Celebration Dinner, April 27 @ 6:30 p.m., The Barker Tavern

The 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner is fast approaching! With the Easter Holiday soon followed by the school spring vacation week, it is necessary to have the reservation/replies returned as soon as possible. This event is a wonderful social opportunity to share fellowship and history with all St. Lukers. We are thrilled to have both Bishop Thomas Shaw and St. Luke's Emeritus Rev. Ray Low attending.  Please make every effort to join in the celebration and return your reply card promptly.  

Mistakes happen!  We want to include everyone, if you did not receive an invitation,please call the church office at 781-545-9482.
Any questions, contact Cheryl O'Grady- 508-209-3308, Alice Beal - 781-545-5206 or Tracy Dieselman- 781-545-5454.

Our menu this month is roast pork tenderloin, apple and cranberry casserole, carrots and lemon cake. We will be joined by the Cub Scouts of Pack 66 of Norwell. Please see sheets in Narthex for additional help. Thank you for your continued support. We always look forward to seeing you!

Our 6th Annual Ladies Night will be held on Wednesday, May 23rd at Bancroft Hall in Cohasset.  We are thrilled that Anne LeClaire will be our guest speaker this year. She came highly recommended by author, Ann Hood, our 2011 speaker.  Anne LeClaire is the author of Listening Below the Noise, a meditation on the practice of silence. In addition to novels and the memoir, she has written short stories and essays. She is a teacher and lecturer here and abroad on the creative process, as well as on the practice of silence. She has taught creative writing on Cape Cod, in France, Ireland and Jamaica, at the Maui Writers Conference, and to women in prison. Her essays have been included in a number of anthologies, among them I've Always Meant to Tell You, Letters to Our Mothers: An Anthology of Contemporary Women Writers; From Daughters and Sons to Fathers: What I've Never Said; and A Sense of Place: An Anthology of Cape Women Writers. We are pleased that Silent Chef will be catering our meal once again. Beverages (including wine!) will be provided.  Tickets and books will be on sale beginning April 22nd after the 10:00 service. Front Street Book Shop will have copies available and please support this local business.  Front Street Book Shop is in the process of moving to a new location, 122 Front Street (former location of Duval Dance Studio next to Riva Restaurant). Owner, Peg Pattern, is still operating out of the existing store and she hopes to be completely moved by mid-April. Please visit  http://www.anneleclaire.com/index.htm to learn more about Anne LeClaire.  You may email me at jdmmfoley@msn.com with any questions.  I hope to see you there! 

Peace~ Darlene

Joshua and I want to thank everyone who has sponsored us for our Malawi Mission trip so far.  It is an amazing feeling to be so loved by our community.  We enjoyed sharing our plans and the Malawian cuisine with the folks who made Coffee Hour last Sunday.  Most everyone, kids and adults alike, were "brave" to try some new foods.   If you haven't heard about our endeavor please click here to learn more. We are still seeking support in the form of prayers, books and financial contributions.  

 

In peace,

Karen Hirsh

We are in need of three items. If any parishioners would like to donate said item or make a contribution toward the purchase of same, the church would be extremely grateful.

• Automatic Coffee Maker (commercial type- similar to the Curtis Alfa model in the kitchen)
• 2 Baby Swings for the Nursery
• A tent with side flaps (10' x 20' or larger)

Our present coffee machine is on its last legs and when it fails we will all be in deep trouble. The tent is much needed for future fundraisers and will help to generate revenue and finally the swings would alleviate a growing need in the Nursery.

Work as a community, as called by Jesus, to endow our time, talent and treasure, to engage in the fellowship of Jesus, to enable connections, to empower us as His servants as we embody the Christian faith. We are not only teaching the love of God but showing the love of God. Join with us.