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Parish Life

Jesus calls us to create healthy communities – to live together as one body, serving the one Lord of all. At St. Luke’s we take that call seriously. We’re excited about the many activities and events that strengthen St. Luke’s as a circle of people who care about each other and about the world around us!

There’s Wednesdays at St. Luke's – time for fellowship, learning and supper together. And our annual “Mass on the Grass” – an outdoor Sunday service followed by a potluck picnic in The Park at St. Luke's. Not to mention our special holiday events, dinner groups, book groups, kickball games and coffee times.

Wherever you are in your life, we invite you to share in the rich and varied Parish Life of the welcoming people of St. Luke’s – join us for nourishment of body and spirit with food, fellowship and fun!


Mardi Gras (dinner) TO-GO

Mardi Gras (dinner) TO-GO

ORDER DEADLINE SATURDAY Since we can’t gather for dinner and dancing, St. Luke’s invites you to a Mardi Gras celebration to go this year. This Shrove Tuesday, let the good times roll--from the St. Luke’s Kitchen to your car an...
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Inquirers Class begins in March

Inquirers Class begins in March

If you are interested in leaning more about the Episcopal Church, the Inquirer’s Class is for you! Beginning on Sunday, March 7, and continuing for six sessions on various Mondays until April 25, Elizabeth Shows Caffey and Horace Griffin wi...
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Celebrate the Ministry of MLK

Celebrate the Ministry of MLK

Interim Rector Ed Bacon continues his exploration of Kingian principles this Sunday welcoming Dr. John Vaughn, Executive Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Dr. Gwendolyn Middlebrooks, longtime member of Ebenezer and veteran of the Civil Right...
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Christmas Eve on the Big Screen

Christmas Eve on the Big Screen

Want to be at St. Luke's Christmas Eve - even if you can't be inside the Nave? St. Luke's will assemble a large screen in the North Parking Lot (near the sign shop) so that parishioners can attend Christmas Eve services (4 p.m. and 8 p.m.) at St....
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Blood Drive - Dec. 30 at St. Luke's

Blood Drive - Dec. 30 at St. Luke's

Join St. Luke’s for a community blood drive on Dec. 30 from 10-2! All donations are being tested for COVID-19 antibodies. Masks are required, and social distancing is enforced! Sign up for your appointment now by visiting this link . ...
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The Rev. Ed Bacon
Interim Rector
The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey
Senior Associate Rector, ​Liturgy and Education
The Rev. Horace L. Griffin
Senior Associate for Pastoral Care and Community Ministries
Mark Simmons
Director of Membership & Stewardship
404-873-7624 
Liz Beal Kidd
Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministry
404-873-7690 

The Rev. Ed Bacon

Interim Rector

Ed Bacon, the son of a Baptist minister, began his Episcopal journey of faith at St. Luke’s nearly four decades ago when, while serving as our parish’s youth minister, he was granted admission as a postulate for the priesthood. Ed was ordained in 1983 and his ministry led him to become a national voice on issues of faith and justice for all regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.

Until his retirement in May 2016, Ed was the rector of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California – a 4,000 member multi-ethnic urban Episcopal parish, with a reputation for energetic worship, a radically inclusive spirit, and a progressive peace and justice agenda. He shepherded All Saints for more than two decades. Before that he served as dean of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Jackson, Mississippi; rector of St Mark’s in Dalton; and, earlier, when he was a Baptist minister, he was campus minister and dean of students at Mercer University in Macon.

Ed, who holds a master of theology from Emory University and honorary doctorates from The Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Mercer University, is the author of 8 Habits of Love, a guide to living life through love and connection, not fear and isolation. His energies these days focus on leadership in anxious times; living a love-based life as opposed to a fear-based life; peacemaking; interfaith relations; contemplative practices and their impact on relationships, creativity, and brain functioning; and, articulating the Christian faith in non-bigoted, science-friendly, and inclusive ways. He blogs regularly on Medium.com about wholemaking in a tribalized/polarized cultural environment and can be followed there as well as on Facebook and Twitter @RevEdBacon. His new website is Edbacon.co.

Ed has been both a guest and a regular guest host on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series on Oprah & Friends Radio, and a guest panelist in the Spirituality 101 segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show’s “Living Your Best Life” series. He is a contributor to Oprah.com and a frequent guest on Super Soul Sunday on the Oprah Winfrey Network and his interviews with her have been chosen as part of Super Soul Conversations by Oprah podcasts. He is the recipient of many awards including the Peace Award and the Compassion Award from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Los Angeles. In October he was the recipient of the Ruby McKnight Williams Award from the Pasadena NAACP.

Ed and his wife, Hope Hendricks-Bacon, have two adult children and two grandchildren. Since retiring they have lived near their family in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey

Senior Associate Rector, ​Liturgy and Education

Elizabeth Shows Caffey has served at St. Luke's since February 2015. Elizabeth has a passion for liturgy, spiritual development, and a love for all things community. Before seminary she developed and subsequently directed the Johnson Intern Program at Chapel of the Cross, an Episcopal Service Corps Program, while also working as the family coordinator for Chatham Habitat for Humanity. She has served at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York City and All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Atlanta as the priest for outreach, liturgy and pastoral care. The connecting thread through all of Elizabeth’s work has been engaging the compelling questions about God and living as a person of great faith and intellectual inquiry and responding with action and intention in how we live. She loves camping with her children and dog, Ana, and is always up for travel and adventure. As an alumni and North Carolina native, she is an avid Duke basketball fan.

The Rev. Horace L. Griffin

Senior Associate for Pastoral Care and Community Ministries

Mark Simmons

Director of Membership & Stewardship
404-873-7624 |

Liz Beal Kidd

Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministry
404-873-7690 |
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Sermons

  • Feb 21 | The Rev. Ed Bacon
    Experiencing the Hidden Ground of Love and Wholeness
  • Feb 14 | Marisa Sifontes
    The Art of Tending Trees
  • Feb 7 | The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey
    Courageous Conversations and Liberating Love
  • Jan 31 | The Rev. Ed Bacon
    Healing a Disoriented Spirit
  • Jan 24 | The Rev. Horace L. Griffin
    #FollowingJesus

St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA

435 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308

Tel: 404-873-7600

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Service Times

During this time of COVID-19, St. Luke's has broadcast its Sunday services live - and we added Noonday Prayers and Compline in the evening, both live five days a week. We learned the magic of Zoom for meetings and classes.

Join us live for online worship Sundays at 10 AM.

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

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Our faith teaches us that God’s love is limitless. But like the loaves and fishes, it only multiplies when we offer it to God’s glory. Big Love calls us to be courageous; to prepare the way for miracles.

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