love of God.
Families, couples and singles, young and not-as-young as we used to be, we come from many traditions, backgrounds and perspectives, but we live together with confidence in the abundance of life found in the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Trusting in the Holy Spirit for inspiration, we seek to be the body of Christ in our part of the world.
We gather weekly to celebrate God’s love and grace toward all God’s creation. We sing, pray, listen to and study the Holy Scripture, hearing how God forgives our sins, enlightens our minds, stirs our hearts and strengthens our wills. In community we gather to support, encourage and share fellowship with one another and to reach out to the community and the world around us.
If you do not currently have a church home because you’re new, returning or searching, then come -- just as you are -- and worship
with us.
43 Massachusetts Ave & Grant St
Haworth, NJ 07641
201-384-0706
St. Luke's is located east of the Garden State Parkway and west of the Palisades Interstate Parkway about 4 miles south of the New York State line in the beautiful Northern Valley section of New Jersey in the Borough of Haworth. We are convenient to the neighboring boroughs of Dumont, New Milford, Closter, Cresskill and Demarest.
To reach St. Luke's from anywhere in the Northern Bergen County area, find your way to Knickerbocker Road (CR 501). We are located just two short blocks west of Knickerbocker Road on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue. There is plenty of parking in our lot at the rear of the church off Massachusetts Avenue. The main entrance to the Church is on Grant Street.
The easiest way to enter St. Luke’s is through the side door up the walkway from the parking lot that will bring you into the Parish Hall. The big double doors and the gentle rampway make our space accessible to anyone disabled. We invite all new and old friends to come and join us in worship and celebration each Sunday.
Have a question about our church? A prayer concern you'd like to share? Want to receive our eNewsletter and Parish News alerts? Please contact us and let us know your need.
To learn more about St Luke's Episcopal Church and what we have to offer, please feel free to:
call us at 201-384-0706
email us at
Office@StLukesHaworth.org
(or use the contact form above) or
Like us at facebook.com/StLukesEpiscopalHaworth/.
Better yet, stop by on a Sunday morning and visit with us!
