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A History to date for St. Luke's Anglican Church, Maysville, KY |
| The inception of what is now St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Maysville, Kentucky, began in November, 2005, when a small, courageous band of Christians realized that they could no longer follow the leadership of the Episcopal Church of the USA, nor its Diocese of Lexington, in their re-interpretation of 2,000 years of Christian teaching in a self-proclaimed prophetic way far beyond the mainstream of global Christian practice and belief. |
| Originally meeting for Morning Prayer services and an occasional Holy Communion service in various members’ homes, the group also visited various regional Anglican parishes and invited Anglican priests from such groups to lead services in Maysville. |
| After some months of such services, in 2006, the group began to hold Sunday Morning Prayer services and monthly Holy Communion services at Trinity Lutheran Church, Maysville. The Lutherans' outreach of kindness and hospitality has been awe-inspiring. |
| Knowing that survival of an Anglican faith community in Maysville and the surrounding area required a full-time priestly presence, in September, 2006, the as-yet unnamed group wrote Nashotah House and Trinity School for Ministry seeking assistance in searching for candidates for a rector. |
| A Trinity Middler seminarian, Robert W. Hudson, having asked for guidance from the Holy Spirit to make His will known to him in a palpable way saw our letter that very month, and, being moved by the Holy Spirit, reached out to us. |
| In brief, over time, Bob Hudson made numerous visits to Maysville, holding services, leading Bible study classes, providing encouragement to the Maysville group, and counseling members. |
| With this sustenance, and after much prayer, and strengthened by his working with the Maysville group in many ways, Maysville’s Anglicans, aided by Mr. Hudson, and his home church, All Saints Anglican Church, Jackson, Tennessee, providing assistance and guidance, sought Temporary Emergency Episcopal Oversight of The Rt. Rev. Dr. Gideon Githiga, Thika Diocese, Anglican Church of Kenya. |
| Choosing to be known as St. Luke’s Anglican Church, the group established an incorporated and fully qualified Anglican congregation that eventually came under the protection, guidance, and leadership of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Bill Atwood, Suffragan Bishop, All Saints’ Cathedral Diocese, Nairobi, Anglican Church of Kenya, working out ofCarrollton, Texas. |
| St. Luke’s advocacy and leadership proved pivotal in obtaining approval for Bishop Atwood’s ordination of Bob to the order of Deacons in Christ’s One, Holy, and Apostolic Church in January 2008, and toward his ordination by Bishop Atwood to the priesthood, scheduled in Maysville for July 12, 2008. |
| Concurrently, on July 12, Bishop Atwood will also, in the words of St. Luke’s adopted 1928 Book of Common Prayer, institute the Rev. Robert Wendell Hudson as St. Luke’s Rector. |
| While God works in the lives of His people in Maysville and the surrounding area, He continues to bless us, the Body of believers, with an Anglican presence that faithfully blends the power of His written word, the Bible, and the signs of His sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion. |
| St. Luke’s is moving forward in faith as a family to share God’s Good News. We welcome you to “Come and See” how Jesus is transforming individual lives – through God’s love and forgiveness, no matter where we are on the path of our life journey. |
| This is the hope and the future that is available to everyone through the Holy Spirit. Will you join us? |
Glory Be To God! |
Keira Marie Hudson - came into this world March 16, 2008
Congratulations to Mother Major Laura, father Captain David and big sister (General) Hanna Rose (3 yrs)
House Rules for Trinity Lutheran Curch
As guests in trinity Lutheran Church, we want to minimize our impact on our hosts. Here are guidelines (responsibioities) for our use of the facilities:
| 1. | Whatever we bring in; we take out unless leaving it has been approved. Whoever has the next scheduled St. Luke's service should take the service booklets and remove our sign from in front of the church |
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| 2. | Leave all areas in good order when leaving, but put nothing out of sight, unless it has been so requested. | |
| 3. | Altar flowers are left for us to enjoy. They are held in metal sleeves which are placed in the altar urns. After our services; we are to remove the sleeves, with the flowers, and put them into the provided cans and boxes which are then placed in the refrigerator. Gloves are provided for handling the urns because they tarnish and must be polished. | |
| 4. | Lighting and air conditioning are for our use and may turned on or off or adjusted. They are to be turned off when we leave, unless otherwise requested. |
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| Light switches are located: | ||
| a) | To the right of the arch leading into the foyer | |
| b) | To the right of the sanctuary door | |
| c) | The sanctuary chandelier light switches are in the storage closet at the back of the sanctuary. | |
| d) | Lights to offices, closets, and facilities are located inside their entrance doors | |
| Two air conditioners are located on each side of the sanctuary. Their controls are on them. |
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| The fans are controlled by a remote which is kept in a wall bracket on the side of the work station in the secretary's office and should be returned before closing the building. (The remote is sometimes left for us on the pedestal table outside the sanctuary and should be left there if the office door is locked.) | ||
| 5. | Make sure the front doors are locked when closing the building. | |
| 6. | The office doors should be left open for the cleaning crew. | |
| 7. | A hex wrench key hangs to the right of the east side door exit. To override the security bar on the door: push the bar in, insert the hex key through the small hole in the bar and turn it until the bar remains depressed. The door can then be opened and closed without a key. Use the hex key to release the bar when closing the building. | |