I hope to see a large crowd on Sunday for our first picnic of the year.
St Lukers+Good Shepherd folks+A few neighborhood folks(?)= One Great Sunday Morning and afternoon.
Remember the service begins at 10:00 am. The tent has been set-up and the food ordered. All you need to bring is yourself and six or so of your closest friends. If you have a St Luke's t-shirt of any vintage be sure to wear it.
Because the service is outdoors there will not be a livestream this week.
A big shout out to the crew that went to Costco on Thursday to pick up new chairs for our refreshed parish hall. Thank you!
Finally this is the last call to register for the neighborhood VBS. Please register here.
See you in Church,
Don+
July 21 - Mass in The Grass- St Luke's
July 27 & 28 - Ukulele Celebration Weekend
August 5-8 - All Ages Neighborhood VBS
August 25 - Mass in The Grass- Good Shepherd(New Date)
Let's be a Witness
Let's show the whole neighborhood what it is like to be one body of Christ.
Put August 5-8 on your calendar for this great time of learning, worship and fellowship.
We are asking that folks fill out a simple registration forms so that we can do some planning. Please fill it out here.
A reminder that people making offerings through the digital giving service can offset the fees that St Luke's is charged by absorbing them when making their gift. There is option to pay the fee whenever you give through the portal.
Book Study For Summer 2024
Some of you met the author of this book at a Theology on Tap last fall. Local pastor and author Daniel Cooperrider has given us a wonderful book for us to see God's revelation in God's first book for us, the creation around us. Over the summer we are going to dive in to how God is revealed to us through the world around us, and how the writings of Holy Scripture leverage the natural world to draw us into a deeper understanding of God.
There will be two gathering each week.
Mondays @ 7:00 pm facilitated by Jonah Heiser
Wednesdays @ Noon facilitated by Don+
Both groups will meet at St Luke's. (The Monday evening group may elect at their first gathering to find a little more chill location.)
Both groups will gather together for a final special prayer service in the wild. The date for that gathering is yet to be determined.
The book can easily be purchased anywhere books are sold.
This book study begins the week of July 7-11.
Schedule for reading
Week of July 8-12: Prologue
Week of July 15-19: Rivers
Week of July 22-26: Mountains
Week of July 29-August 2: Trees
Week of August 5-9: Clouds + Epilogue(No Monday Gathering)
Week of August 12-16: Clouds + Epilogue (No Wednesday Gathering)
Our Little Pantry Ministry
A steady stream of neighborhood people visit and are supported by the food and personal items from the St. Luke’s Little Pantries outside the front of the church. That means that there is a constant need for food and personal items to stock these pantries.
What items are most needed and appreciated? See the list below.
How can you help fill the pantries with these items? Buy items (preferably on sale) when you do your own grocery shopping and put them in the laundry basket at the back of the church. OR put a donation/check labeled “Little Pantries” in the Sunday offering.
Questions? Contact Laurie Powers (608-279-8162) or Sandra Ladik (608-575-7366).
Items in demand for the Essentials Pantry
Item
Amount/month
Bar soap (big bars)*
20 bars
Body wash
5 bottles
Shampoo
5 bottles
Deodorant (men)
DOZ
Deodorant (women)
DOZ
Toothpaste (large size)
2 DOZ
Tampons (well-known brands like Tampax)
8 boxes
Dental floss (often donated)
DOZ
Toothbrushes (often donated)
3 DOZ
Toilet paper (taken from St. Luke’s store)
10
Items in demand for Food Pantry
Rice-a-roni and things like it
Boxed Mac’N’Cheese
Canned goods like spaghetti and ravioli
Canned corn and, to a much lesser extent, canned beans
Everyone once-in-a-while I like to remind folks that there is a lot of good information that gets published each week from our diocesan office. Consider signing up for our Diocesan eNews. It is a weekly set of announcements about events all over the Diocese of Milwaukee. Being on this list also insures that you received special announcements from the Bishop from time-to-time. (Of course they have been more frequent recently.)