St Luke's Episcopal Church

Service on the Slopes
2025-01-06 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-01-13 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-01-20 14:30 - 15:30, 2025-01-27 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Holiday Valley Ski Resort, 6557 Holiday Valley Rd, Ellicottville, NY, 14731, United States
Join the Rector for a brief ecumenical service of prayer, scripture reading and communion with a conversational sermon on the slopes of Holiday Valley. We meet in the Warming Hut on top of Cindy’s lift at 2:30pm. All are welcome.

Rhythms of Grace
2025-01-11 10:00 - 11:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Rhythms of Grace is a laid-back, interactive church service designed to spark imagination in children, no matter where they are int heir spiritual or emotional development: Children from as young as 6 months to as old as 6th grace, from neurotypical to neurodivergent, come to enjoy the service and the community. We sing songs, tell a Bible story, participate in interactive stations, and share communion. Brunch is served following the service. The service in January will be on Saturday, January 11 at 10am in the Undercroft.

Rhythms of Grace gathers in St. Luke’s Undercroft at 10 am on the second Saturday of the month from September through May.

Decho Ensemble
2025-01-17 18:00 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
From Decho Ensemble’s Website:
“Hailed as a “winning combination in every way!,” Decho was founded by Sarah Marcheitelli and Jacob Swanson in 2011 with the intention of sharing the saxophone as a concert instrument of wide ranging capability. Critically acclaimed for their “blend and precision,” the ensemble has performed throughout North America and Europe. Following years of continuous collaboration, in 2019 Dr. Katherine Petersen joined Decho to champion works for voice and saxophone.”
Join Decho Ensemble for an evening of music at St. Luke’s on January 17 at 6pm in the church.

Winter Farmer's Market
2025-01-18 09:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Hosted by the Jamestown Public Market, the next Winter Farmer’s market is on January 18th from 9 am – 1 pm at St. Luke’s Undercroft (Enter at 4th and Main Street doors.)
We will continue to offer FREE pancakes and coffee at next month’s market, complete with gluten-free and dairy-free choices.
By fostering a vibrant gathering place right downtown, our winter market aims to bring people together and provide a cozy refuge from the cold WNY mornings – all while supporting our local economy!
For information on vendor opportunities, contact Nick Weith, Market Manager at nick.weith@stlukesjamestown.org.

Church of the Wild
2025-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 | West Side Overland Hiking Trail, 7045 NY-474, Panama, NY, 14767, United States
Our next venture into the wild is January 18th at 10am at the West Side Overland Trail. We will be meeting at the parking lot on 474 just outside of Panama (7045 NY-474, Panama, NY 14767).

Soup-or Chili Cook-Off
2025-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Each year, following the final session of the Annual Meeting at the 10 am service, St. Luke’s hosts an annual Soup-or Chili Cook-Off: Chefs donate their best soups and chilis, while St. Luke’s community votes for the best culinary creation. Participants pay $2 to purchase a bowl and spoon – plus $1 per scoop of soup. The soup and chili (one in each category) that receive the most “votes” (that is, scoops of soup) wins!

All proceeds from the fundraiser benefit St. Luke’s Youth Service and Pilgrimage trips. To make this fundraiser a success, we need YOU: Contestants interested in entering their soup or chili, contact Jessica Frederick to sign up. For those who are not culinarily-inclined, bring your appetite and a friend on January 26th.

How Do I Eat That? Mushrooms
2025-02-21 17:30 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Have you ever been to the market and seen something and wondered, “How do I eat that?” Well we are exploring a series to answer that questions! Starting with some of the more unique food items at the market: MUSHROOMS!
Join Jamestown Public Market in St. Luke’s Undercroft on February 21st from 5:30 to 7:30 and learn from owner of Barnett’s Mushrooms, Emilie, what mushrooms are, how they grow, and the different types that can be found in the wild here in WNY. After that, join in preparing mushroom “crabcakes”, so the next time you’re at the market you know what to make with all of the unique mushrooms our vendors have to offer! Drinks and salad to go with the crabcakes will be provided.
This event is FREE, but donations are accepted.
Please RSVP to Sei at sei.paulson@stlukesjamestown.org so we can get an accurate amount of food!

Winter Farmers Market
2025-02-22 09:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Show your love for your local farmers and vendors Saturday, February 22 from 9am-1pm in St. Luke’s Undercroft at the next Winter Farmers Market! The St. Luke’s Undercroft will be packed full of tasty local food and handmade goods.

Stop onto the stage for FREE pancakes ! (gluten, dairy, and soy free available)

Check into the Market Info Table near the entry to get this month’s Recipe Scavenger Hunt ! Find at least 4 ingredients on the recipe from local vendors and come back for a $2 coupon. Those who find all ingredients can enter to win a $10 gift certificate!

And stop and listen to Luke Villavicencio, guitar player at SUNY Fredonia

See you Saturday at the market!

Monday Night Cafe
2025-02-24 18:00 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Join the Jamestown Public Market for a FREE community meal with food sourced from local farmers and producers! February’s cafe is on Monday, February 24 from 6-7:30pm in St. Luke’s Undercroft. On the menu:
-Egg bake
-Pancakes (gluten and dairy free available)
-Local bacon
-Potatoes
-Fresh Fruit

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
2025-03-04 17:00 - 19:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Before the austerity of Lent, we celebrate with a pre-Lenten feast of pancakes and sausage on Shrove (from the Old English—to shrive: to confess) on Tuesday, March 4 from 5pm to 7pm in St. Luke’s Undercroft. The dinner costs $7. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit St. Luke’s Youth Service and Pilgrimage trips.

Ash Wednesday at St. Luke's
2025-03-05 | NY
We will have services on March 5th at 7am, 12pm and 7pm at St. Luke’s, in addition to Ashes to Go offered from 1pm to 3pm offered in front of the church, on North Main Street.

WNY Refugee Film Festival-Local Screening
2025-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
On Thursday, March 6th at 7pm in St. Luke’s Undercroft, the New Neighbors Coalition will host a local showing of the WNY Refugee Film Festival’s screening of three shorts, Displaced but Not Defeated, Return Date: Unknown, and Out of Aleppo (three short films by refugee teens). Come watch with us and enjoy some movie snacks! This event will be provided free of cost due to the generosity of our partner, Journey’s End Refugee Services.
More information about the WNY Refugee Film Festival:
https://www.wnyrff.org/home2
More information about the films:
The Journey’s End WNY Refugee Film Festival is proud to present three short docs by refugee and displaced teens from Colombia, Ukraine, and Syria: Displaced But Not Defeated, Return Date: Unknown, and Out Of Aleppo. Maria, a displaced teen from Colombia due to decades-long civil war and gang violence that took the life of her father, uses her film as an activist tool to fight poverty and racism. Tymur, a refugee from Ukraine, shares his view on the cost of war and the price of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. Mohammad fled Syria to Berlin, and hopes he gives a voice to all refugees by exploring themes of loss, art, and hope in his film. Perfect for teens and adults!
Directors: Maria Ceballos Paz, Tymur Tsapliienko, and Mohammad Shasho
Running Time: 27m each
Languages: Spanish, Ukrainian, Arabic
Subtitles: English
Production/Distribution Company: BYkid

Rhythms of Grace
2025-03-08 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-04-12 10:00 - 11:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
A monthly children’s service on the 2nd Saturday of the month designed with wiggly kids in mind, in an environment that is relaxed and flexible. (If you want to bring your kids to church for the first time, and you’re unsure how it might go, Rhythms of Grace is a good place to start!) We meet in the Undercroft and brunch is provided after the service.

Creative Nonviolence Workshop
2025-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Creative nonviolence is a toolkit developed by ordinary people to transform conflict. On Saturday, March 15th, from 1-3 pm, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will host a Creative Nonviolence Workshop to explore this rich tradition. From an overview of the Civil Rights Movement to practicing conflict transformation through nonviolent action, this workshop will be practical and interactive. Momina Di Blasio, New Neighbors Coalition Manager, will offer a “Know Your Rights” overview for interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Jessica Frederick will be the workshop’s facilitator: A Jamestown native who worked in the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a human rights observer and practitioner of creative nonviolence from 2007-2010, Jessica brings years of training, knowledge, experience, and passion to this topic. By attending, participants will begin to cultivate the initial tools and insights needed to become effective advocates for peaceful conflict resolution in their own communities.

Winter Market
2025-03-22 09:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Our first Winter Farmers Market Season! Local food, live music, and free pancakes coffee! A perfect way to start the weekends and get out of the house during winter. Join us in the Undercroft at St. Luke’s (enter through 4th and Main St. Doors) from 9am-1pm on Saturday, March 22.

Church of the Wild
2025-03-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Gerry, NY, Harris Hill, Gerry, NY, 14740, United States
The next Church of the Wild will explore part of the Fred J. Cusimano Eastside trail on Saturday, March 29th at 10 am. We will gather at the East Overland trail parking lot, at the intersection of Harris Hill Road and West Hill Road in Gerry.

Organ Plus Concert: Honoring Ron's Legacy
2025-04-06 16:00 - 17:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
The Chautauqua Chapter of the American Guild of Organists’ Organ Plus Concert at St. Luke’s on Sunday, April 6th at 4:00pm will be a memorial to the late Ron McEntire, Organist and Minister of Music for nearly 10 years at St. Luke’s until his death in 2023. As Ron was an avid performer of Cesar Franck’s works, the concert will feature one of Franck’s organ chorales performed from the archives of Ron’s recordings which are stored in memory of Ron on the Aeolian-Skinner Organ at the church. Local student organist performers include Julia Pound, Greta Roushey, and SUNY Fredonia students Aaron and Boaz Mecham, Trevor Napoli, and St. Luke’s very own Maddie DeJoy! Owen Reyda, who grew up locally and is now an organ major at Oberlin Conservatory, is also making the trip to perform. Local AGO member organists scheduled to perform include Brian Bogey, Gail Espinoza, Don Fellows, Andy Schmidt (with Danica Olson singing) and Donna Gatz.
A free will offering at the concert will benefit the Young Organist Scholarship Fund of the Chautauqua Chapter, which awards scholarships to students continuing in organ studies plus sponsorships to pipe organ encounters. It also supplies organ shoes and music to students. A reception will follow the conclusion of the concert.

Chrism Liturgy and Renewal of Vows
2025-04-08 10:00 - 11:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Clergy from both the Diocese of Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania will join visiting Bishop Eugene Sutton at the annual Chrism liturgy to renew their vows (and lay folks in attendance their baptismal vows). The bishop will also consecrate holy oil to be used in baptism and anointing the sick. The service is open to the public. Join us on Tuesday, April 8th at 10am in the church.

Palm Cross Making
2025-04-10 17:00 - 18:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Nimble-fingered or not, you are invited to join the Altar Guild and friends for a fun night of palm cross making. Experts will teach you the time treasured technique of cross making. A pizza dinner and refreshments are provided. Come learn a new skill and make some new friends on Thursday, April 10 at 5pm in the Undercroft.

Tenebrae
2025-04-16 19:00 - 20:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Tenebrae is a service of about the play of shadows and light that prepares us for the mystery of Triduum (the three holy days before Easter). With Scripture reading, singing and candle extinguishing we sink into the passion of Christ’s last days. The service will be at 7pm in the chapel.

Maundy Thursday Services
2025-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
On Maundy Thursday, we remember the new commandment that Jesus gives us by loving through humble service—even the washing of feet. We conclude the service by stripping the altar to prepare for Good Friday. Join us in vulnerability of love.
Services are in the chapel at 12:05pm and in the church at 7:00pm with choir.

Good Friday Services
2025-04-18 12:00 - 14:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
On Good Friday, we’ll remember the way that God’s willingness to suffer with us creates for all of humanity an abiding sense of goodness…which is why the call the day “good” even though it contains so much sadness and “badness.” The service includes special music, the veneration of the cross and mass of the presanctified. Services are at Noon in the church and at 7pm in the church with the choir.

Easter Vigil
2025-04-19 19:00 - 20:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
The mysterious service begins in darkness on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter, and consists of four parts: The Service of Light (kindling of new fire, lighting the Paschal candle, the Exsultet); The Service of Lessons (readings from the Hebrew Scriptures interspersed with psalms, canticles, and prayers); Christian Initiation (Holy Baptism) or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows; and the Eucharist. We begin the service in the church at 7pm.

Easter Day!
2025-04-20 08:00 - 09:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Celebrate Easter Day at 8am and 10am as we remember the power of the resurrection. The church will be adorned in its Easter best with flowers and special music.

Easter Egg Hunt
2025-04-20 09:30 - 10:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
There is nothing more motivating than treasure hunting especially when candy is the prize. Children of all ages are invited to come for the thrill of the hunt on Easter morning at 9:30 a.m. Please gather in the Chapel. If weather permits, the hunt will be in the courtyard and if not then, we’ll be in the Undercroft. The hunt will begin promptly at 9:30am, so don’t be late!

Youth Sunday
2025-04-27 10:00 - 11:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
It is a solemn tradition at St. Luke’s to let our young people take over the 10 am service for a special Youth Sunday worship planned and lead by the gifted youth of St. Luke’s. On April 27th at 10 am, St. Luke’s will celebrate Youth Sunday. Planning this worship experience is a highlight in the programmatic year for the young people of St. Luke’s, and this spring is no exception. On Youth Sunday, the mood tends to be more playful, and the music a bit more secular and rambunctious. McKenzie Pickett, one of St. Luke’s high school seniors will be the morning’s guest preacher.
