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The Altar flowers are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for Elise Nelson Leary by her mother Almeta Cooper.
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Register for In-person Worship on April 25 |
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IN-PERSON WORSHIP: Space is limited and registration is required, as are masks and social distancing. Bulletins will be available and the church will provide chairs for those worshiping outdoors.
Restrooms in the Bell Tower close when the Opening Hymn begins. The rest rooms adjacent to the Parkins Room are open during the service. Please exit the Nave through one of the ambulatories and go the elevator or stairs in the reception area. Go down one floor and look for signs for the restrooms. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Gun Violence, Public Health, and Following the Science
Dr. Arthur Kellerman, CEO of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Health System and former Chair of the Emergency Medicine Department of Emory University, has looked at gun violence through the lens of public health for three decades. He and Ed Bacon talk this Sunday about the difference it makes to follow the science on the issue of guns as opposed to polarizing and divisive ideological fighting. Ed poses to Dr. Kellermann, a former member of St. Luke’s, two important questions, “Where Are We Now?” and “Where Do We Go From Here?”
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As the community moves toward more in-person worship St. Luke's is shuffling the schedule to find the one that works best. To help with this, we're launching our Children's Chapel Sunday video an hour earlier - at 8:45 a.m. - you can watch it whenever you like after 8:45 each Sunday morning! |
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Senior Sunday is May 2
St. Luke's will celebrate its graduating high school seniors during services on that day. If you are a senior or love one, please let us know it is their big year! Please send a photo of the graduate, along with the following information: high school he/she is graduating from, plans for next year, and if he/she has been a chorister and/or acolyte. Send the information to Liz Beal Kidd at liz@stlukesatlanta.org by Monday, April 26. |
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April 25 is Creation Care Sunday at St. Luke's |
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Maggie Fox, a nationally prominent environmental lawyer, advocate and educator, will be Ed’s guest for the Forum on Creation Care Sunday.
Maggie is the founder of the Global Biodiversity Narrative Project and is past president and CEO of the Climate Reality Project and the Climate Action Fund, with global campaigns training citizens and leaders. She was the national president of America Votes as well as the Southwest Regional Director and Deputy Executive Director of the Sierra Club.
Maggie began her career as a classroom teacher and community organizer on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations of Arizona and New Mexico.
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TO CELEBRATE CREATION
WE'LL COLLECT YOUR STYROFOAM
AND TAKE IT TO BE RECYCLED.
Styrofoam must be clean, free of food residue. We’ll be in the north parking lot (where print shop is located) from 8:30 am to 11:30 am on April 25.
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STYROFOAM is not only a dangerous air pollutant but also poses a great threat to humans, the environment, and animals. The worst part is that Styrofoam takes over 500 years to decompose and in the process, it leaches harmful chemicals into the environment.
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FREEING JESUS with DIANA BUTLER BASS
Diana Butler Bass returns to St. Luke’s for a series of Wednesday evening sessions focused on Jesus. Her new book, Freeing Jesus, takes a look at how Jesus is perceived in present-day America and how that squares with what we know about the Jesus who walked the Earth. Freeing Jesus is available at the Cathedral Book Store - and they would be glad to mail it to you- however you don't need to read the book to attend the class. Wednesdays, April 21, 28 & May 5 on Zoom | 6:30-7:25 p.m. Meet at 5:45 p.m. to “check in”
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St. Luke's Faith and Advocacy Network is teaming up with the Faith and Action Network, Interfaith Children’s Movement, Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, and Georgia Interfaith Public Policy Center to offer three classes in May on pressing social issues. Classes will be held on Sundays at 5 p.m. on Zoom. Registration is required.
- May 2: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Countering the Impact of Income Inequality
- May 9: Addressing Child Trauma Caused by COVID-related Crises
- May 16: Eviction Prevention: Countering Homelessness
For more information, including individual class descriptions, and to register click here:
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BAR-B-Q and chocolate on the MENU this week
This week’s fresh-to-go dinner is a Southern classic, barbecue chicken thighs, green beans, and our own macaroni and cheese. And—take note, chocoholics—we're making our fudgy brownies. As always, we’re also offering sour cream pound cake, pimiento cheese, and our frozen entrees. Remember, order deadline is midnight Monday for pick-up on Wednesday from 10 am-noon. Order by midnight Monday for pick up Wednesday, April 21.
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Senior Choristers will rehearse via Zoom at 5 PM the next two Sundays, April 18 and 25. This change will allow Choristers to attend worship at 9 AM or 11:30 AM, as well as EYC events from 1-4 PM.
April 18
5:00 PM - Senior Chorister Rehearsal via Zoom
(Originally scheduled for 11:30 AM, will be moved to 5:00 PM)
April 25*
5:00 PM - Senior Chorister Rehearsal via Zoom
(Originally scheduled for 11:30 AM, will be moved to 5:00 PM)
*This is the final SC rehearsal for this program year
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Save the Date: Sunday, May 16
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Organ Recital by Robert Poovey | 4:15 p.m.
In-person in the Nave by registration; space is limited.
Streaming live online.
Choral Evensong for Ascension | 5 p.m.
Sung by the Adult Choir at St. Luke’s | Online
Works by David Conte, Roland Martin, Iain Quinn, and Leo Sowerby
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In April, St. Luke's is filling its outreach baskets for Foreverfamily. Please donate Walmart or Kroger gift cards, ideally in the denominations of $50, $75, or $100.
For over three decades, Foreverfamily has been providing services to children with incarcerated parents and their families. Foreverfamily works to ensure that, no matter what the circumstances, all children have the opportunity to be surrounded by the love of family. A basket will be placed outside the reception area doors and we ask that you drop off your donation and then, when you are back in your car, call the desk (404-873-7600) to alert Valerie of the drop-off - and she’ll have someone retrieve your gifts.
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Join St. Luke's parishioner Elliiot Watts and Sandra Barnhill,
the founder and CEO of Foreverfamily for:
Women, Children and Mass Incarceration:
How Our Prisons, Jails and Surveillance State Afflict Our Mothers, Sisters and
Youth — and What We Can Do About It.
WEBINAR on April 14 and 27
The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing is offering this as a free program, an online webinar. Join Elliot and others: These women and children need you.
And you need them.
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Click this link now to register for both webinars:
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The Pastoral Care area has organized Vaccine Angels to assist parishioners with obtaining a vaccine in metropolitan Atlanta and the surrounding area. If you need a vaccine or know of a parishioner needing assistance, please contact the Rev. Horace L. Griffin anytime at horace@stlukesatlanta.org.
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