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Transforming our world by seeking justice and peace through community partnerships inspired by Faith, Love, and Humility is FAN’s mission.

We believe, in the words of the Episcopal Public Policy Network’s (EPPN) From the Pew to the Public Square, “Episcopalians are called not only to live Christ-like lives personally, but to work for the good of our communities by seeking structural change.” FAN strives to move us closer to God’s kingdom using the Learn, Pray, Act model. Advocacy may be our goal (and in our name), but it is distinguished by its root in our faith.

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FAN seeks to spur conversations that are above politics, providing opportunities for our parishioners to learn, pray, and act in the image of our Lord. We meet monthly and hold classes, forums, and vigils.

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FAN’s October 2021 Gun Violence Prevention Mayoral Forum & Vigil of Remembrance

FAN’s Spring 2021 Pandemic as Portal Classes co-sponsored by Interfaith Children’s Movement, Absalom Jones Center and Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center are linked below:

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Countering the Impact of Economic Inequality (Link)

Addressing Child Trauma Caused by COVID Crisis (Link)

Eviction Prevention: Countering Homelessness (Link)

Each June, FAN commemorates the victims of gun violence. We Wear Orange to remember and to spur action to end gun violence.

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Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing

Ebenezer Baptist Church Social Justice Ministry

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Georgia Interfaith Power & Light

Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center

Interfaith Children’s Movement

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The Rev. Winnie Varghese
Rector
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The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin
Associate Priest for Pastoral Care
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The Rev. Winnie Varghese

Rector
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A national leader in the Episcopal Church, the Rev. Winnie Varghese is known for her inspired writing, teaching and preaching. Before becoming the 23rd rector of St. Luke's, she served as Priest for Ministry and Program Coordination at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City.

Prior to Trinity, Winnie served as Rector and Priest-in-Charge at St. Mark’s in the Bowery in New York. Winnie was also Chaplain at both Columbia University and University of California Los Angeles. She is a native of Dallas, Texas and is married to Elizabeth Toledo, a public relations executive. They have two grown children.

Winnie serves on the Board of Trustees of Union Theological Seminary, she chaired the General Convention’s Committee on the State of the Church from 2015 to 2018, and she served on the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal Divinity School, 2013-2016. She is also a published author, editor, and podcaster.

Winnie’s parents immigrated to the United States from India, and Winnie spent part of her early childhood years there. She attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA and earned her bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She then attended Union Theological Seminary and graduated with her Master of Divinity degree in 1999. She was ordained to the deaconate in Los Angeles in 1999 and to the priesthood six months later in 2000.

The Rev. Dr. Horace L. Griffin

Associate Priest for Pastoral Care
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A graduate of Morehouse College, Boston University, and Vanderbilt in theological studies, Horace came to St. Luke's in July 2017 after a twenty-seven year vocation as a college and seminary professor and hospital chaplain. While he has served on a part-time basis at a number of parishes, currently he has oversight for the pastoral care ministry and provides leadership for the fifteen Community Ministries here at St. Luke’s.

An award-winning author of the groundbreaking, Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in the Black Church, he was ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 2005 and has passionately devoted his parish ministry to social justice, racial reconciliation and LBGTQ equality in the Church.

His fundamental belief that we are called to love God and treat all humans with love and equal justice is at the heart of his ministry. When he is not working on making the world a better place, he enjoys music, concerts, and film. He is interested in reading books on religion, African American and Gay history, and First Ladies.

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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA

435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

Tel: 404-873-7600

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Service Times

Sunday Services at St. Luke's

  • 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I (in person only)
  • 9 a.m. Family Worship Service with Communion (in person and live online)
  • 11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II (in person and live online)

Bookmark stlukesatlanta.org/live/ for live services, bulletins and updates.

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435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

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