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Ministry Team update!
St Luke Union is blessed to have 7 thriving ministry teams to help guide the church. All are welcome to attend any team meeting to learn more about how you can make an impact. Meetings are on the e-
calendar at stlukeunion.org/calendar and you may email any of the team liaisons for further information:
Finance/Investment Team • Brent Paterson • [email protected]
Hospitality Team • Ginny Kolze • [email protected]
Learning Team • Laura Hinthorn •[email protected]
Mission Team • Ruth Trower • [email protected]
Stewardship Team • Lynne Wright • [email protected]
Resource Team • Bob Hinthorn •[email protected]
Worship Team • John Boerner • [email protected]
Pastor Andy’s Trivia
March’s question: What is the original
meaning of Lent?
March’s answer: Spring
April’s question #1: How many pieces of
silver did Judas trade the life of Jesus for?
April’s question #2: What was the name
of the high priest’s servant who had his
ear cut off by the disciple and subse-
quently reattached by Jesus?
Submit answers: to Pastor Andy via email. The winner will get a prize! The answers will be announced in next month’s news-
letter.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Building closed: The building continues to be closed through April 6. All events through then have been cancelled.
Please check:
Website
Emails from the prayer chain
for updates. If you are not receiving emails from the prayer chain and would like to be added, email the office manager, Lisa Dornbush at [email protected]
April events: Please check the church calendar online at stlukeunion.org/calendar to see if an event is cancelled. Many decisions are yet to be made, especially with April events, and we will update the e-calendar as soon as deci-sions are made.
Offering: In this strange time of isolation and virtual worship, the Vision and Ministry Council and Pastor Andy are doing their best to continue the mission and ministry of St Luke Union Church. This includes the paying our staff and meet-ing the church’s financial obligations. We are asking, that if possible, you each continue your contributions and pledged offering. This will greatly help in the greater mission of Christ’s church. We all greatly thank you.
Phone calls: The office manager, Lisa Dornbush, is working remotely. If you need to contact the church by phone, please call and leave a message. Your call will be returned as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience during these challenging times.
Page 2 New Directions
Finance Corner
NEW! For 2020, church finances will be published on
a monthly basis in the newsletter. Brian Trower, treas-
urer, and Gwen Yurieci, financial secretary, provide
the budgeted receipts/expenses and actual receipts/
expenses.
Thank You! -From Bill & Karen Walters
We would like to thank all of you for your prayer cards,
cards, phone calls & offers of help while Bill is going
through chemotherapy. It helps to know so many care.
Vacation Bible School VBS dates have been set for June 7-11 in the evenings at Centennial Christian Church. We are partnering with First Christian Church and Centennial to provide VBS for the
Bloomington/Normal community!
If you would like to volunteer for VBS, save the date and email our program coordinator, Lisa Dornbush at ldorn-
If you have a child or grandchild that would like to partici-pate, save the date! More information to come on registra-tion. VBS is provided to all children in the community at no
cost.
St. Luke Union Church
GROUP SALE AND BAKE SALE
Tentative Dates: Friday, May 1, 9a-5p
Saturday, May 2, 9a-12p
With the suspension of group activities due to the coronavirus it is possible we will be unable to hold the group and bake sale. Another complicating factor is the closure of the Home Sweet Home Mission Mart. They have stated they will be unavailable to pick up all the remaining items after the sale.
Regardless, this is a good time to clean your closets and gather up your no longer needed kitchen items, chil-dren’s toys, linens, jewelry, furniture, knick-knacks and spring/summer clothing. You will have them ready to either bring to the group sale or take to other thrift shops.
If the sale is on, bring these items to the church Mon-day, April 25 & Tuesday, April 26 9a-7p, or Wednesday, April 27 9-12p, so there is time to get them sorted and priced for the sale.
Don’t forget items for the bake sale. We have a lot of customers that come back each time looking for those goodies. Baked good need to be at the church Thurs-day evening or by 8a each sale day so they can be as-sembled into sale size portions.
Many volunteers are needed. Sunday after church is set up and on Monday thru Thursday we arrange and price items. On Friday and Saturday, we greet custom-ers and keep everything organized. On Saturday, after the sale closes at noon, we box up remaining items for local thrift shops.
Watch the church calendar to see if the sale is on! Even if this sale is canceled, we hope to have one in the fall.
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Office Hours
Monday: 9a-3p
Tuesday: 9a-3p
Wednesday: 9a-3p
Thursday: 9a-3p
Friday & Saturday: closed
Website
Happy
Birthday!
1—Sue Boerner 1—Debra Harrison 1—Joel Keeton 2—Emily Desmond 2—Pierre Roussey 6—Matthew Swanson 12—Delmar Small 12—Brian Trower 14—Lily Keeton 16—Caiden Dehner 17—Emma DeBruine 18—Cameron Luna 19—Lisa DeBruine 19—Dan Moret 20—Jayme Sellberg 20—George Wells 21—Bryan Colee 22—Norma Scott 24—Scott Luna 25—Eli Rambo 26—Lauren Desmond 27—Sylvia Kruger 28—Carol Parlette 29—Ellie Dehner
Follow our Facebook page for daily updates on church news, events, and lessons from Re-ginald (Sunday live stream and Wednesday Wisdom)! Search: @stlukeunionchurch or www.facebook.com/stlukeunionchurch
Worship
Sundays: 10:30a
April 2020
Contact Us!
Rev. Dr. Andrew Gifford
Lisa Dornbush
Office Manager &
Program Coordinator
Our website is being updated regularly by our office manager, Lisa Dornbush. If you notice any updates needed on the site, please email Lisa.
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering
DATE CHANGED...TO BE DETERMINED
Every year we, along with many other denominations, collect the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering. This year we will collect the offering on a date to be determined (due to coronavirus keeping the church building closed). This offering supports several countries, including the U.S., where hurricanes, tornadoes, floods & fires have created a need for assistance during & after these events. It is also used to help refugees who are dis-placed by war or widespread violence. Other uses are to help people who have been in poverty & hunger & experienced injustice to improve their
lives. OGHS help continue long after the acute needs have been met.
Please prayerfully consider what you can contribute to this, which is the
main special offering we collect during the church year.
Thank you, The Mission Team
Need a Laugh?
It was Palm Sunday, but because of a sore
throat, 5-year-old Johnny stayed home from
church with a sitter. When the family re-
turned home, they were carrying several
palm fronds. Johnny asked them what they
were for.
“People held them over Jesus’ head as he
walked by,” his father told him.
“Wouldn’t you know it,” Johnny fumed, “the
one Sunday I don’t go and he shows up.”
Happy Anniversary!
16—Mike & Ginny Kolze
20—George & Sheila Wells
Thursday, March 19, 2020
St Luke Union Church Share & Care Plan
In these strange times of isolation and working to halt the spread of COVID-19, I have come up with a few things that we,
as the family of St Luke Union Church, can do to support one another. As Sandi and I have spent more time at home and have even
begun our spring cleaning early, we have realized that we are well supplied in certain areas and perhaps low in others. I would like
to invite each of us to make available our excess to those with less. This could include specific food items, or meals, a need for
pick-up and delivery of food, medicine and other incidental items. If you have a specific need or are will to offer assistance, I invite
you to contact our Office Manager Lisa Dornbush via email [email protected] and she will be acting as our clearing house
of need and service.
We, as a community of faith, have always done a wonderful job in caring for one another and as we offer worship only
online through Facebook and YouTube, this will not allow for opportunity to be in physical fellowship. We have members of our
church family that are now isolated for their own health and the health of the greater community. We need to stay connected to
one another and encourage each of you to reach out, with a phone call, letter, card, e-mail, text or any other means of communica-
tion. If you are in need of any contact information, again please contact our Office Manager, Lisa Dornbush via email.
In this environment of social isolation, let us become an epidemic of care.
Peace and Health,
Pastor Andy
Subject: Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Thursday, March 19, 2020
To all St Luke Union Church Family,
During our March Vision and Ministry Council (VMC) meeting, COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was discussed. That conversation included
methods of personal prevention, continuous cleaning procedures of the church building, methods for sharing Holy Communion and
alternate forms of worship. On March 16th, the decision to not hold in-person worship at St Luke Union Church through the month
was made. The church office has been closed and no activities will take place through April 6, 2020. At that time, the Vision and
Ministry Council will re-evaluate the current conditions and decide how to move forward. When we begin to physically worship
together again, it has been decided to not offer Holy Communion, passing of the peace, or hold hands while singing the doxology.
Personal Prevention: Common sense practices of coughing into elbows, washing hands, and limiting personal contact. Included are a
few links that can offer further education of healthy practices. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html
http://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/diseases-and-conditions/diseases-a-z-list/coronavirus
The church custodian Juan Galvan has established a cleaning routine with the prevention of germs in mind. These include borrowed
practices from his work at State Farm.
We have ensured the cleaning materials used are specific to killing the virus.
Bathrooms are thoroughly cleaned daily.
The sanctuary has been thoroughly cleaned including the wiping of all surfaces and pews. This thorough cleaning will be conducted
on a regular basis until further notice.
Every Friday, all surfaces and rooms in the office complex are thoroughly cleaned.
Special attention is being given to the areas that people touch most frequently including paper towel dispenser, door handles, light
switches, toilet flush handles and surface areas.
During this time of closure, Juan will be conducting a deeper cleaning of the entire building.
St Luke Union Church is a caring community that has always reached out with a hand of God’s grace, but in this time let us not share
in the possible spread of germs. Help avoid the spread of illness, yet share of yourselves through calls, cards, emails, and texts in
this time of social isolation. If you have any questions, concerns or needs please call me and we as a church will figure out how best
to serve.
Peace of God,
Rev Dr Andrew Gifford
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