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History

St. Luke's began as a mission Sunday School that was associated with St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The Sunday School was first formed in 1899. The school grew to include families as well and in 1904, request was made to have the group that had been gathering recognized as parish. The result was St. Luke's Episcopal Church.

The original church building, which has commonly been called the "Little Brown Church" was located on the near north side of Des Moines at 1525 8th Street. It was physically moved from its original location to its current location at 3424 Forest in 1926. In 1961, the original building was demolished to make room for a new building. A major renovation project took place in 1985, and additional remodeling and renovations were completed in 1995 and 1998.

The 100th anniversary for St. Luke's Sunday School was celebrated in 1999 with a parade on Sunday morning August 29, 1999. Parish members walked, rode, and marched from St. Paul's Church downtown to St. Luke's.

As we move into the new decade, St. Luke's is a thriving and growing parish, including approximately 256 families with 629 baptized members.

The St. Luke's congregation continues to grow in numbers and endeavors to fulfill its mission of enlarging the Kingdom of God through our common witness and teaching the truth of Christ.

CLERGY & STAFF:

The Rev. Martha R. Kester – Priest in Residence

The Rev. Canon William L. Jacobs – Assisting Priest

The Rev. Canon Richard J. Lintner – Assisting Priest

VESTRY:

Jeff Russell – Senior Warden

Chris Arnold – Junior Warden

Jennifer Johnson – Treasurer

Rosie Kingkade – Clerk

Vince Carter, Steve Elfvin, Lee Anderson, Paul Johnson, Ronda Montgomery

Bill Stowman, John Thompson, John Halbrook, Jackie Fleming, Gordon Smith,

Susan Mathison

HOLDOVER MEMBERS until the new Rector is choosen: Jeff Russell, Chris Arnold, Carol Holmquist, Ron Sutphin

SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR A NEW RECTOR:

The Search Committee wants your voice to be heard.  Please feel free to provide your input in whatever manner is most comfortable to you: before or after services, by phone in the evening or on the weekend, or via email. We will be happy to listen.  In advance, thanks.

Chris Arnold         276-8152    chris_arnold@mchsi.com

Ron Beane            279-4461    ronbeane@q.com

Nick Coyle           274-5142    mrbrainz1000@aol.com

Kris Crisman         306-7302    kcrisman@mchsi.com

Rachel Heiss         222-1106    rheissphd@hotmail.com

Katherine Langan     255-9457    froglangank@aol.com

Jeff Russell         277-1368    jeffr@themembersgroup.com

George Wilson III    274-0356    geo@gwiii.com