All are welcome to worship with us!
St. Luke’s, Burnt River, is located at 178 Burnt River Road in Burnt River, which is situated North of Fenelon Falls. The congregation also serves the Four Miles Lake cottage area.
Seasonal Worship Schedule: St. Luke’s has discontinued Sunday Services of Worship for the remainder of the season until summer of 2025. See you next summer! As an alternative during this time please join us for Sunday services at either Christ Church Bobcaygeon at 11 am or St. John’s Dunsford at 9:15 am.
Seasonal Services of Worship are regularly at 9:00 am Sundays during the summer. A special service is also offered occasionally some years at an evening Christmas Carol service sometime in December. In the winter services are by special arrangement with the clergy and wardens. The regular services are Holy Communion (aka- Holy Eucharist) on first and third Sundays and Morning Prayer on second, fourth and fifth Sundays.
Each year the congregation of year round residents is bolstered by cottagers from nearby Four Mile Lake.
Service Music and accompaniment for hymn singing is provided by a variety of parish and community musicians. as well as electronically when required using YouTube and bluetooth speakers. Guest soloists and musicians including music groups, are occasionally welcomed and invited to participate.
Lay participation in the reading of scriptures and leading in prayers is encouraged.
During the winter months when St. Luke’s is closed, people are encouraged to attend Sunday services in our sister Anglican parish churches, Christ Church, Bobcaygeon or St. John’s, Dunsford. A prayer group is open to the entire community led by Carol Small Morris in the meeting room at St. Luke’s during the summer.
Parish Officers
- Rector’s Warden – Patricia Staneland
- People’s Warden – Carol Small Morris
- Treasurer – Joanne Flint
- Lay Reader – Larry Barker
- Synod Lay Delegate – Larry Barker
Community Services
St. Luke’s is a friendly small congregation where everyone helps out and participates. The members of St. Luke’s get involved in helping with many annual community events often held locally.
St. Luke’s hosts a joint parish and community service which includes members of Christ Anglican Church, Bobcaygeon, St. John’s Anglican Church, Dunsford and the Burnt River United Church in an annual summer Sunday service in July at the Burnt River Community Centre followed by lunch. St. Luke’s also regularly participates in the summer community Burnt River Cemetery decoration day service and Nov. 11 Remembrance Day services.
St. Luke’s History
St. Luke’s, Burnt River’s history dates back to 1896 when Robert Machonachie, a lay reader from the Church of England moved to the area and was licensed by the Bishop of Toronto to work in the Burnt River area. Until then Anglicans in the Burnt River area had been worshipping at Fenelon Falls, a considerable journey in those times. With Machonachie, they started worshipping first in the local Orange hall, then in St. Luke’s which opened and dedicated its new building in 1904.
In 1906 St. Luke’s became part of the parish of Kinmount, Burnt River and Irondale. Later in the 40’s St. Luke’s was attached to Fenelon Falls then back to Kinmount. In 1962 , St. Luke’s joined in the current three point parish. Since 1967 there have been several building projects which have seen restoration of the worship space, a new entrance, and the addition of a Sunday School classroom and refurbished bell tower.