Have you ever longed for a more tangible way to pray?

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own set of Protestant prayer beads and learn how they can guide you into deeper, more intentional prayer.

Protestant prayer beads (sometimes called Anglican prayer beads) are a simple tool for reflection — helping us slow down, breathe, and move through Scripture, gratitude, confession, and intercession in a grounded, embodied way.

During this workshop, you will:
✨ Create your own custom set of beads
✨ Learn the meaning behind the bead pattern
✨ Practice using them in guided prayer
✨ Leave with a resource you can use daily

No experience required. No “right way” to pray. Just space to create, learn, and connect with God in a fresh way.

All are welcome.

You’re invited to join us at 5:30 on February 18 for our Ash Wednesday service. Ash Wednesday is the start of the Lenten season, the 40 days before Easter.

Women of Worship (WOW) is excited to announce our Dinner Theatre Fundraiser, taking place February 14 at 6 PM, at St. Luke United Methodist Church.

This year’s evening will feature Elvis Tribute Artist Jack Curtis, offering a fun night of music and entertainment alongside a delicious meal.

We will enjoy a wonderful dinner provided by Hey Mama, What’s for Supper, followed by the performance.

🎟 Tickets are $25 per person
📞 Tickets may be purchased by calling the church office

Proceeds from the evening will support the ministries of St. Luke UMC, including the food pantry and other church and community outreach efforts.

We hope you’ll join us for this special night of food, music, and fellowship.

💗 Bring a Friend Valentine’s Day Party! 💗
Join us for a fun-filled evening with games, food, music, and friends!

📅 Friday, Feb. 13 | 6–9 PM
🎉 3rd grade & up — all are welcome!
📝 RSVP HERE

Bring a friend and come ready for a great night—we’d love to see you there! 💌

🎬🍿 Midweek Movie Night: The Way 🍿🎬
Join us for a relaxed, welcoming evening of Midweek Manna and a movie as we gather to watch The Way, the film that inspired our upcoming Lent worship series.

📅 Tuesday, February 11
⏰ Dinner at 5:30 PM, movie to follow

Whether you’re part of St. Luke or simply looking for a meaningful way to slow down midweek, you’re invited. Come as you are, bring a friend, and share a meal and a story about grief, pilgrimage, and the journey we never walk alone.

February 8th is our annual Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday. 

All proceeds will go to our St. Luke Food Pantry.  To make this event successful, we need your help.

We need homemade soup, crackers and/or bread and desserts.  So that we will know how to prepare, please call Paula at 842-6522 and let her know what you plan to bring. Thank you for your help, and we look forward to seeing you!

We're celebrating New Member Sunday on January 11th! If you're a long-time visitor or are new to the community, looking for a church home, then we'd love to welcome you to St. Luke UMC!

Reach out to Rev. Amber Lea at amberlea@stluketupelo.org or by calling the church office.

Start the new year with space to breathe, create, and listen.

Join us for Guided by Light: A Watercolor Workshop to Prayerfully Start the New Year, a gentle, creative gathering where we’ll explore watercolor as a tool for reflection and intention setting.

If you received a Star Word on Epiphany Sunday, bring it with you—we’ll use it as inspiration for our prayer and artwork. If you didn’t receive one, no worries! You can choose a word when you arrive.

No experience needed. Just come with an open heart and a willingness to begin again.

Facilitated by Tracye Mason

Join us for worship on January 4th and recieve a star word for the new year.

On Epiphany Sunday, everyone is invited to pick up a Star Word—a simple paper star with a guiding word for the year. This practice is inspired by the magi who followed a star that led them to Jesus. In the same spirit, star words help us open our hearts to the ways God might be speaking, leading, or encouraging us in the year ahead.

You don’t choose your word; you receive it as a gift. Then you keep it somewhere you’ll see it—on a mirror, dashboard, journal, or fridge—and let it become a prayer prompt throughout the year.

It’s a small practice with surprising impact, inviting us to notice God’s presence in our everyday lives, to reflect, and to trust the journey ahead.

Join us in the sanctuary on the first Sunday after Christmas for a laid-back service full of JOY!

The birth of Christ brings good news of great joy to all people, which is cause for celebration. On this Sunday after Christmas, we encourage you to be playful, not to take yourself too seriously, and to laugh. For laughter is like hope—it has a ripple effect. It’s one of many ways we live and share good news.

Wear your favorite Christmas sweater and come prepared to smile!

Join us for a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 5 PM!

Christmas Eve is the night when all of Advent’s longings—hope, peace, joy, and love—come together in the light of Christ.

You are invited to gather with us as we sing carols, hear the story of Jesus’ birth, and share in Holy Communion. As the sanctuary fills with candlelight, we’ll remember that the Light of Christ still shines in the darkness, bringing good news for all people.

Whether you’ve been part of St. Luke for years or are looking for a place to worship this Christmas, you are welcome here. Bring your family, bring a friend, or simply bring your heart—there is room for you at the table and in the glow of the candlelight.

Come and celebrate the wonder of Christmas with us.

December 14 | Enchanted Tree Service

Join us at 6 PM for our annual Enchanted Tree service. This service is always a creative expression of the Christmas season. At the end of the service, we will walk an offering to an empty tree. All money collected at this service will go to support missions.

Join us in the fellowship hall immediately following the service for birthday cake and punch as we celebrate the birth of Christ!

Join us for our monthly meal at 5:30 pm and enjoy fellowship, games, and fun for all ages!

Click the link below to register by Monday, December 10th or call the church office 662-842-6522.

Click Here to Register.

🎄 Christmas Concert & Cookie Swap 🎄

Featuring “Structure” – A Tupelo High School Band
Thursday, December 4 | 6:00 PM

Kick off the Christmas season with an evening of incredible music and sweet fellowship! 🎶🍪

We’re excited to welcome Structure, one of Tupelo High School’s talented bands, for a free holiday concert that’s sure to fill your heart with the sounds of the season.

After the music, stick around for a cookie swap—bring a plate of your favorite cookies to share, and take home a plate full of assorted treats.

When: Thursday, December 4 at 6:00 PM
Where: St. Luke United Methodist Church, Sanctuary
Cost: Free – All are welcome!

A love offering will be collected to support the THS Structure Band this season.

Come for the music, stay for the cookies, and leave with your heart full of Christmas cheer!

Advent is almost here, and it’s time to make our sanctuary shine with the beauty of the season! Come join us as we hang greenery, set up the Chrismon tree, and prepare the space for worship during this holy season of anticipation.

All ages are welcome—whether you have an eye for design or just two willing hands, there’s a place for you. We’ll work together, share some laughs, and make the sanctuary ready to welcome Christ with joy.

Volunteers are invited to join us on Sunday November 23th at 2:30 PM to help us decorate the sanctuary to get ready for Advent and Christmas!

The Women of Worship are hosting their annual Food & Craft Bizarre. They will be set up on Saturday, November 22rd, from 9 AM - 2 PM with a variety of homemade desserts, casseroles, and crafts. All money will go to support local missions and ministry! If you’re willing to bring something to sell at the WOW (women of worship) booth this year, then please let the church office know.

VENDOR BOOTHS AVAILABLE! There are a limited number of booth spots available.

Fill out the application below and Grey Whitley will reach out if you are selected.

Location: 1400 Clayton Ave, Tupelo, MS 38804

Time: 9 - 2 PM, set up on Saturday Morning starting at 7:30AM

Booths: 10x10 inside the Gym, bring your own tables, electricity for booths is not available

Cost: $25

*Vendors are responsible for collecting their own sales tax.

Join us for our monthly meal at 5:30pm and enjoy fellowship, games, and fun for all ages!

Click the link below to register by Monday, October 6th or call the church office 662-842-6522.

Click Here to Register.

A Celebration of Musical Excellence and Community Harmony

Join Us November 6th at 6pm

Performances By:
Debbie Bullock
Nan Lawrence | Flutist | the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra
Cliff Moore | Band Director of North Pontotoc High School
Carla Hill | Voice Instructor | Saltillo, MS
Bart Mason | Local Musician & Worship Leader | St Luke UMC
Matt Strickland | Choir Director | St Luke UMC
Josh Delacoudray | Steel Panist
and More.

Debbie Bullock has been a leader in music excellence throughout the state of Mississippi as a music teacher and private instructor for over 50 years to include roles at Tupelo High School and other Lee Co. Schools. She served many United Methodist Churches: Gibson Memorial UMC, Crawford St. UMS, Cornerstone UMC, and currently, St. Luke UMC in Tupelo.

A portion of donations made will be given to the
American Cancer Society to further cancer research and a portion will go to support a local family currently fighting cancer.

Halloween at St. Luke UMC | October 31st | 5 PM - 8 PM 

People from all over Tupelo use our parking lot as a home base when trick-or-treating in the Joyner Neighborhood. So in a spirit of hospitality and fun, we’re going to hang out! You’re invited to bring a lawn chair and join us as we pass out candy, meet our neighbors, play some games, and have a hot dog dinner! This is a fun, intergenerational event, and we would love to have you!

We are taking donations of Halloween candy to pass out to trick-or-treaters.

Each year, United Methodists gather for Charge Conference—a time to celebrate where God has been at work, affirm our church leadership, and look with hope toward the year ahead.

This year, we’ll join together with other United Methodist churches in our area for a special evening of worship, fellowship, and connection. It’s more than a meeting—it’s a chance to give thanks for God’s faithfulness and to prayerfully step into the future God is calling us toward.

Come ready to celebrate, connect, and be encouraged as we look forward to another year of ministry together.

God has been faithful—and so have you! As we wrap up our “Planted in Promise” stewardship campaign, we’re gathering to celebrate all that God is doing in and through St. Luke UMC.

Commitment Sunday is a time to joyfully bring our pledge cards, offering our gifts and our hopes for the year ahead. Together, we’ll step into a new season of ministry with gratitude, trust, and excitement for what’s to come.

And what’s a celebration without food? After worship, join us in the fellowship hall for a church wide potluck. Bring your favorite dish to share.

We’re gathering an interest meeting for Hammer & Nails - a new mission-minded group at St. Luke. At this stage, nothing is set in stone. We simply want to gather people of all ages and skill levels to dream together, share ideas, and see what this ministry could become.

We're excited about what Hammer & Nails could become: a place to learn practical skills and a way to serve neighbors with simple repairs.

Come be part of shaping the vision from the very beginning.
📅 October 19 at 4 PM
📍 St Luke UMC Fellowship Hall

Join us for our monthly meal at 5:30pm and enjoy fellowship, games, and fun for all ages!

Click the link below to register by Monday, October 6th or call the church office 662-842-6522.

Click Here to Register.

Find your calm with Mindfulness Monthly: Letting Go with Watercolor workshop. This workshop is designed to give you space for creativity, reflection, and renewal.

Event Details:

• Mindfulness Monthly: Letting Go with Watercolor

• Facilitator: Tracye Mason

• Date/Time: Tuesday, October 7th | 6:00 - 7:00 pm  

• Location: St. Luke United Methodist Church
  1400 Clayton Avenue | Tupelo, MS 38804

This one-time class blends simple watercolor techniques with mindfulness practices, creating an accessible and restorative experience for people of all backgrounds—no prior art experience required.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is encouraged.
Register here: https://onrealm.org/stluketupelo/PublicRegistrations/Event?linkString=MGRlOWMzZWYtYTkxYi00MDAxLWI4ZWItYjM0NDAxMTkxOWIy

More about Tracye Mason:

For more than 25 years, Tracye has devoted herself to the healing arts as a licensed massage therapist and Reiki master. Her work weaves together bodywork, energy practices, breath work, and the gift of deep listening, offering comfort and encouragement to those she serves.

With a heart for connecting the spiritual and the everyday, Tracye delights in creating spaces of peace and beauty. She finds joy in her garden among flowers and herbs, in her kitchen preparing nourishing meals for family and neighbors, and on the trail hiking with her husband. Her love for God, nature, and people also finds expression in her interests in herbalism and painting.

Above all, Tracye is guided by a calling to nurture, to serve, and to invite others into experiences of healing, renewal, and grace—whether in her home, her church, or her wider community.