Saint Luke's Episcopal Church

Weekly Update |January 19, 2012 

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In This Issue
Community Dinner
Adult Education
50th Anniversary Plans
Confirmation Class
Youth Outreach
Annual Meeting
Volunteers Needed
ASP Stock Sales
Calling All Youth
St. Luke's Links
Community Dinner- Sun., Jan. 22, 5 PM
Join us for a Chinese New Year celebration!  The menu will include Won Ton Soup, Jam Glazed Chicken, Rice Pilaf, Snow Peas and Fruit Salad Dessert.  We still  need volunteers to make the chicken and especially the fruit salad. Recipes are provided and we even have jars of St. Luke's own peach jam available for those who are making the chicken.  Sign up sheets are on the table in the narthex (along with the jam).  Thanks for your continued support!
Adult Education Class- continues at 9 AM
Fr. Richard Rohr has written Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life. His premise is that our lives up until age 50 lay the groundwork for the real spiritual reward and benefit that follows after we are 50. Fr. Grant will hold an adult education class starting  at 9 AM  in the Gordon Room, to discuss this book, lasting through Feb. 19. The book is available at Glastonbury Abbey and Barnes & Noble. 
Celebrating Our Past, Launching Our Future
St. Luke's 50th Anniversary Celebration
April 27-29, 2012

The Anniversary Committee has met several times this fall to make initial plans for the celebration of our church building's 50th anniversary.  Please read below the details of our first event and request for those interested in participating in planning this special weekend.

 

Join us January 22, 2012 for a Walk Down Memory Lane  

Please join us after the 10 am service on Sunday, January 22, 2012.  Plan to stay for a special coffee hour and hear stories from parishioners who have enjoyed St. Luke's from five to fifty years. Peruse church photo albums and learn about our history.

 

How can you help to plan our celebration of 50 years young?

 

Many hands make light work and lots of fun.  Are you interested in:

  • Finding old friends, creating an invitation list?
  • Planning the musical celebrations?
  • Party planning?
  • Coordinating a special family service?
  • Designing an invitation?
  • Public relations?
  • Historian?
  • Creating St. Luke's trivia?

Please join us!  Contact:

Cheryl O'Grady 508-209-3308 or jogrady191@aol.com

Janet Michaud 781-545-0553 or jmichaud@umassd.edu

 

Good news!  Not many meetings, just get your part done.  Look for more information and news about our special events throughout the winter.

Confirmation Class for Youth

2nd & 4th Sundays, 11:15- 12:30.

Next class is January 29th. Contact: Rev. Joyce Scheyer, Youth and Family Minister at St. Luke's, momscheyer@gmail.com

Youth Outreach- Sunday, Jan. 29th
On Sunday, January 29th, the children will be participating in Youth Outreach events.

Children in grades PreK through 2nd grade will be participating in the annual event of Stone Soup. Led by Beth Schwarz, the children will hear the story, and then work together to make a delicious vegetable soup for the entire parish to enjoy.Parents of PreK through 2nd Graders - please have your child bring a fresh raw vegetable to church on 1/29.

Children in grades 3 and up will be designing artwork with and in support of our theme, "Walking with Jesus." The artwork will be for sale at a later date, and the money raised will go to our Soles4Souls outreach campaign. We will also be brainstorming ideas of how to raise additional funds, and future events to encourage the entire parish to participate.

Volunteers are needed, and are greatly appreciated. Please email Stacey at stacey762@gmail.com if interested in helping.
Annual Meeting- February 5th
Following the 10 AM service, join us to kickoff "Souper" Bowl Sunday with the Annual Meeting and a potluck "tailgate". Please bring a can of soup to donate to the food pantry and your favorite brunch food to share. Volunteers also needed for set up and clean up.
Volunteers Needed for Valentine Tea
The holidays are over, are you looking for something to do?  Mark your calendars for February 12 for a special Valentine Tea in Dutton Hall. Please join us for a presentation by Ron and Donna Lasko of Courtship Tea, the same couple who presented "Notable and Notorious Women" in March. If you'd like to help with the event, contact Erica Pollard at 781-799-8419, email: edieselman@gmail.com.
ASP Stock Sales

This year St. Luke's teens Sara Finnegan, Chris Walker (2nd year), Brenda Keys (3rd year) and adults Maureen Keys (5th year) are going with the Scituate ASP group to repair homes for desperately needy families in Appalachia.   Each teenager is responsible to raise money by selling "shares of stocks".  Each share costs $25.  For the $25 you will get a postcard from the teen while they are on the trip and you will be participating in making a family warmer, safer and drier.  Stock Forms are on the table in the Narthex. The sale of stocks is going to wrap up quickly.  It  ENDS Sunday February 12th.   ASP is a life altering experience for many who go on this trip.  Please support our teens in this important Mission Work.   


 If you have any questions please call Maureen Keys @781-545-1348 or email morehalp@verizon.net
Calling All St. Luke's Youth - Grades 7 - 12
Join us for a Train Journey to Boston
Feb. 11, 2012, 9 am - 5 pm

*Fun activities on the Commuter Rail and Subway
*Free Teen program at our Episcopal Cathedral,10 am - 2 pm
*Low cost lunch together
*Safe adventure in the city
*Share in planning our next program on the train ride home

See the sign up sheet on the table in the narthex. Adult chaperones will be essential. Contact: Rev. Joyce Scheyer, Youth and Family Minister at St. Luke's, momscheyer@gmail.com

(Note: Youth in Gr. 6 and younger may attend the free"Family Day" child and adult programs at the Cathedral with their families from 10 - 2)