Week 32 - St. Luke's United Methodist Church

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church is another downtown OKC church we visited last Sunday. The congregation we visited last probably had 600 members. This church has 6,000. They have three services each Sunday, one contemporary and two traditional. We attended one of the traditional services. The sanctuary is stunning with beautiful stained glass, contemporary organ pipes and comfortable “movie theatre” style seats. The service was indeed traditional, with hymns being sung from the hymnal, lead by organ or piano, and pastors in formal robes. We were greeted by the couple in front of us, but with a congregation that large it’s easy to blend in and not be noticed as visitors. The service followed a predictable pattern with a very good bulletin that walked you through it step by step. The sermon was delivered well by Pastor Robert Long. He issued a challenge: “No whining, no complaining, no excuses—make today a masterpiece.” I’d like to have signs made with that saying to hang up at work and in my house. As much as I’d like to extend that challenge to my co-workers and family, I am pretty sure that message was meant for me!