Now Is the TIME SERMON SERIES January 3—TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH January 10—TO VOLUNTEER We will have an Open House with many volunteer opportunities available January 17—TO BUILD BRIDGES TOGETHER Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday January 24—TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION
January 31—TO IMPROVE OUR FAMILY LIFE with Rev. David & Jamalyn Williamson February 7—TO FORGIVE February 14—TO LOVE
Now Is the TIME During January and February 2010, St. Luke’s will focus on the theme “Now Is the TIME.” We are encouraging everyone to look at the areas of their lives where they put off what they know they should be doing and say Now is the Time to move to a new, more effective way of living. Make 2010 your year to be Together In Ministry Everyday in every facet of your life. Dr. Millard’s sermon series for the first two months of 2010 (see left) will focus on joining together as a community to support each other in not procrastinating, and in taking some small steps towards a better life. God gives us just one day at a time. When we overcome procrastination and recognize the small steps we can take today towards a better life for ourselves and our community, God can use us all to transform the world. NOW IS THE TIME!! Look for the Now Is the TIME clock logo throughout this publication. It indicates events or opportunities featured at the Open House or during the Now Is the TIME theme period through mid-February.
JANUARY 2010
MONTHLY
COMMUNION Now Is the TIME Open House Sunday, January 10, 8AM-Noon
Meet the New Pastors Welcome our new St. Luke’s pastors, Rev. David and Rev. Jamalyn Williamson, at a reception following each service on Sunday morning, January 3. David and Jamalyn will be giving the morning message on January 31. Read the article in the January/February/March T.I.M.E. magazine for an in-depth intro to our newest clergy, and make sure to introduce yourself and give them and their family (daughter Margaret, son Nathan) a warm St. Luke’s reception.
Did You Know??? You can now register for many classes online! Visit our new website at www.stlukesumc.com and click on Get Involved/ Classes. For those requiring a registration fee, you may now also make a secure online payment. Our new website is downright awesome! Check it out to stay even more on top of everything St. Luke’s.
Plan now to spend some extra time at St. Luke’s Open House. There will be twelve locations (Time Zones) around the church where you will have the opportunity to visit forty Ministry Booths. Visit and validate each Time Zone to be eligible for a prize. Clock time stickers are in each location to place on clock forms available in the Worship Guide on January 10. Completed clocks must be returned to the prize table in Fellowship Hall by 12:30PM. Over $1000 worth of prizes will be awarded that day (you must be 18 years of age to participate; you do not need to be present to win; one entry per family, please). PRIZES INCLUDE: four Soothe My Soul Gift Baskets (prayer shawl, jar candle, CD, meditation book, mug, teas and chocolates); four Under the Covers baskets (prayer shawl, $25 Oasis Bookstore gift card, booklight, bookmark, mug, coffee and chocolates; four Traveling to Target baskets (water bottle, flavor water packs, t-shirt, $25 Target gift card); four Coffee Overload Gift Baskets (Java Joe’s punch card; coffee grinder, 1 lb. Starbucks coffee; mug and biscotti); four Going to Dinner baskets ($40 Snooty Fox gift card; The Garden Band CD; St. Luke’s gold Christmas ornament); plus Marsh, Shell, Meijer and Walmart gift cards.