St. Luke’s Episcopal Church |
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Lifelines: News and updates for you from St. Luke's |
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St. Luke's office will be closed on Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We'll be back open for business on Tuesday. |
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Join us as we Transform and Grow Together into 2023
Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers? I will, with God’s help. Centered is a discipleship series guiding small, gathered communities to get deeply rooted in love with God and one another through fellowship, teaching, and food, so that we grow to look, act, and love more like Jesus. For more information, visit iam.ec/centered.
As a new year begins, so to do opportunities for us to transform and grow to look, act, and love more like Jesus. We ask that you respond to the call of our Episcopalian faith leaders to learn to live the life of a disciple in whatever way that might exist for us in today’s world.
As the early disciples did, we begin with connecting in small groups to make this journey together. If you are interested in exploring what it means to transform and grow your Christian life, please join us in forming an initial small group of 6-8 people.
Our journey has been mapped out for us with a process, thought provoking videos from church leaders, insightful questions to discuss and a way to make this all happen in about an hour each over the course of 9 sessions. For more information, check out this introductory video. We also will make this experience tailored to our group members’ needs today.
The first of the nine sessions will begin in late February or March. The themes of the nine sessions are:
- Meeting Jesus and Each Other
- Meeting Jesus and Sharing Life in Small Groups
- Following Jesus as a Way of Life
- Loving God Like Jesus
- Loving Neighbors & Strangers like Jesus
- Loving Other Disciples like Jesus
- Loving Ourselves like Jesus
- Creating a Sustainable Rule of Life
- Looking, Acting and Loving Like Jesus…Together
The group will collaboratively decide how to go about making these sessions happen…meeting time and frequency, at church, in homes, over Zoom, etc. An experienced guide will be provided. Childcare may be arranged as needed.
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Next week I'm going on retreat. My colleague group is meeting in-person for our first retreat since January 2020 (when we met aboard a cruise ship---a fact that seems absolutely astounding to consider in retrospect). This year we're meeting in New Orleans and we're staying solidly on land. Cruise ships served us well enough for a number of years, but we decided that staying in a house and controlling our own schedules would be better going forward.
If you have need of a priest while I'm away, who to call depends on the day (apparently lots of clergy are traveling this week!):
- Monday: The Rev. Alice Applequist (507-202-5230)
- Tuesday: The Rev. Jon Spinillo (507-923-7630)
- Wednesday through Friday: The Rev. Beth Royalty (651-253-5920)
If something really dire happens, please do contact me. I won't be able to visit anyone in the hospital, but I can certainly offer my prayers and support from afar.
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. On hold until January 25.
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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Sunday Eucharist: 9:30 a.m.
Please join us for worship on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. as we celebrate Eucharist on the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. 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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Altar flowers
If you would like to provide altar flowers, there are some opening Sundays coming up. Please call Sue Engelman for details: 358-6928, sue.engelman@hotmail.com
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Birthdays
- Jay Bryant
- Jane Jacobs
- Jaime Decker
- Rose Kinyon
- Laura Kraemer
- Sawyer Thompson
- Meghan Connelly
- Elizabeth Daugherty
- Judy Buettner
- Melia Garness
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Ann Bailor
Ann suffered a stroke shortly after Christmas, while she and Ron were in Texas to visit family. She's in hospital in Tyler, Texas, and gradually improving (she came off a ventilator on Monday evening). Your continued prayers for Ann and Ron are much appreciated.
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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Candlemas Choral Evensong |
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Wanted: Reception coordinator(s) for Choral Evensong on Sunday, February 5.
Would you be up for coordinating some hospitality on a Sunday afternoon?
We're in the midst of planning Choral Evensong on Candlemas on the afternoon of Sunday, February 5 (mark your calendar!) and looking for some help with hospitality after the service.
In years past, this has been the occasion for held High Tea---a delightfully grand affair as well as an incredible amount of work. To be clear: No one is looking to recreate that. We'd like to invite people to stay after the service and mingle over a bit of food and drink. As long as we can invite people to join us in the fellowship hall for something tasty after the service, all will be well.
Note also that Calvary is joining us for this service. Their musicians and choir will be singing and the Rev. Beth Royalty, Calvary's rector, will be sharing officiating duties with Rev. Justin. That means there's also potential for a whole other congregation's worth of reception helpers.
Are you (or you and a friend or two) willing to coordinate? If so, please get in touch with Rev. Justin: 612-618-3826, revjustinc@gmail.com
Thank you!
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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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Sunset Terrace Elementary School has sent a huge “Thank You” to the parishioners of St. Luke’s for the donations we have made to the Operation Backpack program over this past year. So far our gifts have fed, warmed, and nurtured more than 100 kids and supported several families who were in great need. Thank you all again for your generosity.
For 2023, during the months of January/February we are shifting our focus to John Marshall High School needs:
1. Warm waterproof gloves/mittens for teens
2. Shampoo and Conditioner
3. Tooth brushes/Toothpaste/Floss
These supplies can be dropped off at St. Luke’s, Monday through /Friday, 8-5, and, of course, on Sunday. Drop in the bins that are located in the downstairs foyer.
Thank you so very much!
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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 is off next week while Rev. Justin is on retreat. When we return on Jan 25, we'll finish up with Luke's gospel and then pick a new book to read.
Join us on Wednesdays from 10:30 till noon.
Resuming January 25
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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