October 4, 2011
The Evangelist
What is happening this week at St. Luke's
Good thoughts

 

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded

in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

-Pindar

Vestry
Gary Dunwoody
Senior Warden

Dan Dennis
Junior Warden
  
Becky Terry
Clerk
  
Sally Lumpp
Treasurer
  
Class of 2009
Debi Fricks
Gary Dunwoody
Dan Dennis
  
Class of 2010
Sherry Furr
Gay Hensley
Carmen Quinn
Jerry Hodge
  
Class of 2011
Jason Reynolds

Pat Loomis

James Terry
Ed Seward
  
  

 St. Luke

CAREY'S CONVERSATIONS

  

Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.        

- Stephen Covey

 

I had a conversation with someone in my office this week about the value of taking the time to get to know each other. One way I am hoping to do this is through teaching a Sunday school class on the gospel of Luke. I am already getting to know the vestry by meeting with them and I hope to get visit with each of the other small groups that faithfully get together such as the choir, the ECW, DOK, home bible study groups, the Brothers of St. Andrew, Churchmen, etc.

 

Another way I would like to get to know people and work together is through committees. Our finance committee, which hadn't met in over 18 months, has already had two meetings. We have had a couple of meetings with the stewardship committee. Since worship is one of the most important things we do together I would like to begin meeting with a new worship committee. This committee would consist of all the heads of the various teams that come together to make our worship services happen each week. Besides the clergy and choirmaster this would include representatives for each of the teams like the altar guild, ushers, lay Eucharistic ministers and acolytes as well as lay representatives for both worship services. We plan to meet quarterly (4 times per year) and plan out our worship services.

 

I am excited about starting this conversation around worship so that our services can be even better! Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, October 11th at noon and we will meet in the Adult Sunday School room. Joanna has already contacted the participants so please bring a sack lunch and your ideas, as we will be planning for the Advent and Christmas seasons. I look forward to getting to know you better and joining in this work together!

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Carey+

 

 

Deacon Symbol 1

DEACON'S BENCH 

Feast day of ST. FRANCIS Tuesday, October 4
We are all so familiar with the Prayer of St. Francis found in the BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER on page 833. Sunday we observed the Feast Day of St. Francis with a blessing of the animals at St. Luke's. This month consider praying parts of this familiar prayer in a different way. Read one line a day for 2 days as if God/Christ/Holy Spirit/ your Higher Power is saying this prayer to you.   Begin again with first day of each month.

1. I AM THE INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE.

2. I WILL SOW LOVE WHERE THERE IS HATRED.

3. I WILL PARDON WHERE THERE IS INJURY.

4. I WILL BRING UNION WHERE THERE IS       DISCORD.

5. I WILL GIVE FAITH WHERE THERE IS DOUBT.

6. I BRING HOPE WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR.

7. I BRING LIGHT WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS.

8. I BRING JOY WHERE THERE IS SADNESS.

9. I WILL CONSOLE YOU.

10. I UNDERSTAND YOU.

11. I LOVE YOU.

12. I GIVE MYSELF TO YOU.

13. I PARDON YOU.

14. I WILL DIE FOR YOU.

15. I GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE. 

 

 

Faithfully

Joanna Seibert   

 

 

 

 

 

 organ 4

 

FROM THE ORGAN BENCH!

In this week's gospel reading we hear to what the kingdom of heaven is compared.  At the 10:30 service, the choir will sing an arrangement of Hymn # 711; Seek Ye First by Dent Davidson.  The text is:

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness,

and all these things shall be added unto you;

Allelu, Alleluia!

Ask, and it shall be given unto you,

seek, and ye shall find,

knock, and the door shall be opened into you;

Alle, Alleluia!

It is juxtaposed with Open my heart.

Bless you all,

Michael

PRAYER LIST 
Carolyn Ford, Jim Howell, Katherine Herring, Rhonda Herring, Annette Gerace, Suzi Martinka & family, M.J. Reynolds, Cory Moses, Louis Jenkins, David Jenkins, Kyle, Erica, Macey, Luke, Kate, Kendall, Diane Faust, Laura Dues, Pete Caro, Lawson Anderson, Maynard Gontermann, Anne Gontermann, Sheila Crim, Tim Woods, Mike Roh,Vince Roh, Bobbi West Jamie Poole, Valerie Baker, Pat Loomis, Nicholas and Martha Stroope.
Expectant mothers:  Katherine Milholland and Vera Chenault
Special Concerns:  for all the men and women of our Armed Forces, especially Grady, Mark, Jake, Justin, Bret, Joshua, Mark, Tim, Matt, Doug and Lance.

DOK PRAYER CARDS FOUND IN PEW RACKS

 

Since 1885 Daughters around the world have offered daily prayers on behalf of those in need. Here at St. Luke's NLR, St. Emma's Chapter continues that tradition. Please write your prayer requests for self or others on the prayer cards found in the pew racks. Place them in the white box on the shelf inside the church entrance. "For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words." Romans 8:26 

CHRISTIAN FORMATION   
All classes resume this Sunday September 18 at 9:15 am. 

2011 - 2012 Christian Education Classes

3 year olds:        Brouke Reynolds, Guide

                          Paula Benson, Assistant

Catechesis I:       Beth Maze, Guide

(4-6 year olds)    Paula Volpe, Guide 

                          Martha Cross, Assistant

                           Noah Woford, Assistant

Catechesis II:      Ginna Simmons, Guide

(7-9 year olds)     Ellen Moses, Assistant

Catechesis III:     Kimber Barber-Fendley, Guide

(10-12 year olds)  Laura Woford, Assistant

Teenagers:           Wanda Dunwoody, Co-teacher

(13-18 year olds)  Suzzette Patterson, Co-teacher

Adult:Pluggin' Into Our Patron: A Study of the Gospel of St. Luke

Adults from both adult classes will combine and join Fr. Carey on a journey through Luke's gospel. As we explore these powerful stories of healings and miracles we will be reminded of our true purpose as Christians and as a church that bears Luke's name. Begins on September 18th and will go until the first Sunday of Advent.

 

Nursery Care is provided for all activities on Sunday mornings. 

CHURCHMEN'S BREAKFAST

Saturday October 8, 2011 at 9:00 am the Churchmen will have their monthly breakfast.  Please feel free to bring a friend or give a lift to a friend or shut-in.

 

FEAST WITH FRIENDS!

Friends it is time once again to sign up for what we do best at St Luke's, Feast with Friends. Our season will run from October 2011 through May 2012. We need host/hostess and 'friends.' Please do not be timid to host due to your space. You can host six 'friends' or twenty 'friends.' You can serve a casual or formal meal.

A quick recap of FwF: The host/hostess will set a date, usually the third or fourth weekend of the month and contact the 'friends' on their list for that month. They will serve the meat/main dish. As a 'friend' you will be asked to bring a side dish, dessert, wine, or bread. This is a great event to meet the members of our Parish in a more relaxed setting.

If you are interested in FwF there is a sign-up in the Narthex. After that either call or email me your info. You can also call/email with any or all questions. Happy Feasting!!!

Your Parish Life Committee

RACE FOR THE CURE!

Attention women and men of St. Luke's!  This year, we will officially be organizing a team for the Race for the Cure!   Honor breast cancer survivors, celebrate the lives of those who have lost their fight or show your support for the Komen promise, to end breast cancer forever, with your St. Luke's Episcopal Church family!  Together, we can make an even greater impact than we can alone.  The Race for the Cure will be on October 22, 2011.    Won't you please consider joining us?  You can either join online (instructions below) or see me at church and I will sign you up!

 

To register online for the Race, Sleep for the Cure or 3 Miles of Men

-www.komenarkansas.org/race-for-the-cure/

Select Register then

Join an Existing Team

Enter "St. Luke's Episcopal Church" into blank for team name and choose "Church" for Team Division

Select Search for a Team.

Our team will appear, select it - NO password is required.

Follow the directions to complete the Entry Form

 

The deadlines for registration are: October 7 for registration by mail (must be postmarked by this date to receive race packet by mail); October 9 (by midnight) for online registration to receive your race packet by mail; and October 19 (by midnight) to register online and pick up your t-shirt and bib at the Race Space or on Race morning.

 

Thanks,

 

Shannon Stone

Team Captain

St. Luke's Episcopal Church 

Race for the Cure 2011

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Upcoming Community Outreach projects:

  • October 8:   As part of our commitment to help our community and as part of this fall's Great Arkansas Cleanup, we will have our Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup on Saturday Oct. 8.  Meet at the Parish hall after the Churchman's breakfast, around 9:45, and help clean up our stretch of JFK Blvd. 
  • October 16:  Stock the Pantry Sunday:  Remember to bring food donations; there is a box for donations in the narthex.
  • October 22: Race for the Cure:  Go to http://www.komenarkansas.org/komen-race-for-the-cure/ and search under Teams for "St. Luke's Episcopal Church" to register see article above.

CURSILLO.

What is Cursillo?  Cursillo is a movement of the church. Its purpose is to help those in the church understand their individual callings to be Christian Leaders. The leadership may be exercised at work, within the family and social life, in leisure activities, and within the Church environment. Leadership, in Cursillo, does not mean power over others, but influence on others; all of us need to be aware that we can exert a positive influence on those around us.  The goal of Cursillo is the goal of the Church:  to bring all to Christ.   It helps to renew and deepen Christian commitment.  Many people have said Cursillo provides an important learning experience that causes them to feel like newly made Christians with a purpose and with support!  The next Cursillo will take place October 13-16 at Camp Mitchell. If this sounds like something you might be called to experience or would like further information, please feel free to contact Shannon Stone, Father Carey or Deacon Joanna or check out the Arkansas Episcopal Cursillo website at www.cursillo-ar.com 

ATRIUM 3 NEWS.

The first two weeks of Atrium, Laura and I have had the privilege of meeting the children as we all have worked together to prepare our Atrium for our year's worship and work.  Some of these preparatory works include making "The Three Moments" bookmark, spiritual journals, Covenant name tag making, as well as preparation of each child's personal storage space.  As we prepare, we know that though our hands are busy, our minds and hearts are even more active, as we prepare our hands, minds, hearts, and our sacred space for another year of worship and spiritual work.

We also have begun the work of communal prayer.  This work is to organize and to lead a communal prayer service by demonstrating how to utilize the "Communal Prayer Book," which contains selections of prayers, songs, and liturgical phrases so the children can choose from them to create their own prayer service and then assign roles to each service participant.  In Level III, prayer grows from an individual response into a communal one as children learn to lead their own prayer services by selecting their own prayers, songs, and liturgical phrases so they may experience prayer together in community.

And this Sunday, October 2nd, we journeyed to the parish hall to see the Plan of God.  This presentation seeks to unveil the Plan of God, represented in a twenty-seven foot long timeline, which tracks how God's presence and plan is revealed through humanity's earliest achievements, its beginning civilizations, the rise of the Jewish people, the coming of Christ, the onset of the modern world, the arrival at the present day, and finally toward our unwritten history, which will someday arrive at Parousia.  Children work with the timeline through the use of a second "blank" timeline in which they place pictures and words on it to retell and further study the Plan of God.  We show this work because God has a plan for humanity, one that takes the patience of history to unveil, and also one that we now write, with God, while waiting for Parousia.

We look forward to a wonderful year with your children.

Kimber Barber-Fendley, lead catechist

Laura Woford, catechist

 

 

ECW NEWS: 

ECW NEWS:  The ECW is now taking orders for our famous fruitcakes.  Order forms will be available in the Narthex and in the bulletins.  You may also order them from Martha Mayland email ([email protected]), phone 835-6004, or from Valerie Smith phone 835-9642.  Baking will begin the third week in October, please let us know if you would like to help with the chopping, baking and basting.  It is a wonderful opportunity to visit while participating in this great fundraising project.  Funds from the proceeds go toward scholarships for the children to go to camp, and ladies wishing to attend retreats, such as Time for Joy. 

WELCOME BRUNCH/LUNCH FOR SHANNON STONE:  Mark October 29 on your calendars for the Welcome to Shannon brunch/lunch.  Time:  10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  Come join us for fun and fellowship and to give Shannon a great big St. Luke's welcome.  Contact Martha for more info. 

NEXT ECW MEETING:  Tuesday, Novemeber 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. 

UTO:  We are planning on collecting the UTO Blue Boxes on Sunday November 13.  Six more weeks to save those pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters for the UTO.

 

ECW FALL GATHERING

Nov. 4-5 at St. Francis, Heber Springs

St. Francis Episcopal Church in Heber Springs will host the annual Episcopal Church Women's Fall Gathering on Nov. 4-5.  A block of rooms is available at the Red Apple Inn for Friday night (let them know you are with ECW/St. Francis).

For more information, email Wanda Dunwoody @ [email protected] or call her at (501) 412-3998

INSTALLATION OF OUR RECTOR 

There will be a service of installation as the Rev. Carey Stone becomes the new rector at St. Luke's.  This will take place on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 7:00 pm, with a reception to follow.

AYE (The Arkansas Youth Event)

October 21-23 at Camp Mitchell

AYE is an annual event for 6th0inh graders where we sing, play, dance, and always have some great Christian formation time.  The cost is $100; scholarships are available from the diocese or your local congregation.  For more details and to register, go to the AYE 2011 web page.

PARISH HALL

All interested parties who would like to contribute for refurbishing the Parish Hall with a UTO (United Thank Offering) grant, please contact Lalia Zakrzewski with St. Luke's Respite Care Center @ [email protected] or work # 501-376-1519; home # (please leave a message) 501-851-4916

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where

there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

4106 JFK Blvd.

NLR, AR 72116

[email protected]

 

 

Michael Monnikendam

501-753-4281