Joys & Concerns
SPANISH CLASS | Tuesdays, beginning September 13 •
Given this morning in honor of the installation of Bishop Julius C. Trimble
7 - 8PM • E213 Join us for this class where the emphasis is on learning to converse on common topics of interest! Contact David Clapp at clappd@wabash.edu with questions.
CONDOLENCES
WHY CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
ALTAR FLOWERS
Lisa and Kris Frieden and family on the death of her brother, Bill Maxwell Condolences to Jim and Jayne Thorne on the death of her sister, Nancy Carroll Condolences to Charlie and Marcia Russell on the death of his mother, Margaret Russell
NEW MEMBERS
9:30AM Bob and Dee Husselbee Mary Helen Krafft Keim Michael D. Macke 11AM - CONTEMPORARY Veronica Gumpl Jill Niemeyer
Announcements ADULT CLASSES | Today Be sure to stop by our table in the Narthex for your last chance to sign up for a fall class or small group. More information is in the Fall Ministry Catalog in the wooden bins outside the Sanctuary.
THE CITY SIGN-UP | Today The City app provides a personalized way of staying connected. If you aren’t already on The City, we’re here to help you get connected with your St. Luke’s community! Stop by and see us outside Robertson Chapel today.
EXPLORING MEMBERSHIP CLASS | Today 12:15 – 3:15PM • Luke’s Lodge Pastors Rob Fuquay and Eric Burton-Krieger share the purpose of the church and the meaning of membership at St. Luke’s. Lunch provided; please join us! BUILDING ACCESS Beginning tomorrow, you will be asked to enter the building through Door 6 during the week. Other doors will be locked to ensure the safety and security of our staff, visitors and the building. The front office will be locked at 6PM; the workroom will remain open.
COLLEGE PARENT GATHERING & CARE PACKAGES | September 13 • 6PM Our gatherings are back for the 2016-17 school year! Join us at The Rusty Bucket for food, drinks and a time to connect with other parents. We also want to care for your students, so we’re getting ready to send our first round of care packages. Email Margaret Wood (margaretw@ arborhomesllc.com) your student’s mailing address and we will get them included!
Sunday | September 11, 2016
September 16 • 7PM • Sanctuary If you’re a Phil Gulley or Charlie Russell fan, you’ll love this conversation on race and healing between the two of them, followed by a reception in Fellowship Hall!
FELLOWSHIP FRIENDS TRAINING | September 18 or 20 • 7 – 7:45PM • N101 Are you a member of St. Luke’s? If you would like to help new persons learn about the church and discover their place here, join us next week! For more information or to register, go to stlukesumc.com.
HIGH SCHOOL EAGLE CREEK RETREAT
September 18 • 9AM – 2PM Meet at the Lodge for a bus trip to Eagle Creek as we worship and enjoy other fun activities! Cost is $5 and covers lunch together on the beach and transportation. Be sure to register online and invite your friends!
COMEDY DATE NIGHT | October 8 • 7PM This 2-hour live event for couples of all ages engages with humor and inspires with hope! This is not your normal date night, so come prepared to laugh, love and learn. Register at tickets.buzztix.com/event/MP_Indie.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Fellowship Hall restrooms are currently under construction; you can expect to see new and improved facilities on or before October 1. The restrooms will be unavailable during construction.
St. Luke’s at Worship TRADITIONAL 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM • Sanctuary
CONTEMPORARY 11AM • Robertson Chapel
CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE 5PM • 3rd Sunday • Sanctuary
LATER @ ST. LUKE’S 6PM • 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
Welcome! We’re Glad You’re Here!
Welcome! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE!
Worship Order
Leader: Lord, let us not become prisoners to our own hate and fear,
* GLORY TO GOD
Sunday, September 11, 2016
People: But free us to love as you love; to pray for peace among all nations and races; to understand rather than be understood; and to bless those who are hard for us to bless, whether it be family, neighbor, or enemy.
* GREETING ONE ANOTHER
PRELUDE
Adagio (from Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1) Felix Mendelssohn; Charles Manning, organ
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. Find a gift for you at the Welcome Center.
Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Pärt Patrick Pauloski, cello
PRAYER CONCERNS
HYMN
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.
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of Connect magazine, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan this QR Code for more information.
PROCESSION, REFLECTION & PRAYER
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, st. 1 (8:15AM)
ANTHEM
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, sts. 1, 2; arr. Diane Bish; Chancel Choir (9:30 & 11AM) * LITANY
Leader: Creator God, you made us for fellowship with you and with one another. People: You created us free: free to enjoy your gift of life together; free also to destroy one another.
Leader: For you did not promise a simple way to live, People: But you promised the way that leads to life. In the name of the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen. * OPENING HYMN
O God, Our Help in Ages Past | No. 117, st. 1
* 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.
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS (9:30AM) Congregation’s Response: Welcome into the membership of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. With you, we affirm our faith in God through Jesus Christ and vow to support this congregation by our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness. ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Frances Allitsen; Ken Knowles, vocalist (8:15AM) Psalm 96 | Michael Bedford Chancel Choir; Brian Hoover, trumpet (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | No. 95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Leader: O Lord, you teach us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
People: But why should we love an enemy so bent on destruction and brutality as their way of being heard?
We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.
Leader: Because your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
People: And we know that your ways are not our ways, and your thoughts are not our thoughts.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.
Leader: So we ask for forgiveness as well as peace. Forgive us when the evil we receive causes us to desire evil for others.
We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.
* CLOSING HYMN
People: Give us courage to believe that hate does not drive out hate, but only love can change our world.
We believe in the Church as the fellowship, for worship and for service, of all who are united to the living Lord.
* BENEDICTION
Leader: Help us to live by the example of Jesus, who wiped out distinctions between neighbor and enemy,
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.
People: And who lived out the conduct of his creeds by not lashing out against his enemies and even forgiving them from the cross.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER
SCRIPTURE | Matthew 12:38-42 Patty Waller (8:15AM) Savanah Strever (9:30AM) Lori Thomas (11AM) MESSAGE HTLZ “Loving People Who Hurt You” Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. David Williamson (11AM)
Shine on Us
POSTLUDE
Chorale: “O God, Thou Faithful God,” Op. 135a, No. 20 Max Reger; Charles Manning, organ
* standing, as able
Welcome! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE!
Worship Order
Leader: Lord, let us not become prisoners to our own hate and fear,
* GLORY TO GOD
Sunday, September 11, 2016
People: But free us to love as you love; to pray for peace among all nations and races; to understand rather than be understood; and to bless those who are hard for us to bless, whether it be family, neighbor, or enemy.
* GREETING ONE ANOTHER
PRELUDE
Adagio (from Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1) Felix Mendelssohn; Charles Manning, organ
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. Find a gift for you at the Welcome Center.
Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Pärt Patrick Pauloski, cello
PRAYER CONCERNS
HYMN
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.
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of Connect magazine, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan this QR Code for more information.
PROCESSION, REFLECTION & PRAYER
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, st. 1 (8:15AM)
ANTHEM
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, sts. 1, 2; arr. Diane Bish; Chancel Choir (9:30 & 11AM) * LITANY
Leader: Creator God, you made us for fellowship with you and with one another. People: You created us free: free to enjoy your gift of life together; free also to destroy one another.
Leader: For you did not promise a simple way to live, People: But you promised the way that leads to life. In the name of the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen. * OPENING HYMN
O God, Our Help in Ages Past | No. 117, st. 1
* 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.
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS (9:30AM) Congregation’s Response: Welcome into the membership of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. With you, we affirm our faith in God through Jesus Christ and vow to support this congregation by our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness. ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Frances Allitsen; Ken Knowles, vocalist (8:15AM) Psalm 96 | Michael Bedford Chancel Choir; Brian Hoover, trumpet (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | No. 95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Leader: O Lord, you teach us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
People: But why should we love an enemy so bent on destruction and brutality as their way of being heard?
We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.
Leader: Because your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
People: And we know that your ways are not our ways, and your thoughts are not our thoughts.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.
Leader: So we ask for forgiveness as well as peace. Forgive us when the evil we receive causes us to desire evil for others.
We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.
* CLOSING HYMN
People: Give us courage to believe that hate does not drive out hate, but only love can change our world.
We believe in the Church as the fellowship, for worship and for service, of all who are united to the living Lord.
* BENEDICTION
Leader: Help us to live by the example of Jesus, who wiped out distinctions between neighbor and enemy,
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.
People: And who lived out the conduct of his creeds by not lashing out against his enemies and even forgiving them from the cross.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER
SCRIPTURE | Matthew 12:38-42 Patty Waller (8:15AM) Savanah Strever (9:30AM) Lori Thomas (11AM) MESSAGE HTLZ “Loving People Who Hurt You” Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. David Williamson (11AM)
Shine on Us
POSTLUDE
Chorale: “O God, Thou Faithful God,” Op. 135a, No. 20 Max Reger; Charles Manning, organ
* standing, as able
Welcome! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE!
Worship Order
Leader: Lord, let us not become prisoners to our own hate and fear,
* GLORY TO GOD
Sunday, September 11, 2016
People: But free us to love as you love; to pray for peace among all nations and races; to understand rather than be understood; and to bless those who are hard for us to bless, whether it be family, neighbor, or enemy.
* GREETING ONE ANOTHER
PRELUDE
Adagio (from Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1) Felix Mendelssohn; Charles Manning, organ
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. Find a gift for you at the Welcome Center.
Spiegel im Spiegel | Arvo Pärt Patrick Pauloski, cello
PRAYER CONCERNS
HYMN
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.
LEARN MORE Pick up a copy of Connect magazine, visit stlukesumc.com, subscribe to our e-newsletters, or scan this QR Code for more information.
PROCESSION, REFLECTION & PRAYER
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, st. 1 (8:15AM)
ANTHEM
Be Still, My Soul | No. 534, sts. 1, 2; arr. Diane Bish; Chancel Choir (9:30 & 11AM) * LITANY
Leader: Creator God, you made us for fellowship with you and with one another. People: You created us free: free to enjoy your gift of life together; free also to destroy one another.
Leader: For you did not promise a simple way to live, People: But you promised the way that leads to life. In the name of the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Amen. * OPENING HYMN
O God, Our Help in Ages Past | No. 117, st. 1
* 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.
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS (9:30AM) Congregation’s Response: Welcome into the membership of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. With you, we affirm our faith in God through Jesus Christ and vow to support this congregation by our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness. ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERTORY
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Frances Allitsen; Ken Knowles, vocalist (8:15AM) Psalm 96 | Michael Bedford Chancel Choir; Brian Hoover, trumpet (9:30 & 11AM)
* PRAISE TO GOD | No. 95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Leader: O Lord, you teach us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
People: But why should we love an enemy so bent on destruction and brutality as their way of being heard?
We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example, and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.
Leader: Because your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.
People: And we know that your ways are not our ways, and your thoughts are not our thoughts.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.
Leader: So we ask for forgiveness as well as peace. Forgive us when the evil we receive causes us to desire evil for others.
We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.
* CLOSING HYMN
People: Give us courage to believe that hate does not drive out hate, but only love can change our world.
We believe in the Church as the fellowship, for worship and for service, of all who are united to the living Lord.
* BENEDICTION
Leader: Help us to live by the example of Jesus, who wiped out distinctions between neighbor and enemy,
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.
People: And who lived out the conduct of his creeds by not lashing out against his enemies and even forgiving them from the cross.
* OFFERTORY PRAYER
SCRIPTURE | Matthew 12:38-42 Patty Waller (8:15AM) Savanah Strever (9:30AM) Lori Thomas (11AM) MESSAGE HTLZ “Loving People Who Hurt You” Rev. Rob Fuquay (8:15 & 9:30AM) Rev. David Williamson (11AM)
Shine on Us
POSTLUDE
Chorale: “O God, Thou Faithful God,” Op. 135a, No. 20 Max Reger; Charles Manning, organ
* standing, as able