St. Luke Lutheran Church

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1 St. Luke Lutheran Church Announcements April 14, 2019 Please take home! Ministers: (All members of the congregation!) Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Robert McKee Director of Music: Claudia Zichterman Youth Activities Coordinator: Faith Peters Office Phone: Visitation Pastor: The Rev. Gary Berkland Contemporary Music Leader: Joe Howard Web: st-luke-church.org Preschool Director: Denise Coyne Amazing Creations Preschool Phone: Fax: Address: No Altar flowers - LENT Prayer Requests for the week: For all who are in need of God s healing, & guidance, especially: Bob Bartholomew, Lorrie Peterson, Frances Graham, Mary Lou Robson, Sally Hedman, Al Neubieser, Cindy Hopkins. For Julia and Vincent Leiyoole, missionaries in Kenya For Dorcas Wang, our missionary in Beijing, China. For those God wants us to reach with the Good News this week. For the Special ones you know Lord, seeking your answers in their lives.

2 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday THIS WEEK AT ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH Worship Service (Sanctuary)... 9:30 AM Fellowship (Kurtz Hall)... 10:45 AM Neighborhood BBQ & Carnival... 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Girl Scout Troop #60788 Meeting (Kurtz Hall)... 4:15 PM 6:45 PM Boy Scout Pack #493 (Kurtz Hall)... 7:00 PM Staff Meeting... 9:30 AM Council Meeting... 7:00 PM Bell Choir Practice... 7:00 PM Worship Choir Practice (Sanctuary)... 7:30 PM Idylwood Service... 11:00 AM S.C.L.C. Bible Study (Youth Outpost)... 5:00 PM Maundy Thursday Supper & Service w/eric Bennett (K.H.)... 6:00 PM S.C.L.C. Chapel (Sanctuary)... 3:00 PM Good Friday Service... 7:30 PM Easter Vigil... 4:00 PM AA (Youth Room)... 5:00 PM 6:00 PM CARNIVAL/BBQ TODAY! Today is our neighborhood barbecue after worship service with a jump house for the kids and all kinds of carnival games and activities. Festivities begin at 11:00 a.m. Start the Holy Week off with a celebration that will include wonderful food, games, and conversation. EASTER WEEK SCHEDULE Today Carnival & 11:00 AM Maundy Thursday Service April 6:00 pm, Supper, Service and a presentation (Guest Speaker: Eric Bennett, Jews for Jesus) Good Friday Service April 7:30 pm Easter Vigil - Saturday April 4:00 pm Easter Services April 7:00 am and 10:00 am Easter Breakfast April 7:45 am Easter Egg Hunt (toddler - 5th grade) April 11:30 am CANDY FOR THE ST. LUKE ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT Easter is coming and St. Luke will be hiding 1,000 Easter eggs for our youth and neighborhood children. They look forward to this event every year! Please consider donating candy to help fill those colorful eggs. Please, no chocolate or nuts, but any other candy that

3 can fit into a plastic egg would be much appreciated! We will have a box in the Narthex to collect the goodies. Please contact Faith Peters faith_peters@comcast.net or Adeline Skov family@skovhome.dk if you have any questions. Many blessings to you and your families! MAUNDY THURSDAY SUPPER, SERVICE & JEWS FOR JESUS PRESENTATION, RESCUE-REDEEM-RESTORE: PASSOVER, THE LAST SUPPER AND YOUR COMMUNION EXPERIENCE We will begin our Maundy Thursday 6:00 PM with a supper, service and presentation by Eric Bennett of Jews for Jesus. Eric s title is Church Relations Scheduling Agent, Minister for San Francisco. He is a kosher-hearted Gentile who has served the Lord in our Church Relations department since He manages our scheduling in the Midwest and Alaska. Come and join use for a night of Passover. STUFFED ANIMALS COLLECTION We are reviving a tradition again this Lent of bringing stuffed animals to church during Lent. These love-filled stuffed animals will be given to the children during the Children s Service within the 10 AM Easter service. Feel free to bring an animal and leave it in the pew. Fill the animals around you with hugs of love and prayers for the children. IMMIGRATION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: GUARDIAN ANGEL COURT ACCOMPANIMENT & COORDINATING The Sierra Pacific Synod AMMPARO (Accompanying Migrant Minors (and their families) with Protection, Advocacy, Representation, and Opportunity) Team is offering Guardian Angel training at St. Mark s Lutheran in San Francisco on May 18th from 9 am - 12 noon, 1111 O'Farrell Street (between Franklin and Gough). Please RSVP for training at or at FLeBAS@ses.plts.edu. You may also RSVP by Google Form here. This session will train you to volunteer in immigration court by offering spiritual accompaniment, providing physical accompaniment, and sharing resources for unaccompanied migrant children and single-parent families going through immigration court. Mary Campbell, director of AMMPARO ELCA in Chicago, will lead the workshop. The training prepares volunteers to accompany in teams of two (ideally one a Spanish speaker, though this isn t required) at immigration court in San Francisco. No legal experience is needed, and the time commitment is very flexible. Why are we doing this? As sisters and brothers in Christ, Lutherans are called to bear witness to the conditions impacting so many communities, and to work to find solutions that will acknowledge the humanity in all of God s children. Join us in making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families. Coordinator Opportunity Furthermore, for a volunteer interested in a deeper, more regular opportunity to support immigrants, the Sierra Pacific Synod Guardian Angel Team is seeking a Volunteer Coordinator

4 who would spend 4-5 hours a week communicating with a court clerk about upcoming cases, and connecting Guardian Angel volunteers to accompany specific people. Interested in either training to be a Guardian Angel volunteer or stepping up as the Guardian Angel Volunteer Coordinator? Please RSVP for training or to indicate interest in the coordinator position at or at FLeBAS@ses.plts.edu. Cora Rose, AMMPARO Committee, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA & Sierra Pacific Synod AMMPARO Team, Mary Ritter & Ruth Cruddas, Co-Coordinators. Other questions may be directed to Sue Hutchins member of the St. Luke Witness Team & the Sierra Pacific Synod Global Mission Advocacy Team (GMAT). VBS JULY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The St. Luke VBS program "To Mars and Beyond" runs from July and we're looking for youth and adult volunteers. Youth volunteers must be at least entering 7th grade in the fall to be eligible. The volunteer commitment is just 5 days long from 8:30-noon and we can even use you if you're only available part of the week. No religious or work experience is required and youth volunteers can get volunteer credit toward their middle and high school requirements. If you are available, please see Andy Wadsworth or Emma Mitchell or us at VBS@StLukeChurch.org. CHILDREN S ACTIVITIES DURING WORSHIP SERVICE After the Children's Sermon Song, children from age three through those in the fifth grade are welcome to be escorted over to the Amazing Creations playground and classrooms for some supervised playtime until Sunday school starts at 11:00 AM. Children are also welcome to stay with their parents for the duration of the service. We have bags on a kiosk near the entrance to the church with items to keep your kids engaged throughout worship. There are activity pages pertinent to the lesson for the day located on the table holding the bulletins. These have activities for ages 3+ and 7+. Take whichever sheet works for your child. The nursery in the back of the church is available for parents who want to be with their child in a quiet space during worship. We are always looking to make the worship and learning experiences at St. Luke as effective and helpful as possible. Let us know how we are doing, and send us an if you would like to volunteer with Sunday school or the Children's Playtime program. Pastor Bob: pastormckee@gmail.com Emma Mitchell: eemitch95@comcast.net LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET CONNECTED? Are you looking for a way to connect with the wonderful St. Luke community? St. Luke is looking for you too! We need greeters, ushers, coffee servers, communion assistants, and

5 altar guild every Sunday. You can serve as often or as little as you like, and training for all positions will be provided. Please contact our church Office Manager, Letty at or ST. LUKE PRAYER CHAIN We have a group of praying people at St. Luke called the Prayer Chain. The way it works is one person calls a few others and those call a few more with prayer requests. To put someone on the prayer chain, or to become part of the Prayer Chain please call Marlene Custer at (650) ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GOING TO OBERAMMERGAU? As we inch closer to 2020 s Oberammergau trip, now is the time to secure the remaining spots within our group. The June Oberammergau Reformation Tour is from June 7-18, Space is limited due to the tour group s size, but there are still a few spots left for our St. Luke group. If you and/or your family and friends are ready to commit, please drop by the display case in the Narthex to pick up a registration form and submit your deposit! The brochure includes a registration form that can be completed and mailed to the tour company. All the information can also be found online at which includes a link to the online registration form. Please contact either Pastor Bob, Amy McKee amymckee33@gmail.com, Loretta Merry (650) ; merrytravelservice@sbcglobal.net, Tim Tsang or Denise Tsang kaylumma@yahoo.com for any questions. If you have completed and sent a registration form, please let one of us know. TUBFRIM NEEDS YOUR USED STAMPS Save your used stamps and phone cards and place them in the glass container in the Narthex. The Norwegian firm of Tubfrim ( sells the stamps, the proceeds of which help handicapped children and youth, and also finance tuberculosis research. Cut or tear off the stamp from the envelope leaving a small margin (approx. ½ inch) so as not to damage it. Please see Marvin or Lois Bertelson, at church or at (408) , with any questions. CAMPUS SECURITY PLEASE continue to keep triple checking the doors that you're locking to ensure that they are closed tightly and locked. If in doubt, lock up! Thank you for your diligence! 2019 FLOWER CALENDAR SIGNUPS The new 2019 Flower Calendar with be up in the Narthex in the next couple of weeks. Sign up if you would like to dedicate the Sunday service Altar Flowers to a friend or loved one or to yourselves in honor of a special occasion. Remember to indicate on the calendar the dedication or reason for your donation when you sign up; write a $40 check made payable to

6 St. Luke Lutheran Church noting Altar Flowers on the memo line; and place the check in the offering plate on Sunday or give to Letty in the office. THANK YOU TO ALL who have brightened our Sanctuary in the past with beautiful flowers! WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS & MONTHLY EPISTLE SUBMISSION DEADLINES We d like to take this time to thank all of our St. Luke family members who contribute to the bulletin announcement pages and the monthly newsletter. In keeping with trying to produce the bulletins & newsletters accurately and in a timely manner we are reminding everyone of the deadlines. The deadline to submit an announcement for the weekly bulletin is the Wednesday by Noon prior to the Sunday you want it included. The article deadline for the monthly newsletter The Epistle is the 15th of the month for inclusion in the following month s newsletter. If you could please cc Janet Riddell, Communications Coordinator, on all of your submissions it would help us to make sure we don t miss anything. If you have any questions, please call the church office at (408) and speak with Letty. ST. LUKE SUNDAY BULLETIN, ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ON THE ST. LUKE WEBSITE The St. Luke Lutheran Church Sunday bulletin & announcement pages are available each week on the St. Luke Lutheran Church website. For those of you that want to access the weekly bulletin via your home computer (prior to the Sunday service), iphone or ipad (during the service) simply go to the website click on the Worship tab at the top of the page, then click on Sunday Bulletin in the Menu at the left hand side of the page. Letty will make sure to have the current weekly bulletin uploaded by each Friday afternoon. Our monthly newsletter St. Luke Epistle will also be available on the St. Luke website on or before the 1st day of each month. (To access WIFI: The password for the sanctuary is now jesus123 and John3:16 for other parts of the campus. The password is case sensitive with no spaces. Connect to STLUKE in the sanctuary and office. STLUKE1 or STLUKE2 in Kurtz Hall. And STLUKE3 or STLUKE4 the Education Building.)

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