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St. Luke Lutheran Church Office: 804-272-0486 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stlukerichmond.org

What’s INSIDE

WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP 2 Staff Info, Office Hours

2 Pastor’s Letter, Schedule

3 Director of Music Letter

4 Music/Concert Schedule

5 February Church Events

6 Attendance, Prayers

6 Special Events

7 Council Corner

8 March Church Events

9 Altar Flowers

10 Baptism pics

11 Learning Ministry

12 Committees & Groups Info

13 Outreach/Other Info

14 Social Media Info

14 January Info

15 February Calendar

February 3, 2019

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Souper Bowl Sunday

9:00am Sunday School

10:00am Holy Communion Worship

February 10, 2019

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany



11:30am Council Meeting

February 17, 2019

Sixth Sunday after Epiphany



February 26, 2019

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany



11:00am Worship & Music/C.E. Mtg

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FOCUS ON WORSHIP

THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD: This day is an important day in the church year that doesn’t get much

attention since it rarely lands on Sunday. It is an early episode in the life of Jesus, describing his presentation at

the Temple in Jerusalem in order to officially induct him into Judaism. The event is described in the Gospel of

Luke, (Luke 2:22–40). According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took the Infant Jesus to the Temple forty days

after his birth to complete Mary's ritual purification after childbirth, and to perform the redemption of the

firstborn son, in obedience to the Torah (Leviticus 12, Exodus 13:12–15). Luke explicitly says that Joseph and

Mary take the option provided for poor people (those who could not afford a lamb; Leviticus 12:8), sacrificing "

a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." Leviticus 12:1–4 indicates that this event should take place forty

days after birth for a male child, hence the Presentation is celebrated forty days after Christmas.

Upon bringing Jesus into the temple, they encountered Simeon. The Gospel records that Simeon had been

promised that "he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ" (Luke 2:26). Simeon, representing

the expectant nation of Israel, at last, after years of patient and faithful waiting, held the infant Savior in his arms.

The consolation of the nations, the light to the Gentiles, had come. The child was being presented to God by his

parents, but in this child God was coming to meet his people, so that he who is the light of the world might make

his people lamps shining in a dark world that others might see the right path. Simeon’s song has been sung by

countless generations of believers ever since.

A publication of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Richmond, VA What’s INSIDE

Febru ary 201 9

St. Luke Lutheran Church Office: 804-272-0486 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stlukerichmond.org 2

A Message from Pastor Fred

Saint Valentine and others

Pastor Fred’s church office hours are

Wednesdays 9:30am to 2:30pm.

Please call the church office at 804-272-0486

if you would like to schedule an appointment.

Pastor’s email address is: [email protected].

St. Luke Lutheran Church is a member of the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Church in America. To find out more about the Lutheran Church, please visit the following websites: ELCA, www.ELCA.org or Virginia Synod, www.vasynod.org

Virginia Synod News The Virginia Lutheran, which is the

Virginia Synod's newsletter, is available online anytime at www.vasynod.org.

Church Staff

Contact Info

Rev. Fred Marcoux, Pastor

804-272-0486 x 2

[email protected]

Tammy Hammond, Church Administrator

804-272-0486 x 1

[email protected]

Richard Barnett, Director of Music

804-272-0486 x 3

[email protected]

Becky Wade, Program Coordinator

804-272-0486 x 1

[email protected]

Are you interested in joining our

St Luke family?

If you have enjoyed worshiping with us and are contemplating becoming a member, we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Rev. Fred Marcoux, our pastor; Tammy, the church administrator; or any member of our Evangelism committee for more info.

If you would like to meet with Pastor Fred, please contact the office at 272-0486 or [email protected] to schedule an appointment.

There are many stories that refer back to the person of Valentine. The most probable is that he was a priest who was ordered killed by Claudius II. It seems that the emperor forbade young men to marry thinking that they would be better soldiers than those who were married with families. As a priest, Saint Valentine performed secret marriages which defied the emperor's order's.

There is a book, “The Roman Martyrology” which contains an extensive list of those who gave their lives for the faith. Some are subject to question - the writers embellishing the facts quite a bit. However, it is clear that second and third century Christians had a lot of problems in living out their faith in a pagan society.

If you look at pages 14 through 17 in the ELW, our red worship book, you will find a sampling of names that are worth investigating. All kinds of people throughout the centuries whose lives reflect an unusual fervor for the faith. There were several that I had never heard of so I did a google search to find out more.

Because I was brought up as a Roman Catholic, I was surrounded by names of many saints and quite frankly I always though of them as friends from the past. Even now as a Lutheran, that has not changed very much. The lives of those people often offer me a litmus test of my own understanding of being a Christian and that

includes Lutherans who are not all that well known.

For example: Pastor K. C. William Dahl who started a mission congregation in Axtell, NE. It was at that time that he discovered the horrors of the institutions that housed those who were proclaimed insane. He worked tirelessly to raise money to start a church sponsored facility to house those people in a far more compassionate environment. He died after becoming ill while trudging through a snow storm on his way to plead for support in a nearby town.

Throughout my life I have been fortunate to have some really fine mentors who have helped me, especially when I was tempted to jaywalk on an easier path. Some have the title of Saint and many do not, but does it really matter?

February seems to be a fine time to take stock of those people, present or gone from your life, who offered you an insight into your life as a Christian. After all, what more appropriate time than during the month when Saint Valentine arrives and reminds us that above all, love is what God is all about.

In peace, Pastor Fred NO BIBLE STUDY ON

FEB 6th OR FEB 13th

Bring your family and friends to Church. Everyone is most welcome

at St. Luke. Please have them fill out a Visitor Card (located in each

pew rack or from any usher) and return it in the offering plate.

If they would like more information about our church, I will be glad to answer any

questions they might have about St. Luke, including church membership. They can also speak with a member of our Evangelism committee or call the church office at

804-272-0486, for more information.

In Peace,

Pastor Fred Marcoux


Musical meanderings….

Our newest choir member, Sue Gamber, shared this article with me. It struck a chord with me and I would like to share it with you. The author, Jim Taylor ([email protected]) allows non-profit organizations to reprint it.

Singing is breathing together

The most radical thing that churches do these days is not their social justice programs, their housing for the homeless, or even their political lobbying. It’s their singing. Have you noticed that the younger generations don’t sing? Oh, they’re never without music. They have music or at least what they consider music, pumped into their ears constantly by their Bluetooth ear-buds. They have audio systems in their cars that can rattle windows a block away.

But they don’t sing along. They kind of grunt and twitch along. They don’t even know what to sing, unless a loudspeaker provides leadership. I sat around a blazing campfire in a mountain resort, a couple of summers ago. Many of the group were half my age, cheerfully toasting marshmallows, passing bags of snacks, staring into the embers. Someone started singing campfire songs. Only the older folks joined in. Increasingly, I think that singing is a counter-cultural phenomenon. And it happens mostly in churches.

A way to build community

It’s just my personal view, but I don’t think we sing so that the sound of our praise can go up to God. I think we sing to build community. By singing, we do something together, something that we enjoy, something that we don’t have to vote on, something that doesn’t require us to defend our views.

Lindy Thompson, who manages Tennessee United Methodists for Inclusion, recognizes why she goes to church. She put her feelings into a poem (excerpts reproduced by permission: lindythompson.net).

I go to sing. It’s the willingness to stand if you are able, the common agreement on page number, the voluntary sharing of songbooks with people on your row but most of all, it’s the collective in-breath before the first sound is made, the collective drawing upon the grace of God, the collective, if inadvertent, admission that we are all human, all fragile, all in need of the sustaining air, freely dispensed, all in need of each other to get the key right and not sound discordant, it’s the hidden life-celebration in the act of making a joyful noise, all together. We don’t even have to sound that good. Singing together still brings home the we-ness of worship, the not-alone-ness of life in God, the best of all we have to offer each other.

I love her line, “the collective in-breath before the first sound”. Meditation commonly encourages us to focus on our breathing, to breathe deeply. Singing requires a whole congregation, whether twelve people or twelve hundred, to breathe in unison -- all drawing a breath at the end of each line, all exhaling together as we sing the next line.

When we sing, whatever our belief or theology, we live and breathe it today, drawing in the grace of God, voicing out our need and hope and gratitude and longing. When we are singing, I can feel the better world coming, and if I get to be a part of it, you do too. So, sing with me and we’ll make our way down that blessed road together, collectively better than we ever thought possible.

Peace, Richard Barnett Director of Music

If you would like more information

about St. Luke’s musical ministry,

please contact our Director of Music.

Rich Barnett

804-272-0486, X3

[email protected]

HANDBELL CHOIR REHEARSALS

Thursdays at 6:30pm

CHANCEL CHOIR REHEARSALS

Thursdays at 7:30pm

Thank you to everyone that

participates in our

musical ministry!


Saturday, February 9, 2019

Yifei Sun Music Studio Traditional Chinese Music Concert

3:00pm

Sunday, March 10, 2019 Richmond Music Teacher’s Assoc. Bach Competition Winner’s Recital

3:00pm

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Yifei Sun Piano Studio Students Recital

3:00pm

Saturday, May 4, 2019 Ingrid Keller Piano

Studio Students Recital 3:00pm

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Sue Gamber Piano Studio Students Recital

2:00pm

Saturday, May 11, 2019 Caitlin Hunt Violin

Studio Students Recital

3:00pm

Saturday, May 25, 2019 Yifei Sun Music Studio

Music Concert 3:00pm

Saturday, June 1, 2019 Michelle Huang Piano

Studio Students Recital 3:00pm

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Imani Milele Children’s Choir 7:00pm

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Belle Elliott Piano and Violin Studio Students Recital

1:00pm

Friday May 19, 2019 Music Camp Concert

6:30pm

SOUPER BOWL CAN COLLECTION

January 13 – February 3

Beginning next Sunday, January 13th and running through February 3rd, we will be

collecting CANS of SOUP or CHILI for Souper Bowl Sunday. Souper Bowl Sunday

is February 3. Please bring your cans and put them in the SOUP KETTLE in the

narthex or just drop off your bag at the display.

After Super Bowl Sunday, our can collection will be delivered to FEEDMORE.

You can also make a donation instead of bringing cans. Please make your check out to

St. Luke with Souper Bowl on the memo line. Thank you for your participation again

this year.

2019 Offering Envelopes

Your 2019 Offering Envelopes are available for pickup in the fellowship hall.

Please make sure to pick yours up, if you haven’t already done so.

Please discontinue using your 2018 envelopes. They are no longer valid. You have a different envelope number for 2019.

Thank you for your cooperation.

2018 End of Year Statements

Your 2018 End of Year Statements are available in the narthex. Please check over your statement carefully.

If you made a pledge for 2019, there is a letter included with your statement.

Please verify that your pledge information is correct

If you think that you have incorrect info on your statement or pledge letter, please contact Ludi Webber, our Financial Secretary. Thank you.

Estimate of Giving Cards / Pledge Cards for 2019

Have you turned in your Estimate of Giving / Pledge Card?

If not, it’s not too late.

Please put yours in the offering plate or mail it in to the church.

If you need one, they are available from any usher

and they are on the table in the narthex.

You can also mail it in to the church office.

This information is confidential and goes to the Financial Secretary.

Thank you for your generosity and support to sustain and grow our ministries.


SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY: Feb. 3

NO BIBLE STUDY: Feb 6

HANDBELL CHOIR: Feb. 7, 6:30pm

CHANCEL CHOIR: Feb. 7, 7:30pm

BOOK CLUB: Feb. 8, 7:30pm

COUNCIL MEETING: Feb. 10, 11:30am

STEPHEN MINISTRY: Feb. 11, 7:00pm

AM WOMEN’S GRP: Feb. 12, 10:30am

NO BIBLE STUDY: Feb 13

PM WOMEN’S GRP: Feb. 13, 6:30pm

MEN’S LUNCH GRP: Feb. 14, 12:00pm



MEALS ON WHEELS: Feb. 19, 11:00am

BIBLE STUDY: Feb. 20, 10:30am



MEALS ON WHEELS: Feb. 21, 11:00am

WORSHIP & MUSIC: Feb. 24, 11:30am

CHRISTIAN ED: Feb. 24, 11:30am

MEN’S GRP MTG : Feb. 26, 6:00pm

BIBLE STUDY: Feb. 27, 10:30am



Explore your Church Family!

Introduce yourself to someone new each week

or bring someone to church with you.

St. Luke’s Weather Policy and

Worship Cancellation Information

We are now into the time of the year when we may have to

deal with wintery weather and the cancellation of worship

services or fellowship events. In the event of inclement

weather, please be advised that St. Luke follows the same

protocol of the public school systems in the area.

Usually, if local schools are closed because of bad weather, St. Luke will be

closed for all church activities and to all groups using our building.

Please check www.stlukerichmond.org, the St. Luke web site, for the most up to

date info on any changes. All weather related cancellations and changes will be

posted on the home page.

We will also add closings to Channel 6, Channel 8 and Channel 12. Channel 12

is the only one that lists church closings on their TV station channel. The others

stations list church closings on their website only.

It’s Time for a Lunch and Learn Event!

St. Luke’s Stephen Ministry Committee presents a Lunch and Learn event on the topic of our communities Opioid Crisis on

Sunday, March 31, 2019.

We will serve lunch and hear from our panel about this growing crisis and what we can do about it.

Lunch: 11:30 to 12:15 Program: 12:15 to 1:30

Please sign up on the bulletin insert so we can plan to have enough food for everyone. All are welcome as we learn about

this important topic.

Thank you,

The Stephen Ministry Committee


SUNDAY, February 3

Souper Bowl Sunday

TUESDAY, February 14

Valentine’s Day

MONDAY, February 18

President’s Day

SUNDAY, March 3

Transfiguration of Our Lord

10:00am Worship Service

TUESDAY, March 5

Shrove Tuesday

5:30pm Pancake Supper & Program

Mardi Gras with Dixieland Music

WEDNESDAY, March 6

Ash Wednesday - Lent begins

7:00pm Worship Service

SUNDAY, March 10

Daylight Savings Time begins

Spring forward at 2:00am

WEDNESDAY, March 13

7:00pm Evening Lent Services begin,

continue through April 10

SUNDAY, March 17

St. Patrick’s Day

SUNDAY, March 17

Sunday Night Lenten Fellowship Event

SNLFE, Irish Dinner & Special Pro-

gram 5:00pm

WEDNESDAY, March 20

First Day of Spring

SUNDAY, March 31

Stephen Ministry Forum

Lunch and Program, 11:30am

SUNDAY, April 14

Palm Sunday

10:00am Worship with Palms

THURSDAY, April 18

Maundy Thursday

7:00pm Worship Service

December 2018, January 2019 Worship Attendance

Worship Sunday School

Sunday, December 2, 2018 104 5 1st Sunday in Advent

Sunday, December 9, 2018 Canceled for snow 2nd Sunday in Advent

Sunday, December 16, 2018 118 5 3rd Sunday in Advent, Pageant

Sunday, December 23, 2018 89 N/A 4th Sunday in Advent

Monday, December 24, 2018 121 N/A Candlelight Christmas Eve Svc

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 18 N/A Christmas Day Svc

Sunday, December 30, 2018 50 N/A 1st Sunday of Christmas

Sunday, January 6, 2019 101 5 Epiphany of Our Lord Sunday, January 13, 2019 Canceled for snow Baptism of Our Lord

Sunday, January 20, 2019 83 5 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

Sunday, January 27, 2019 75 5 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

January 2019 Prayer Requests

We pray for our needs and those of others. Please keep the following

members, their families, and our friends in your thoughts and prayers.

Prayers are asked for: Julie Altizer, Marlys Austin, Andrew Borden,

Sandra Carpenter, Paul Crizer, Chevell Davis, Family of Donald Grass,

Lesley Marcoux, Family of Arnie Sells

Continued Prayers are asked for: Carol Lee Bell, Jo Blandford, Paul Butkovich,

Judy Chaplin, Sharon Crandall, Kay Douglass, Arnold Griffith, Ken Hammond II,

Ken Hammond III, Deborah Hoover, Howdy Howdyshell, Michael Hunt,

Sandra Jennings, Linda Metoyer, Beverley Stopps Powers, Chris Pyle, Eli Pyle,

Josh Scott, Jearald Spear, John Szumlanski, Wally Wason, Don Wilson,

Marilyn Wilson, Phyllis Worrell, Betty Yarbrough, Jean Yerian

Please remember our fellow members who are homebound. A card, a phone call

or a visit would be deeply appreciated.

Names are kept on the list for four weeks unless otherwise noted.

Please inform the office of changes.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Calendar of Special Events


2019 Council Officers, Council Members

Congregational Leaders and Trustees:

Rev. Fredrick Marcoux, Pastor

Dan Crandall, President

Sim Austin, Council Vice-President

Debbie Washburn, Council Secretary

Dale Bleecher, Council Member

Barbara Kipps, Council Member

Bill Kipps, Council Member

Ashley Lathrop, Council Member

Lenee Pennington, Council Member

Luther Shealy, Council Member

Kay Wason, Council Member

Suzie Weeks, Council Member

Ludi Webber, Financial Secretary

Marty Witthoefft, Treasurer

Peggy Walters, Trustee

Butch Webber, Trustee

Rick Witthoefft, Trustee

New Devotional Booklets

The January - March copies of

the “The Word In Season”

Devotional Booklet

are now available in the narthex.

Please pick up your copy

the next time you are at church.

Have You Met Our New Council Members?

On Sunday, January 27, during Worship,

our new Council Members were installed.

Please say hello and introduce yourselves to our new council

members: Sim Austin, Ashley Lathrop and Suzie Weeks.

Thank You to all our Congregational Council Members

Serving on Congregational Council is a significant and vital ministry.

Our sincere thanks to our “outgoing” Council member, Dean Ludwig for his ministry in 2018.

Our thanks and welcome to our “incoming” Council member: Ashley Lathrop.

Our thanks to those Council members who continue to serve in 2019: Sim Austin, Dan Crandall, Debbie Washburn,

Dale Bleecher, Barbara Kipps, Bill Kipps, Lenee Pennington, Luther Shealy, Kay Wason and Suzie Weeks.

Mission Endowment Fund Committee: We wish to express our sincere thanks to Ed Von Hoene for his ministry on this

committee. We also wish to thank Ron Diamond, Kay Wason, Andy Glass, Leif Dahl and Perry Remaklus for their

ministry in 2018 and for agreeing to serve again this year.

Our thanks also to: Ludi Webber - Financial Secretary

Marty Witthoeff - Treasurer

The St. Luke Trustees are: Peggy Walters

Butch Webber

Rick Witthoefft

2019 Council officers are: Dan Crandall - President

Sim Austin - Vice-President

Debbie Washburn - Secretary

Please keep Pastor Fred and our Congregational Council members in your prayers throughout 2019.

COUNCIL MEETING

The next Council Meeting is at 11:30am on Sunday, February 10

COMMITTEE REPORTS Committee reports are due by

Wednesday, February 6

Council email: [email protected]

ST. LUKE Council Corner


SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER:

March 5, 5:30pm

BIBLE STUDY: March 6, 10:30am

ASH WEDNESDAY SVC: March 6, 7pm

HANDBELL CHOIR: March. 7, 6:30pm

CHANCEL CHOIR: March. 7, 7:30pm

BOOK CLUB: March 8, 7:30pm

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS:

March 10

HANDBELLS PLAY FOR SVC: March 10

COUNCIL MEETING: March 10, 11:30am

STEPHEN MINISTRY: March 11, 7:00pm

AM WOMEN’S GRP: March 12, 10:30am


NO PM WOMEN’S GRP: March 13

MID-WEEK LENTEN SVC: March 13, 7pm

CHANCEL CHOIR: March 13, 7:30pm

MEN’S LUNCH GRP: March 14, 12:00pm

SUNDAY NIGHT LENTEN FELLOWSHIP

SNLFE: March 17, 5:00pm

MEALS ON WHEELS: March 19, 11:00am

FIRST DAY OF SPRING: March 20




MEALS ON WHEELS: March 21, 11:00am

WORSHIP & MUSIC / C.E. MEETING:

March 24, 11:30am

MEN’S GROUP MTG: March 26, 6:00pm




ST. MINISTRY FORUM: March 31, 11:30

Worship Service Assistants

Sunday Worship services are a very important part of our church life here at St. Luke. Every Sunday, our church members participate in our worship service as Acolytes, Assisting Ministers, Crucifers and Ushers.

We also have Altar Guild members who set up for Sunday services and communion, Altar Bread Bakers and other Committee Members who serve the Lord and St. Luke by providing their time, talents and energy.

In our music department, we have Chancel Choir members, Bell Choir members and all sorts of Musicians. We are so thankful to have these folks assist us every week but we can always use more help.

If you are interested in serving the Lord at our church and would like more info about these or other opportunities to be a part of our Worship and Music Ministry, we would love to hear from you.

Please contact the following people for more information about Worship: Pastor Fred Marcoux, [email protected] Vince Reedinger, Worship/Music chair, [email protected]

For more information about our chancel choir, handbell choir or the music department, please email Richard Barnett, our Director of Music at [email protected].

Do you have an important meeting or an event coming up?

If you would like an announcement in the weekly bulletin, please email the church office at [email protected] or call 804-272-0486 before 12:00pm on Wednesdays with your dates and times. The Church Scheduling Calendar is located in the office. It has all planned and confirmed activities listed if you’d like to check to see if your date and time is open or has any conflicts. Thank you for helping us keep the St. Luke Church

Do you have something for the next Church Newsletter?

The St. Luke Messenger goes to press on the 23rd of each month. Because of this, all information needs to be in the church office by the 20th of the month. This will help us in getting an accurate newsletter out in a timely manner.

Please call in or e-mail in your event and meeting submissions with all meeting dates and notices to Tammy in the church office as soon as possible. We need to add your events to the church calendar as well. The March 2019 Newsletter Deadline is February 20th.

Thank you. Tammy 804-272-0486 X1, [email protected]


YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

Pastor Fred has decided to allow Altar Flowers during the season of Lent this year. Lent begins on March 6, 2019,

Ash Wednesday.

If you would like to donate and dedicate Altar Flowers during this time in Lent, please sign up on the Flower

Calendar in the fellowship hall. Please remember, Altar Flowers may be given in more than one name on any

given Sunday. We love when we have two arrangements for Sunday morning so please feel free to check out

the chart! If your date seems to be taken, please sign up anyway or call the church office to do so. Thank you

for your gifts of Sunday Altar Flowers.

SANCTUARY FLOWERS

Would you like to place Flowers

on the Altar on Sunday?

If so, please sign up on the

Flower Chart in the Fellowship Hall.

Questions?

Please see the information below

or call the Office at 804-272-0486.

Flower Dedications

The Ministry of flowers is an important part of the Sunday Service at St. Luke Lutheran. Flowers are used

to beautify our sanctuary and are a gift to God and those who attend Worship services.

Altar flowers may be dedicated to “The Glory of God”, “In Memory of” a loved one or “In Honor of” a

special person, an anniversary, birthday, birth, baptism or other special event. More than one person may find a

certain date important so flowers may be given in more than one name on any given Sunday.

If you would like to donate and dedicate flowers for any Sunday service, arrangements cost $27.00 each. You will be billed

directly from Coleman Brothers Flowers and the flowers will be delivered to the church. The flowers are yours to take home

after the service that Sunday or you can ask that they be taken to one of our ill or homebound members. Please return the

container the flowers are in to the church at your convenience. You may sign up on the chart located in the fellowship hall.

The Flower Chart Calendar

The 2019 Flower Calendar is hanging in the fellowship hall. To those of you who give flowers every year during the same time frame, thank you. If you’re new to St. Luke or haven’t signed up yet to provide Sunday Altar Flowers, won’t you consider doing so? Flowers may be given in more than one name on any given Sunday. If your date seems to be taken, please sign up anyway or call the church office to do so. Flowers can be planned for a date on or near your special date, to occur yearly. Just let us know and we will automatically add your info to the Flower Calendar each year. If you have any questions or would like more information about Altar Flowers, please contact Tammy in the office at 804-272-0486 or [email protected]. You can also contact Jean Stewart, our sacristan, at 804-276-2690. Thank you.


THE BAPTISM OF THEO HENRY RUDNEY

January 6, 2019

On Sunday, January 6th during the 10:00am Worship Service, we rejoiced as Pastor Fred baptized Theo Rudney,

son of Dana Wiggins and Nathanael Rudney and grandson of Betty Walker.

We welcome Theo into the Lord’s family and our St. Luke Church family.

We receive him as a member of the Body of Christ and as a worker with us in the Kingdom of God.


Pastor Fred’s Mid-week Bible Study

NO BIBLE STUDY ON FEBRUARY 6th OR FEBRUARY 13th. Pastor Fred’s Mid-week Bible Study is a scripture discussion every Wednesday morning, from 10:30am - 11:30am.

He will continue using a variety of study methods so we can delve into the text to discover new insights in how the words speak over the centuries and into our own time. There is no need to bring a Bible - we have plenty here to work with.

Classes will continue every week at 10:30am on Wednesday mornings. Please come out and join us!!

Sunday School

We’d love to have you and your children join us on Sundays at 9:00am for

Sunday School. We have classes for all ages, including adults.

Won’t you come and see what we are exploring this year?

We’d love to have you!

ADULT FORUM

Meets every Sunday morning at 9:00am

Come by and see what we are about.

We will have continue with book and DVD studies throughout the year.

What’s next? We hope you’ll join us to find out.


Committee Meetings & Group Events

The next meeting

Is Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 at 12:00pm at

Positive Vibe Café.

Call Jim Pettit for more info

STEPHEN MINISTRY

Next meeting is

February 11, 2019

At 7:00pm

St. Luke's Sharing Ministry & FeedMore’s Meals on Wheels program

St. Luke volunteers participate every month in the Meals on Wheels

program, where we deliver meals to those in need who cannot leave their

homes to get food. Volunteers are always welcome. All volunteers go

through one training session before they begin. St. Luke’s Volunteer days

are the third Tuesday & third Thursday every month. Other days are also

available. Please contact Dana Wiggins for details and to sign-up.

St. Luke’s Days For Meals on Wheels

Thursday, Feb. 19, 11:00am and Tuesday, Feb. 21, 11:00am

St. Luke Lutheran Church Women’s Groups Morning Women’s Group: Tuesday, February 12, 10:30am Program: Active Shooter Response Training by Virginia State Police. Everyone is welcome to attend, men and women. There is NO charge. Please bring a sandwich; drinks and a dessert will be furnished.

Evening Women’s Group: Wednesday, February 13, 6:30pm We will watch a video and have a discussion on Scott Harrison and his life journey to CEO of a nonprofit group that brings water to people around the world. Soup, salad, drinks and dessert will be provided for $5.00.

Our Women's Groups meet every month on the 2nd Tuesday at 10:30am and the 2nd Wednesday at 6:30pm. We have two meetings so that we can include all of our ladies. We ask for volunteers to provide the Devotion for each meeting. We welcome guest dessert, soup and salad makers. All St. Luke ladies are welcome, whether you’re a new member or have been a members for years. Please come and join us. We’d love to have you!

THANK YOU

I would like to thank everyone at St. Luke for my very generous Christmas gift.

It was a wonderful surprise and greatly appreciated. I also want to say thank you

to all the folks that sent me Christmas cards.

Happy New Year everybody!

Love,

A joint W & M / C.E.

Meeting is scheduled

for February 24 at

11:30am.

Christian Ed

A joint C. E. / W & M

Meeting is scheduled for

February 24 at 11:30am.

ST. LUKE MEN’S GROUP MEETING

FEBRUARY MEETING

Please join us at church on Tuesday, February 26 at 5:45pm

for our Men’s Group Dinner and Program.

We hope you will come out for some fun and fellowship.

All men of St. Luke are cordially invited to attend.

If you would like more information about the dinner or about our

Men’s Group, please call Jim Pettit at 804-378-7012.


Pastor Fred is online and on DVD! Pastor Fred's Sunday sermons are recorded on DVDs. Each DVD disc has a month of sermons and Gospel readings. Please contact the church office or a church member for more information. We do have donated DVD players if you don’t have one available for viewing these discs. If you have internet access, the links to Pastor Fred’s sermons can also be found online at the St. Luke website, Facebook and on YouTube. ww.stlukerichmond.org www.facebook.com/stlukerichmond www.youtube.com/user/stlukesermons

Outside Group Meetings

You may be interested in attending some meetings or events that take place at St. Luke but are not church affiliated. Please note, group membership may be required for some of these organizations. Please check with the group leader for details and more information.

AA - This class has been canceled by it’s host Al Anon - Mondays at 7:00pm, meets all year Al Anon - Wednesdays at 12:00pm, meets all year Al Anon - Saturdays at 9:00am, meets all year Girl Scouts - No meetings scheduled Oxford Civic Association - next meeting is April 2 at 6:30pm Richmond Audubon Society - Next meeting is March 21 at 7:00pm Shepherds Center - Mondays at 9:00am

Hearing Devices and Enlarged Bulletins

Large print bulletins are available on Sunday mornings.

Hearing devices which amplify the church sound system are

also available. Please ask any usher for assistance.

Please request these items prior to the beginning of the Worship Service.

Thank you.

HELP PAUL UPDATE

Dear St Luke members,

Thank you all for your support of

our child Paul.

Please check the 2019 list in the fellowship hall

and make sure you or your group has signed up

for the new year.

Thank you for your support with this project.

The Outreach Committee

We give thanks for those who help us every month We couldn’t do it without you! Thank you all for everything you do.

We thank all our members who:

Help maintain the church Take care of our Altar and candles Bake Communion Bread Serve as Worship Assistants on Sundays Read our Lessons on Sundays Teach Sunday School Serve as Ushers on Sundays Serve as Tellers on Sundays Drive our Elderly to Church on Sundays Sing in our Chancel Choir Play in our Bell Choir Share their musical ministry Help our fellow members with food and cards Make calls for the Church when needed Record our Services and Special Events Take pictures for Special Events Do video presentations on Sundays Maintain and clean up the church grounds Maintain our Memorial Garden


January 2019

STAY IN TOUCH WITH SOCIAL MEDIA

We’re on the web!

Website ~ www.stlukerichmond.org

FaceBook ~ www.facebook.com/stlukerichmond

Flickr ~ www.flickr.com/photos/stlukerichmond/sets

Google www.plus.google.com/+StlukerichmondOrgSLLC/about

Pinterest ~ www.pinterest.com/stlukelutheran

YouTube ~ www.youtube.com/user/stlukesermons

Log onto our website to check Worship Schedules,

upcoming events, read Lessons and Gospel, and

check the calendar.

Did you miss a Sunday service and need of a mid-week

spiritual lift? The link to Pastor Fred’s sermons is also

on our website. Watch him on YouTube!

“Like” St. Luke Lutheran on Facebook. You can see

announcements, pictures and updates just by viewing

your Facebook entries. Don’t forget to share and let

your Facebook “friends” see the wonderful things going

on at St. Luke Lutheran Church.

Go to Flickr to see pictures of

St. Luke’s fellowship and Worship

events.

Do you have Pinterest? You can

find St. Luke there.

If you use Gmail, you can follow us

on Google+.

Do we have your email address?

If not, please let us know so we

can keep you updated on church

services, events and programs.


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St. Luke Lutheran Church Office: 804-272-0486 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stlukerichmond.org

7757 Chippenham Parkway, Richmond, VA 23225

Office: 804-272-0486, Email: [email protected]

Website: www.stlukerichmond.org

The Rev. Fredrick W. Marcoux, Pastor

ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH By grace, we know, love, worship and serve Jesus Christ as we proclaim His Good News.

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Richmond, VA 23228

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