Joys & Concerns BAPTISMS
9:30AM Annie Gene Harpe, daughter of Garrett & Ashley Harpe Graham Robert Harpe, son of Garrett & Ashley Harpe Claire Divina Harpe, daughter of Garrett & Ashley Harpe 11AM – CONTEMPORARY Lyla Rose Babczak, daughter of Brian & Molly Babczak
CONGRATULATIONS Ashley Aletto and Jim Weimer on their marriage November 19
Announcements CHRISTMAS DECORATING | Today • 1-6PM Deck the halls… and the Sanctuary, too! We will transform the Gathering Area into a winter wonderland and assemble the Christmas tree in the Sanctuary. Great fellowship and food will be provided! Please meet in the Sanctuary when you arrive.
KENYAN THANKSGIVING DINNER | Today •
5-7:30PM • All Souls Unitarian Church Global Interfaith Partnership, a ministry partner of St. Luke’s, invites you to an evening of entertainment, to celebrate the ways our diverse faith traditions are feeding hungry children together. Tickets are $25 and will provide lunch for a school child for one year. Register at globalinterfaithpartnership.org/ FoodForThought/
ANGEL TREE MINISTRY | Today Visit the Christmas tree in the Gathering Area and learn how to purchase gifts for a family or youth who will be joining us in the Great Hall on December 18 to do their shopping at the St. Luke’s Christmas Store. You will receive an ornament to place on the Christmas tree to represent the individual(s) you are supporting. COMMUNITY INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE | November 23 • 7PM Join us at First Baptist Church (8600 North College Ave.) as we partner with other local churches in giving thanks for all that we have. We have much to be thankful for!
DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP | Mondays, through
December 19 • 6:30-8PM • E207 Discussion, prayer and a short reflection are part of each meeting. Because of the nature of group dynamics, you must be present this week to be a part of this group. For more information, contact Laura Marine at marinel@stlukesumc. com or visit the table in the West Passage this morning.
DECK THE HALLS – DONATE A POINSETTIA!
stlukesumc.com Help fill our worship spaces and hallways with the vibrant color! For only $10 you can extend visual hospitality to all who join us through the holiday season. Donations may be made in honor or memory of loved one, and order cards can be found at the Welcome Center of the main office. A complete list of donors will be published before Christmas. Donors may take a poinsettia following the final Christmas Eve service.
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS - CHRISTMAS JOY: ALLELUIA! | December 2-7:30PM and December 3-4PM •
Sanctuary Kick off your Christmas season with singers, instrumentalists and dancers who will present a wide variety of Christmas music and carols, both old and new, at this year’s Candlelight Christmas Concerts. No admission; a free-will offering will benefit Crooked Creek Food Pantry. This is a great opportunity to invite friends and family to experience St. Luke’s!
ST. LUKE’S CHARGE CONFERENCE | December 4 • 12:30PM • Fellowship Hall Pastor Rob Fuquay will present the annual “State of the Church” report; lay leadership and candidates for ministry for 2017 will be approved. LIVE NATIVITY | December 10 • 2 & 4PM • Sanctuary Enjoy this musical story of Jesus’ birth, complete with the appearance of live animals (including a camel!). Don’t forget to come early for our Christmas Village, from 1:30-5PM where families can explore different Christmas traditions & symbols through fun, hands on activities. There are many traditions, but only one story!
FONDWA, HAITI MISSION TRIP
January 28-February 4 Join Pastor David Williamson to work at the St. Antoine School and possibly build a home with Haitian carpenters for a local family. As always, we will take time to play with and love the children at the Fatima Orphanage and have coffee with neighbors. The cost of $900 includes accommodations, incountry travel, meals & insurance. Contact Dave Williamson at williamsond@stlukesumc.com for more information.
NEW CONTEMPORARY SERVICE | December 4 • 9:30AM • Robertson Chapel Stop by the table in the Gathering Area this morning to see how you can support this new service.
St. Luke’s at Worship TRADITIONAL 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM • Sanctuary
CONTEMPORARY 11AM • Robertson Chapel
CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE 5PM • Today • Robertson Chapel
COMMUNION ELEMENTS are available in the Prayer Chapel between services.
CONTACT US 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260 stlukesumc.com • 317-846-3404 info@stlukesumc.com
Sunday | November 20, 2016
Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here!
Welcome!
Worship Order Sunday, November 20, 2016
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.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the prayer 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 following each worship service.
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.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING 5th - 6th Grade – 9:30 & 11AM @ The Modge 7th - 12th Grade – 9:30AM @ Luke’s Lodge; Worship and hang out. Come early for games. Find more at stlukesumc.com/connect/youth
YOUNG ADULTS Join us by the stained glass in the Narthex for coffee at 10:30AM or for milk and cookies outside Robertson Chapel following the 11AM Contemporary Service.
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of our fall Ministry Catalog, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan this QR Code for more information.
PRELUDE
Breathe | arr. Steve Dunn (9:30 & 11AM) O God, Our Help in Ages Past | arr. Dan Goeller; St. Luke’s Orchestra; Robert Zehr, Director
WELCOME & PRAYER OF INVOCATION Rev. Kim King * OPENING HYMN
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing | Words on Screen
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church, adpt. 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 | No. 70 * GREETING ONE ANOTHER
ANTHEM
Jubilate, Alleluia! | Mary Lynn Lightfoot; New Song
ANNOUNCEMENTS PRAYER TIME AND 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.
OFFERTORY
Breathe | arr. Steve Dunn; St. Luke’s Orchestra (8:15AM) Thanksgiving Canticle | Mark Hayes; Chancel Choir (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | Sung to OLD 100th
Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought; Bless thou the work our hearts have planned. Ours is the faith, the will, the thought; The rest, O God, is in thy hand. Amen.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER * HYMN
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come | No. 694, sts. 1, 2
SCRIPTURE | John 6:5-13 Marti Hunsucker (8:15AM) Leanne Jackson (9:30AM) Mike Elkin (11AM)
MESSAGE | God of Grace Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger (11AM) * CLOSING HYMN
Let All Things Now Living | Words on Screen
DID YOU KNOW?
…
That St. Luke’s will be providing over 2,000 Thanksgiving dinners this week at two locations – downtown at Cathedral Kitchen and at St. Luke’s – and delivering dinners around Indianapolis?
…
that St. Luke’s was recently given an award from the Muslim Alliance of Indiana as a recognition of our efforts to be good neighbors to our Muslim brothers and sisters?
… that the Outreach Post is always located at
the south end of the West Passage? If you ever have questions about how you can plug into the Outreach efforts at St. Luke’s, that’s the place to head on Sunday mornings!
…
That we will be hosting four families this week as they find their way into stable housing situations? This effort will take about 100 volunteers this holiday week!
… that we have a nursing mother’s/cry room in the
East Passage? Just ask an usher to point you in the right direction!
…
that we are starting a new 9:30AM contemporary service on December 4th, in Robertson Chapel?
… that today you can pick up a yard sign, t-shirt,
car cling, silicone bracelet and postcards to share with your friends, family and neighbors as a way to invite them to join you in worship in the coming weeks?
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
O God, Our Help in Ages Past | arr. Dan Goeller; St. Luke’s Orchestra
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (9:30AM)
* standing, as able
Welcome!
Worship Order Sunday, November 20, 2016
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.
PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on the prayer 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 following each worship service.
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.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING 5th - 6th Grade – 9:30 & 11AM @ The Modge 7th - 12th Grade – 9:30AM @ Luke’s Lodge; Worship and hang out. Come early for games. Find more at stlukesumc.com/connect/youth
YOUNG ADULTS Join us by the stained glass in the Narthex for coffee at 10:30AM or for milk and cookies outside Robertson Chapel following the 11AM Contemporary Service.
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of our fall Ministry Catalog, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan this QR Code for more information.
PRELUDE
Breathe | arr. Steve Dunn (9:30 & 11AM) O God, Our Help in Ages Past | arr. Dan Goeller; St. Luke’s Orchestra; Robert Zehr, Director
WELCOME & PRAYER OF INVOCATION Rev. Kim King * OPENING HYMN
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing | Words on Screen
* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church, adpt. 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 | No. 70 * GREETING ONE ANOTHER
ANTHEM
Jubilate, Alleluia! | Mary Lynn Lightfoot; New Song
ANNOUNCEMENTS PRAYER TIME AND 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.
OFFERTORY
Breathe | arr. Steve Dunn; St. Luke’s Orchestra (8:15AM) Thanksgiving Canticle | Mark Hayes; Chancel Choir (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | Sung to OLD 100th
Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought; Bless thou the work our hearts have planned. Ours is the faith, the will, the thought; The rest, O God, is in thy hand. Amen.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER * HYMN
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come | No. 694, sts. 1, 2
SCRIPTURE | John 6:5-13 Marti Hunsucker (8:15AM) Leanne Jackson (9:30AM) Mike Elkin (11AM)
MESSAGE | God of Grace Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger (11AM) * CLOSING HYMN
Let All Things Now Living | Words on Screen
DID YOU KNOW?
…
That St. Luke’s will be providing over 2,000 Thanksgiving dinners this week at two locations – downtown at Cathedral Kitchen and at St. Luke’s – and delivering dinners around Indianapolis?
…
that St. Luke’s was recently given an award from the Muslim Alliance of Indiana as a recognition of our efforts to be good neighbors to our Muslim brothers and sisters?
… that the Outreach Post is always located at
the south end of the West Passage? If you ever have questions about how you can plug into the Outreach efforts at St. Luke’s, that’s the place to head on Sunday mornings!
…
That we will be hosting four families this week as they find their way into stable housing situations? This effort will take about 100 volunteers this holiday week!
… that we have a nursing mother’s/cry room in the
East Passage? Just ask an usher to point you in the right direction!
…
that we are starting a new 9:30AM contemporary service on December 4th, in Robertson Chapel?
… that today you can pick up a yard sign, t-shirt,
car cling, silicone bracelet and postcards to share with your friends, family and neighbors as a way to invite them to join you in worship in the coming weeks?
* BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
O God, Our Help in Ages Past | arr. Dan Goeller; St. Luke’s Orchestra
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM (9:30AM)
* standing, as able
Joys & Concerns BAPTISMS
9:30AM Annie Gene Harpe, daughter of Garrett & Ashley Harpe Graham Robert Harpe, son of Garrett & Ashley Harpe Claire Divina Harpe, daughter of Garrett & Ashley Harpe 11AM – CONTEMPORARY Lyla Rose Babczak, daughter of Brian & Molly Babczak
CONGRATULATIONS Ashley Aletto and Jim Weimer on their marriage November 19
Announcements CHRISTMAS DECORATING | Today • 1-6PM Deck the halls… and the Sanctuary, too! We will transform the Gathering Area into a winter wonderland and assemble the Christmas tree in the Sanctuary. Great fellowship and food will be provided! Please meet in the Sanctuary when you arrive.
KENYAN THANKSGIVING DINNER | Today •
5-7:30PM • All Souls Unitarian Church Global Interfaith Partnership, a ministry partner of St. Luke’s, invites you to an evening of entertainment, to celebrate the ways our diverse faith traditions are feeding hungry children together. Tickets are $25 and will provide lunch for a school child for one year. Register at globalinterfaithpartnership.org/ FoodForThought/
ANGEL TREE MINISTRY | Today Visit the Christmas tree in the Gathering Area and learn how to purchase gifts for a family or youth who will be joining us in the Great Hall on December 18 to do their shopping at the St. Luke’s Christmas Store. You will receive an ornament to place on the Christmas tree to represent the individual(s) you are supporting. COMMUNITY INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE | November 23 • 7PM Join us at First Baptist Church (8600 North College Ave.) as we partner with other local churches in giving thanks for all that we have. We have much to be thankful for!
DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP | Mondays, through
December 19 • 6:30-8PM • E207 Discussion, prayer and a short reflection are part of each meeting. Because of the nature of group dynamics, you must be present this week to be a part of this group. For more information, contact Laura Marine at marinel@stlukesumc. com or visit the table in the West Passage this morning.
DECK THE HALLS – DONATE A POINSETTIA!
stlukesumc.com Help fill our worship spaces and hallways with the vibrant color! For only $10 you can extend visual hospitality to all who join us through the holiday season. Donations may be made in honor or memory of loved one, and order cards can be found at the Welcome Center of the main office. A complete list of donors will be published before Christmas. Donors may take a poinsettia following the final Christmas Eve service.
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS - CHRISTMAS JOY: ALLELUIA! | December 2-7:30PM and December 3-4PM •
Sanctuary Kick off your Christmas season with singers, instrumentalists and dancers who will present a wide variety of Christmas music and carols, both old and new, at this year’s Candlelight Christmas Concerts. No admission; a free-will offering will benefit Crooked Creek Food Pantry. This is a great opportunity to invite friends and family to experience St. Luke’s!
ST. LUKE’S CHARGE CONFERENCE | December 4 • 12:30PM • Fellowship Hall Pastor Rob Fuquay will present the annual “State of the Church” report; lay leadership and candidates for ministry for 2017 will be approved. LIVE NATIVITY | December 10 • 2 & 4PM • Sanctuary Enjoy this musical story of Jesus’ birth, complete with the appearance of live animals (including a camel!). Don’t forget to come early for our Christmas Village, from 1:30-5PM where families can explore different Christmas traditions & symbols through fun, hands on activities. There are many traditions, but only one story!
FONDWA, HAITI MISSION TRIP
January 28-February 4 Join Pastor David Williamson to work at the St. Antoine School and possibly build a home with Haitian carpenters for a local family. As always, we will take time to play with and love the children at the Fatima Orphanage and have coffee with neighbors. The cost of $900 includes accommodations, incountry travel, meals & insurance. Contact Dave Williamson at williamsond@stlukesumc.com for more information.
NEW CONTEMPORARY SERVICE | December 4 • 9:30AM • Robertson Chapel Stop by the table in the Gathering Area this morning to see how you can support this new service.
St. Luke’s at Worship TRADITIONAL 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM • Sanctuary
CONTEMPORARY 11AM • Robertson Chapel
CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE 5PM • Today • Robertson Chapel
COMMUNION ELEMENTS are available in the Prayer Chapel between services.
CONTACT US 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260 stlukesumc.com • 317-846-3404 info@stlukesumc.com
Sunday | November 20, 2016
Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here!