SUNDAY | DECEMBER 17, 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 17, 2017 OPENING SONGS Genesis Choir
* WORSHIP LIGHTING of the ADVENT WREATH Chris, Seema, Kayla, Kendrick & Sophie Mernitz (9:30AM) Rachel & Aaron Pritz (11AM)
PRAYER OFFERING and ANNOUNCEMENTS Mindie Moore
SCRIPTURE READING | Luke 1:39-56 MESSAGE | On the Way to Christmas: A Place of Hope Rev. David Williamson (9:30AM)
MONOLOGUE | The Preparer Rev. Rob Fuquay (11AM)
* WORSHIP * BENEDICTION
* standing, as able
GIVING UPDATE To date, our stewardship campaign has raised $3,801,043 with 1141 pledges submitted. That puts us at 85% to our goal with $658,957 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!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WORSHIP...
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.
CONNECT... WINTER/SPRING CATALOG The new catalog, filled with classes, events and activities that are scheduled for the next several months, is available today! Be sure to grab one before you leave the building.
CONNECTIONS BOOKSTORE Stop by today and Christmas shop! We have the famous Christmas Crunch Christmas Popcorn, coffee supporting Outreach Inc., chocolates, crosses, devotionals, the DVD’s from the Chancel Choir Christmas concert, beds for orphans in Haiti and other incredible gifts. All is volunteer run and all profits go to St Luke’s Outreach missions.
CHRISTMAS CLASSICS CONCERT & DESSERT BUFFET | December 20 • 7PM • Robertson Chapel “Swing” in the season with this free concert of 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!
SHARE THE GIFT OF MUSIC Professional DVDs of the Christmas Candlelight Concert, featuring Sylvia McNair and various St. Luke’s musical groups, are available NOW in Connections bookstore. Get your copy for $20; quantities limited!
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. Registration deadline is today.
NEW YEARS’S EVE LABYRINTH WALK | December 31 • 6 – 8PM • Fellowship Hall 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, a brief introduction is provided. Please enter through Door #1.
MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITE NIGHT | January 12 • 6:30 – 9:30PM • Luke’s Lodge This on-campus, no-cost evening is open to our 5th – 8th graders and their friends. Snacks, worship, teaching and shenanigans all evening long. January’s theme is Nerf and Nachos Night! Bring your Nerf gun if you have one; leave the darts at home. Contact Heather at campbellh@stlukesumc. com for more info.
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 or if you register early. Bonfires, worship, skiing, tobogganing, free time, gym activities and more! Contact Josh at sweeneyj@stlukesumc.com for more information.
SECURITY UPDATE Beginning tomorrow, door #4 will be fully open to W125 and the restrooms. If entering during the weekday, 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... GODSPELL AUDITIONS | January 6, 10AM and January 8, 6PM • Choir Room This musical highlights the parables of Jesus, through a multi-ethnic and interfaith cast. Performances are April 20 and 21. Come prepared to sing; an accompanist will be provided. Also casting actors who play an instrument. Contact Bob Zehr at zehrb@stlukesumc.com with questions.
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.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY We are looking for volunteers to help with our videography efforts at St. Luke’s. Experienced shooting with a DSLR camera needed. Video editing experience is a plus. Flexible schedule with availability during day time hours and weekends is desirable. Contact Deleath Blomberg at blombergd@stlukesumc.com if interested.
JOYS & CONCERNS CONDOLENCES TO: Rob and Kathy Wynne on the death of their son, Cary Tom and Bobbie Recktenwall and family, on the death of their son Christopher Recktenwall
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Ronnie and Laura Sutton Burklew, Rick Sutton and Bobbie Owens, Rick and Michelle Newsom on the birth of Claire Noelle Burklew
ST. LUKE’S AT WORSHIP TRADITIONAL | 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM Sanctuary CONTEMPORARY | 9:30 & 11AM Robertson Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE | 5PM Today • 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