B reakfast this Sunday, March 26, will be provided by guest chefs, Mason & Rick Rummel. 

Please plan on joining everyone in Board Hall between 8:30am and 9:45 where you will not only enjoy great food but a time for fellowship.

 

 

Blessing of the Palms & Holy Eucharist

Saturday, April 8^th at 5:30pm

Sunday, April 9^th at 8:00 & 10:00am

           

The 10:00 Eucharist will begin outside the double red doors of the Church.  

 

Holy Eucharist

Monday through Thursday (April 10^th - 13^th) at 12:00 noon

            Wednesday, April 12^th at 6:00pm

 

Maundy Thursday

April 13^th at 6:00pm

- Foot Washing, Communion, & Stripping of the Altar

                       

Participation in the washing of feet is optional.

 Evening worship will start an hour earlier than last year, at 6pm, not 7pm.

 

Good Friday

April 14^th at 12:00 noon & 6:00pm - Liturgy of Prayer, Scripture and Song

2:30pm - Stations of the Cross at Epiphany Roman Catholic (outdoors)

5:30pm - Stations of the Cross at St. Luke's (indoors)

On Good Friday, we abstain from celebrating or receiving Holy Communion.

Evening worship will begin an hour earlier than last year, at 6pm, not 7pm.

 

Holy Saturday

April 15^th at 8:00pm - The Great Vigil of Easter

 

Easter Day

April 16^th at 8:00, 9:30, & 11:15am - Holy Eucharist

10:45am - Easter Egg Hunt on the Grounds

The mid-morning Eucharist will start an half-hour later than last year.

The late-morning Eucharist will start 15 minutes later than last year. 

 

 

Please join us for an informational meeting in Board Hall on March 26 following the 10:00 Eucharist to learn more about a wonderful outreach opportunity 'Mission Behind Bars and Beyond.' Our guest speaker will be Mr. Dean Bucalos with the 'Mission Behind Bars Ministry.' Please contact Rev. Shelley with any questions.

 

Rev. Dean W. Bucalos is the executive director of Mission Behind Bars and Beyond, an ecumenical re-entry program that trains small faith-based groups to work with returning citizens upon their release from prison. In addition, he is the founding the pastor of New Life in Christ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a congregation he began which is inside, Dismas Charities-Diersen, a women's re-entry facility in Louisville, Kentucky. He also serves part-time as the program specialist for prison and ministries for the National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Rev. Bucalos was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has served as the pastor of congregations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, The University of Kentucky College of Law and Lexington Theological Seminary.   Prior to his ordination, Rev. Bucalos practiced law in Ashland and Lexington, Kentucky. He serves as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, where he teaches classes on Christianity and Social Justice. Dean is a trained volunteer facilitator for the Juvenile Justice Pilot Program in Jefferson County, Kentucky, sponsored by Restorative Justice Louisville.

Dean is married to Dr. Anne B. Bucalos, who is the Vice Provost of Faculty Development and Professor in the School of Education at Bellarmine University. Dean and Anne have two adult children who live with their spouses in Louisville, and four grandchildren.  

 

The Centering Prayer group gathering time will be moved from the third Tuesday of the month to the fourth Tuesday of the month.

This new meeting date will take effect this month as we will meet on March 28^th at 6:00 PM in the sanctuary.

 

Beginning the first weekend of Lent, Rev. Shelley will be facilitating a five-part teaching series authored by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton entitled 'Embracing Forgiveness'  What it is and what it isn't.

Each lesson will include a DVD presentation followed by group discussion.

The lessons will be offered during the Adult Faith Formation hour from 9:05-9:45 AM on Sundays, and also following the 5:30 PM Saturday night worship service. Please contact the church office for more information.

 

On Wednesday, March 29, The Daughters of the King will be providing soup and bread followed with Stations of the Cross led by Fr. Michael.  

The soup will be served after the 6:00 pm Wednesday Eucharist and then Stations of the Cross will follow.  We invite you to join us for this special gathering during lent. 

Sign up sheets will be available in both narthexes.

 

Due to the lack of electricity in the kitchen and uncertainty about when the final hookups to the main will be installed by LG&E, the NEW DATE will be Sunday, April 2, in Board Hall, following the 10:00am service. St. Luke's has hosted the Silver Tea for over 40 years. Donations support Home of the Innocents which provides shelter and care for children who are without support when their families are in trouble. A representative for the Home will speak at the Tea.

Megan Durham, a member of our choir and a medical student at the University of Louisville, will be going on a medical mission trip to Masaya, Nicaragua this summer with 3 of her colleagues.  They will work in a local hospital for 4 weeks, using what they've learned to improve the health of the local residents, working in the emergency room, surgery, pediatric, and OB/GYN departments of the hospital.  To facilitate their ministry, they need financial contributions to purchase medical supplies from Supplies Over Seas.  Project Latin America is a nonprofit Louisville-based organization that's helping coordinate the funding for Megan's trip. 

If you would like to support her work, please consider making a monetary donation.  All donations are tax deductible if made payable to Project Latin America. Please do not write Megan's name anywhere on the check, but please write "Donation" in the memo. 100% of the proceeds will be used to support the medical trip to Nicaragua. And by adding a new dimension to Megan's medical training, this will someday benefit the health of our own community as well.