eNews NEWS FOR OUR PARISH COMMUNITY March 21, 2019
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Inside this Issue (Download pdf here) Upcoming Events
39ers
Night of Jazz
Bishop's Celebration
Called to Grow
Children & Youth
Episcopal Youth Community
Choirs
This Sunday's Schedule
Adult Formation
Parish Hall Forum
Preparing for Sunday
Take Note
Your Help is Needed
Outreach Ministry
Mariposas Collective
Adult Formation
Parish Hall Forum: Lenten Art Series— Literature and Poetry with the Rev. Katherine Bush Join the Rev. Katherine Bush as we explore images and ideas found in poetry that connect us to the traditional themes of Lent: Self-Examination, Repentance, and Reconciliation. By looking at these poems, we hope to further engage with our Lenten journeys. Join us in Trezevant Hall for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. followed by the Parish Hall Forum from 9:3010:20.
To listen to past Parish Hall Forum classes, visit www.gracestlukes.org/forum-videos. To view this Sunday's full schedule: see below.
Preparing for Sunday This week's readings: Exodus 3:1-15 · 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 · Luke 13:1-9 ·Psalm 63:1-8 www.gracestlukes.org/discover/this-sundays-texts/
Upcoming Events
39ers (Mar. 27) The GSL 39ers is the senior members’ social and fellowship group. We meet monthly for a social time, catered lunch and a program, all for only $6. Our next meeting is on March 27 at noon for social time, 12:30 p.m. lunch, and at 1 p.m. our speaker, Lindsey Johnson, Director of Development, Literacy Mid-South. Please let Lucy Owens know if you are planning to attend at lowens@gracestlukes.org or 901-252-6333. You may also sign up and pay online at www.gracestlukes.org/events/39ers. All are invited and bring a friend!
GSL Night of Jazz & Social Time at Crosstown Course (Mar. 30) If you like jazz or remember the Steve Lee Quartet from this year’s GSL Shrove Tuesday Festival, make plans now to experience Steve Lee and the Memphis Jazz Workshop community initiative: www.memphisjazzworkshop.org. Our rector, the Rev. Ollie V. Rencher, plans to attend and invites parishioners to join him on Saturday, March 30, 7 p.m. for GSL Night at Crosstown Concourse for an evening of impressive music and social time. Tickets are available here: www.tinyurl.com/GSLNightofJazz.
Bishop Johnson's Retirement Celebration (Mar. 31) Bishop Johnson’s Retirement Celebration is Sunday, March 31, from 6–8 p.m. at Memphis Botanic Garden with a brief program beginning at 6:30. Please RSVP by March 22 if you plan to attend, either by by email or phone, (celebratebishopjohnson at gmail.com, 901-849-9090). St. Columba Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center’s Called to Grow campaign will include a new lodge to be named after Bishop Don Johnson & Mrs. Jeannie Johnson, in honor of their 18 years of service to the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. Bishop Johnson is honorary chair of the Called to Grow campaign and all people wishing to honor them are encouraged to make a gift or pledge in lieu of gifts to the Johnsons. Checks may be mailed to St. Columba Episcopal Camp and Retreat Center, 4577 Billy Maher Road, Memphis, TN 38135. You may also donate online by visiting www.givingsites.com/calledtogrow/ways-to-give.php. Please note on the memo line on your
check or in the additional information section online that your gift is in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Johnson.
Called to Grow, St. Columba Presentation (Apr. 7) On April 7 during Coffee Hour (immediately following the 10:30 service), all are invited to the parish hall for refreshments and a 15-minute presentation by St. Columba’s Called to Grow campaign leaders and staff. St. Columba, our diocesan retreat center, is a place that welcomes, refreshes, equips, and transforms over 7,000 guests and campers each year. Grace-St. Luke’s parishioners and others around the diocese and beyond have enjoyed the benefits of this beautiful space for retreats, camps, Happenings, picnics, and more. Through the Called to Grow capital campaign, the facilities will be enhanced and expanded so that for years to come we will be able to continue participating in all that St. Columba has to offer. Please join us in Trezevant Hall to hear more about this exciting time in the life of our diocesan retreat center.
Take Note
Your Help is Needed Grace-St. Luke’s will soon change our decades-old membership software to a newer version. We want to transfer current membership records, not your old outdated records! The information we keep in our records are adult and childrens’ names and birthdates, home and cell numbers, addresses (physical and email). If your information has changed, please visit www.gracestlukes.org/update-your-contact-information.
Outreach Ministry
Mariposas Collective Whether you’re getting a jump on your spring cleaning or your kids have just outgrown their winter clothes, we have the place for you to donate! The Mariposas Collective, located at First Congregational on Cooper, ministers to migrants in transit. They provide clothing to families released from detention during stop overs at the Greyhound bus station in Memphis. Many of these families are dressed in the clothes they wore during the journey from Central America and are not attired for the cold weather they will face as they travel northward. Donations of gently used heavy jackets, coats, scarves, gloves, or similar cold weather items for children would be greatly appreciated. Volunteers staff the Collective’s space at First Congo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and again from 6 to 8 p.m. M-F. The entrance is on the East side of the church adjacent to the Hostel. A phone number to gain access is posted at the door. If you want more information on this effort, please send an email to mariposascollective at gmail.com.
Children & Youth
Sunday Morning Classes To view this Sunday's class schedule, see below.
Episcopal Youth Community EYC, this Sunday, March 24, (MS) Luck of the Irish St. Patrick’s Party from 5– 6:30 p.m. in the GSL Red Room. (HS) Brunch and Bible in the Red Room. Biscuits and Bible: Middle Schoolers are invited to join us in the Red Room Wednesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. for Bible study, prayer, and Chick-fil-A breakfast! For more information, email Addison Combs (acombs@gracestlukes.org).
Children's Choirs GSL’s two youth choirs, St. Cecilia Choir and Canterbury Choir, rehearse on Wednesdays. Rehearsal times are 4:30–5 p.m. for St. Cecilia Choir (for boys and girls in SK–2nd grade) and 5–6 p.m. for Canterbury Choir (for boys and girls in grades 3–6). Both choirs meet in the choir room at GSL and are under the direction of Music Associate Debbie Smith. For more information, contact Debbie at 901-299-9313 or email her at dsmith@gracestlukes.org.
This Sunday at GSL
Join us for worship, formation, and fellowship March 24. 8:00 a.m. – Holy Eucharist 8:45 a.m. – Delicious home-cooked breakfast. 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for adults (details above) 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for children Nursery
Infant Room (Newborn–Walking) Toddler Room (Walking–Potty Training) Little Lambs Room (Potty Training–Atrium Ready) Location: Church Nursery with the Nursery Staff Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium I 3–6 year olds: Pre–K, JK and SK Location: Atrium I (Green Room) Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Atrium II
6–9 year olds: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Location: Atrium II (Purple Room) Project Purpose 4th–5th Grade Location: Yellow Room 9:30 a.m. – Christian Formation classes for youth Rite 13 (No class this week due to Spring Break.)
6th–8th Grade Location: Red Room J2A (No class this week due to Spring Break.)
9th–12th Grade Location: Red Room 10:30 a.m. – Holy Eucharist Following the 10:30 service – Coffee Hour Nursery – The nursery is available from 7:30 a.m. through the end of the 10:30 service 5:30 p.m. – Holy Eucharist Episcopal Youth Community (details above). More about Christian Formation at GSL Children: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-school
Youth: www.gracestlukes.org/youth-formation
Adults: www.gracestlukes.org/sunday-morning/
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