Transitions
Births
Harry Alan Word III,
June 13, 2009;
son of Kathryn and
Hank Word and grandson of Harriet and Alan Word.
As he grows in age, may he also grow in grace and
in the knowledge of
his Savior Jesus Christ.
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Sunday Lectionary Readings
June 28
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost, Year B
2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
Psalm 130
2 Corinthians 8:7-15
Mark 5:21-43
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Saint Luke's
Summer Event!
Bingo & Ice Cream
Wednesday, July 15
6:30 pm · Graham Hall
For ALL ages,
children & adults!
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Last Call For
Parents Of Graduating Seniors!
As a parish family, we would like to recognize your son or daughter and make a note in the Dialogue of where they will attend college in the fall. Please contact Sandy Porter (802-6210 or sporter@saint-lukes.com with this information.
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Senior Adult
Computer Class Reminder
If you signed up for the senior adult computer classes, remember, they will meet on Tuesday, July 7, Thursday, July 9, Tuesday, July 14, and Thursday, July 16 at 10:45 am in Room 211. If you did not sign up for the class but are interested, you may place your name on a waiting list and will be called should there be any cancellations. Contact Jeanna (802-6218 or jspeegle@saint-lukes.com).
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Senior Adults Travel to
Gorham's Bluff!
Our Senior Adults recently took a day trip to beautiful Gorham's Bluff in the mountains of Alabama. After a time of sight-seeing, they joined the Seniors from Canterbury Methodist for a lovely luncheon in the Lodge. To learn more about our Senior Adult activities, contact Jeanna Speegle (802-6218 or jspeegle@saint-lukes.com).
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Lay Aside Items For 55th Place
As you sort through your closets this summer, please keep in mind that we will have a Fall Ingathering for 55th Place the first Friday in October (October 2). All you need to do is gather your items and drive to the church! Volunteers will be stationed at the porte-cochere, October 2, to help remove donations from your car between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. We will accept used household items, linens, small appliances, small furniture, kitchen items, clothing, and more. 55th Place is one of our Saint Luke's outreach ministries, and proceeds go to help the needy in Birmingham. Click here to learn more about 55th Place.
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Will You Serve
As A Labeler This Summer?
We have a fun group at the church made up of all ages, sizes, genders, etc. that hand-label our Dialogue twice a month, from 8:30 am to 9:30 am on Tuesdays. If your summer schedule will allow you to share thirty minutes or an hour with us, we would love to have you share our fun! To learn more, please call Melinda Powers (879-0823).
A special note to students: this is an easy way to earn service hours!
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Remember To Bring Toiletries
For Grace Woodlawn Food Bank
As you travel this summer, instead of accumulating clutter from all of those little shampoo bottles, soaps, toothpaste, etc., bring them to the church and place them in the box in Claypool Commons marked "Grace Woodlawn Food Bank." To many in our community, these "clutter" items are considered luxury items. (We can only accept items that have not been opened or used.)
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Please join us for the 8th Annual
Host Celebration Reception
and Silent Auction
to benefit the
Birmingham Hospitality Network
Thursday JULY 23, 2009
B&A Warehouse
1530 1st Avenue South
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Live Auction begins 7:15
$25.00 DONATION
FOR TICKETS : CALL 918-0246
LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, & DRINK
4 levels of sponsorship are also available! Please visit www.birminghamhospitalitynetwork.com for a sponsorship form!
Bronze $125.00 - includes 2 tickets
Silver $250.00 - includes 4 tickets
Gold $500.00 - includes 6 tickets
Platinum $1000.00 - includes 8 tickets
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News From The Atrium!
Material Making Workshop
For The Atrium
When: This Monday, June 29 · 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Where: We will meet in the Atrium
Childcare will be available.
Please confirm with Ashley (amonachelli@hotmail.com)
no later than Friday June 26. No special talent needed!
Please join us as we work on materials for our Atrium!
Level II Atrium Will Begin This Fall
For 1st - 3rd Graders!
Dear friends,
We will start a Level II atrium for our first through third graders this Fall. To begin, we will meet on Wednesday nights.
The atrium is a beautifully prepared room for the children to contemplate scripture, the liturgy, and their relationship with God. I have listed below some items that we will need to start this wonderful work. If you have any of these items please contact me (amonachelli@hotmail.com or 802-6211 or 968-8140.
· Bibles in several different languages
· Dictionary
· Entomology Dictionary
· Bibles (NRSV, please)
· Lamps (three or four)
· Map of old Jerusalem
· Nice baskets to hold glue sticks, scissors etc.
· Clip Boards
· Reference books for the Bible
The generosity of so many has made this work possible! If calligraphy or art is your talent, I would love to talk with you about making some small prayer cards for our atriums.
Thank you in advance for everyone's help!
God's Deep Peace,
Ashley Monachelli
Ashley Attends Level II Atrium Training
If you know me at all, you have heard me talk about the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd! I was privileged to begin my training for Level II (for 1st - 3rd-graders) at All Saints Episcopal church with approximately twenty other women from all of the country and world last week.
I spent over sixty hours with these wonderful women learning about scripture, our liturgy, and our shared love for this work. We will all gather together again next summer for a week of training to complete Level II. Next June, after receiving over 100 hours of training, we will receive our certificate.
I am so incredibly grateful to the parishioners who are now taking the Level I course and the generosity of Bill Powers and Wayne Hoar for making so many materials for our Atrium.
If you are interested in touring the Atrium or seeing the three atria at All Saint's, please email me amonachelli@hotmail.com
Ashley
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Splash Beach Trip
Rising 4th -6th graders
Thursday, June 25
Rising 4th-6th graders are invited to join Mrs. Emily and Mrs. Ashley for a trip to Splash Beach! We will meet at the church at 9:30 am and return by 4:30 pm.
Bingo & Ice Cream
Wednesday, July 15
6:30 pm, Graham Hall
For ALL ages, children & adults!
Parents...It Is Not Too Late To Return Your Volunteer Forms
Please return your volunteer forms for the 2009-2010 school year to the Children's Ministry Office (Room 220A) or by mail as soon as possible. We thank you in advance for your willingness to help!
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Youth Ministries
Mark Your Calendar For These
Upcoming Summer Youth Events
Thursday, June 25, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
JEYC and SEYC Lunch. Meet at the church. Bring $5.
Wednesday, July 8
Afternoon at the Movies. Meet at the Church at 3:30 pm. Bring $5 and money for snacks.
Thursday, July 30, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
POOL PARTY!
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Summer Adult
Education Offerings
Sunday Morning Lectionary Study
9:15 am to 10:15 am, Room 224
This class will meet every Sunday throughout the summer without any breaks. Empty nesters and adults who do not have children in need of supervision are invited to explore the riches of each Sunday's Bible readings with Father Steve DeGweck.
Sunday Morning Study On Amos and Micah
9:15 am, Founders Room
Let justice well up as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream. Amos 5:24
In the last session of the class "living the question", the narrator gave two focal points of the Christian religion: relationship with God and a passion for justice. The narrator said the Christian has "to see" this passion for justice and the best place is in the context of the Jewish Bible. He suggested we read Amos and Micah. While our language, worship and customs are different, if the prophets Amos, and Micah were to visit us today, we might be shocked to see how little their messages would change from the one they delivered nearly three millennia ago. For human hearts are still the same--and so is God. Injustice, oppression, and political corruption anger Him as much as ever. So, for seven Sundays beginning June 7, at 9:15 am, there will a study of these two "minor prophets" led by Chris Heckemeyer and Bill Powers. The class will focus on who were Amos and Micah, what did they have to say to their communities, and what does that say to us in our world?
Mondays: God's Fierce Love: Living Like the Lilies of the Field
Two meeting times offered:
10:00 am and 5:30 pm · Room 232
A short film and easy-going discussion will strengthen your trust in the unfailing love of God. Rob Bell's films offer powerful encouragement and start good conversations. Diane Weatherford and Warren Cain teach the morning class, and Patty Gilbert teaches the course in the evening. All are welcome. This class will meet on four Mondays: June 8, 15, 22, and 29.
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Suggested Summer Reading
The authors of Same Kind of Different As Me will be our 2010 Claypool Lecture speakers on Friday, January 22. Read this book by Ron Hall and Denver Moore about the unlikely story about the unlikeliest of friends!
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Better Basics
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church recently awarded non-profit agency Better Basics a grant for the year 2009. The mission of Better Basics is to advance literacy by providing reading intervention and enrichment programs. Better Basics will use this donation for its Reading Intervention program.
Reading Intervention targets students in elementary schools who are below grade level in reading and require intervention in order to become proficient readers. Students are selected to participate through teacher recommendations and test scores. They are placed with an intervention teacher employed by Better Basics who works with the students in a small group format three times a week for twenty weeks. Students working with the intervention teacher focus on the five most effective components of reading instruction, according to current research and practice. These five are phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Writing skills are also emphasized. The intervention teachers are trained to meet the child's individual needs in these areas.
Both certified teachers and volunteers working in the program receive Better Basics training from their curriculum director and are supervised by their Reading Intervention Program Coordinators. Volunteers work with students once a week with an emphasis on oral reading and comprehension.
Better Basics appreciates having both funding and volunteer support from Saint Luke's. Volunteers identified as members of Saint Luke's for the 2008-2009 school year include Ann Abernethy, Lynn Callahan, Jeff Eubanks, Jeff Hawles, Steven Hydinger, and Jenny Salem.
If you are interested in volunteering with Better Basics, fill out the online form at www.betterbasics.org or contact the volunteer coordinator at 944-2928 or volcoord@betterbasics.org
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Stewardship Of Creation
Recycle Tip:
Here is a tip for those of you who would like to recycle glass, but can't get to the recycle center on Second Avenue North as often as you would like. Check with a couple of friends in your neighborhood who also would like to recycle glass. Each person will take the glass to be recycled once a month. That way each person will go to the center once every three months or only four times a year.
"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." (Psalm 24:1)
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View Parish Photos Online!
Click here to view photos from Vacation Bible School, Confirmation Sunday, Day School events, PreSchool Partners, Palm Sunday, and more!
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At the Church?
Click Here To See Saint Luke's Calendar of Meetings and Events.
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