There is a lot packed into this email - St. Luke's is a busy community! We begin with a summary, so you can see what is included: |
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Midweek Meals Thanksgiving Specials
Order by midnight this Sunday for pick up Tuesday.
Thanksgiving Eve Holy Eucharist
Wednesday, November 25 at 5 p.m.
The Rev. Ed Bacon, preacher
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Advent Festival:
Pandemic Edition
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Sunday, November 29
is the First Sunday of Advent
- Holy Eucharist online at 10 a.m.
- Advent Festival Drive-Thru 1-3 p.m.
- Advent Lessons and Carols online at 5 p.m.
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We also have information to share about: |
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Advent Lessons and Carols
Advent Outreach Ornaments
The Lunchtime Live! Advent Music Series
Christmas Flower Dedications
Advent Reflections
Prayers for Peace: Mourning into Unity
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Details and links are listed below. |
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ST LUKE'S KITCHEN HELPS WITH YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER
Challenging times are no excuse not to feast during the holidays. Therefore, instead of our usual Midweek Meals this coming week, we’re fixing sides and sweets, packaged in reusable plastic containers to make it easy, to complete your Thanksgiving celebration. Due to the holiday, the pick-up date is Tuesday, November 24 from 10 am-2 pm. Orders are due this Sunday, November 22 by midnight.
Add our sides to a roasted turkey or chicken and voila—there’s dinner worthy of your best china and silver. The wild rice with sausage and leeks makes a great dressing for turkey, can stand alone as an entrée, and reheats in your own oven-proof dish. You’ll absolutely love our holiday interpretation of panzanella (a Tuscan salad) featuring roasted butternut squash, brussel sprouts, tart cherries, rustic bread, bacon and shallots with a red-wine vinaigrette. We’re rounding out our sides with sweet-and-savory honey glazed carrots and parsnips, creamed spinach with walnuts, garlic mashed potatoes, and cranberry compote with pomegranate and oranges.
No holiday is complete without sweets. Everyone knows where to get traditional pies or has her own treasured recipe, so our offerings are designed to round out your dessert or breakfast table. Apricot bars are a modern take on an old holiday dish from Sewanee; they’re good as is or dressed up with whipped cream on your dessert plates. We’re also offering chess squares, cranberry-orange bread, pumpkin muffins, sugared pecans, and our oh-so-good sour cream coffee cake.
Gobble, gobble.
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Place your order by MIDNIGHT Sunday for Tuesday pick up. |
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SIDES
Wild rice with sausage and leeks, $20 per quart.
Butternut squash panzanella, $20 per quart.
Sweet-and-savory honey-glazed carrots and parsnips, $15 per quart. (Gluten-free)
Creamed spinach with walnuts, $15 per quart. (Gluten-free)
Garlic mashed potatoes, $15 per quart. (Gluten-free)
Cranberry compote with pomegranate and oranges, $10 per pint. (Gluten-free)
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SWEETS
Apricot bars, $15 for 6.
Chess squares, $15 for 6.
Cranberry-orange bread, $15 per loaf.
Pumpkin muffins, $15 for 8.
St. Luke's coffee cake, $15.
Sugared pecans, $15 per pint.
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Pick-up on TUESDAY from 10 a.m.-noon. Drive up to the side entrance off Peachtree, call the desk (404-873-7600), and, using CDC guidelines for no-contact delivery, your order will be brought to your car. |
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Count your blessings with St. Luke's |
Holy Eucharist Thanksgiving Service
Wednesday, November 25 at 5 p.m.
The Rev. Ed Bacon, preacher
Join us online, Facebook or YouTube
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The first Sunday in Advent this year comes on the weekend immediately following Thanksgiving. While nothing is "the same" because of the pandemic, St. Luke's is doing its best to keep our traditions - new and old - as best we can. See below for all the details.
Please join us in a meaningful Advent.
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Advent Festival Drive Thru
Sunday, Nov. 29 - 1-3 pm
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We invite you to head to St. Luke's the First Sunday in Advent, November 29 from 1-3 p.m. for a drive thru Advent Festival. Here's what you can pick up: |
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A gift to bring a bit of St. Luke’s to your home on Christmas Eve as we worship together online. Parishioners coming to the Drive Thru will pick up their gift on the first Sunday of Advent or at Midweek Meals pick up on December 2 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. We will deliver as many others as we can - with COVID-19 no-contact drop off . Please don't peek until Christmas Eve!
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Preparing Your Home for Advent
EYC’s offering for this season of preparation, includes chocolates and clementines for St. Nicholas’ visit. $10
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Advent Wreath Making Kit, $15
Everything you need to make your advent wreath at home including the oasis ring to put greens in, the greens, candles and candle holders that go into the oasis plus instructions. Pick up on Advent I - Sunday, November 29 between 1 pm and 3 pm in the parking lot by the reception desk. A second pick up day is Wed., Dec 2 between 10 am and noon at the reception desk door. KIts are $15 each. Reserve yours by this Monday, November 23.
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If you can't make it Sunday, a second opportunity to pick up is during the Midweek Meals pick up Wednesday, December 2 from 10 am - 1 pm. |
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Other Advent Good Things to Know |
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Sunday, November 29 at 5 p.m.
The Choirs of St. Luke's singing music by Andrew Carter, Simon Lindley, Henry Purcell, William Bradley Roberts, and Charles Wood.
Lectors include representatives from parish leadership and guests from several Atlanta non-profit organizations.
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Music at St. Luke's presents Lunchtime Live!, a series of short, informal concerts on Fridays at 12 Noon throughout the season of Advent.
The series begins on Friday, December 4 with a performance by Elisabeth Remy Johnson, St. Luke's parishioner and principal harpist of the Atlanta Symphony.
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The Advent Outreach Tree
During Advent, celebrate Christ’s light in the world by making a donation to one of the ministries supported by the tree and receive a lovely ornament explaining the donation to give to your friends or family. This year’s tree benefits: TACC, Crossroads, Church of Common Ground, and The Boyce L. Ansley School.
Ornaments will be mail as we receive your orders. Orders will be taken until Monday, December 21.
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Advent Reflections: The Valley of the Shadow
The theme for the Advent (and Lent) devotionals is The Valley of the Shadow – inspired both by the unprecedented upheaval of 2020 and also the faithful and hopeful tone of the 23rd Psalm because, even as we walk through the darkest of times, God is with us. Keeping with diocesan COVID-19 mitigation policy, we are not offering printed copies of the booklet this year. The reflections will be emailed to the parish daily. If you are not on the St. Luke's email list, but would like to receive the daily email, please email: hala@stlukesatlanta.org
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Christmas Flower Dedications
Make a contribution to the Flower Guild for the church’s Christmas arrangements in memory of or thanksgiving for the special people in your life. Order online until Wednesday, December 16.
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Pray for Peace and Healing |
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Advent is the perfect time to join the weekly interfaith prayer vigils hosted by St. Luke's. A season of waiting and spiritual preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, Advent invites prayer. Each Monday through January 4, 2021, St. Luke's will gather leaders from all faith communities as well as the medical profession to lead a 30-minute Mourning into Unity vigil on Zoom. We pray for peace and healing in our nation. We pray for a safe and secure election in Georgia. And, we pray for strength as our country moves from one administration to another. But most of all, we pray to heal the divisions among us - to heal and be a peace with one another. Please join us. |
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The strength of our community is not dependent on the being together physically on Peachtree Street but by our love for God, one another, and for all God's children. |
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