About Our Church

St. Luke United Lutheran Church has been a vital part of the Michigan City, Indiana, community for close to 100 years. Our church is located on Coolspring Avenue in Trail Creek.

Sunday worship is held at 10:00 a.m. We have Sunday School for children ages 3-18 each week (September-May), also at 10:00 a.m.

Each summer we host a popular week-long Vacation Bible School program. Contact the church office for this summer's dates!

Educational opportunities at St. Luke are not just for children. Adult Bible Study classes are held weekly during the winter and spring months. Come to learn, to have fun, to be challenged, and to join a lively discussion!

Welcome, Friends! It won't take you long to discover that St. Luke is truly a family, rich in the relationships that matter the most. Growing together, we worship, we serve, we laugh, we cry, we learn, and we reach out to our world with a life-changing message. We reach out to you as well. Our doors are open. Our hearts are open, too. If you have been thinking, praying, searching, and hoping for a place to belong, we say: WELCOME friends!

The mission of St. Luke United Lutheran Church is to bring God's message of salvation, love, and forgiveness through Jesus Christ to ourselves and others. We are a member parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For more information about Lutherans and the ELCA, click here -- or talk to our pastor!

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A Brief History of St. Luke

In 1912, a group of faithful Michigan City Lutherans wanted a change. Back in those days, the Lutheran church in our city, St. Paul, conducted their worship services in German. The founders of St. Luke wanted to conduct their services in the language of their new country: English. Thus, St. Luke English Lutheran Church was founded.

During those early years, the congregation met and held their worship services at the YMCA. In 1915, the first house of worship for St. Luke English Lutheran Church was built, a the corner of pearl and Lafayette Streets in Michigan City. The congregation remained there until 1969, when it moved to a brand new building at 2000 E. Coolspring Avenue in Trail Creek.

In 2002, members of St. Luke voted to merge with the Lutheran Church of the Dunes, which had formerly existed at U.S. 12  The two churches became one, housed in the 2000 E. Coolspring location -- and to mark this momentous occasion, the name of the congregation was changed to St. Luke United Lutheran Church.