A whole week of opportunities to serve begins Sunday!
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See the list of daily service projects and sign up!
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Church of Common Ground is RUNNING OUT OF COFFEE.
That's the bad news; the good news is that in January, St. Luke's is filling our
Outreach Baskets with ground coffee, powdered creamer and sugar (one pound bags of sugar preferred). CCG is a worshiping community of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. It is a “church without walls” on the streets of Atlanta, providing support for the pastoral and spiritual needs of women, men and youth who live on the margins of our city. Coffee is an essential ingredient to almost all CCG gatherings! Please be generous and quick!
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If you aren't able to worship with us on Peachtree Street this Sunday, joins us via the Internet.
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A few more good things to know:
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The church offices will be closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
The Grief Support Group meets Thursday, January 18 at noon in the Library. Bring a sandwich if you like and we will have drinks. Friends are welcome. Please contact Meg Moye (
megmoye@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.
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Bible Study meets Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Parkins Room. We are exploring how Jonah uses the character of an outrageous excuse of a prophet to show the leaders and people of Judah just how foolish they looked with their insistence on isolationism and the exclusion of “the other.” It asks the question, “If God loves the outsider, shouldn’t we?” All are welcome!
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A Service of Dedication for the most recent gifts to St. Luke's Church will be held at 5 pm on January 21. The service and reception will be held in the Bell Tower. Gifts to be acknowledged include the exterior lighting of the church and the allee above the garden given in memory of Verona McDuffie and a gift from the Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation and the wrought iron bench in the cloister designed, fabricated and donated by Charles Calhoun in memory of his parents, Connie and Merrell Calhoun.
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Be sure to walk through the Glenn Gallery next time you're at the church to enjoy the incredible works of Lee Harper Vason. We all think of Lee as the noted dancer that she is. We all feel bless by the liturgical dance that she has brought to our worship. Who knew she paints, too?! And boy does she paint. This show is sure to delight you. Thank you Lee for again sharing with us!
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Let It Shine! Thank you to all those parishioners who have completed and return a pledge card! We encourage those who have not yet done so, to please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for being a part of and supporting our church’s many ministries.
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A Prayer Service for those participating in our Bridge Builders ministry is scheduled for January 21 at 5 p.m. in Wilmer Chapel. This will be a time for all Bridge Builder groups to come together for prayer and reflection as we continue the intentional work of dismantling racism in ourselves and in our community through our conversations and mutual learning.
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Youth Confirmation Class ... As we prepare for the bishop’s visit on Sunday, May 20, we will begin our Youth Confirmation Class on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 10:15 a.m. in Room 202. Youth in 10th grade and older are eligible to participate. To sign up or receive more information, please email The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey at
elizabeth@stlukesatlanta.org.
EYC to Midtown Bowl ... next Sunday, January 21. We’ll meet there at 5 p.m. to bowl and enjoy fellowship until about 6:30 p.m. The church is taking care of the lanes and snacks. Please bring a few bucks to rent shoes.
Rite 13 Liturgy ... our next Rite 13 ceremony is set for Sunday, January 28. This ceremony marks a young person’s transition from childhood to adulthood and is held for youth who have recently turned 13 years old. Youth who have not participated in this ceremony and who will have turned 13 by January 18 may participate in this ceremony. For more information or to sign up to participate, please email The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey at
elizabeth@stlukesatlanta.org.
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For more about what is happening at St. Luke's:
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8 a.m.|Holy Eucharist, Rite I
9 a.m.| Holy Eucharist, Rite II
9 a.m.| Children's Chapel
10:15 a.m.| Christian Ed for all ages
11:15 a.m. | Holy Eucharist, Rite II
12:15 p.m.| Coffee Hour|Parish Hall
There will be no Sunday 2.0 this evening because of the holiday weekend.
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THE ALTAR flowers are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Katrina Hartman Ripley by Cary, Charles and Chase Calhoun; and in loving memory of Dana Jones by Paige Jones and family.
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Adult Christian Education
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Sunday’s Lectionary: A Bible Study | Colin Brown | Jan. 14 and 21 | Wilmer Chapel
Join Colin Brown, our seminarian from Candler, to explore God’s Word in the day’s designated scripture lessons. We all see the world through the filter of life experience and life transitions. This Bible study is designed to engage us in a deeper exploration of biblical texts acknowledging the lens of life experiences we bring to that study. No preparation necessary. Drop in as you are able. This class invites you to come, engage the Scripture and respond to God’s word.
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Wrestling with our history; working toward reconciliation
The Rev. Tony Johns | January 14
Increased racial tension and division continues to characterize our communal conversation in the United States. Tony Johns, executive director of Crossroads, has generously agreed to share with us some of his own story, a story that continues to shape him. Come engage in the journey of transformation as this “son of the south” reflects on his struggle from an early age with a heritage of racism and violence, to later discover that his family had been directly involved in planning and carrying out an attack on a bus of Freedom Riders in Anniston, Alabama, on May 14, 1961. Through the works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Tony discovered a new heritage - one of peace and love open to all God’s children.
The Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley | January 21
Our current context has us examining the monuments we display along with the singular lens through which we look to remember our common history. The Rev. Wallace Adams-Riley has wrestled with honoring the past while working toward racial reconciliation. He is an Episcopal priest who until this fall served for nine years as rector of historic St. Paul’s Church, Richmond, a church once known as the “Cathedral of the Confederacy.” Wallace will share some of his own journey and challenge us all to consider how the Gospel calls us to reckon with our history, particularly in relationship to slavery and race, for the sake
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Displaced people…a 2,000 year-old story
from Episcopal News Service
[Episcopal Diocese of Maryland]
We’re told more than 65 million people around the globe are on the move. They’ve left their homelands due mainly to war, famine, and natural disaster.
Just last week many Christians celebrated the feast of the Epiphany. It’s the biblical story of three wise men making a trek, following a star, to witness the newborn Savior. They’d been enlisted by a frightened King Herod to bring back information on where this child was.
The Go Summit: Local and Global Mission in the Diocese of Atlanta
Cathedral of St. Philip • Feb 10
If the old diocesan ministry fair and the annual global mission conference had a baby, it would be the
Go Summit
. Collaborate with Bishop Robert C. Wright, Toxic Charity author Robert Lupton, and those in our diocese working on innovations in both local and global ministries. Please encourage those in your ministry with big ideas, dreams, frustrations, and questions to register and attend.
Click here to view the flyer
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Can you count?
It used to be called the Homeless Census. Now it's called the
Point In Time Count and its purpose is to give the City and partner agencies valuable information on the homeless population making it possible to strategically target resources for optimal results. On
Monday, January 22 from 8 p.m. until 3:30 a.m., volunteers will be surveying the unsheltered homeless who are sleeping in outdoor locations such as sidewalks, parks, encampments and under bridges. The surveys will provide demographic information on each homeless individual, give insight to their homeless history, and assess individual needs that will enable the Continuum to effectively plan housing and service interventions to prevent and end homelessness in Atlanta. Help is needed.
Signup online: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084baeab2ca2ff2-onenight1 to volunteer.
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Stay Connected!
- If you’d like to receive occasional texts - like weather-related cancellations - from St. Luke’s, text StLukesATL to 64600.
- Visit our YouTube channel - you can even subscribe to it. Click here.
- Check out our photo galleries. Click here.
- Like St. Luke’s on Facebook.
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