Parish
Notes • February 19, 2012
What’s happening…
EYC will meet today
at the church at 5:00 p.m.
The Episcopal Church Women “Surprise Auction” and
Luncheon is today in the Commons immediately following the
10:30 a.m. service. All women of Saint Luke’s are invited to attend. There will
be a short business meeting followed by a delicious meal which is traditionally
prepared by the men of the church. Pat Craig
will serve as auctioneer. Please bring anything you think a fellow ECW member
would enjoy for your auction item! Wrap the item and attach a hint about its
contents and approximate value to help Pat begin the bidding. A collection will
be taken to cover the cost of the food.
The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be February 21st at 6:00 p.m. The youth of Saint. Luke’s
will prepare the meal. Please sign up on the in the narthex, on the bulletin
board or contact the parish office at 731-424-0556 to sign up! All youth
helping to prepare, serve and clean-up for this will need to be at the church
by 4:00 p.m. or as soon as you can after school.
Ash
Wednesday services will be Wednesday, February 22nd at 12:00 noon
and at 7:00 p.m.
The Lenten Program and
Dinner will begin Wednesday, February 29th and will go through
March 28th. Our Lenten program will center on The Book of Common
Prayer. This program will be practical enough for you to expand your knowledge
of how to use the Prayer Book devotionally at home, and educational enough to
expand your understanding of its contents. Each program will provide an
opportunity for us to worship using a rite from the Prayer Book. Dinner will
begin promptly at 5:45 p.m., and the program will begin in the Parish Hall
promptly at 6:15. Nursery will be available each Wednesday during these
programs. The Program each week will be concluded by 7:00 p.m. sharp. Please be
sure to sign up in the narthex, on the bulletin board or e-mail the parish
office at stlukes@aeneas.net so we know
how much food to prepare!
Safeguarding
God’s Children
is a required training course for all church staff and volunteers. This
includes Sunday School teachers, Children’s Church workers, Youth workers,
Vestry members and anyone else who works with children in any capacity and
should be repeated every 5 years. The next course to be held at Saint Luke’s
will be Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6 p.m. Please sign up on the bulletin
board by the office or in the narthex so we can plan for the number of people
attending and so we can send out reminders to all who sign up.
The Episcopal Church Women’s Annual Rummage Sale is set for Saturday,
March 17th from 7 AM to 12:00 Noon. Roxane Rhoads and Melissa
Moore will once again head the project. They need help with setup the
Thursday and Friday before from 10 AM – 2:00 PM, with the sale Saturday from 7
-11 AM, and cleanup from 10 AM through noon. Please call Roxane at
660-1530 to offer assistance. We also need items to sale - clothes, household
goods, appliances and furniture. Any electrical items (please, no
computers monitors) must be clearly marked with their working
condition. Please bring your “gently used” items by noon Friday, March 9th.
The
Tuesday evening Bible study led
by Gene Davenport meets each week at 7:00 p.m. We are now studying 1
Corinthians, Chapter 8 and all of you are invited. The class is in discussion
formant and is not a lecture.
The Upper Room Class continues. Starting November 6,
The Upper Room Class began a new series of video lectures on archeological
discoveries in the area of Israel and Palestine. We’ll be comparing biblical
stories with what the archeological and historic records tell us about the same
events. The periods of both the Old and New Testaments will be covered.
The Wednesday Morning Bible Study led by Dr. Brady Whitehead meets on Wednesdays
at 10:00 a.m. in the Saint Luke’s library. Everyone is welcome.
Reaching out…
Also…
The 2012
Altar Flower, Altar Supply and Altar Candle sign up sheets are posted. Please sign up on the bulletin board by
the elevator for your Sunday to provide altar flowers. These are filled on a
first come, first serve basis so if you have a date that has special meaning to
you, sign up on the bulletin board by the elevator. We have many dates open
still. You may also contact the parish
office at 731-424-0556 and we will be happy to check the calendar and sign you
up.
We are still accepting pledge cards. You may place your cards in the alms basin, mail it to
the parish office, or turn in online online at www.estlukes.org/pledge.htm.
Cookbooks
are for sale
in the Commons. The price is $20 per cookbook.
The
2012 Offering Envelopes are now ready! Please pick yours up from the Commons
and begin using immediately. Please be sure to recycle any remaining 2011
envelopes because your number changes each year! If you do not find offering
envelopes with your name on them, please call the parish office at
731-424-0556.
The
Week at a Glance
Sun., Feb. 19 The
Last Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:15 a.m. Christian Education for children
& adults
10:30
a.m. Holy
Eucharist Rite II
12:00 noon ECW Valentine Luncheon & Surprise
Auction
5:00 p.m. EYC at the church
Tue., Feb. 20 6:00
p.m. Shrove Tuesday Pancake
Supper
7:00 p.m. Bible Study
Wed., Feb. 21 Ash Wednesday
10:00 a.m. Bible
Study
12:00 noon Holy
Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes
7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes
Looking Ahead
Sun., Feb. 26 The
First Sunday in Lent
8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite I
9:15 a.m. Christian Education for children
& adults
10:30
a.m. Holy
Eucharist Rite II
5:00 p.m. EYC at the church
Mon., Feb. 27 6:00
p.m. Vestry
Tue., Feb. 28 7:00
p.m. Bible Study
Wed., Feb. 29 The Feast of George Herbert,
Priest
10:00 a.m. Bible
Study
5:45 p.m. Lenten
Dinner and Program
Those serving
Sunday, February 19 - 8:00 a.m.
Eucharistic Ministers: Nancy
Pechacek
Lector: Lyda
Kay Ferree
Acolyte: Johnathan
Kendrick
Ushers: Reggie
Weaver & Don Lanoue
Sunday, February 19 - 10:30 a.m.
Eucharistic Ministers: Andrea
Hazlehurst & Broderick
Lectors: Jenny-Lyn and John Caterina
Acolytes: Jenny-Lyn Caterina, Caleb Jessie
&
Zoe Cowden
Ushers: Lyn & Chris Wheeler
Ginny
& Tom DeWitt
Wednesday, February 22 - 12:00 p.m. - Ash
Wednesday
Eucharistic Ministers: Gus Middleton
Lector: Gus Middleton
Wednesday, February 22 - 7:00 p.m. - Ash
Wednesday
Eucharistic Ministers: Jim Craig & Lee Sparks
Lector: Arthur
& Andrea Grimball
Acolyte: Alexis
Wehn, Mary Garrard,
&
Claire Chandler
Ushers: Nathan
Kendrick & Don Lanoue
Ongoing Monthly Events…
Canned Food Collection
Second Sunday of the Month
Sunday, March 11th
Please place cans in box in Narthex.
Paper Recycling Collection
Last Sunday of the Month
Sunday, February
25th
The Van will be parked in the alley on the side
of the church!
Recycle your paper and Saint Luke’s benefits!
All you need to do is take newspapers, magazines, junkmail, cardboard, or any other grade of paper to Southeast Recycled Fiber. Please tell the attendant at the window that you want your paper to go onto Saint Luke’s account, and Saint Luke’s will receive the benefit. Please see the bulletin board by the parish office or
estlukes.org/recycle.htm for a map to Southeast’s facility. You can also bring paper on the last Sunday of the month and we will take it for you so bring your paper on Feb. 25th!
