The Week of Sunday, July 15
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
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Announcements & Opportunities
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Young Adults gathers this Thursday, July 19 at 6 p.m. for community and a guided discussion at Manuel’s Tavern in Poncey-Highlands. This a great opportunity for newcomers as well as long-time members to meet fellow young adults. And mark it on your calendars, we meet every third Thursday at Manuel’s. If you’re between the ages of 21-38, you are a young adult.
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The Grief Support group meets this Thursday, July 19 at noon in the library. Bring your lunch and we will have drinks. Please contact Meg Moye (
megmoyecounseling@gmail.com | 404-483-3711) if you plan to attend.
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Acolyte Sign Up
Even though it’s still summer vacation, we’re actively getting ready for the upcoming program year and will be putting our acolyte teams together in the coming weeks. We are looking for returning acolytes A folks - youth and adults - to join our fearless ranks. (Youth in sixth grade and older are eligible to serve.)
To register, please go onto our website and fill out the Acolyte Registration Form no later than the end of the day on Sunday, August 19. Acolyte training is set for August 26.
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Join us for our annual summer gathering for lunch and bingo on August 1 at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. We’ve got prizes for the many winners and a delicious lunch planned. Cost for lunch is $7. Bring a friend.
Call 404-873-7777 to make a reservation if you’ll be having lunch by Wednesday, July 25. Act III, for parishioners 60 and up, offers gatherings and activities in an effort to strengthen relationships and create a better sense of community.
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We are filling the Outreach Baskets for Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) this month. For thirty years, MAC has helped the working poor during times of crisis. Most items needed right now:
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beef stew • canned fruit • canned spinach • apple sauce
Hamburger Helper • cooking oil • deodorant
A complete list of items needed to stock the pantry is online at
The food pantry at MAC is especially taxed in the summer months when children are home and not receiving breakfast and/or lunch at school.
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EYC on the River
... On August 4, join youth from around the diocese will come together for a day of community, good food, and worship in Helen. We’ll tube the river and head to Church of the Resurrection for lunch, four-square, Frisbee, and Eucharist. Participants will receive a much-coveted Tubing Jesus tank top. Please
RSVP to Kristin
by July 20. Registration is $20
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The Rite of Holy Baptism will be celebrated on Sunday, August 5. If you wish to have your child baptized, or are an adult prepared for baptism, please contact Michelle Jemmott at 404-873-7616 or
michelle@stlukesatlanta.org. Deadline for information is Monday, July 23.
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You may have noticed a new feature in the parish newsletter, the
Shepherd's Voice. In the last edition, we began a column called
Expanding Community to introduce new members. Here is our second installment, just click the button below to take a look. Thanks to Sue McAvoy for shepherding this project.
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Members of the congregation (high school age and above), friends, and visitors are all cordially invited to sing as part of the choir without a long-term commitment. This is a great opportunity to make new friends, enjoy the music in a different way, and enhance the liturgy. The three basic prerequisites are: 1) some ability to read music; 2) some previous choral experience; and 3) the ability to match pitch. No advance sign-up is required but you must attend the rehearsal on Sunday one hour before service time in the Choir Room. That’s 8 a.m. if you’d like to join the choir for the 9 a.m. service, and 10:15 a.m. for the 11:15 a.m. service. If you have questions, please contact Arlan Sunnarborg, director of music, by email (
arlan@stlukesatlanta.org) or phone (404-873-7620).
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Need a Good Samaritan?
While summer months are filled with vacation fun, they can also be stressful for some parishioners when family members are not around for their care. St. Luke’s Good Samaritan ministry can help. Good Samaritan (GS) is a lay-led pastoral care team of lay members providing short term care to parishioners in need of care, such as errands to a doctor or grocery store, meal delivery, light housework, etc. If you would like to receive care or volunteer, please contact Jeanne Daniels, GS Lay Coordinator, (
jdanielsnmt@gmail.com) or The Rev. Horace Griffin, associate for Pastoral Care (
horace@stlukesatlanta.org).
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Did you or your child misplace something around the time of VBS? You might want to check out the Lost and Found outside Kristin's office. It might have been found during the post-VBS cleanup!
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We've been tweaking the way we store some of the information we distribute to the parish via the Internet. If you have any problem accessing photos or newsletters, or have any trouble whats-so-ever with the church's communications, please email to let us know:
hala@stlukesatlanta.org
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For more about what is happening at St. Luke's:
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The Nursery opens at 8:40 a.m. for children and babies 5 years old and younger.
8 a.m.|Holy Eucharist
9 a.m.|Holy Eucharist
10:15 a.m.|Compass Class|Library
10:15 a.m.|Coffee Hour|Parish Hall
11:15 a.m.|Holy Eucharist
12:15 p.m.|Coffee Hour|Parish Hall
12:30 p.m.|Peace in Our Time |Garden
6 p.m.|Kickball Game|Offsite
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Peace in Our Time ... Join us following the 11:15 a.m. service in the Memorial Garden for this monthly prayer service. We gather the third Sunday each month to pray together for an end to gun violence and terrorism. Last year, 640 people died from gun violence in Georgia.
Compass Class ... Are you new to St. Luke’s and want to learn more about the church? Join us at 10:15 a.m. in the Parish Library for an informal time to meet new people and find out more about the mission, programs, and ministry of St. Luke’s. Contact Mark Simmons (
mark@stlukesatlanta.org | 404-873-7624) if you have questions.
EYC to ATL United ... at 2 p.m. this for a match versus Seattle. The match starts at 2 p.m. but the stadium will be open early for a World Cup viewing party.
Kickball Today ... Our game begins at 6 p.m. on Field 1 at the Active Oval in Piedmont Park. If you don’t want to play, come out and cheer for our team! Questions: Mignon Crawford (
mignoncrawford@gmail.com) or Keith Roberts (
keithroberts180@yahoo.com).
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SUMMER PARKING
The gates to the church parking lots are locked at 2 p.m. during the summer. The lots outside the gates are available for church parking up to 2 p.m. Cars parked in these lots after 2 p.m. are subject to booting.
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THE ALTAR Flowers are given to the glory of God.
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