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WELCOME from THE RECTOR

In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ and on behalf of His followers in this place, welcome to the internet site of Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, Seaford, Delaware.  Thank you for logging on.  We are a proud congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, located in Sussex County, in the southwestern part of this historic “First State.”  You will find our town just off Route 13 between Dover, Delaware and Salisbury, Maryland.
If you are a parishioner or an interested neighbor, this site will provide you with up-to-date information about the numerous ministries of our fine Parish.  You will find calendar dates, announcements of coming events and other helpful details. 
If you are someone in this part of the Del-Mar-Va peninsula who is seeking a Church home, this is a GREAT one.  We warmly invite you to join us – for Sunday worship and for our many other activities.  Please browse through the colorful pages and photographs posted here.  You will find our service times along with sketches of our varied programs, our distinctive history, our impressive outreach and our dedicated Parish staff.  Ours is a diverse congregation – wonderful people of all ages – who shine with the love of Jesus Christ.  We are a Parish who strives to embrace and include ALL of God’s children.  We believe you will feel close to Him when you are among us. 
If we can be of help to you in some special way, or if you need information not included in this site, please be sure to contact us by telephone, E-mail or in person.  We warmly invite you to be part of this lively and growing congregation of people devoted to our Savior.  Please come to see us! 

In Christ’s Love,
The Rev’d Jeanne Kirby-Coladonato
Rector
    

As the season of Lent is almost upon us,. Let me extend an extra-special invitation to you to join us.  Shrove Tuesday is the last pre-Lenten day, and we honor this day with our traditional and festive Pancake Supper (at 6:00 p.m) as we prepare to move, the next day into a more somber setting. 
    Ash Wednesday services include Holy Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes.  There will be two; one at the Manor House at 10:30 a.m. and another at 7:00 p.m. at Saint Luke’s.
A part of our worship on Ash Wednesday is the following invitation from our Prayer Book.  I’d like to share it with you now.
  Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This is season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy Baptism. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence and forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church. Thereby, the whole congregation was put in mind of the message of pardon and absolution set forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith.
  I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy Word.   The Book of Common Prayer  pp264-264
Faithfully,
  Jeanne+