October Global Perspectives Book Club Meeting
2024-10-28 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
In October, the New Neighbor’s Coalition Global Perspectives Book Club will be taking a break from our books written by immigrant authors to read a book about an immigrant who came to live in Chautauqua County instead. Run! From Civil War to the NFL: The Jehuu Caulcrick Story is a biography written by local author, Bill Burk, that depicts Jehuu’s journey from Liberia to Western New York. From the back of the book:

“When he was seven years old Jehuu Caulcrick (Jay-you Call-crick) walked the Liberian coast with his family, passing through checkpoints armed with child soldiers not much older than him, blank faces, teeth yellowed by jungle-juice and heroin, AK-47s hanging off gaunt bodies. It was 1990, the middle of country’s second civil war in ten years. He walked for nearly seven-hundred miles, until he was nine years old. When he was twenty-seven years old Jehuu carried a football for the Buffalo Bills in the NFL for one yard and a first down, his only carry in a five-year nomadic career as a professional football player. In between, a lot happened.”

Bill Burk and Run! will be featured at an upcoming book event. This is hosted in partnership with the Chautauqua Hall of Fame, and the author himself. Please join us on September 11th at 6pm in the St. Luke’s Undercroft for a discussion with the author and then a stroll over to the Chautauqua Hall of Fame.

Here the link to purchase the book through the Good Neighbor Bookstore’s website, a local bookshop in Lakewood:https://goodneighborbooks.com/book/9798988409205

We will be meeting on Monday, October 28th, 2024 at 7pm in the Fenn Library at St. Luke’s Church (in the undercroft, behind the Johnson Stage). We encourage readers to join both for the September event and regular October book club meeting for different discussion opportunities!

Migration Mysteries
2024-11-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Roger Tory Peterstion Institute, 311 Curtis Street Ext., Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
Ornithologist and St. Luke’s parishioner John Rappole will give a presentation on his newest book, Migration Mysteries: Adventures, Disasters, and Epiphanies in a Life with Birds, at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute on Saturday, November 2 at 1 pm.

Rappole’s lifelong journey has been in search of one thing—finding out why birds migrate. The developer and chief proponent of the “dispersal theory” of bird migration, Rappole takes readers on a tour of the decades-long discovery process that led him to propose a counter to the still–widely accepted “northern home,” or weather-based theory of migration. Recognizing parallel patterns with human migration, Rappole will present on the dynamics which influence migration patterns of people and birds alike.

Jamestown Public Market Farm to Table Dinner
2024-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Come and celebrate the end of Jamestown Public Market’s 2024 Summer Season on Saturday, November 2 at 6pm in St. Luke’s Undercroft! Locally sourced and prepared dinner and drinks along with volunteer and community recognitions. Dinner catered by Elegant Edibles with food locally sourced from local farmers and producers. Basket Raffle with local market products and from local businesses!

Tickets are $40/person or $250/table (seats 6.) Social hour beings at 6pm with dinner at 6:30pm. Purchase tickets here.

Election Day Morning Prayer
2024-11-05 08:30 - 09:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
During this divisive election season, the country stands in need of community and a sense of collective charity for our neighbors – that is, a generous and just spirit, supported by prayer. With this in mind, St. Luke’s will host three prayer services on Election Day (November 5.)
We will begin the day with a brief service of Morning Prayer at 8:30 AM in the Church, with prayers for peace and justice for all.
The Episcopal Church does not endorse individual political candidates but rather encourages citizens to vote their conscience, as well as participate in advocacy and civic engagement, as a witness to Jesus’ way of love in today’s world.
The church will be open throughout the day as a space for prayer and quiet reflection.

Election Day Noon Eucharist
2024-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
During this divisive election season, the country stands in need of community and a sense of collective charity for our neighbors – that is, a generous and just spirit, supported by prayer. With this in mind, St. Luke’s will host three prayer services on Election Day (November 5.)

We’ll have a Noonday Eucharist Service at 12:05 pm (in the chapel); with the sharing of the communion meal as a reminder of the sacred nature of our common life.

The Episcopal Church does not endorse individual political candidates but rather encourages citizens to vote their conscience, as well as participate in advocacy and civic engagement, as a witness to Jesus’ way of love in today’s world.

Between services, the church will be open throughout the day as a space for prayer and quiet reflection.

Election Day Evening Prayer
2024-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
During this divisive election season, the country stands in need of community and a sense of collective charity for our neighbors – that is, a generous and just spirit, supported by prayer. With this in mind, St. Luke’s will host three prayer services on Election Day (November 5.)
The Service of Evening Prayer at 5 pm (in the church) will close out the day of prayer in the church and to pray for discernment, strength, and unity for the days ahead.
Between services, the church will be open throughout the day as a space for prayer and quiet reflection.
The Episcopal Church does not endorse individual political candidates but rather encourages citizens to vote their conscience, as well as participate in advocacy and civic engagement, as a witness to Jesus’ way of love in today’s world.

Rhythms of Grace
2024-11-09 10:00 - 11:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
St. Luke’s Ministry for Children, Youth, and Families offers Rhythms of Grace as a church experience for busy families and for those may not feel comfortable in a traditional worship setting – on Saturday, November 9 at 10am in the Undercroft.
This program especially supports children on the Autism Spectrum, but the interactive service is also intended for families of all kinds: with small, active children or children with special needs. We have explored Bible stories with simple songs, Instax photographs, parachute games, puppet shows, and more.
A simple, family-friendly brunch will follow the service.

Veterans Day Service
2024-11-11 11:11 - 12:15 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Join us for our annual celebration of Veterans Day with American Legion Ira Lou Springs Post 149. After a 11am ceremony on 3rd and Main Streets on Monday, November 11th, we begin the service at 11:11am in the church to commemorate the session of the Great War. We remember those who have served by lifting our voice in prayer and song. This year, we welcome Vince Horrigan, retired Air Force Colonel and former County Executive, as guest speaker.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser and Lunch
2024-12-07 11:00 - 14:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Check off your friends’ and family’s wish list at the Jamestown Public Market Empty Bowls Fundraiser! Shop, eat, and do good all in one visit by purchasing bowls made and donated by local potters and community members. They have worked countless hours to make hundreds of beautiful, one of a kind bowls. Each bowl is imprinted with the Empty Bowls logo to remind us that the work and money raised went toward helping alleviate hunger in the Jamestown community.
A purchase of a bowl will include soup made by local restaurants and home chefs and a beverage! No pre-purchase need, just show up and shop!

St. Nicholas Day Celebration
2024-12-08 11:00 - 11:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Children and families are invited to join us in the Undercroft following the 10 am service on December 8th to celebrate St. Nicholas – who, over the last two centuries, developed into Santa Claus. Come find out the origin story, enjoy special treats in honor of St. Nick – and meet a very special visitor!

December Global Perspectives Book Club Meeting
2024-12-09 19:00 - 20:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
For the final Global Perspectives meeting we will be reading Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance.
From Goodreads: One displaced Rarámuri family charts a path forward for themselves and their community in this testament to the power of perseverance and the many forms resistance can take. The effects of climate catastrophe and Indigenous erasure are specific and unforgettable in Out of the Sierra ’s vivid portrait of one Rarámuri family forced to leave their home in the Sierra Madre mountains. Displaced by drought and food shortages, Martina, Luis, and their children journey to Chihuahua City, toward a new and uncertain future in a government-funded Indigenous settlement.
With tenderness, intelligence, and deep insight into the many shapes resistance can take, Out of the Sierra offers a testimony to human resilience and the power of community in the face of broken systems. Blanco considers Indigenous resistance and identity, race, and climate change with compassion and care, What can we learn from the Rarámuri people, who are resisting assimilation and upholding traditional knowledge in our era of climate catastrophe?
Based on two years of oral history collection and participatory field work, Out of the Sierra elevates the stories of the Gutiérrez family and interrogates the systems and history that caused their displacement and poverty.
We will be meeting on Monday, December 9th, 2024, at 7pm in the Fenn Library at St. Luke’s Church (in the undercroft, behind the Johnson Stage).

Las Posadas: Celebrating the Open Door
2024-12-13 18:30 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Las Posadas is a new event at St. Luke’s recreating Mary and Joseph’s search for an inn as they expect the birth of Jesus.
With the wonderful musical support of the Rev. Yuri Rodriguez, we will begin at the church and go door to door through the nearby blocks of the city to sing and ask for the mercy of shelter together, ending with the open door and warmth of the church. Please come to the church dressed for outdoor weather (and with a warm heart!) to the church on Friday. Dec. 13th at 6:30 to celebrate this journey!

Jamestown Public Market Winter Market
2024-12-14 09:00 - 13:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
If you enjoy the summer Farmer’s Market, the Winter’s edition might just be for you too! Join us from 9am-1pm on December 14 in the Undercroft.

Rhythms of Grace
2024-12-14 10:00 - 11:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
This month, Rhythms of Grace will gather in the chapel on Saturday, December 14th at 10 am for a special Advent-themed experience, exploring the joy and mystery of this season of anticipation.

Latin American Music Workshop
2024-12-14 13:00 - 15:00 | NY
On Saturday, December 14th at 1 pm, St. Luke’s will host a Latin American Worship Music Workshop in the chapel. This interactive session will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about and experience sacred music from Latin American traditions. The workshop is open to all, regardless of musical or Spanish language proficiency, and is designed to create a welcoming space for learning and community engagement through music.
The workshop will be led by La Reverenda Yuriria (Yuri) Rodríguez, a newly ordained priest from the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. Before becoming a priest, Yuri worked as a singer, artist, and educator, specializing in Latin American music and culture. For 20+ years, Yuri has performed in, and conducted choirs of sacred and Latin American music in the United States. Through music, she has developed programs and curriculums to accompany diverse communities in their journeys of faith, affirm their sense of identity, and celebrate God already present in the other.

Caroling & Pub Crawl
2024-12-17 18:30 - 20:00 | The Pub, 209 Main Street, Jamestown, NY, 14701, United States
The Caroling and Pub Crawl is an annual event recreating days of yore where singing in public is fun! Please come join us at The Pub on 209 Main St. on Tuesday, Dec. 17th at 6 p.m. to start the revelry. We’ll have small booklets available to hold with one hand if you happen to have a holiday drink in the other, and we’ll sing Christmastide favorites together and travel on foot to three additional locations including The Cherry Lounge, Wicked Warrens, and Brazil!

Sacred Songs for Solstice
2024-12-20 18:00 - 19:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
On Friday, Dec. 20th at 6 p.m. is an opportunity for all people to honor the sacred final turn of the darkness and to feel connection and joy together using their voices in chant and hymn style songs from diverse religious and spiritual traditions. We’ll gather in the chapel in a supportive environment led by Sei Paulson and Karen Hewes Suber. Everyone is encouraged to come and learn heartfelt songs in this safe space! Refreshments will follow.

Christmas in a Barn
2024-12-21 10:00 - 11:00 | 4463 Mahanna Rd., Bemus Point, NY, 4463 Mahanna Rd.
On Saturday, December 21st at 10 am, St. Luke’s will celebrate Christmas in a Barn service at Alpacaville Farm (4463 Mahanna Road in Bemus Point). This is St. Luke’s fourth annual Christmas in a Barn, a service is designed to experience the Christmas story in a way that is interactive, engaging, and accessible for all ages. This year, the service will be the Church of the Wild gathering for this month: As we tell the story of the Nativity in the presence of animals, it is an opportunity to experience the presence of God who comes to us in our wildness and creatureliness. Before and after the service, there are opportunities to enjoy the companionship of the farm’s alpacas.

Blue Christmas Service
2024-12-21 17:00 - 17:45 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
St. Luke’s annual Blue Christmas Service at 5pm on December 21st is a time when we can acknowledge, with others, the “blue” feelings we have during the holidays and offer them to God. This year, the Blue Christmas service falls on Winter Solstice, and we light a candle in the darkness as a sign of healing while approaching the longest night of the year.

Christmas Eve Family Service with Pageant
2024-12-24 16:00 - 17:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Join us as we celebrate the true reason for the season and experience God’s incarnated love at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at the family Service with Children’s pageant at 4:00pm on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
2024-12-24 23:00 - 23:45 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Celebrate and experience God’s incarnate love at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church this Christmas at the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. The service begins at 11pm in the Church. The Mecham Duo will be joining our service along with special guest soloists including our own Gavin Card and Victoria McIlvain to fill the church with glorious sound! May you find peace in prayer, fellowship, and song this season!

Christmas Day Eucharist
2024-12-25 10:00 - 11:00 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
Join us at 10am on Christmas morning for a brief service with Eucharist celebrating Christ’s birth.

Monday Night Cafe
2024-12-30 18:00 - 19:30 | St Luke’s Church, 410 N Main ST, NY, 14701, United States
We have just one Monday Night Cafe left this year (December 30th at 6pm)! And our Food Access Manager, Nick, spent every Christmas growing up making tamales from scratch with his family so he decided to bring that tradition with him to Jamestown and this market event! Join us in the Undercroft.

There are lots of opportunities to help all weekend! Check the times below and sign up to help prep and serve here: https://www.signupgenius.com/…/10C0B4AA8AE2FA6F4CE9…

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 | 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).
