Church Tours
2026-08-08 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
St. Luke’s is a place full of history and purpose-if you’d like to dive deeper, come to the tower room at 10am or 1pm on Saturday, August 8 for a tour of St. Luke’s. All are welcome-you’ll learn more things to love about our space and community.

JFM 5K Run/Walk
2026-08-15 08:30 - 10:00 | 116 E 3rd Street, 116 E 3rd Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
🥇The JFM 5K Run/Walk is BACK on the calendar for 2026!🥇
You asked, we listened: the JFM 5K moves a little bit earlier in the morning for 2026 with an 8:30 AM start time on Saturday, August 15. Run your race through downtown Jamestown, and then reward yourself with a treat at the Farmers Market opening at 9!
Registration is open now, with early bird pricing available through May 31. Student and senior discounts available. This race is also part of Chautauqua Striders 2026 Runner of the Year Series!
Register here

Church Picnic
2026-08-15 10:00 - 13:00 | 4550 Maple Springs Ellery Road, 4550 Maple Springs Ellery Road, Bemus Point, NY, 14712, United States
he St. Luke’s parish picnic is a cherished, time-honored tradition. You may have read in the May edition of the Voice, due to a number of factors – coordinating Camp Onyahsa’s increasingly busy camp schedule and the pastoral concerns of moving worship for a Sunday (i.e., parishioners and visitors coming to the church on a Sunday morning to find the building locked) – it was time to change the tradition.
To that end, St. Luke’s will celebrate the parish picnic on Saturday, August 15th at 10 am at Barb and Robert “Doc” Rappole’s farm at 4550 Maple Springs Ellery Rd. This picnic will all the elements we love: shared food, yard games (Zorb balls!), worship, and even full-immersion baptism—and also incorporate beloved elements of St. Luke’s Church of the Wild services, with an informal outdoor Eucharist and time to enjoy the Creator and the beauty of creation.

Global Perspectives Book Club: Guatemalan Rhapsody
2026-08-25 06:00 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Book: Guatemalan Rhapsody
Author: Jared Lemus
Genre: Short Stories
Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
A vibrant debut story collection—poignant, unflinching, and immersive—masterfully moving between sharp wit and profound tenderness, Guatemalan Rhapsody offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of an ever-changing country, the people who claim it as home, and those who no longer do
Ranging from a custodian at an underfunded college to a medicine man living in a temple dedicated to San Simon, the patron saint of alcohol and cigarettes, the characters in these stories find themselves at defining moments in their lives, where sacrifices may be required of them, by them, or for them.
In “Saint Dismas,” four orphaned brothers pose as part of a construction crew, stopping cars along the highway and robbing anyone foolish enough to hit the brakes. In “Heart Sleeves,” two wannabe tattoo artists take part in a contest, where one of them hopes to win not only first place but also the heart of his best friend’s girlfriend. And, in “Fight Sounds,” a character who fancies himself a Don Juan is swept up in the commotion of an American film crew shooting a movie in his tiny town, until the economic and sexual politics of the place are turned on their head.
Across this collection, Lemus’s characters test their loyalty to family, community, and country, illuminating the ties that both connect us and constrain us. Guatemalan Rhapsody explores how we journey from the circumstances that we are forged by, and whether the ability to change our fortunes lies in our own hands or in those of another. Revealing the places where beauty, desperation, love, violence, and hope exist simultaneously, Jared Lemus’s debut establishes him as a major new voice in the form.
Link to purchase book locally through Good Neighbor Bookstore: https://goodneighborbooks.com/search?q=guatemalan%20rhapsody
Link to RSVP via Microsoft Forms:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MA925MmrSG
We will be meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 6pm in the Fenn Library at St. Luke’s Church (in the undercroft, behind the Johnson Stage). PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE

Monday Night Cafe
2026-08-31 18:00 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Monday Night Cafe is the free monthly community dinner offered by the Jamestown Farmers Market and St. Luke’s Church to celebrate the gift of belonging.
MNC is an opportunity to relish all things local in our community–from new friends and neighbors met around the dinner table to the fresh local food featured from our local farmers and producers! The Menu changes each month and showcases the best offerings of the season.
