Who We Are
Our Mission
Encountering Christ | Transforming Lives | Demonstrating Love
We Encounter Christ in his Holy Scriptures, in his Holy Sacraments and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
An encounter with the living God Transforms Lives, because his great love always heals, forgives and blesses us into the likeness of his son.
As Christ’s disciples loved by our Father in heaven, we seek to Demonstrate Love to those around us, both near and far, by helping others and sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Meet Our Pastors
Rev. Rob Holman, Rector
The Reverend Rob Holman is committed to proclaiming God’s life-giving and transforming Word and inviting the work of the Holy Spirit. A priest in the Anglican Church of North America, he received his MDiv at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge PA and is a graduate of University of Virginia (BS Engineering '87 and MBA '91). Prior to coming to St. Luke's in July 2008, he served at Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal, in Elizabethtown, NY in the Adirondacks. He is married to Mana, and has three teenaged children: Mitchell, Miko, and Benjamin.
Rev. Jose Poch, Assisting Priest
Father Jose Poch and his wife Maly were born on opposite ends of Cuba. They each came separately to the United States, met in Los Angeles, and were married in 1976. Today Fr. Jose and Maly have 2 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, and 5 grandchildren. Called into the Ordained Ministry in 1979, Fr. Jose received an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Seminary in 1982. He was ordained a Deacon and later a Priest in 1983. Fr. Jose and Maly have served together in two churches, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, South Gate (1983-1991) and St. David's Anglican Church, Burbank (1991-2020). With Fr. Jose recently retired as Rector of St. David's, the Poches have made St. Luke's their home church. Maly works at the University of Southern California where she is the director of Student Financial Services.
Meet Our Team
Hope Milian
Children’s Minister
Deacon Steve Krimmel
Deacon
Rev. Jessie Duisberg
Assisting Priest & Parish Administrator
Dave Grecu
Worship Director
Eric Overholt
Youth Pastor
What We Believe
The Good News.
The following is a concise introduction to the Gospel - the Good News of salvation - from the Anglican Catechism:
“You need to be clear from the beginning that God creates human beings for intimacy with himself; but no one naturally fulfills this purpose. We are all out of step with God. In Bible language, we are sinners, guilty before God and separated from him. Life in Christ is, first and foremost, God taking loving action to remedy a dire situation.
The key facts of this divine remedy, which the Bible calls the Gospel (meaning “good news”), are these: God the Father sent his eternal Son into this world to reconcile us sinners to him, and to preserve and prepare us for his glory in the life to come. Born of the Virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit, the Son, whose human name is Jesus, lived a perfect life, died a criminal’s death as a sacrifice for our sins, and rose from the grave to rule as Christ (meaning “the Anointed”) on his Father’s behalf in the Kingdom of God.
Now reigning in heaven, he continues to draw sinners to himself through communication of the Gospel here on earth. He enables us by the Holy Spirit to turn whole-heartedly from our sinful and self-centered ways (repentance) and to entrust ourselves to him to live in union and communion with him (faith).”
To Be A Christian, An Anglican Catechism, p 9
God the Father calls us to himself through God the Son. Jesus said,
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
As we come to the Father through Jesus Christ, we experience the unconditional and transforming love of God. If you have not done so already, you are invited to believe the Gospel, to put your faith in Jesus Christ, and to experience new life in him!
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16
The Bible.
We believe that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God. It is written in two Testaments, the Old and the New. As Anglicans, we also recognize the books of the Apocrypha as useful for instruction, but not as a basis for doctrine.
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17
The Creeds.
The word "Creed" comes from the Latin word "Credo" which means, "I believe." The Creeds are summaries of the Gospel and the Story of the Bible for every Christian to know, understand, and believe.
As Anglicans we affirm 3 historic Creeds:
1. The Apostles’ Creed (pre-325 AD)
2. The Nicene Creed (325 AD)
3. The Athanasian Creed (6th c. AD)
The Creeds help us be clear on the essential doctrines of the Christian faith. All Christians can and should agree upon the teachings of the Creeds. As the expression goes, “in Essentials unity in Non-Essentials charity.”
“Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.”
John 12:26
Our Affiliations
We come under the umbrella of the Diocese of Western Anglicans, which in turn is under the Anglican Church in North America.
