Try a  weekend of 
Service and Prayer

Our Service and Prayer weekends offer you a balanced weekend of "active service and contemplative prayer." Through worship, service, prayer and a shared community, groups make a re-commitment to Baptismal Promises. Your group will become mindful and responsive to the needs of others, all within weekend nurtured by prayer and the Eucharistic celebration at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. 

This retreat is programmed for families; middle school; high school; collegiate  and intergenerational  groups. The program can include
  • baking bread for the community
  • engaging the hungry, sick, and shut-ins 
  • a community garden/yard project
  • intentional prayer
Schedule a Service & Prayer weekend for your groups today. We can accommodate most any size group, but we ask for at least 2 weeks notice for this program.

Confirmation Retreats

Confirmation is an important program in the life of any parish.  Let us help you create a Confirmation Retreat that your group is sure to remember.  We will work with you to explore the Baptismal Covenant and what it means to be Confirmed, as well as providing space and activities that allows your group to bond and grow closer together. 

A Space for All Your Needs

The Episcopal Mission Center, provides your group with a retreat facility that is versatile and comprehensive. Whether your group is looking for a place to hold a standard retreat such as: Happening, Kairos, Vocare, or Chrysalis, or plan a customized retreat for your group, our team can help. We will work with you to plan prayer and worship experiences, fun activities such as: rock climbing or hiking, service learning opportunities, and exploration of the city. To customize your groups weekend or to use the facilities of the EMC for a pre-programmed event, contact the EMC.
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The Episcopal Mission Center
​is located at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in the historic Germantown section of Philadelphia.
5421 Germantown Ave, 
Philadelphia, PA 19144

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

 Thank you for your radical hospitality!
Michelle France
Gwynedd Mercy University 

​Thank you for your hospitality in hosting students from Gwynedd Mercy and Alvernia University during their Alternative Break with the Interfaith Center.  The facility was wonderful. We held several of our workshops there in your comfortable space. What an ideal setting! The students especially appreciated participating in your mass as getting a personal orientation from Rev Morris and such a warm welcome from your parishioners.

With much appreciation for all you do,


​“Right now, my group is rating our experience as the best mission they've ever been a part of.  The orientation and subsequent building of relationships with kids in the community broke down their racial and urban stereotypes. Most importantly, every one of them experienced a deepening of their faith in God, and tangible understanding of how that faith works itself out in mission and issues of social justice. We will definitely be coming back!”

— Rev. Jane Cornman, St. Mary’s Church, Wayne, PA