9.19.2021
THIS WEEKEND
KIDS 3RD GRADE BIBLE PRESENTATION TODAY • 9:30AM IN TRADITIONAL & 11AM IN CONTEMPORARY CONNECTIONS BOOKSTORE OPEN SUNDAYS • 9AM - NOON CONNECTION CENTERS OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY & ROBERTSON CHAPEL Stop by the Connection Centers to get your questions answered, sign up for groups, serving opportunities, and events, and learn about ways to connect here. RESTLESS CHILD AREA GATHERING AREA (LEFT OF SANCTUARY) & CENTRAL PASSAGE Enjoy our live services in these spaces if your child needs a break during worship. DONUTS & COFFEE FELLOWSHIP HALL After service come meet new people while grabbing a coffee and donut. This week’s featured ministry: Care. Stop by if you have a care need or to sign up to serve on the Prayer Team!
SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN REFUGEES
You’ve been asking how you can help. We have three specific ways: • Give. Your money will go to support these refugees with food and clothing. • Donate Clothes & Items. We are working to fill a semi-truck with clothing kits consisting of a shirt, pants, underwear, and socks of all sizes for men, women, and children. • Volunteer. Give of your time to help load supplies. To give or sign up to donate or volunteer, visit sltukesumc.com/outreach.
GET CONNECTED MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITE NIGHT: MISSION IMPASTABOWL SEPTEMBER 24 • 6:30-9:30PM • THE LODGE Invite Night is an on-campus event with crazy themes open to 5th-8th graders and their friends in the community. Come enjoy snacks, worship, teaching, and shenanigans all evening long! Join us for a crazy team-building game that takes over the campus with fun prizes! Dress in all black for this covert operation! If you’ve done Mission Impossible before, you haven’t done it like this! It’s just $5, and guests are free! Signup at stlukesumc.com/students. STUDENTS VS STAFF SEPTEMBER 26 • 12:30PM • IN-PERSON Calling all 9th - 12th graders! It’s time for the competition of the year! Compete against St. Luke’s staff in epic challenges to defend the St. Luke’s trophy for another year. The cost is only $5, but guests are FREE! If you are a guest, just leave the payment section blank. Signup at stlukesumc.com/registration/studentsvsstaff. RUMMAGE SALE OCTOBER 1 FROM 6-8PM & OCTOBER 2 FROM 8AM-2PM Come shop our 2021 Rummage Sale! All proceeds benefit Local and Global Missions. Drop off your donations at the Great Hall (Door 6) on Wednesday, September 29 through Thursday, September 30 from 9AM to 6PM and Friday, October 1 from 9AM to noon. Then join us for the member sale on Friday, October 1 from 6 to 8PM and the public sale on Saturday, October 2 from 8AM to 2PM. We also invite you to volunteer. Have fun sorting and socializing with other St. Luker’s Wednesday through Friday before the sale. • Cashiers - Friday night from 5:45-8:15PM & Saturday for 2 hour shifts between 7:45AM & 2PM • Clean-up - Saturday from 2-4PM Learn more and sign up to volunteer at stlukesumc.com/events. TRUCK TOWN OCTOBER 2 • 3PM • PARKING LOT We invite you and your kids to join us for Truck Town at St. Luke’s in the parking lot! This is a touch-a-truck style community event where families will be able to explore various vehicles by climbing into, on, and around. The Kona Ice Truck will be there too! Signup here. WALKING THE MEDICARE MAZE OCTOBER 4 • 6:30-8PM • IN PERSON: N103/104 & ONLINE: ZOOM Medicare A, Medicare B, Medicare D, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement. What are they and how are they different from one another? How do I choose? When do I choose? Come hear an unbiased overview. No specific insurance plans or carriers will be highlighted, and no one will try to sell you anything. Signup at stlukesumc.com/events.
FIND SUPPORT
MEN’S GRIEF GROUP THURSDAYS • 1PM • IN-PERSON: LUKE’S LODGE This is a group to provide support for men who have lost their spouses. Contact Bob Shive at rlshive@yahoo.com for more information, or to get connected. DIVORCE CARE ONLINE: ZOOM, TUESDAYS, SEPTEMBER 21-DECEMBER 14 While divorce is always hard, many are facing additional obstacles due to the impact of the pandemic that makes this season of life even more difficult. St. Luke’s wants you to know that you are not alone. We will offer DivorceCare in person this fall with no registration fee. You can purchase a workbook through DivorceCare directly for $15 plus shipping (order by contacting DivorceCare at 800-489-7778). Signup at stlukesumc.com/group-finder.
TRADITIONAL ORDER OF WORSHIP Preludes | St. Luke’s Orchestra; Bob Zehr, Director Welcome and Call to Worship | Rev. Rob Fuquay Based on Psalm 145 Leader: Lift praises to the name of our God; bless God’s name forever! All: How great is our God! Leader: From generation to generation we will sing your praises and speak of your goodness! All: Great is our God and worthy of praise! Leader: God, you are just and kind in all your doings. All: Great is our God and worthy of praise! Leader: God, you watch over us in love and hear the desperate cries of those who call to you. All: Great is our God and worthy of praise! Leader: Let us worship our great and glorious God together! Opening Hymn | Come, Thou Almighty King #61 Affirmation of Faith: A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church, adapted Dr. Jevon Caldwell-Gross Leader: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare: All: We believe in the one God, maker and ruler of all things, the source of all goodness and beauty, all truth and love. We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world. We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength. We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need. We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice. We believe in the Church as the fellowship, for worship and for service, of all who are united to the living Lord.
We believe in the kingdom of God as the divine rule in human society, in the final triumph of righteousness, and in the life everlasting. Amen. Glory to God | The Gloria Patri #70 Reception of New Members Anthem | Great and Glorious – Franz Joseph Haydn Chancel Choir; St. Luke’s Orchestra; Dr. Jeff Rogers, Director Prayer Time and the Lord’s Prayer | Dr. Jevon Caldwell-Gross 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 3rd Grade Bible Presentation Call for Offering Offertory Song | Thy Word – Michael W. Smith, arr. Jack Schrader | Chancel Choir; St. Luke’s Orchestra Prayer for Illumination | Melinda Bundy ALL: O Lord our God, your Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Give us grace to receive your truth in faith and love, that we may be obedient to your will and live always for your glory; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. Scripture Reading | 2 Timothy 3:14-17 | Melinda Bundy Message | Rev. Rob Fuquay Closing Hymn | O Word of God Incarnate #598, verses 1-3 Benediction | Rev. Rob Fuquay Postlude | St. Luke’s Orchestra
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