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 Team

The 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.

The Rev. Jessie Duisberg

Assisting Priest

The Rev. Jose Poch

Assisting Priest

The Rev. Steve Krimmel

Deacon

Dave Grecu

Worship Director

Hope Milian

Children’s Minister

Janet Palmer

Office Manager

Marnie Alveylajeunesse

Office Administrator

What We Believe

 

  • 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)

  • 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 theservant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

  • 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 (DWA).

The DWA falls under the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).

THE ACNA is affiliated with Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON).