St. Luke’s Episcopal Church |
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Lifelines: News and updates for you from St. Luke's |
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
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I hope your Christmas celebration was full of warmth, love, and joy!
It was a delight to see so many of you at St. Luke’s for Christmas Eve worship on Saturday. I love everything about our worship together: the story and songs, the candles and prayers, and most especially, gathering with all of you.
Like many of you, this faith community has been an anchor for me through the challenges of the past few years. We’ve come together to navigate challenges that were unimaginable just a few years ago. We’ve made our way through changing circumstances and supported each other through joys and challenges. We’re working with new ideas and new paths forward for St. Luke’s as we strive to follow God’s call to us and our community. Through all of this and more, we have supported one another in love and prayer.
So as the year draws to a close, I want to say, from the bottom of my heart: Thank you! I’m truly grateful for all you do to support St. Luke’s and our beloved community of faith.
If you missed the chance to make a gift to St. Luke’s in 2022, your support would be much appreciated. You can click here to make a gift online. And if you’ve already given to support our community of faith, as so many of you have, thank you. Your support means the world to me and to everyone in this community.
Blessings on the year to come!
Yours in Christ,
Justin
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Call or text: 612-618-3826
Email: revjustinc@gmail.com
Drop in Office Hours: Wednesdays, 12:30 to 3:00.
If you'd like a visit, communion, prayer, or just time to talk, please call, text, email, or drop by office hours. I'd love to connect with you!
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St. Luke's Christmas Office Closure |
St Luke's offices will be closed for the holidays through Monday, January 2. We'll be open again for usual business hours (8:00 to 5:00, Monday through Friday) on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. |
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Sunday Eucharist: 9:30 a.m.
Please join us for worship on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. as we celebrate Eucharist on the First Sunday of Christmas. As always, please join us for coffee hour following worship.
If you can't make it in person, please tune in for the livestream on St. Luke's Facebook page. You don't need an account to watch the video; just click here and the livestream should be the first post on the page. Download the bulletin to follow along at home.
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Make Music with Us!
Choir
We need your voice! If you'd like to sing, please meet in the worship space Sunday mornings at 8:45 to rehearse the hymns and service music. We also rehearse at 7:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month.
Handbells
The St. Luke's Handbell choir practices weekly on Wednesday night from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. We meet in at St. Luke's, downstairs in the office area. Anyone interested in having fun while making a joyful noise is welcome. For more information, contact Harold Solbrig / harold@solbrigs.us / 507-319-2628
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If you would like to provide altar flowers, there are some opening Sundays coming up. Please call Sue Engelman for details.
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Birthdays
- Zoei Pritchard
- Tony Vinski
- Courtney Kinyon
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Remembering Helen Higgins
Helen Higgins died on Christmas Eve, 2022. We'll remember her in prayer after worship this Sunday.
Have news to share with the congregation? Please get in touch with Rev. Justin (612-618-3826, revjustinc@gmail.com) or Karen (507-288-2469, gouldk@stlukesepiscopal.org).
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Rides to Services at St. Luke's |
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If you would be willing to give someone who no longer drives a ride to the 9:30 a.m. Sunday service,
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If you wish you could attend but no longer drive, please contact Karen at the church office. We will try to match drivers with people needing rides and we are hoping many drivers will volunteer.
We would pick you up so that you could be at church about 10 minutes before services and for Sunday Services, you would be taken home after the Coffee Fellowship time, around 11 a.m.
Thank you to everyone who volunteers to help make Sunday in-person worship services much more meaningful.
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Please check out Calvary's weekly newsletter, The Visitor, published on Wednesdays. Current and archived editions are available here. In addition to a variety of worship services, Calvary regularly has other public events that are sure to be of interest to folks like us. |
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St. Luke’s looks forward to helping families in our neighborhood continue to learn and thrive throughout the school year. Each month during the 2022-2023 school year, Operation Backpack will list in the Lifelines four or five of the most needed school supplies at Sunset Terrace Elementary and John Marshall High School. These can be dropped off at St. Luke's, Monday through Friday, 8-5 and , of course, on Sunday. Drop in the bins marked "Snacks" for Sunset Terrace or John Marshall that are located in the downstairs foyer. Our Operation Backpack Team will deliver them to the schools.
December's Greatest Needs at Sunset Terrace Elementary School are:
- Shampoo, Conditioner, and Body Wash.
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Gift Cards for Walmart, Amazon, or Target in $10 increments so teachers can buy emergency supplies for students.
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Healthy Snacks (individually wrapped) that do not contain peanuts or do not need to be refrigerated.
Some good examples are: Raisins, Unsweetened Apple Sauce, Keebler
Club and Cheese Crackers, Nutri-Grain Bars, Quaker Oat Chewy Bars,
Natural Fruit Rollups, Fruit Leather, Apple and Banana Chips, Gold Fish,
Pretzel and Cheese Packs, Popcorn.
Water-proof Mittens and Gloves for elementary sized hands.
Woven mittens get too wet and soggy. Currently they have adequate
supply of hats.
Please place the mittens or food items in the plastic bins under the Backpack poster in the downstairs hallway and hand gift cards to Karen.
As always, thank you for your continuing generosity and for thinking of these kids, especially since the Christmas season is almost upon us.
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If you have donations of new or gently used household items, including couches, tables with chairs, beds, bedding, towels, dishes, etc, here are many wonderful options.
Catholic Charities at 507-287-2047 will arrange pickup from your house and accepts all the above. Donations are used for refugee families.
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Resource Room at 507-288-7313 works with St. Vincent De Paul for helping Rochester homeless families and adults or for families in crisis with relocation needs to start their new apartments. They accept non-furniture items. They will arrange a time when you can drop off your items.
St. Vincent De Paul (507-250-5715) directly accepts beds, tables, dressers and household items, (not couches), but will usually ask you to hold onto the items until move in day, as they do not have a storage place. They appreciate a drop off, but will pick up if needed.
The Landing (507-884-0423) and The Warming Shelter (507-458-1223) accept new or gently used adult socks and jeans, which are given to homeless adults. Feel free to drop these off at St. Luke’s and we’ll get them delivered.
If you have any questions about any of these ministries or would like to help volunteer, please email dianeomara@charter.net.
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Bible Study: Luke
Bible study returns from winter break this Wednesday, January 4.
Join us for our ongoing study of Luke's gospel. We never fail to find something interesting to discuss!
Join us on Wednesdays from 10:30 till noon.
Meeting ID: 827 6194 5638
Passcode: 1884
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Book Group
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (fiction)
Tuesday, January 24th, 6:30 pm
Discussion through Zoom.
Enjoy the book; then join us for a discussion led by Debbie Whicker.
Watch for a St. Luke's Book Group notice to join the meeting by computer or phone.
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If you've got something to include in next week's Lifelines, get in touch with Karen (507-288-2469, gouldk@stlukesepiscopal.org). The deadline is Wednesday at noon. |
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St. Luke’s is...
Joyful community
Faithful service
Transformational worship
Growing in relationship with God in Christ.
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