St. Luke's is an Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Bethlehem. It is a downtown church, and its members come from all walks of life, from all areas of the community, and with a variety of needs and commitments. St. Luke's welcomes all on the basis of their need and offers a relationship appropriate to their commitment.

The Episcopal Church in the United States is a part of the world-wide Anglican Communion which has, through the centuries, maintained in a creative balance between Catholic traditions and ways, Protestant reforms and emphases, and liberal understandings and applications of the mission of the Church.

The Hymns, like the congregational settings of the Eucharist, at St. Luke's Church normally are taken from the Episcopal Church's The Hymnal 1982 and are selected for their liturgical and pastoral appropriateness.

With three hymns in a Sung Eucharist, the first is normally a "big," "gathering" hymn which is well-known and sets the themes of the season, the readings, and the service. The second hymn usually is divided around the Gospel and a "smaller" hymn focused, if possible, on themes contained in the Gospel. The final hymn, just after the dismissal, properly concerns the move from worship to consciously-active Christian life, and so hymns from the hymnal's sections "The Church," "The Church's Mission," "Christian Vocation and Pilgrimage," and "Christian Responsibility" frequently are selected, especially when no seasonal hymn suggests itself. During the Season of Pentecost, especially June through August, St. Luke's Church sings a Hymn of Praise, omitting the first or Processional Hymn, which replaces the Gloria in excelsis Deo, and hymns from the "Praise to God" section of the hymnal normally are chosen for this purpose.

The music program at St. Luke's Church encompasses the many great singing traditions of the Anglican Church, from the simplistic elegance of the Plainsong Psalter to the sublime complexity of the polyphonic Choral Mass.

The anthems are well-integrated thematically within the Eucharist and are sung by St. Luke's professional Quartet.

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All are invited to worship with us.

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Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
232 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
Phone: 570-342-7654

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