We would love to "see" you on Sunday - share a picture of your at-home worship experience with us and use hashtag #SaintLukesConnected on social media!
Send Us Your Joys & Concerns
Send us your joys and concerns by 9 am on Sunday, and we'll incorporate them into our worship service. Email
pastors@slpres.org.
Please Support Saint Luke's
Please support the work God is doing through Saint Luke's during this challenging time by giving
online, via
text, or by mail (1978 Mt Vernon 30338). Thank you for all you so generously give!
Music Requests
We'd like to know what hymns and other service music pieces you'd like to sing and hear in upcoming worship services. Submit your suggestions to Director of Music
Clair Maxwell. Also, if you've been playing or singing some music of your own, make a recording of your performance and email it to
clairmaxwell@slpres.org. We'd enjoy seeing and hearing how music is STILL a part of all our lives!
Saint Luke's COVID-19 Updates
All church activities that require in-person gathering have been canceled indefinitely, consistent with the decision made by Dekalb County School District in consultation with state and county boards of health. The cancellation of gathering activities will go at least through Sunday, March 29th, but likely beyond, even including Holy Week. As long as we are on hiatus from in-person gathering, we will conduct our worship services online Sundays at 10:30. If you have an emergency or need pastoral care, please do not hesitate to contact one of the pastors on their cell phones.
The church building and office will be closed for at least two weeks (beginning March 16), consistent with the closure of Dunwoody's City Hall. This will apply to all groups using the Saint Luke's campus for gathering, with an exception made for Family Promise's hospitality for families experiencing homelessness.
The Board of Deacons of the church has also mobilized care and caregivers for anyone who needs assistance during this time of isolation, like shopping and other errands. There will be more information forthcoming about care at Saint Luke's, but you can contact Pastor Shannon Dill (shannondill@slpres.org) or Loving Care Committee deacon chair Emily Ritzler (eritzler@gmail.com) for more information. We will be checking on each other even more so these days and no one in the Saint Luke's family is alone.
Adult Sunday school classes and other small groups will be meeting virtually! Please check with your class/group leader for more information. We will also have online opportunities for everyone to join in fellowship and spiritual growth. Details will be posted on our Facebook page, website and Highlights emails as they become available.
The Saint Luke's web site has been updated with COVID-19 information and resources to better serve you and help keep you #SaintLukesConnected! Go to slpres.org.
Hey Kids! Here's How You Can Stay #SaintLukesConnected
TODAY! Zoom Time for Elementary SLPC Kids!
We are all missing each other, so it's time to virtually gather and catch up with each other! Join Miss Catherine Anne on Wednesday, March 25 at 3 pm, for zoom time with elementary kids! We'll also be talking about things that bring us comfort - and we'll play a fun game. Here are the details:
Topic: Zoom Time for Kids!
Time: Mar 25, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
We're hoping to make this a weekly event, so join us when you can! After all...what ELSE are you going to be doing? For Zoom help, click here.
For ALL Age Groups: More Faith and Fun Online!
Check our quarantine section of www.slpres.org and click on "Stay Connected" to find a new video from Miss Catherine Anne, new Bible story videos for all ages, and new music videos...and one is a never-heard-before special surprise! You'll be glad to find new at-home activities and ideas, as well as some fun photos from our families!
We also have loaded our virtual worship cart with new coloring pages, mazes, and word searches. Use these anytime or print them out for our virtual worship on Sunday morning!
Submit Your Creations!
As you know,Saint Luke's LOVES seeing your artwork and building creations, and just because we're not at church doesn't mean we can't share your brilliance with our church family! The next time you draw or paint a picture, build a Lego creation, make a potholder, string a necklace, build a birdhouse, put together a fun sculpture, or make anything else, please take a photo of your creation and email it to erinmurray@slpres.org so we can add it to our Facebook library! Thanks for spreading joy through your creativity!
Middle & High School Youth:
We've got stuff for you too!!!
Check out the youth COVID-19 page on the
www.slpres.org website for details on things like:
CAC Seeking Donations Drop-off at Bob Schultz Home
Our outreach partner, Community Assistance Center, helps families in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody alleviate hunger, but during these difficult times with the COVID 19, supplies are running short. If you have any extra food in your pantry, Saint Luke's is holding a special food drive in support of CAC. If you are able to donate, CAC is in need of these items - please focus on these items, as they are in CRITICAL need:
Canned Meat: Tuna, Chicken, Beef Stew, Chili
Dried Beans
Canned Fruit
Cereal
Dry Pasta
Rice
Spaghetti Sauce
Plastic grocery bags
With the church being closed, please deliver items to church member Bob Schultz, at 1660 Kings Down Cir, Dunwoody GA 30338. Please leave in the driveway keeping in mind social distancing. As an alternate to physical donations, you can donate online using any of the various platforms, Costco, Amazon, Publix or Kroger who provide delivery. For CAC location, hours and more information, go to ourcac.org.
Lent Devotion:
The Struggle is Real
Little did we know when we began the season of Lent that the struggle would be what it is today. As you find yourself with time and perhaps more accurately with more need to reflect on a daily basis, we are hopeful that in preparing our hearts and minds during these days leading to Easter we will come to experience the hope and joy of the resurrection in new and powerful ways. Here are two online daily devotional options:
Lenten Devotional 1 (based on the Narrative Lectionary passages used in worship)
In addition, the Saint Luke's Youth Council will be doing an Instagram devotional. Check out @slpresyouth
Saint Luke's College Scholarship
Thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor, $2,500 will be awarded to a Saint Luke's high school senior who is enrolling in an accredited four-year U.S. college. For details, go to slpres.org. To view the application, click here. Application deadline is April 19, 2020.
Family Promise Updates
Family Promise guest families will be staying overnight at Saint Luke's starting Sunday, March 29, until it is safe to resume rotating between congregations. Hospitality during this time will be limited for the safety of the guests. The scheduled host congregation will supply overnight volunteers. If you would like to know how you can help, please contact Saint Luke's Family Promise coordinators Betsy King and Sydney Underhill.
4th & 5th Grade VBS Registration is Open! June 8-11
Registration for our 5th and 4th Grade Mountain Mission Express is now open! Kids will enjoy three half-day service projects around the Atlanta area (6/8, 6/9, 6/10), followed by an overnight trip to Calvin Center in Hampton, Georgia (6/10-6/11). To register, click here.
To register for our 3-year-old classes (3 by 9/1/19) through 3rd grade (current school year) classes, click
here!
While we remain hopeful for VBS, we will also wait to see what the coming weeks will bring. Please check Highlights each week for future announcements or decisions.
Chastain 2020: Call for Performers
We are now making preparations for Chastain at Saint Luke's which will be held this year on Sunday, May 3. Any singers or performers who would like to participate should let Director of Music Clair Maxwell know of their interest to be included on the program. All are welcome!
While we remain hopeful for Chastain, we will also wait to see what the coming weeks will bring. Please check Highlights each week for future announcements or decisions.
Habitat 2020: New Start Date
A Place To Call Home - A House Rehabbed With Love
Just as many other events have been affected by the current crisis with the corona virus, so too has the Habitat project. As of now, the start date has been moved to April 4. If that happens, we will have the dedication ceremony on June 6. That means we have a time out for two Saturdays, April 11 (Easter weekend) and May 23 (Memorial Day weekend). But . . . stay tuned. That start date could shift to a later date.To read the latest information from Saint Luke's Habitat coordinator Daryl Moore, click
here.
Thanks to everyone who picked up an Easter bag to help foster children currently living in a group home sponsored by CHRIS 180. Saint Luke's member Nan Keel will be in touch about an alternate plan for collecting completed bags.
Saint Luke's COVID-19 Updates
CAC Seeking Donations
Chastain 2020: Call for Performers
