Welcome, visitors! There is a visitor card in the pew rack; if you’d like a call this week, please fill out the card and give it to the pastor or place it in the collection plate.
Welcome, children! Our nursery is located upstairs. Just follow the signs. Mrs. Fatu Colley is in charge of the nursery. The nursery is available from 10:45 until 12:15. Parents can take their infants, toddlers, and younger preschoolers to the nursery at any time during the service.
Children ages 4 and up usually go to Sunday School after the children’s story, and meet their parents or adult relatives after Sunday School in the Wesley Room for refreshments. Cherise Williams and Heather Thomas are our Sunday School teachers.
When it snows… When it snows during the week we follow DCPS closings, or just call the church to hear a message. When it snows on Sunday we always have church for those who can be here.
Photos needed for new church directory. We need everybody’s picture (friends as well as members). If you don’t have your picture in the current directory, or you need to update your picture, please see Shalom Mulkey after church, or you can email a picture to shalom@saintlukesmethodist.org, or drop off a picture at the church office.
Newsletter deadline Monday, January 26. Please email your article to shalom@saintlukesmethodist.org.
Today. Church Council meets at 12:45 in Fellowship Hall.
The Tuesday evening study group is sharing various readings that have meaning for our individual journeys. The readings are available on Sunday before Tuesday (in the Wesley Room) or by fax. If you don’t pick up the reading today, contact the church office to get it by fax. We meet 7:30-8:30 in Anne’s office (rear office entrance).
Grate Patrol Offering and meal-making February 1st. Our monthly Grate Patrol Offering supports the purchase of groceries and supplies to make 150 bag suppers for people living on the street.
Our next Grate Patrol night is Tuesday, February 3rd. Sign up in the Wesley Room or email juliejamesemail@yahoo.com to be part of that night’s Grate Patrol team (7-9 pm; meet at the church).
Leadership Planning Meeting after coffee hour on February 8th. The church council, coordinators, and ministry work area committees will meet to complete our church calendar for 2004. We will begin at 12:45 and finish our work by 3:00 pm. Please let Shalom know if you can’t attend.
Visions of India’s Villages: Paintings by Supti Sen
The exhibit in the Narthex Gallery features the work of one of our own parishioners, Supti Sen. Supti was born in Calcutta, India. After completing a master’s in science, she taught herself how to paint. Supti has traveled to many places in India, including the villages of the Himalayan region, where she found the inspiration for the landscapes that will be on display. To Supti, these scenes depict the true nature of India’s villages. Supti also is accomplished in embroidery, and one of her embroidered pieces is on display.
Children’s Choir – meets after coffee hour each week for 20 minutes or so. For more information talk to Deke Polifka, Music Director.
About St. Luke’s Choir. The St. Luke’s choir rehearses every Sunday morning at 9:30 am. The St. Luke’s choir seeks to strengthen our worship by encouraging congregational singing, by honoring the varieties of the congregation’s faith heritages and traditions, and by embracing new ways of discovering God’s presence in our lives, through worship that is vibrant and alive. You don’t have to be able to read music to be a part of St. Luke’s choir. We keep it simple. For more information, contact deke@saintlukesmethodist.org.
St. Luke’s Shelter is a ministry of St. Luke’s church. The Shelter, which is located in the church, provides a small group of homeless men with a secure residence for up to six months. The Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place refers residents to the Shelter. The Shelter operates every night of the year. The dinner meal is provided 365 nights of the year by neighbors, members of nearby churches and synagogues, and several Wisconsin Avenue restaurants and grocers.
St. Luke’s Shelter Next Step Kitchen is a new program of St. Luke’s Shelter and St. Luke’s Church. Next Step Kitchen will provide job training in restaurant skills for 6-8 homeless men and women in a 12 week course, with the course to be offered 4 times yearly. The program will be located downstairs in the St. Luke’s kitchen. For more information, go to www.saintlukesmethodist.org, or Susan Keenan, Executive Director, susan@nextstepkitchen.org.
Combined Federal Campaign. St. Luke’s Shelter/Next Step Kitchen is now a part of the Combined Federal Campaign. The CFC # is 7940.
Yoga classes. A practice of breath and posture that helps integrate body and soul. Beth Sworobuk leads yoga Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the sanctuary balcony, 9:30-11:00 am. Classes are half-price for church members and friends. Contact bethsworobuk@aol.com for more information.
Wednesday evening prayer. A time for sharing, reflection and prayer. In the Chapel, 7:30-7:45 pm.
St. Luke’s web site is always current! Check it out at www.saintlukesmethodist.org. Thanks to Derek Willis for making this happen.
Put yourself on the map. We now have a map on the wall in the Wesley Room so that we can see where everyone is from and also the places we all keep in our hearts. Please add your places during coffee hour today.
Joys and Concerns…
Richard Pyle shared the joy of the birth of Kim and Robbie’s daughter Eilidh Elizabeth Pierpont, on January 16th
Prayer for Darryl Smith and his family as they grieve the loss of Darryl’s aunt in Florida
Prayer for Carmen Rottenberg and her family as they grieve the death of Carmen’s grandfather, Don Hoeck, in Michigan
For Jeff King, recovering at home from surgery
Greg Forrester, the Volunteers in Mission Coordinator for the NE Jurisdiction, asked that we keep the Volunteers in Mission team now in Peru in our prayer
Continued prayer for the people of Haiti and especially the children and workers at Wings of Hope Orphanage
Continued prayer for those who are homeless in a time of extreme cold
The joy of Inne Kim’s mother visiting from Korea and in worship
For Karen Westergaard’s sister and Karen’s family in Omaha
Penny Andrews asked for continued prayers for Margaret , a newborn baby now in the hospital
Susan Ciccoti shared the joy of her new job in NYC and her sadness at leaving St. Luke’s
For Kaou and Sonia Kassambara’s newborn nephew Alpha, receiving care for kidney disease in Geneva
For the thief who stole the Sunday collection
For Dorothy Preston’s upcoming job interview
For Sylvia Zulu’s colleagues Priscilla and Marcia, in the death of their parents; and for Hope in her husband’s illness; and gratitude for the congregation’s prayer during Ian Zulu’s recovery
For peace and for members of the military, for contract employees, and for the people of Iraq
For Beth and DJ, whose baby is due in early March
For Carrie and Bob, whose baby is due in May
For our Volunteers in Mission team as it prepares for the trip to Cuba in August 2004
For the community of St. Luke’s Shelter.
For Wings of Hope Orphanage in Haiti
For those living with HIV/AIDS
For our members who are unable to attend because of their health: Margaret Roberts, Jeanne Goss, Vernon Thomas, Lucille Dade, and Dorothy Bowers.
Sermon copies for the hard of hearing can be picked up every Sunday in the narthex. Each week’s sermon is also available on the web.
Our Mission Statement
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church seeks to serve the community’s spiritual and physical needs. We are a small congregation dedicated to creating an atmosphere of inclusiveness in which all feel welcome to worship. At. St. Luke’s, we try to follow the example of Christ’s ministry and teaching by sharing our building, our time and our prayers in many community partnerships. We embrace new ways of giving thanks and work to teach the joy of God’s grace to all whom we can reach.
We follow in the Wesleyan tradition in our belief that “scriptural holiness entails more than personal piety; love of God is always linked with love of neighbor, a passion for justice and renewal in the life of the world.”