SUNDAY | DECEMBER 10, 2017
WELCOME! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE! Thank you for registering your attendance. Please pass the attendance folder along your pew. New guests will learn more about us in our “New Here” brochure in the attendance folder and find a gift just for you at the Welcome Center.
CONNECT HERE To find your way of connecting with classes or small groups at St. Luke’s, stop by our Connect Here booth this morning in the Gathering Area outside of the Sanctuary or in the West Passage outside of Robertson Chapel.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the prayer cards in your pew pockets and place them in the offering plate – or find the “Prayer Request” link at stlukesumc.com. Pastors are available for prayer following each worship service.
CARING FOR ST. LUKE’S If you are hospitalized, we want to know and care for you. Please call Laura Marine at 317-846-3404 or send an email to stlukescares@ stlukesumc.com.
PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN We provide childcare and Sunday School for newborns through 4th-grade children. Register all children in the East Passage. Activity kits are at the Welcome Center for children who remain in worship. Room 126 is equipped for nursing moms, including live streaming of worship.
YOUNG ADULTS Join us for coffee and cookies outside Robertson Chapel following the 9:30 & 11AM services.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING 5th - 8th Grade – Great Hall at 9:30. Students break out to the Modge (5th & 6th), Great Hall (7th) and C124 (8th). 9th - 12th Grade – 9:30AM at Luke’s Lodge; Worship and hang out. Come early for games. Find more at stlukesumc.com/connect/youth
LEARN MORE For more information on classes and other activities, pick up a copy of our Fall Ministry catalog; visit stlukesumc.com or subscribe to our e-newsletters.
WORSHIP ORDER Sunday | December 10, 2017 LIGHTING of the ADVENT WREATH John, Jen, Ben, Nate and Anna Botkin (9:30AM) Peggy and Steve Hill and Camden and Kingston Jackson (grandchildren) (11AM)
* WORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger
PRAYER OFFERING SCRIPTURE READING | Luke 1:26-38 Savanah Strever (9:30AM) Lisa Lamb (11AM)
MESSAGE | On the Way to Christmas: A Place of Simplicity Rev. David Williamson (9:30AM) Rev. Rob Fuquay (11AM) * WORSHIP * BENEDICTION * standing, as able
GIVING UPDATE To date, our stewardship campaign has raised 3,470,000 with 1,024 pledges submitted. That puts us at 78% to our goal with $989,000 left to raise. We are so happy with this progress but would love to reach our goal by the end of the year. If you still plan to submit your pledge card, please consider making that commitment this week!
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COMMUNION ELEMENTS The Prayer Chapel is available for communion this morning. Please enter through the exterior door just west of the main entrance, on the south side of the building. If you know of someone in a healthcare facility or homebound who would like to receive communion, please notify Mary Katherine at 8463404 or schnitzm@stlukesumc.com.
LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE | December 21 • 7PM • Chapel Rev. David Williamson will lead a special service on this longest day of dark hours. From that day forward it gets a little lighter each day. Join us as we reflect together on the hope Christ brings to us all. We will place luminaries from doors one and six to the Chapel. Please stop by a table in the West Passage on either Sunday, Dec 10th or 17th, to put the name of your loved one on a luminary bag.
CONNECT… ADULT ADVENT CLASSES Looking for a short-term class? Not a Silent Night, by Adam Hamilton – Sundays, 11/26 – 12/17, 9:45AM, N101/102. Delight in the Light by Jacquie Reed, Sundays in Dec., 10:45AM, Parlor; or Wednesdays, 11/29 – 12/20, 12PM, N103/104. Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent with Eric Burton-Krieger, Wednesdays, 11/29 – 12/13, 10AM, Parlor. More about Adult classes at the Connect Here booths.
STARTING POINT | Today • 10:45AM or 12:15PM • C115 Are you new to St. Luke’s? Come and learn more about us in 30 minutes, leaving with recommended next steps to help you find your place within St. Luke’s. Childcare available.
BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING | Today • 9 – 11:30AM • Main Office Conference Room Free screenings are offered on the second Sunday of each month. Contact Mary Connors at stlukeshealthministry@gmail.com with questions.
NATIVITY ART | December 13 • 9:30AM or 12:00PM • N101/102 Join the Café Conversations book study to watch the ways artists have depicted the birth of Christ in works of art. This one day class looks at different expressions of the Christmas story. No advance reading or registration required.
JINGLE BELL BEACH | December 13 • PM • Great Hall This musical about a tropical Christmas paradise where the Electrons, Starfish and snowflakes perform is brought to you by our Wednesday Night Live choirs!
HIGH SCHOOL PROGRESSIVE DINNER | December 16 • 6 – 10PM • Luke’s Lodge High schoolers, join us for this annual event! We’re adding tacky sweater contest this year, so dig deep in your closet! Register at stlukesumc.com. Contact Josh at sweeneyj@stlukesumc.com for more information.
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS CONCERT & DESSERT BUFFET | December 20 • 7PM • Robertson Chapel “Swing” in the season with Christmas classics! JoySwing Jazz Orchestra, vocalists from our Contemporary Worship Team and the Honors Choir from Raymond Park Middle School will take us down memory lane as we share clips from favorite holiday movies. Buffet opens at 7PM, concert at 7:30PM; join us for great music, sweet treats and seasonal fellowship!
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINTER OVERNIGHTER | December 22/23 • 7:30PM – 7:30AM • Luke’s Lodge 5th-8th graders – bring your friends and celebrate finals being over. Worship, teaching, jump session at SkyZone and baking cookies at 3AM. Cost is $30 for everything. Register at stlukesumc.com.
NEW YEARS’S EVE LABYRINTH WALK | December 10 • 10:45AM or 12:15PM • C115 Take 30 minutes to review 2017 and prepare for 2018. Walking the labyrinth is the perfect way to slow down and contemplate. If you are new to labyrinth walking, brief introduction is provided. Please enter through Door #1.
HIGH SCHOOL SKI RETREAT | February 16 – 18 • Beechpoint Christian Camp, MI The Winter Retreat is being planned and we need to know who wants to shred the slopes! $185 – $230. Price varies if you don’t plan on skiing. Bonfires, worship, skiing, tobogganing, free time, gym activities and more! Contact Josh at sweeneyj@stlukesumc.com for more information.
SECURITY UPDATE In the near future, door #4 will be open for access to W125 and the restrooms. To gain further access into the building during weekday office hours, press the buzzer into the hallway and someone at the front desk will let you further into the building. After 5PM, please use door 6. Seven new handicapped parking spaces are also now available outside of doors 6 and 7.
SERVE… ANGEL TREE MINISTRY Visit the Christmas tree in the Gathering Area and West Passage to learn how to purchase gifts for a family or youth who will join us December 17 for Christmas shopping. Place an ornament on the tree to represent the individual(s) you are supporting.
DECK THE HALLS – DONATE A POINSETTIA! | stlukesumc.com Fill our worship and hallways with vibrant color! For $10, extend hospitality to everyone through the holiday season. Make a donation in honor or memory of a loved one by 12/14; order cards can be found at the Welcome Centers or the main office. Donors may take a poinsettia following the final Christmas Eve service.
EMPLOYMENT AT ST. LUKE’S Looking for a great place to work or know of someone who would be a great addition to our staff? We currently have openings for a half-time Preteen Ministry Associate Director, part-time Elementary Ministry Associate and part-time facilities team member. Job descriptions at stlukesumc.com.
JOYS & CONCERNS CONDOLENCES TO: Diane and Ken Banks on the death of her brother, Richard Christy Family and friends of Bill Huff
ST. LUKE’S AT WORSHIP TRADITIONAL | 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM Sanctuary CONTEMPORARY | 9:30 & 11AM Robertson Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE | 5PM Third Sunday • Robertson Chapel
CONTACT US 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260 stlukesumc.com • 317-846-3404 info@stlukesumc.com Rev. Rob Fuquay Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger Rev. David Williamson Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson