Happenings at St. Luke's Episcopal Church

August 9 - August 18, 2019

Church Work Day

Saturday, August 10th

7:00 am

Bring your yard equipment like rakes, shovels, blowers, weed eaters, etc.

All hands on deck to spruce up the church grounds for Fall Kick-Off Sunday!

Fall Kick-Off Sunday!

Join us August 11th for the Fall Kick-Off Event!

New Adult Education Class begins at 8:45 am in the Activities Room.

Blessing of the Backpacks during the 10am service.

Children's Sunday School begins!

Parish Picnic following the 10am service. We have a group providing the main course (assorted grilled sausages, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, "as close as they can get it" Cock of the Walk coleslaw), but will need parishioners to bring the sides, desserts, paper products and drinks.

We will be using the Perfect Potluck website to sign-up.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP

There will be a dunking booth (you get to dunk Father Jamie!) and a water slide.

This would be the perfect opportunity for you to invite friends to church! Tell them to come and see what we are about. Our goal is to increase membership at St. Luke's. This is the day to help with that!

Blessing of the Backpacks

DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BACKPACK TO CHURCH ON AUGUST 11th!

We will bless them during the 10am service and each child will receive a special gift to place on their backpack.

New Adult Education Class

Great Stories of the Old Testament, Sundays, 8:45 - 9:45, August 11 - November 24. Each week, Fr. Jamie will offer a talk on a different Old Testament story. You've heard these stories before, but how well do you really know them? How does the Bible really tell them? All together, the series will cover the entire epic story of the Old Testament, from Creation to the Exodus to the Kingdom of Israel to the Babylonian Exile to the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Jamie hopes to make these talks funny, interesting, surprising, and inspiring.

8/11 Adam & Eve Eat the Forbidden Fruit

8/18 Noah Survives the Flood

8/25 Abraham & Sarah Become Parents of a Great Nation

9/1 Jacob Wrestles with God

9/8 Joseph is Sold into Slavery

9/15 Moses Leads the People out of Egypt

9/22 Joshua Conquers the Promised Land

9/29 Ruth Becomes a Widow

10/6 David Founds Jerusalem

10/13 Bathsheba Raises the Future King

10/20 Solomon Builds the Temple

10/27 Elijah Challenges Corrupt Rulers

11/3 Daniel Survives the Lion's Den

11/10 Nabuchadnezzar Allows the Israelites to Rebuild

11/17 Esther Saves the Jews in Persia

11/24 Judah Maccabee Liberates Jerusalem

Children's Sunday School

August 11th, drop off at 9:50 am ! Join us! New curriculum this year.

“A Little Child Shall Lead Them”

This program is founded on the belief that children and youth are exemplars of greatness in the Kingdom of God, and that, as Jesus says in Matthew 18:3, “Unless you [adult disciples] change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Thus, with this program, we adults immerse our children and youth in a year-long story that covers the grand sweep of the Bible. Along the way, we provide space for children and youth to think about, comment upon, play with, and then, through our Kids-Lead Services, Youth-Lead Services and Christmas and Easter Pageants, to re-tell the Biblical story in their own youthful ways. In so doing, we put our children and youth in the position of teaching us and leading us. Sunday School is for age 4 through 5th grade.

Healing Service and Holy Eucharist

Wednesday, August 14th

12 Noon in the Miles Chapel

All are welcome

Men's Bible Study

Thursday, August 15th

7:00 am in the Church Conference Room.

Coffee provided!

They will discuss the upcoming Sundays lectionary readings.

Parent and Child Playgroup

Begins Saturday, August 17th, 9am—11am, and will meet every Saturday after that! Group will meet at the St. Luke’s School playground and is open to all children young and old! ALL ARE WELCOME!

Youth Group

Sunday, August 18th

11:30 am

Lunch at Sho Gun

Upcoming Youth Events!

paintball

bowling

Breakout games

swim parties

lock-in

canoe trip

Dauphin Island Concert

Mission trip to South Dakota (summer 2020)

St. Luke's School students, in grades 6th-12th, are always welcome and encouraged to come!

Weekly Schedule

Saturday, August 10

7:00 am Church Workday

Sunday, August 11

7:00 am Light Breakfast

7:30 am Holy Eucharist, Rite I

8:15 am Coffee Fellowship

8:45 am Adult Christian Education

10:00 am Holy Eucharist, Rite II

10:00 am Children's Sunday School

10:30 am Blessing of the Backpacks

11:15 am Kick-Off party

Monday, August 12

9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist for Faculty and Staff of St. Luke's School

12:00 pm Marvelous Monday Class