ST LUKE’S POLICY

For most of us, the word policy does not stir excitement. It conjures images of dense, detailed, and dry technical documents. And we won’t pretend otherwise. Some policy documents (including ours ) can, indeed must, feel that way.

But please don’t be put off. If you persevere, we hope you will find much more within.

Our policies seek to express the underlying structure of our Church and, at their best, the Spirit within that gives it life. In this sense, our policies are the branches- providing structure and carrying life; and our ministries are the fruit, marked by the character of the tree from which they grew. Our policies pave the way for ministries rich in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. And as St Paul reminds us, “against such things there is no law.”

So, yes. Policies (including ours) may look legal.

But they exist not to burden the Church with law. They exist to help us remain true to the animating Spirit who sends us into the world.