St. Luke's is a progressive Christian community, rooted in the Episcopal tradition. The essence of our church is its community of members, friends, and partners who live the Gospel of God’s radical welcome, wherever they are on their spiritual journey. We invite dialogue and celebrate diversity as a way to better know, love, and serve God and our neighbors. We celebrate with beautiful worship, as well as the freedom to grow and serve with passion in our own unique ways, and we embrace the bond of deep connection. St. Luke's is a place where we share in one another's joys and concerns and live out deep, authentic joy in God, in one another, and in the earth that God has entrusted us to care for; and, where its parishioners engage more deeply with their faith and go forth into the world strengthened to live and serve.

Climate Action Evanston volunteers collaborate with the City, local businesses, faith communities, and residents to accelerate climate action throughout Evanston, Illinois. Formerly Citizens' Greener Evanston, the organization started in 2008 and worked with the City on its first climate plan. Climate Action Evanston is currently managing five programs, focused on waste reduction, regenerative agriculture, energy efficiency, environmental justice, and natural habitats.

Breaking boundaries both musical and geographical, cellist, composer and multilingual vocalist Ian Maksin has created his own unique style by blending elements of different genres and traditional music from around the globe in a new way using his cello as the main unifying force. Ian Maksin was born in Leningrad, former USSR, into a multinational family and grew up absorbing many cultures and traditions from an early age. He began playing guitar and piano at age 3 and cello at age 6 at the School for Gifted Children in Leningrad and then came to the USA at 16 to continue studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. After working for many years in the classical genre including a three-year tenure with the New World Symphony in Miami Ian has decided to look for his own musical path. His diverse musical experience, including playing rock and blues guitar and passion for jazz and world music has allowed him to take the cello to a new dimension and develop his own distinct style as a musician and composer. In Ian's own words: "At some point I realized that music is much more than mere entertainment. Music is one of most powerful and unifying forces in the world, capable of healing, inspiring, bringing people together and bringing peace among them. I believe that cello will save the world.”

Praised by the Chicago Classical Review for her “standout” and “joyful” playing, Emma Hospelhorn is a flutist whose creative practices resist easy categorization. As a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, she has recorded works by composers including George Lewis, Hilda Paredes, Erin Gee, Jeff Parker, Igor Santos, Anthony Cheung, and many more. She is one half of The Machine Is Neither…, an electroacoustic duo centered around motion-catpure technology, which has created works including Terra Lingua (2019/2020) for dancers in motion-capture suits and live instruments, and Tree of Secrets (2018) for audience and listening lamp. She performs with a wide variety of improvising ensembles, folk, and pop groups, and additional collaborations include a working duo for instruments and homemade circuits with cellist Katinka Kleijn, as well as stints with the Neo-Futurists, Lookingglass Theatre, and Silk Road Rising. She also writes and performs experimental folk music as Em Spel. Emma holds a PhD in Learning Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where her research focuses on spatial and embodied learning in musical contexts. She brings a research-based and student-centered perspective to her teaching practice as flute instructor for the Chicago Academy for the Arts and New Trier High School. She also holds degrees from Columbia University and CUNY Queens College, and was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2007-2009.