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Evening Prayer During Lent
Once again members of St. Luke's will lead Evening Prayer during Lent each Monday and Thursday at 7 PM. During these services we will pray for each household in our parish. You are encouraged to attend the evening when your household will be named intentionally, you are also encouraged to attend any of the services as part of your regular Lenten practice.
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Lenten Adult Education Opportunities
Gospel of Mark, Sundays at 9 AM
Lift High The Cross: In scripture, paintings, music & film- Wednesday evenings at 7 PM
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Film Making Workshop: March 11
12 noon - 1:30 pm in Dutton Hall.
This is a great way to prepare for our 50th anniversary celebration in late April. All ages are welcome. Parental supervision requested for younger children. Presented by Ms Katie Ernst from the Diocesan Resource Center. Tips on capturing parish history through intergenerational interviewing, storytelling, and video recordings. We will welcome youth groups from St Andrew's in Hanover and St John's in Hingham and perhaps others from our Deanery. Short films completed by May 4 may be entered in a Diocesan Film Festival to be held on May 19. Contact: Rev Joyce or sign up sheet is in main entry of church.
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Mission Malawi Coffee Hour- March 11
Everyone is invited to our Special Coffee Hour on March 11 after the 10 AM service. We hope to share with you the opportunity to take part in a mission trip to the "warm heart of Africa" this summer. The table will be set with typical Malawian cuisine; such as nsima, zitumuwa and cassava plus rich varieties of tea for you to try. We look forward to giving you all the details next Sunday. Don't worry, there will be some munchkins on hand for those less adventuresome eaters! Karen & Joshua Hirsh
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Weekly Youth Group Meetings Start
The youth group will start meeting weekly in March.
March 18 5-6:30pm Dutton Hall. Topic will be "St Patrick and Celtic Spirituality". Please bring drinks and snacks so we can start a stockpile.
March 25 5-6:30pm in Dutton Hall. Topic is "Strange Worship Practices: Why We Do Them". Snacks and drinks from stockpile, feel free to bring more.
Junior High (7th-9th) and senior high (10th-12th) will meet separately except for snack time. No sign up needed, and friends are welcome.
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Long Island Shelter
Saturday March 24th
We are in need of adult and teen volunteers to help us serve dinner to the homeless of Boston. There is a sign up sheet in the narthex. For more information please email Maureen Keys at morehalp@verizon.net.
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March Community Dinner
March 25 at 5pm.
March Community Dinner will be on March 25th. The British Beer Company will be partnering with us again to bring us their signature shepherd's pie and wonderful rustic bread. We still need help with donations and preparing desserts. This month's menu is carrot ginger soup, Shepherd's Pie with country bread and gingerbread with lemon sauce. Sign up sheets will be in the Narthex. Thank you for your continued support and generosity.
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Food Pantry Donations
For the month of March, St. Luke's is responsible for helping at the Scituate Food Pantry. We would appreciate if you brought food donations to Sunday services in March. Food will be brought up at the offertory. Sign up sheets for volunteers will be in the narthex. We still need volunteers for March 20 & 27th.
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Senior Luncheon Desserts
We still need 2 volunteers to provide the dessert on March 22. Please see the sign up sheet in the narthex. The desserts need to be delivered to the Congregational Church at 10 am on your sign up date. If this is a problem, please contact Eleanor Waterman at 781-545-2079.
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Friends of the Table: March 31
10 volunteers are needed to serve the meal at The Table in Brockton on Saturday, March 31. Please contact Joan Powers for more information at 781-545-9650. Sign up sheet is on the table in the narthex.
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Unicorn Singers Concert- March 31
At St. Luke's Episcopal Church and April 1, 4 PM at House of Prayer, 916 Main St., Hingham. Down To The Sea In Song is a concert recalling the nautical heritage of the South Shore, directed by Margo Euler. The centerpiece of the concert will be the evocative suite Songs of the Fleet by Charles Villiers Stanford. The chorus will be joined by Boston-based baritone soloist David McFerrin who has been critically praised in the New York Times and who appeared last season with the Boston Lyric Opera. Michael Theobald will provide informative introductions to both the music and the local maritime history involved. The chorus will also sing familiar ballads & chanteys. Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Call 781-749-0162 for info or see Nick Waterman after Sunday service.
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50th Anniversary Plans Update
We know that everyone's calendar has marked the date for the anniversary celebration weekend. Just a reminder- Evening Dinner Gala, Friday, April 27, Barker Tavern and Special Worship Service Sunday, April 29 @10 AM. Invitations will be in the mail by March 15. If you do not receive an invitation (your planning team is human!) please contact the church office by March 25.
Ways you can help us prepare-
- ideas or desires of things to be included in the service
- stories to be shared
- volunteer to help send out the invites
- volunteer to help the week of the events
- all "techies" volunteer to help Rev. Joyce and the youth with their CD history project
Any questions call Alice Beal, 781-545-5206, Jan Michaud 781-545-0553 or Cheryl O'Grady 508-209-3308
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