Welcome to St. Luke’s! We invite visitors and guests to come and explore this community at worship, at work caring for God’s world, and in fellowship together as we seek to create a community of faith in the city.
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.
Please join the congregation for refreshments after worship in the Wesley Room.
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.
Older children worship with the rest of the congregation, leaving during our final hymn for twenty minutes of worship arts with Amy Catania and Deke Polifka, then rejoining their families during coffee hour.
TONIGHT- Our Turn with Shelter Dinner. Once a month a group of members and friends prepares and shares dinner with the residents of St. Luke’s Shelter. For more information, contact the shelter dinner coordinator, Cory Scott, scottc@urbanretail.com
Narthex Gallery Exhibit. Explore the architectural photographs of Carolyn Johnson in our Narthex Gallery.
This gallery is the first in a series of four by Carolyn Johnson that will be featured in the Narthex. The galleries will rotate monthly: Southern France Gallery, July 3-July 31; Southwest Light Gallery, August 7-August 28; Greek Architecture Gallery, September 4-September 30; and Illumination Gallery, October 2-October 31.
Johnson, a Glover Park resident, has worked as a photographer in Washington, D.C., over the last 12 years and has studied photography both in the U.S. and abroad. Her work is in numerous private collections, and in the permanent collections of the American Institute of Architects, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Georgetown Hospital, all of Washington, D.C., and the New York offices of Kozusko Lahey Harris LLP. She is a member of the International Photographic Society of Washington, D.C. Her website is www.carolynjohnson.com.
4th Annual Jazz Concert Series in the Garden at St. Luke’s
4th Annual Jazz in the Garden Concert Series at St. Luke's 2005 Summer Season continues Thursday, July 28th, with the Jerome Meltzer Trio. Bring a picnic dinner and blanket to sit on (no alcohol, please; children and dogs welcome). Free and open to all. All concerts start at 6:30 pm. Cancelled in the event of rain.
2005 Jazz in the Garden Concert Series Schedule
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005
Jerome Meltzer Trio
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2005
Esther Haynes Trio
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2005
Asheley Elise
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
Special Guest, Julie Hall
About St. Luke’s Choir. The St. Luke’s choir is on vacation for the summer. Rehearsal will resume in September. 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 Director of Music Ministry Deke Polifka, 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 program of St. Luke’s Shelter and St. Luke’s Church, providing job training in restaurant skills for homeless men and women. The program is located downstairs in the St. Luke’s kitchen. For more information, go to www.saintlukesmethodist.org.
Many thanks to the most recent donors of St. Luke’s Shelter: the Escheated Estates Fund of the District of Columbia; The Workers of St. Alban’s; Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon; and many, many neighbors and friends. Donations to St. Luke’s Shelter can be made through the Sunday offering (by designating St. Luke’s Shelter) or by mail to St. Luke’s Shelter, 3655 Calvert Street, NW Washington, DC 20007.
Coming Soon … Shalom House! We are developing a new ministry of hospitality for student and church groups visiting DC for experiential learning and advocacy. For more information, check out the web site at www.saintlukesmethodist.org
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 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.
New Directories Now Available
Be sure to pick up a 2005 Church Directory. Please let the church office know of the need for any corrections or updates (202-333-4949 or office@saintlukesmethodist.org)
The St. Luke’s Directory includes friends as well as members, so if you’ve been attending and would like to be listed, please let us know.
Congregational Giving
Monthly Pledges
Budgeted $5000/month
Actual Pledges $3,641/month
Received in June $3,720
Non-pledge and Anonymous Giving
Budgeted $1,333/month
Received in June $3,066.30
Joys and Concerns…
For those impacted by the hurricane.
For those in war and especially those in London after the recent terrorist attacks.
For Kaou Kassambara as he takes the TOEFL exam.
For the sister of Amy’s coworker who was in a car accident.
For the congregation Dave left in Andover, MA as they welcome their new pastor.
The joy of having Dave, our new pastor, and his wife Deb with us on their first Sunday.
Deke shared the joy of a wonderful year with the choir.
For Sonia’s friend, “Auntie Baby” who passed away
For Dorothy Preston’s sister who has been hospitalized and for Dorothy’s son’s father who has cancer
For Shawn’s uncle recovering from colon cancer surgery.
Sylvia shared the joy of having so many people in church.
Derrick shared the joy of seeing Matthew graduate from drill-sergeant training
Earl shared the joy of his parents celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary
The joy of Molly and Vince expecting their child in December
The joy of family and friends present for Likando’s baptism
For Jen’s uncle, recovering from bypass surgery
For Penny, recovering from a stomach virus
For Nate and Shalom’s friend Dan whose hand was blown off in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan, and for all those killed and injured in the war, and their families and friends
The joy of the birth of Matthew Wilshire’s nephew, Lucius Jackson Wilshire
For Susan’s son Carl, who graduated from St. Alban’s
For Marian’s friend and her friend’s father, recovering from triple by-pass surgery
For the people of Zimbabwe during this difficult time
For Don’s mother, in a time of transition
For Jen’s friend Kirsten, for guidance
For those facing unemployment
For those who have died in war
For Rosalynn Zulu, graduating from Montgomery College
For Susan Calloway’s continuing recovery
For Priscilla’s family in Cape Town, S.A. on the death of her uncle
Farai received approval of her asylum status, and brought her friend to church
For our congregation as we explore the process of becoming a reconciling congregation
For peace
For our military in Iraq and for the people of Iraq, and for our leaders that they may lead with wisdom
For the children and staff of Wings of Hope Orphanage, in Haiti.
For Prince of Peace Methodist Church in Holguin, Cuba
For the community of St. Luke’s Shelter.
For those living with HIV/AIDS
For our members who are unable to attend because of their health: Emma Cox, Jeanne Goss, Lucille Dade, Betty Lawrence, and Margaret Roberts.
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.”