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SUNDAY SCHEDULE
7:45 a.m. - noon Nursery Care (babies & toddlers to age 3)
8:00 a.m. - Holy Eucharist Rite I (spoken)
9:00 a.m. - Breakfast
9:30 a.m. - Forum
10:30 a.m. - Holy Eucharist Rite II (with choir)
10:30 a.m. - 11:20 - Sunday School for ages 4 to 5th grade
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Almighty and Everlasting God ... grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under [Christ's] most gracious rule.
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Psalm 93
Revelation 1:4b-8
John 18:33-37
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CALENDAR
Wednesday 11/18
7 a.m. - Contemplative Prayer Group (Chapel)
4 p.m. - Fr. Greg Drop-In Hours at Starbucks (College & Stuart)
6:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer
7 p.m. - Choir
Thursday 11/19
10 a.m.-noon - Fr. Greg Drop-In Hours at St. Luke's
Friday 11/20
Parish Office Closed
Sunday 11/22
(See Schedule)
Tuesday 11/24
9:30 a.m. - Singles on the Go at Sprouts Market
10:00 a.m. - Staff Mtg in Library
Wednesday 11/25
7 a.m. - Contemplative Prayer Group (Chapel)
1:30 p.m. - Daughters of the King (Choir Rm)
4 p.m. - Fr. Greg Drop-In Hours at Starbucks (College & Stuart)
6:30 p.m. - Evening Prayer
7 p.m. - Choir
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Did your ministry not make it onto the calendar this week?
Let
Anna know.
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The telephones at St. Luke's:
We are in the process of getting the phone system fixed. Please bear with us while the extensions and messages are updated.
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If you are a member of Facebook, please note:
The church's public
Facebook page is an outreach to people who may not know about St. Luke's or what it means to be an Episcopalian. To join, simply "Like" our page.
The St. Luke's
Facebook group is an internal communication tool. To request to be added to the group, follow the link above and click the Join button on the top banner.
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There's a notice from Tammie about the Quilt Ministry in the Facebook group. Click the image to be taken there.
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November 22, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall
Being Faithful in an Interfaith World
The Rev. Greg A. Foraker, Associate Rector for Leadership Development and Vocational Discovery
We live in a pluralistic world. How can we be both faithful Christians and also live meaningfully with people of other faith traditions or no tradition at all?
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Looking for a Deeper Connection with God?
Join Father Greg during his drop-in office hours this week to explore how God is at work in your life and how God is calling you to make a difference in our community and in the world.
Wednesdays, 4:00 to 6:00pm at Starbucks on College and Stuart
Thursdays, 10:00am to noon at St. Luke's Church
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Prepare for the Re-birth
of Christ Jesus in our Lives
Advent 1, Nov. 29
Anna Broskie:
Walking Each Other Home
Advent 2, Dec. 6
Fr. Abshire: Meta-noia and the Christian Eternal Return
Advent 3, Dec. 13
Jason R. Jenkins: The Gifts of God for the People of God
Advent 4, Dec. 20
Fr. Greg: I Have Come To Do Your Will, O God
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Contact
Andrew Hill for information on joining the St. Luke's Choir.
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Sunday, November 22 at 3:00 pm
Tickets available at the door: $12 adults, $9 Seniors & College Students, 18 and under free.
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A Service of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 13 at 4:00 pm
An Advent tradition at St. Luke's, modeled on the renowned
King's College service that has been taking place since 1918.
Prepare for Christmas with beautiful sacred music and Scripture.
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Nov. 29th, all Sunday School classes will be combined for an Advent extravaganza. We'll be working on the Global Advent project--get signed up to see at home; starting the luminarias; and making some special ornaments to take home, and for the St. Luke's Faith Family tree.
Gather at 10:30 in the Parish Hall. Grown-ups and youth, it's not too late to sign up to help.
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St. Luke's Challenge
St. Luke's will host our Faith Family Hospitality families in housing transition during
Christmas week.
Our children will soon be decorating stockings for each family member, but an empty stocking is worse than no stocking at all! And what does every member of the Fort Collins community need?
Warm hats and socks.
So, please
watch for sales of all sizes and weights of socks. We won't know sizes or numbers until really close to Dec. 20, but all extras will go to Homeless Gear. (They have LOTS of storage space.) Place your "warm woolly" offering on the table in the education wing.
Here is the fun part of the challenge -- can you or your family make a hat? Again, we'll need all sizes and colors. Knit, crochet, or purchase an inexpensive loom that all family members can work on. Count your blessings and pray for the homeless as you work.
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Family Field Trip
: Nativities Around the World
Global Village Museum, 200 W. Mountain Ave., is again offering a heartfelt display of Nativities.
Would you like to go as a group--and maybe for hot chocolate after?
The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 to 5 at a minimal cost.
If you'd like to go with your St. Luke's family, please email Tricia with the time and date that work best for you. We'll see if we can gather together.
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WAYS TO SERVE AT ST. LUKE'S
There are many opportunities to use your gifts and talents at St. Luke's. Some are listed below. Which one calls to you? Click the "opportunities" link for more information.
Worship Life Opportunities
Altar Guild, Acolytes, Eucharistic Ministers, Eucharistic Visitors, Lectors, Ushers, Greeters, Lay Intercessory Prayers, Breakfast Chefs
Outreach Opportunities
Quilt Ministry, Faith Family Hospitality, Larimer County Food Bank
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SPOTLIGHT ON....
Faith Family Hospitality
Faith Family Hospitality is a coalition of 27 Faith communities in the city of Fort Collins, CO. These volunteer congregations provide fellowship, overnight housing, meals and support to local families experiencing homelessness. There are 13 congregations that serve as host sites, and 14 who support and back up that effort. St. Luke's is a host church. During our next rotation, we have the FFH families for the week of December 20-27, which includes Christmas. If you would like to learn more about FFH, contact Mary Lynn Jones. To sign up, follow the link.
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In July of 2104,
Science Magazine published work by researcher Timothy Wilson with this abstract:
In 11 studies, we found that participants typically did not enjoy spending 6 to 15 minutes in a room by themselves with nothing to do but think, that they enjoyed doing mundane external activities much more, and that many preferred to administer electric shocks to themselves instead of being left alone with their thoughts. Most people seem to prefer to be doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is negative.
(You can read the full paper here, or an Atlantic Monthly summary here.)
Has it really come to this, that we are so compelled to have frenetic activity around us that even spending 15 minutes in silence, alone with our own thoughts, is worse than electric shocks? Can we no longer follow the Psalmist's advice to "Be still and know that I am God"?
Fr. Greg will be talking about living in an interfaith world during this Sunday's forum. In this case, we would do well to learn from the Buddhists,
second largest religious group in Colorado:
sitting in silence is a valuable practice.
But while we can take this advice from Buddhism, we don't have to approach sitting in silence from a Buddhist perspective. We have a Christian tradition of stillness as well. One method is called
Centering Prayer (videos, many resources; scroll down for printable brochure;
here is another).
Another type of prayer which allows us to "be still and know God" is based on St. Paul's admonition to "pray without ceasing." It is the
breath prayer, and while you can certainly use a traditional form (like the "Jesus Prayer"), you can also discover your own, based on your heart's deepest longing. You can download the PDF of Ron DelBene's book
The Breath of Life: A Simple Way to Pray, free, or follow the link below that to purchase a hard copy. The guide will walk you through crafting a breath prayer that you can use all day long.
Advent is a perfect time to make a commitment to some form of daily prayer. They say it takes 21 consecutive days to make a habit, and Advent lasts 28 days. So you might find that whatever you begin during Advent sticks.
But don't worry about that. Just choose to participate in one practice each day -- even for just five minutes -- to focus on God and not the rush of information and distraction around us. I could be wrong, but I hope you'll find it a better way to spend a few minutes than giving yourself electric shocks. On the other hand, it might turn out to be a lifelong practice -- a lifeline to the Holy.
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