SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 25, 2018
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 get connected through Lent, please stop by the Connect Here booth outside of the Sanctuary or outside of Robertson Chapel for information on Lenten Small Groups.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on Connect 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 after each 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.
RESTLESS CHILD AREA When your child needs a break during worship, enjoy our streamed services at the east end of the Gathering Area or in the Central Passage outside of the Chapel.
PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN We provide childcare and Sunday School for newborns through 4thgrade 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 & cookies outside the Chapel after the 9:30 & 11AM services.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING 5th - 8th Grade – Great Hall at 9:30AM. Students break out to the Modge (5th & 6th), Great Hall (7th) and C124 (8th). 9th - 12th Grade – Luke’s Lodge at 9:30AM. Worship and hang out. Come early for games. Find more at stlukesumc.com/connect/youth
LEARN MORE For more information on classes and activities, pick up a copy of our Winter/Spring Ministry catalog or visit stlukesumc.com.
CONTACT US 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260 stlukesumc.com | 317-846-3404 | info@stlukesumc.com
PASTORAL STAFF Rev. Rob Fuquay • Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger Rev. David Williamson • Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson
order of worship S U N D AY, F E B R U A RY 25, 201 8
PRELUDE What Wondrous Love Is This? | arr. Jason Krug Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken | arr. Jason Krug Joyful Rhythms; Marsha Coyner, Director
CALL to WORSHIP * PSALM of ASCENT | Psalm 121 Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson Leader: I lift up my eyes to the hills - Where does my help come from? People: My help comes from the Lord, The Maker of heaven and earth. L eader: People:
He will not let your foot slip – He who watches over you will not slumber; Indeed, he who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep.
L eader: People:
The Lord watches over you – The Lord is your shade at your right hand; The sun will not harm you by day, Nor the moon by night.
L eader: People:
The Lord will keep you from all harm – He will watch over your life; The Lord will watch over your coming and going Both now and forevermore.
* HYMN O Day of Rest and Gladness | Words on screen
* WELCOME and GREETING ONE ANOTHER PRAYER TIME & THE LORD’S PRAYER Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
ANTHEM I Want Jesus to Walk with Me | arr. Donald Moore (8:15AM) John Ruby, Vocalist; Jim Butz, Flugel Horn; Joyful Sound Charles Manning, Director The Lord Is the Everlasting God | Kenneth Jennings (9:30 & 11AM) Chancel Choir * standing, as able
ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY ANTHEM Climbing Up the Mountain | Traditional, arr. Simms New Song
* PRAISE to GOD | Sung to When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below: Praise God above ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost; Amen.
* PRAYER of DEDICATION & COMMISSIONING of STEPHEN MINISTERS SCRIPTURE | Isaiah 40:28-31 Linda Spaulding (8:15AM) Dave Jackson (9:30AM) Laura Duvall-Whitson (11AM)
MESSAGE | Faith Expeditions: The Importance of Pace Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. David Williamson (11AM)
* CLOSING HYMN Near to the Heart of God | No. 472
* BENEDICTION POSTLUDE He Never Said a Mumblin’ Word | arr. John Carter Jim Butz, Flugel Horn; Charles Manning, Piano
Congratulations to the
Stephen Ministers being commissioned today Sally Butz Patty Davis Marty Hoyle Joe March
Al McIntyre Mary Teter Dave Voelker Holly Whitacre
joys & concerns CONGRATULATIONS David Mitchell on the birth of his twin granddaughters, Cora Poppy and Ella Violet, born Jan 30
CONDOLENCES Nancy Spohn and family on the death of her husband, Jack Spohn Rick Sutton and family on the death of his father, Fred R. Sutton
announcements WORSHIP...
CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ | Third Sunday • 5PM • Chapel COMMUNION ELEMENTS The Prayer Chapel is available for communion this morning. Enter through the exterior door west of the main entrance. If you know of someone in a healthcare facility or homebound who would like to receive communion, please notify Mary Katherine at 317-846-3404 or schnitzm@stlukesumc.com.
SIDE-BY-SIDE ORCHESTRA | March 15 (rehearsal) • 7:15 – 9PM • Sanctuary If you are a high school or musically-advanced middle schooler who plays in your school orchestra or is taking lessons, join us to play with the St. Luke’s Orchestra on Sunday, March 18. Music available March 9. Contact Margaret Spilker at spilkerm@stlukesumc. com.
CONNECT... UMW SOUP SALES | Today Pick up a quart of soup for $10 to benefit Kissy Hospital in Sierra Leone. Proceeds support the building of a hospital kitchen. Tables are in the East and West Passages and the Gathering Area and offer minestrone, white chicken chili, chicken noodle and vegetable beef soups!
HIGH SCHOOL LENTEN SMALL GROUP | Today – March 25 • 6PM This group discusses Sunday sermons and continues the conversation. Bring your Bible and appetite to McAlister’s at 96th and Meridian.
MID-DAY SPIRITUAL PAUSE | Through March 29 • 11:45AM • Prayer Chapel Join us for a 15 minute pause in your weekday during Lent. Expect a scripture reading, a meditation and a time of silence.
NEW ADULT CLASSES Authentic Manhood: A Man and His Traps: Feb. 28 – April 11, 6:15PM, C125. Based on Jesus’ life; this follow-up study for men looks at the idols men often fall for. No book needed. Registration needed. Led by Dr. Greg Hale.
GRIEFSHARE | Wednesdays through May 23 • 3:30 – 5PM • Parlor If you are grieving the death of a family member or friend, join us. $20 for workbook; scholarships available. Register at stlukesumc.com. Childcare available upon request. Contact Mary Katherine at schnitzm@stlukesumc.com.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE Dinner next week is a taco bar, salad, Mexican rice, black beans and all the fixin’s. Dinner ($5) is from 5:30 – 6:15PM in the Great Hall. Children’s choirs and adult classes and small groups meet from 6:15 – 7:30PM.
MEN’S MONTHLY BREAKFAST | March 3 • 8-9:30AM • Parlor Join this monthly gathering of men for breakfast, a devotional and conversation on living on purpose today. No registration needed.
WEDDING TOUR - RESCHEDULED | March 4 • 12:15PM We will showcase both spaces (the Sanctuary and the Chapel) used for weddings. Meet in the main office to begin the tour. Contact Allison Flickinger at flickingera@ stlukesumc.com with questions. Open to anyone planning an upcoming wedding.
CHURCH TOUR | March 6 • 6:30 - 7:30AM • Main office Join others to explore our facility and learn a bit of our history as well. Childcare available upon request. Register at stlukesumc.com.
REINVENTING CHARITY | March 8 • 6PM • Sanctuary How effective is your charitable giving? Join us for the 15th annual Thomas H. Lake Lecture featuring Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of Charity: Water. Free and open to the public, the first 750 people to register will receive a free copy of Scott’s upcoming book. Register at philanthropy.iupui.edu.
STARTING POINT | March 11 • 10:45AM or 12:15PM • C115 Are you new to St. Luke’s? Learn more about us in 30 minutes, and leave with recommended steps to help you find your place within St. Luke’s. Childcare available.
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN SPRING TEA | March 17 • 1-3PM • Fellowship Hall Bring a friend and join us for an afternoon of fashion, sweets and tea. Donations of body lotion or wash, detergent, Kleenex or toilet paper will be donated to Dove Recovery House for Women. Childcare available - email Becky at volkb@stlukesumc. com by March 3. Register at stlukesumc.com.
YOUTH FUNDRAISER | March 18 • 8:30AM – 1:30PM • Great Hall This multi-faceted event – Brunch, Silent Auction and Hire-A-Teen – provides financing for three mission trips for our youth. Stop by to eat, bid or buy and know that you support teens doing good work, wherever they go!
SERVE… BRIDGES INFORMATION SESSION | Today • 12:30 – 1:30PM • C110 Consider encouraging someone who is under-resourced or just needs a second chance. Attend training to become an Ally and meet 4-6 hours per month with someone in our Getting Ahead Program. Training runs from March 14 – April 11, 6:15 – 8PM on Wednesdays in Luke’s Lodge. Contact Andrea Leadford for more information at leadforda@stslukesumc.com.
PRESCHOOL FUNDRAISER Preschool students are selling Butter Braids through tomorrow. Place orders by emailing Laurie Highsmith at highsmithl@stlukesecp.com. Pick up day is March 15 at 12:50PM in the East Passage.
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING | March 1 • 7PM • N101/102 This workshop addresses the important roles churches and individuals play in assessing responsible ways to invest endowment or personal funds. Sponsored by Hoosier Interfaith Power and Light.
POVERTY SIMULATION | March 4 • 12:30 – 3:30PM • Great Hall Role-play to view poverty from different angles and discuss the potential for change within local communities. Designed to create a broader awareness and help you understand life when resources are short and stress is high. Register at stlukesumc. com and contact Andrea Leadford at leadforda@stlukesumc.com with questions.
FEED EVERYONE – DRIVERS NEEDED Drivers needed to pick up food from Trader Joe’s (Castleton) and deliver them to Dove Recovery House on North Meridian on the third Sunday of each month. If you can commit to one Sunday a month or as a substitute, please contact Lori Chambers at lochambers@sbcglobal.net.