Welcome, Kevin! On Monday, August 3, St. Luke’s will welcome Kevin Davis as our new Director of Youth Ministries. Kevin completed his BA from Southeastern College in Church Ministries, with a focus on youth ministry, and has nearly completed his Master of Arts at Indiana Wesleyan in Spiritual Leadership. He has nearly 15 years experience working as a youth director and minister, most recently at Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in Fishers. Join us in welcoming Kevin and his family—wife Meloni and children Kori, Clay and Brianna— to the St. Luke’s family. We are excited about Kevin’s passion for working with youth and look forward to seeing how God will use Kevin’s enthusiasm and experience in our vital youth ministry. He will be introduced to the congregation during the morning worship services on Sunday, August 9.
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COMMUNION The T.I.M.E. Theme for August-October is
“In Our Own Backyard” “In Our Own Backyard” strives to blur the lines between what is “mine” and what is “yours” until there is only what is “ours”: our children, our neighborhood, our schools, our families, our community. We are all invited to become inspired and engaged to help remove the fences that separate us and to become connected to the people who share our backyard—those who live and work in the nearby areas surrounding St. Luke’s. “In Our Own Backyard” will be launched on Saturday, August 8, with Servant Day. To help us connect with our neighbors in a positive way, you can join other members of our congregation as we go out into the community to help with a variety of services. We will gather at St. Luke’s at 8AM for breakfast and a prayerful send-off. We will then go into “Our Own Backyard” and perform service projects from 9AM-1:30PM. There will be opportunities available for all ages and abilities. Some of the planned activities include reading and doing crafts with the kids at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent; helping with grounds projects at the Indiana School for the Blind; helping with school supplies; preparing goody bags for incoming kindergartners, and beautifying the kindergarten playground at Fox Hill Elementary School; helping with a cookout at St. Vincent’s New Hope group home; and helping with a variety of projects for Indy Parks and resident activities at Hooverwood and St. Augustine’s nursing homes. A directory listing all of the “In Our Own Backyard” activities and details on each of the Servant Day projects will be passed out at the July 12 service. You can sign up to participate in the Servant Day activities before and after Sunday morning services on July 12, 19, and 26.
We hope you will join us for Servant Day and this opportunity to get to know some of our neighbors In Our Own Backyard.