Provides support to students in the area of tutoring, special testing and preparation in standardized tests such as SAT, ACT, TASS, etc

Social Services

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Mission Statement: To Share Christ blessings through Fitness, Fellowship and Service to those in need.

Vision Statement:  To Continue to grown & reach out to the greater community by providing our services while expressingthe importance to physical fitness.

Swing N2 Fitness class was develop through and from our Annual Church Outing in 2008. All proceeds from the class benefit the Breadbasket Ministry. Class is open to the church and community. Those attending are asked to bring donations for the Breadbasket Ministry in a the form of canned goods or small monetary donation.  Swing Out Dance Classes Held each Monday 6:30 p.m.- 8:45 p.m. Classes held in the D.B.Holmes Fellowship Hall.

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The Economic Development Ministry is dedicated to improving the economic status of the communities in which we interact – St. Luke “Community” including the surrounding neighborhoods; the minority community, and the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Economic Development

Our Mission
“To provide services to minority and women-owned businesses designed to strengthen and support these businesses to accomplish the ultimate goal of community empowerment and liberation through Christ.”

Our Vision
We envision a “master mind” group of cross-functional disciples of Christ who are focused on providing services that “stretch the envelope” in efficiency and productivity in the delivery of those services which are designed to foster community-wide business development.


We work to improve the economic standing through our various programs and services conducted throughout the year. These programs include:

• Business Directory
- The Telephone Directory designed to circulate our dollars back into the minority business community; Primarily promotes the goods and services offered by small and medium-sized minority-owned businesses

• Business of the Month
- Recognition of the successes and promotion of minority businesses

• SOKO
– The African Market Place which encourages the community to spend their dollars with minority-owned businesses

• Celebration Hope
- Participation in the rebuilding of the surrounding neighborhoods of St. Luke through scheduled renovations of homes in the community.

• Financial Education Series
- A series of seminars covering a variety of topics designed to educate and improve the economic well-being of participants.

Many additional programs and services are performed throughout the year and we always welcome the exchange of new ideas. Thus, we want you to attend a meeting, become involved as part of the ministry, and remain active with us.

The Political-Social Action Ministry (P-SAM) accepts the responsibility to inform, engage, motivate, and mobilize the St. Luke family and wider community in the ways of justice; keeping the words of the Lord as given to the prophet Micah as our guide…to do justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.

Sankofa African Heritage Ministry

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The Sankofa African Heritage Ministry exists to help St. Luke live out its core value of celebrating our heritage.  Sankofa, a word in the Akan language of Ghana, West Africa teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward.  As African people, our heritage extends back to the very beginning of time. The Sankofa African Heritage Ministry is responsible for presenting the Zan W. Holmes, Jr. African Heritage Lecture Series along with our annual Kwanzaa Celebration.

BMCR

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The mission of Black Methodists for Church Renewal is to raise up prophetic and spiritual leaders who will be advocate for the unique needs of Black people in the United Methodist church.

Career Development Ministry

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To provide resources to the community of god’s people by providing resource support in which one Can complete an active work search for employment.

Provides spiritual support services for individuals who are incarcerated in the Texas criminal justice system. Visits inmates on the first Sundays of every month. The Jail Ministry also implements and supervises the Angel Tree Program to address the needs of children whose parents are incarcerated.

United Methodist Men - The United Methodist Men's Ministry is called to establish, maintain and nurture a personal relationship with God through our perpetual crusade to grow spiritually and to daily seek God's will. As a creative and supportive fellowship of men who seek to know Jesus Christ, we are called to be a community of God's caring people, within the church and world community, by serving as faithful stewards of our time, talents and money; by combating injustice wherever it may exist and by implementing outreach ministries to meet the needs of the total community.