St. Luke's Episcopal Church

02/26/2026

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2026/2/26/sin-and-flesh-life-and-death

Thumbnail image: “Adam and Eve,” 15th C. German, https://www.nga.gov/artworks/3663-adam-and-eve Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ferndale February 22, 2026—Lent 1A Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 ; Matthew 4:1-11        &nb

02/25/2026

01/23/2026

Due to the entirely seasonal weather forecast for Sunday, we will adjourn our Annual Meeting/Potluck until February 22, and our worship on Jan 25 will be Zoom-only. Stay warm and safe if you can, my friends!

01/13/2026

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2026/1/13/our-john-moments

Thumbnail image: The Baptism of Christ, c. 1740 by Alessandro Magnasco. In public domain. The Rev. Bob Alltop A – Epiphany 1 Sermon on Matthew 3:13-17 Our John Moments Preached at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ferndale MI   Being Well-Pleased Have you ever taught some

01/13/2026

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2026/1/13/how-to-be-a-star

Thumbnail Image by Mariya Muschard from Pixabay Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Jan 4, 2026--Second Sunday after Christmas Jeremiah 31:7-14 ; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a ; Matthew 2:1-12          &nb

12/28/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2017/5/4/gods-story-dd6s8

Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ferndale Dec 24, 2025—Christmas Eve Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-14              The shepherds were on a hillside when the story broke, in the middle of the

12/22/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2025/12/22/righteousness

Thumbnail image: “William Barber at Moral Mondays rally” by twbuckner, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Juli Belian St. Luke’s Episcopal Church December 7, 2025 — Advent 2A   I have struggled for decades to understand the word “righteousness.” I’ve stud

12/22/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2025/12/22/dreaming

Thumbnail image: “Saint Joseph Listening to the Angel's Counsel” by Sébastien Bourdon; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church December 20, 2025—Advent 4A Isaiah 7:10-16 ; Matthew 1:18-25      &a

11/30/2025

As we remind everyone each year, we are unable to conduct in-person services when there is a Snow Emergency in Ferndale (due to our lack of parking lot).

This weekend, the weather forecast has not made it easy on us. We're aware that things are skating the line, and it could actually go either way on a snow emergency declaration in Ferndale. But ... in order to give everyone as much notice as possible, and to keep us all as safe as possible, and to please those of us who kind of miss "worship in your jammies, like it's 2020," we are suspending in-person worship for tomorrow, Sunday November 30.

But we *absolutely* hope to see you all on Zoom for worship at 10:30am (link on the website and in the email we just sent).

11/25/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2025/11/25/an-icon-of-divine-kingship

Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church November 30, 2025—Christ the King Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43   I have had it up to here with words right now. Which is admittedly a rough spot for a preacher, but there it is. There are just so many words swirling around, everybo

10/22/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2025/10/22/jagged-edges

Thumbnail image used under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Clare L. Hickman St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Ferndale October 19, 2025—Proper 24C Genesis 32:22-31; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8   “What is your name? What is your quest? What is the air speed velocity

10/22/2025

https://stlukesferndale.org/sermons/2025/10/22/coming-out

Juli Belian 18th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C Pride Sunday 2025 I was not a boisterous child. I grew up with three siblings in an 1,100-square-foot house, and the four of us, I’m sure, created an absolute wall of noise, but I was not the loud one, and I also wasn’t much able to tolerate inc