THANK YOU

to everyone who made our Journey to Bethlehem program so special!

Thank you for your generosity!

"Making All Things New" - Giving Tuesday

Thank you so much for all of your generosity for Giving Tuesday. A special email will be coming out tomorrow with more detailed information.

On Saturday, December 14th, join Pr. Ken Blyth at Temple Beth Sholom (1050 S. Tuttle Avenue), as he speaks during their Sabbath service. Then on Sunday the 15th, Rabbi Stuart Altschuler will speak during the services at SAKLC, and folks from TBS will join us in worship. What a wonderful way to embody both the hope of Advent and interfaith respect and love.

Help Needed for Christmas Eve Services!

We will have three services on Christmas Eve-- 5:00pm, 7:00pm and 9:00pm. During the Christmas season we expect many more visitors to our church, so we would like to have our congregation help streamline each service. If you are interested in being part of the Welcome Team for Christmas Eve, please use the link below. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you in advance!

Kings Brass Concert: January 5th, 2025

Volunteers for Housing Needed!

The Kings Brass is returning to SAKLC in 2025! Volunteers to provide housing for the band are needed. If you are interested, please contact Michael at michael@saklc.com or call 941-388-1234.

ANGEL TREE FINAL UPDATE

Benefitting the Guardianship Program of Lutheran Services Florida

This is the final week of the Angel Tree drive for 2024. It was an amazing success with all the angels finding caring individuals who provided gifts for people served by Lutheran Services Florida. The Angel Tree looked very festive with all the gifts surrounding it. All gifts will be delivered this Friday to LSF.

The Community Service Ministry & School House Link of Sarasota would like to extend a huge thank you to SAKLC & the Foundation for providing 50 homeless youths with a gift bag filled with a sweet treat and a gift card. For many of these kids it will be their only gift that they will receive for Christmas.

FEMA Assistance for Individuals

If you have not yet registered for FEMA assistance from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, the deadline is January 7. Please check out this information.

SAKLC Restoration Update - Q&A Session Sunday, December 15 In Person

Between the worship service Zoom online - 6:30pm (Registration required with the link below) Please join us on December 15th to learn more about the important ongoing restoration work at SAKLC and the “Making All Things New” campaign.

Poinsettia Orders for Christmas

If you would like to purchase Poinsettias to decorate the Altar area on Christmas, please fill out the form linked below and place it in the green box in the Narthex or email your form to office@saklc.com. Cost is $10 per plant. Poinsettias may be taken home after worship on December 29th. Orders due by December 18th.

Community Service Ministry

CSM members relocated their cooking venue in order to ensure that Resurrection House and the youth shelter would still receive their monthly meal from SAKLC. We will continue to do this until our kitchen is available at church

Salvation Army Bell Ringing!

Mark your calendars, it's that time of year again!  Salvation Army Bell Ringing has begun.  If you have not signed up and want to, bell ringing ends on  Monday, December 23rd. There will be four time slots every Monday-Saturday Please use the link below to sign up!

Refugee Ministry Donations Needed

The Refugee Ministry is in desperate need of sofas and loveseats (no sleeper sofas please) beds of all sizes and any other smaller furniture. We have 3 to 5 families coming before Christmas and we have run out of almost all supplies. Please text Nona at 772-233-2945 stating your name and what you have to offer so that I can get back to you. Thank you.

SAKLC Training to Go Tutorials

are Available Online

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church Technology Training

Training to Go is a series of short, self-paced tutorials with clear, step-by-step directions and illustrations designed with our technology beginners in mind. These tutorials focus on the skills and strategies needed to access church information and participate in online worship services, events, and activities.

The Training to Go tutorials are now available online through our new SAKLC training hub. The hub aims to provide training and resources using various technologies supporting SAKLC. Four tutorials are currently available. Three of them address accessing both live and past worship services. 

You can access the SAKLC training hub directly at https://www.slslearningoptions.com/saklctechtraining/ or click the button below.

The training hub will be available on the SAKLC website shortly. Other training opportunities will follow based on newly introduced technologies and the congregants' needs. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ladd Skelly at techtraining@saklc.com. 

Movement & Gratitude Exercise Class

Please join us on Tuesdays at 9:00am for exercise class on Zoom only. Our instructor, Karri Weber, is happy to answer any questions you might have. Click the button below to read more.