Addison Lanier Presley,
July 25, 2010; daughter of Rachel and Ben Presley and granddaughter of Meg Presley and Hobby Presley.
Henry Hawkins Scott
August 9, 2010; son of Hayden and John Scott
As she grows in age, may she also grow in grace and in the knowledge of her Savior Jesus Christ.
DEATHS
John Charles (Jack) Beck
August 9, 2010; husband of Ginny Beck, father of Cary Beck Sr., Livy Abele, and Johnny Beck.
Rest eternal grant to him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him.
Sunday Lectionary Readings
August 15, 2010 - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18
Hebrews 11:29-12:2
Luke 12:49-56
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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Fear Not Little Flock
This sermon was preached by the Rev. Rebecca DeBow on Sunday, August 8, 2010 and is based on Luke 12:35-40.
Several years ago, a young couple went to the
former Soviet Union to adopt a child. They
describe the squalor and the stench, but the most striking aspect of the
orphanage was the silence. The place was
filled with babies, but there was none of the sound they'd heard in the church
nursery back home, not a squeal, not a whimper.
The couple learned the babies don't cry there because infants learn to
stop crying if no one responds. All the
babies I have encountered made a lot of noise, demanding food, comfort, love.
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Join us from 9:00 am to 10:30 am for a wonderful morning celebrating many of the parish ministries of Saint Luke's. Come to Graham Hall for a continental breakfast and lots of fun!
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Children's Ministries
Changes for the new year
We are so excited about changes for our upcoming Sunday
School year. Please check out our website to see what is coming -- click here!!
3rd Grade Bible Presentation
Attention parents of rising 3rd graders, the third grade Bible presentation will
be Sunday, August 29th, at the 10:30 a.m. service. This is a
wonderful tradition that I hope your child and family will take part in.
If you would like for your child to receive a Bible please call (802-6211) or
email me at eboles@saint-lukes.com
by Thursday, August 19th. I will need to know your child's full
name, and the name they go by. The first five rows on the font side of the Nave
will be reserved for your families. Please plan on arriving at 10:00 a.m. in
the Tilson Room upstairs to receive instructions and check in. I look forward
to seeing everyone at this wonderful service. Emily Boles
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a
light to my path" Psalm 119:105
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Back-to-School Blessing for Youth
Tuesday, August 17
The beginning of school is right around the corner. To celebrate the excitement of a new year, we will have our first annual back-to-school blessing. All youth entering grades 7 through 12, are welcome to come to Graham Hall at 7:00 am for breakfast and a prayer on Tuesday, August 17. The Saint Luke's buses will run to the junior high at 7:40. Senior high students need to make arrangements to get to the high school, but please know that there will be plenty of drivers if you need a ride. Parents are still needed to help cook the breakfast. If you are willing to help, please contact Lars at Lporter@saint-lukes.com.
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Join a Foyer Group!
Saint Luke's membership is over 3000 which requires three separate Sunday services. This makes it difficult to meet fellow parishioners. The Foyer Group program provides one way to answer this need. Foyer Groups composed of eight to ten people meet monthly, October through May. A group, composed of singles, couples, young and young at heart, shares an evening in a home setting with supper and fellowship. Each group establishes its own format at the first meeting. Not all can host but must be willing to co-host with one who can lend a home.
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STAIR (Start the Adventure in Reading) We Need You!
The Norwood Resource Center is joining with the STAIR program to begin a new tutoring site at Norwood Elementary School this fall. We will need adult and teen volunteers who wish to share a love of reading with a child. We hope to have a group of 12 children and we will need 24 tutors dedicated to meet one afternoon a week from 3:00-5:00pm. This program will begin in mid October and go through May with breaks for holidays. Each tutor goes through a two hour training and will receive the curriculum and all materials needed. This has been an amazing and rewarding volunteer experience for those involved, as you get to see your second grader grow, learn and READ throughout the school year.
We are hoping that many people from St. Luke's will be interested in this rewarding and worthwhile ministry. If a weekly commitment is too much for you right now, we also need snack volunteers and substitute tutors to fill in when a regular tutor is sick or out of town. Please prayerfully consider this call for volunteers to make a difference to a child who does not have the advantages other children have---namely adult attention and support.
Please contact us with any questions or to sign up. To learn more about the STAIR program, click here.
--Jeannette Watford (249-3530)
--Betsy Smith (322-7056)
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Stewardship of Creation
Toilets use approximately one quarter of the total water used in a home. Replacing a 3.5 gallon per flush (gpf) toilet with a 1.6 gallon model will save 10 gallons of water per person per day. Dual flush models will save even more.
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Lend a Hand For Hands-On Birmingham Weekend, Saturday, September 11
Hands-On Birmingham is organizing a community service weekend in commemoration of 9/11. Saint Luke's will participate in this weekend by cooking and serving an evening meal on Saturday, September 11 at the Firehouse Shelter. Please help out with this parish! If you are interested in participating, please contact the Rev. Mark LaGory (951-3553) or Barbara Vandergriff (bvandergriff@saint-lukes.com or 802-6207). |
Books for
Woodlawn Children
We are collecting gently used children's books for the families who use the Grace/Woodlawn Food Pantry. If you have any books appropriate for children, from preschool through sixth-grade, please bring them to the church library (located off the Commons), and place in the designated box.
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Saint Martin's in-the-Pines
Wii for Fun - Wii for Therapy
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church has awarded outreach grants for the past two years for Elder Technology Improvements at St. Martin's in the Pines. Last year St. Martin's purchased computers and adaptive devises for the skilled nursing home, Assisted Living facility, Independent Living apartments and 1 in each home of The Cottages. Assisted Living elders have particularly enjoyed the computers and still participate in monthly computer classes led by area students. They've learned how to use email and some are even regular Facebook users.
This year the outreach funds went to purchase Nintendo Wii's for each facility and each home in The Cottages. Wii for Fun is just that - using the wii as an activity to simply have fun. When using the wii for therapy, the game becomes part of a plan of care with a goal. The goal may be increased range of motion, increased strength of a weakened extremity, increased mental acuteness, or improved eye-hand coordination. Wii therapy at St. Martin's is still in its beginning stage and we hope to include it in more care plans soon.
Mr. Thomas Harrell, who is 86 years old and living in the Reed House in The Cottages says, "It gives me a chance to do some of the things I use to love to do when I was younger - like bowling and fishing. I'm not able to do those things for real now, but the wii makes it feel like I can. It also gives me something to do when the kids come to visit. I'm always ready to challenge some of our youth volunteers to a game of bowling, and they're always ready to accept. I like it when they come to find me."
The wii's have provided more than just fun for St. Martin's in the Pines elders - they provide a way for members of various generations to have meaningful interaction, improving the quality of life for all participants. St. Luke's EYC is planning on hosting a Wii Bowling Tournament in the fall and we welcome any other family, Sunday School class, or group at any time. Mr. Harrell says, "Game on!"
We are grateful for St. Luke's support over the years and welcome additional opportunities of involvement. Although we still have great financial needs in other areas of direct-patient care, we believe these initiatives will greatly impact the lives of not only our elders, but many generations to come.
For more information or to volunteer at St. Martin's in the Pines, please contact Jennifer Ray, Director of Development at 314-4204 or jray@stmartins.ws.
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