SUNDAY | MARCH 4, 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 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 & cookies outside the Chapel after the 9:30 & 11AM services.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING
5th - 8th Grade – Sundays, 9:30 in the Great Hall. Students break out to the Modge (5th & 6th), Great Hall (7th/Confirmation), and C124 (8th); Wednesdays, 6:15-7:45 at Luke’s Lodge. 9th - 12th Grade – Sundays, 9:30 at Luke’s Lodge; Weekly Bible Studies 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.
WORSHIP ORDER Sunday | March 4, 2018
CALL TO WORSHIP * WORSHIP PRAYER Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson
ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERING SCRIPTURE READING | Luke 9:57-62 Kaylee Vida (9:30AM) Cathy Bryant (11AM)
MESSAGE Faith Expeditions: The Reward of Risking Rev. David Williamson (9:30AM) Rev. Rob Fuquay (11AM)
* COMMUNION * BENEDICTION
* standing, as able
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. 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.
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.
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.
EASTER LILIES Donate an Easter lily in honor or memory of a loved one for a suggested donation of $10. Listing of dedications available in the office on Easter and donated lilies can be taken home after the 11:15AM service. Donation forms are in the main office or at the Welcome Center.
CONNECT…
ARTIST’S RECEPTION | Today • 10AM – 12:30PM • East Balcony Come see the beautiful photography of our own Joe Phillips this morning and throughout March.
WEDDING TOUR - RESCHEDULED | Today • 12:15PM We will showcase both spaces (the Sanctuary and the Chapel) used for weddings. Meet in the main office to begin the tour. 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.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE Dinner next week is a pasta bar with gluten-free options, Caesar salad and garlic bread. Dinner ($5) is from 5:30 – 6:15PM in the Great Hall. Children’s choirs, adult classes and small groups meet from 6:15 – 7:30PM.
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.
BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING | March 11 • 9 – 11:30AM • Main Office Conference Room Free screenings are offered on the second Sunday of each month. Contact Mary Connors at st.lukeshealthministry@gmail.com with questions.
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 or in the West Passage this morning.
YOUTH SILENT AUCTION | 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!
EXPLORING MEMBERSHIP | March 18 • 12:15 – 3:15PM • Luke’s Lodge Hear the story of St. Luke’s and discuss what it means to be a member of this local congregation. Learn the process for joining St. Luke’s. Childcare available upon request. Lunch provided.
CHILDREN’S EASTER CELEBRATION | March 24 • 9 - 11AM • Great Hall Are you ready for an exciting Easter Celebration for our Children’s Ministry and Local Community? We are hosting a fun Easter Egg Hunt and FREE FAMILY CONCERT WITH YANCY – a popular Christian artist for kids! The fun will take place on March 24 9-11AM. This event is FREE! Tickets will be distributed to each child on Sunday March 11 & 18. For additional tickets to invite a friend, neighbor, or grandchild stop by the children’s welcome area or the church’s main office! Contact Patrice Smith at smithp@stlukesumc.com with questions.
HIGH SCHOOL ROCK CLIMBING | March 24 • 3 - 5PM • Camptown, Inc., 7998 Georgetown, Suite 700 High School Night Out is reaching new heights! Meet at Camptown and a guide will show the various climbing options available to us! Bring a friend! $10. Contact Josh with questions at sweeneyj@stlukesumc.com.
SERVE…
POVERTY SIMULATION | Today • 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.
ST. LUKE’S PRAYS for our COMMUNITY | Wednesdays • 6:30PM • Lodge Join this prayer group to investigate and pray for our March Outreach partner: Fox Hill Elementary School.
JOYS & CONCERNS CONDOLENCES John and Lynnda Nepsa on the death of his mother, Vincenza Nepsa Family and friends of Frank Thomas Jim Bounnell and family on the death of his wife, Nancy
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