welcome CONNECT HERE Stop by the Connect Here booth outside of the Sanctuary or Chapel for information on small groups, classes and ways to serve.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the Prayer Request 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.
HOSPITALIZED? HAVE A NEW BABY? Call Laura Marine at 317-846-3404 or send an email to stlukescares@ stlukesumc.com, so we can care for you. If you have a medical emergency after hours and need a pastor, call the church office and follow instructions.
CONNECTIONS GIFT & BOOKSTORE HOURS Sunday 8:30AM – 12:30PM; Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:30AM – 1PM
RESTLESS CHILD AREA Enjoy our live services at the east end of the Gathering Area or in the Central Passage, if your child needs a break during worship.
PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN We provide nursery and Sunday School for newborns through 4thgraders. Register in the East Passage. Activity kits are at the Welcome Center for children in worship. Live-streaming of worship is available for nursing moms in E126.
YOUNG ADULTS Join us for coffee & cookies outside the Chapel at 10:30AM or noon.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING 5th – 8th Grade – Sundays, 9:30AM, Great Hall. After worship and games, classes break out: 5th & 6th in Modge, 7th/Confirmation in GH, 8th in C124. 9th – 12th Grade – Sundays, 9:30AM, Luke’s Lodge.
LEARN MORE For more information about activities, pick up a copy of our Winter/ Spring 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. Jevon CaldwellGross • Rev. Nicole Caldwell-Gross • Rev. Regina Proctor Pastors in Formation: Kevin Davis
We’re Glad You’re Here!
Thank you for signing the attendance pad with at least one piece of contact information when it is passed. New guests: learn more about us in our “New Here” brochure in the pew backs and find a gift for you at the Welcome Center.
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PRELUDE What Wondrous Love Is This? | arr. Timothy Johnson (9:30 & 11AM) Lead On O King Eternal | Traditional tune Jim Butz, Trumpet, Flugelhorn ; Michael Conley, Piano
INTROIT Ho-ho-ho-hosanna (9:30 & 11AM) Genesis Choir, Donita Murphy-Sims, Director
INVOCATION * HYMNS Hosanna, Loud Hosanna | No.278: 1-3 All Glory, Laud, and Honor | No. 280; words on screen
* CALL TO CONFESSION Rev. Nicole Caldwell-Gross Prayer of Confession Lord, we were not in the crowd yelling “Crucify Him!” and we were not the soldiers who nailed you to the cross, but we did play a part in your death. It was for our sin that you died. We may not have asked you to do it, but you didn’t wait for us to ask. That is the grace we need. So hear us as we confess: Our failure to love as you love; our pretending that we don’t your forgiveness; and our belief that because we aren’t as bad as some people that we are just fine the way we are… Silence Words of Assurance Leader: Hear now the Good News: With God there is plenteous redemption. In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven. People: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Amen.
* GLORY to GOD The Gloria Patri | No. 70
* GREETING ONE ANOTHER ANTHEM Blessed Is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord | Lloyd Larson Chancel Choir; Dr. Jeff Rogers, Director; Children’s Choirs, Gay Talbert, Director * standing, as able
BAPTISM (9:30 & 11AM) 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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY What Wondrous Love Is This? | arr. John Carter (8:15AM) Jim Butz, Flugelhorn; Michael Conley, Piano Shout to God | Joseph Martin (9:30 & 11AM) Chancel Choir; Dr. Jeff Rogers, Director
* PRAISE to GOD | No. 95 * PRAYER of DEDICATION SCRIPTURE READING | John 18:38-40 Becky Sondgeroth (8:15AM) Andrew Veatch (9:30AM) Laura Duvall-Whitson (11AM)
MONOLOGUE | The Testimony of Barrabas Rev. Rob Fuquay (video 11AM)
SONG of REFLECTION Pie Jesu | Andrew Lloyd Webber Kim Davis and Lauren Walawender, vocalists
* BENEDICTION POSTLUDE What Wondrous Love Is This?
Located in a underserved area of northwest Indianapolis where 1 out of 5 families is food insecure, CCFP operates much like a grocery store and makes a difference in the lives of more than 1,300 families per month. To donate or to be one of the 100 volunteers needed each week, visit our website at ccfpindy.org.
joys & concerns CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Courtney & Luke Livesay, & big brother Everett, on the birth of Elliott Jude, April 1
CONDOLENCES TO:
Fred Ficklin on the death of his brother, Larry Ficklin
TODAY’S BAPTISMS:
Benjamin Joseph Brandtner, son of Caroline and Michael Brandtner (9:30AM) August Daniel James Alvis, son of Emily Gage Alvis and Ryan Alvis (11AM)
announcements WORSHIP...
COMMUNION The Prayer Chapel is available for communion this morning. Enter through the exterior door west of door #1. If someone in a healthcare facility or homebound would like to receive communion, please notify Mary Katherine at 317-846-3404 or schnitzm@stlukesumc.com.
MID-DAY SPIRITUAL PAUSE | Mon. – Thurs. • 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.
EASTER LILIES Donate an Easter lily in honor/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 the Welcome Centers.
STATIONS of the CROSS | April 15 - 19 • 8:30AM – 8PM • Fellowship Hall Meditatively journey through the “stations” of Christ’s last days. 14 interactive stations along with a labyrinth. A printed booklet will be available to guide you through your experience.
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Please join us for these special services during Holy Week: Maundy Thursday service, April 18 at 7PM in the Sanctuary. Good Friday services at either noon or 7PM in the Sanctuary. Childcare available for all services.
EASTER SCHEDULE Be sure to note this adjusted worship schedule for Easter: Sunrise communion service at 6:30AM in the chapel, breakfast in Great Hall at 7AM; traditional worship in the sanctuary at 8, 9:30 and 11:15AM; contemporary worship in the chapel at 9:30 and 11:15AM.
PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER PARKING For the next two weeks, our traffic flow will be altered for heightened safety. All traffic enters through the main entrance and exits through the eastern-most 86th street entrance. No traffic will enter through Holliday Dr. Please follow directions of traffic flow volunteers, flash your lights upon entering if you need handicap parking and be patient as we work towards getting you in and out more quickly and safely.
CONNECT… STARTING POINT | Today • 10:45AM or 12:15PM • C115 New to St. Luke’s? Learn more about us in 30 minutes, and leave with recommended steps to find your place within our church. Childcare available.
EXPLORING MEMBERSHIP | April 24 and May 1 • 6:15 – 7:30PM Luke’s Lodge Join us to hear the story of St. Luke’s and discuss what it means to be a member of this local congregation. Learn the process for formally joining St. Luke’s. Childcare available upon request. Register at stlukesumc.com.
PUSH BACK POVERTY | May 2 • 7:30AM – 12:30PM • Eastern Star Church The Faith & Action Spring Conference features anti-poverty insights by keynote speaker Father Greg Boyle, founder of L.A.’s Homeboy Industries, the world’s largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program. Hear Faith & Action grant recipients discuss how the grants have increased their impact. Visit https://pushbackpoverty.eventbrite.com.
POVERTY SIMULATION | May 5 • 3 – 5PM • Fellowship Hall Designed to help you understand living in a low-income family. A simulation – not a game; join us to become sensitized to realities faced by these families. Sign up at stlukesumc.com or contact Andrea at leadforda@stlukesumc.com with questions.
13TH – THE DOCUMENTARY | May 10 & 31 • 6:30 – 9PM • Fellowship Hall This 2016 movie explores race, justice and mass incarceration in the U.S. and how our prisons are disproportionately filled with African Americans. Sponsored by the UMW committee Criminalization of Communities of Color. Contact Kathie at kkclemenz@sbcglobal.net with questions.
GERMANY AND OBERAMMERGAU TRIP | May / June 2020 Travel with Rob and Susan Fuquay to see this Passion play shown every 10 years. Precede the trip with a breathtaking Riverboat Cruise on the Danube (May 19 – June 2) or a tour of Switzerland following (June 2 – 9). Both trips limited to 40. Email Bob Zehr at rdzehr@traveltoremember.net for information.
SERVE… UMW FOOD DRIVE This semi-annual food drive supports local food pantries! Pick up a grocery bag in the West Passage and return by the end of the month to one of the wooden bins at either end of the West Passage.
JOB OPENINGS We are currently seeking a full-time Digital Content Coordinator and Program Coordinator for Early Year’s Ministry. Applications can be found at stlukesumc. com.
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS Apply information learned through college coursework and experience. We have openings in Middle School, High School and Children’s Ministries. Apply at stlukesumc.com.