9:30 - 11 AM Women's GATHER: renewal & relaxation in the Lounge/Library
Just before 1 PM Elders Alive Summer Field: meet at Gutierrez Hubble House, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, 87105
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
July 31
Welcome back Pastor Christa and Pastor Wayne
Child and nursery care with activities for our youngest children ages 0-4 offered during each service.
* Nursery Care during the Sunday 8:15 AM Outdoor service will be in the Youth room (enter the double doors from the Courtyard)
* Nursery Care during the Sunday 10:30 AM service will be in the Nursery in the church lobby
Children and the sounds of children are ALWAYS welcome and appreciated at all services, but sometimes parents (or grandparents) might like a break. Stop by to meet our new Nursery care staff Precious Goodhart. We are so blessed to have her with us, serving our youngest families at St. Luke!
After each service: Coffee Fellowship in the narthex
8:15 AM Outdoor Worship service, in the Courtyard
8:15 AM Nursery Care in Youth room
10:30 AM Worship Service
10:30 AM Nursery Care in the Nursery
10:30 AM Live-stream Worship service at Facebook.com/StLukeABQ
Sign up board for the Elders Alive Summer Field Trips - available in the narthex.
Sign up board for the Congregational Jamaican Potluck & Dr. Carolyn Schneider's visit (August 14) - available in the narthex.
6:30 PM Worship, Music & the Arts Comm. meeting on Zoom
Wednesday, August 3
10:30 AM Elders Alive meet at the St Luke west parking lot to carpool/caravan to Harvey House Museum in Belen
6 - 7 PM Flannery O’Connor: Grace & Humor in a Dark World class on Zoom
Saturday, August 6
9 AM "Love the Preschool" morning (sprucing up before 1st day of school year 2022-2023), at the St. Luke Preschool building
No Saturday 5 PM worship service; resumes August 20
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
August 7
At both services: Blessing of the Backpacks
After each service:
* Blood Pressure Screening, in the Lounge/Library
* Coffee Fellowship in the narthex
8:15 AM Outdoor Worship service, in the Courtyard
8:15 AM Nursery Care in the Youth room
10:30 AM Worship Service
10:30 AM Nursery Care in the Nursery
10:30 AM Live-stream Worship service at Facebook.com/StLukeABQ
August 8 - 12: Angie out of the office
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Women's GATHER Bible Study
Click HERE for the July study video supplement
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Elders Alive! On the Road for Summer 2022
Gutierrez Hubble House
Field Trip this Saturday, July 30
We will meet just before the 1 PM tour at 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque 87105
This is an old adobe structure from the 1800’s which has served as a home, a stagecoach stop and a post office, now a museum. In addition, has interpretive gardens featuring herbs of the southwest, rainwater harvesting and has learning programs for kids and adults. We invite families and adults, other than Elders, to join us. There are no fees.
Website: www.gutierrezhubbellhouse.org
Contact Nancy Tarman at 505-301-4200 or at nancytarman@gmail.com for more information or if you would like to go but did not sign up last week.
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*** Click HERE for the worship bulletin ***
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St. Luke Lutheran Church
Albuquerque, New Mexico
8th Sunday After Pentecost
July 31, 2022 10:30 AM
St. Luke RADIANT
(In-Person and E-worship)
"Pilgrim bound by staff and faith, rest thy bones"
Wood sculpture, freestanding; Harrietsham, UK http://commons.wikimedia.org/
“Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” -- Jesus
St Luke Lutheran Church
9100 Menaul Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87112
505-299-2621 Email: StLuke@thuntek.net
Find our Livestream online, SUNDAY, 10:30 AM:
Website: http://www.stlukeabq.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stlukeabq/
Recorded services can be found on our website.
Recorded sermons can be found on YouTube at StLukeABQ.
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Altar Flowers
Given by Daleen Olson, in loving memory of Bruce MacDonald
Sanctuary Candle for July
Given by Elaine Kovach, in thanksgiving for family.
One altar flower arrangement for August 27-28 is available for offering. Donation: $35.
Please sign up on the Flower Chart posted on the kiosk in the narthex. Thank you,
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 Coffee Fellowship following the Sunday worship services - We also have hot water for tea & cocoa and snacks. Join us!!!
 Blood Pressure Screening by our St. Luke Wellness Ministry Nurses: Sunday, August 7. No fee for this service. For more information, contact Gayle Carleton at 505-559-3012.
Please note: For September 2022 - May 2023, Blood Pressure Screening will again be available on the first full weekend of the month: after the Saturday 5 PM service and after each of the Sunday 8:15 AM and 10:30 AM services.
COVID Guidelines:
The St. Luke Council has put forward the following guidelines for our worship practices, as we continue to follow NM Public Health Orders:
Wearing of masks is optional, respecting one another’s choice to wear mask or not. *Masks will still be available in the lobby. We encourage social distancing between worshippers who are not of the same household.
--The St. Luke Council, Worship, Music & Arts Committee and Pastors
*OUR BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN - Please, let's continue to keep a "Baby Safe" zone of distance from our littlest worshippers.
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Bucket of Change
Your donation in July will go to Family Promise of Albuquerque
Family Promise, with the help of 21 faith communities around Albuquerque & Rio Rancho, provides resources & referrals, to individuals and families experiencing homelessness, on securing housing, gaining employment, continuing education, finding suitable childcare & addressing any barriers to employment and housing. Visit Family Promise online at www.familypromisealbuquerquenm.org.
You may place your offerings for the BUCKET OF CHANGE in the bucket at church (our "noisy offering"), send gifts directly to St. Luke via mail or contribute via our online giving resources on our church website http://stlukeabq.org/.
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Elders Alive! On the Road for Summer 2022
Field Trips in August
We hope you can join us.
Please sign up on the poster in the church lobby or on the weekly goldenrod bulletin insert.
Third Trip: Wednesday, August 3 – We will carpool to the Harvey House Museum in Belen. Let’s meet at St. Luke’s west parking lot at 10:30 AM to carpool or caravan to Belen. We plan to eat lunch at Pete’s Café in Belen at 11:30 AM and have plenty of time to meet our tour guide at the Harvey House at 1 PM. Pete’s Cafe is at 105 N. 1st St. right across the street from the Santa Fe Railroad Harvey House. There is a $5 fee for the museum; you will need money for your lunch. Contact BettyAnn Arner at 505-294-1935 for more information.
Website: www.harveyhousemuseum.org
Wrapping-up-for-the-summer Trip: Wednesday, August 17 – We will take the Railrunner to Santa Fe. We plan to take the city bus to the center of town (the shuttle is not running because of renovations at the train station in Santa Fe), visit various places and have lunch in Santa Fe. Please arrive at The Railrunner Montaño station about 9:15 AM (the train leaves promptly at 9:44 AM). We expect to arrive in Santa Fe at 11:16 AM. The train is free on Wednesdays for seniors; bring your ID to show that you are at least 60. Keep the stub from the rail so you can ride the city bus for free We may likely eat lunch before doing any other sightseeing. While you can wander as you like, Les Anderson is willing to be our guide. His favorite places to eat there are the Shed, Tomasita’s and the Plaza Café. There are several free museums too but if you would like to visit the Georgia O’Keefe museum you will need to purchase a ticket ($18) in advance. Our return trip leaves Santa Fe at 4:15 PM and arrives back at the Montaño Station at 5:39 PM. This field trip will be an all-day event. Contact Les Anderson at 505-293-2490 for more information.
Website: https://www.riometro.org/424/Seniors-Ride-Free
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 Flannery O’Connor
Grace and Humor in a Dark World
(treat yourself to something new and different - suitable for all ages, high school and up!)
NEW five-week class & discussion group
6-7 pm Wednesdays in August by ZOOM Aug. 3 – Introduction to Flannery O Connor, her vibrant and tragic life
Copies of the stories will be available in the church after the first session.
Aug. 10 – A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Part 1)
Aug 17 – A Good Man is Hard to Find (Part 2)
Aug 24 – Revelation (Part 1)
Aug 31 – Revelation (Part 2)
You may sign up now on the goldenrod bulletins insert; go online at StLukeABQ.org, or click HERE for the sign up form.
Click HERE for the Zoom link with Meeting ID: 881 7320 9969
If you would like to purchase the book: "The Complete Stories" by Flannery O'Connor, it's available at Barnes & Noble Bookstore on at Cottonwood Corners shopping center on the west side or online at BarnesandNoble.com or at Amazon.com.
To read an excerpt of "The Demanding Faith of Flannery O’Connor" by Karen Wright Marsh, published in Christianity Today, please click HERE.
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Congregational Jamaican Potluck
Sunday, August 14
Join us on Sunday, August 14 th at 11:45 AM in the Fellowship Hall for a fun time and a potluck of gastronomic delights to welcome ELCA and St Luke missionary **Pastor Carolyn Schneider. She is a vegetarian and so you will see many vegetarian choices. Sign up on the "Congregational Jamaican Potluck" poster in the Narthex next Sunday or go online by clicking PERFECTPOTLUCK.COM. Use the administrator name of Carlson and a password of 3344. For any questions call Karen Carlson at (505) 259-6394. Karen will also be looking for volunteers to help receive food and to clean-up.
**The Rev. Carolyn Schneider, Ph.D., ELCA Missionary serving at the United Theological College of the West Indies in Jamaica
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You are invited to join us for a
morning!
Saturday, August 6
9 AM at St. Luke Preschool building
 On Saturday, August 6th, we will be meeting at the preschool to clean and spruce up before the start of the new school year.
Tasks include: washing classroom windows, scrubbing hallway walls, trimming playground trees, removing spider webs, pulling weeds, and raking wood chips.
We would be grateful for your elbow grease, time, and willing spirit! The preschool has cleaning supplies, but please bring any supplies that you prefer, gloves, trimming tools, and rakes.
For more information, please contact Lori at stlukesc@thuntek.net or 505-292-8812. We look forward to seeing you there!
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St. Luke Church-wide Ministry to Our Children and the Community
 Nursery Care Volunteers*
We would like to have two people in the Nursery at all times - a volunteer and our new Nursery staff Precious Goodhart.
This summer, if you are available to help once a month in the Nursery during the 8:15 am OR the 10:30 am worship service, please sign up on the goldenrod bulletin insert or contact the church office at (505) 299-2621 or at stluke@thuntek.net.
*There will be a background check and a short training online; no fee.
From the St. Luke Preschool Committee
The St. Luke Lutheran Church Preschool Committee, in striving to provide an outreach ministry of the St. Luke congregation to the young children within our community, oversees the operation of the St Luke Preschool.
- The Preschool Committee needs members who would be willing to serve on the Committee for a two-year term. We have a monthly meeting (currently this happens online via Zoom) and we help with several social events that occur throughout the year for our St. Luke preschool children and their families.
- We are also in need of church members with finance or accounting skills to serve on the Preschool Financial Team which consists of three to four members. Members would share duties which include maintaining financial processes and records for the Preschool, monitoring income and expenses for the Preschool, drafting Budgets for the school year and summer school sessions, and preparing a monthly Treasurer’s Report for the Preschool Committee.
If you are interested in serving on the Committee or on the Finance Team, please contact Sally Quintana (sjquint1@gmail.com) or Mary Beth Garrett (mbg1111@me.com), co-chairs of the Committee.
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Blessing of the Backpacks at St. Luke
Sunday, August 7
At both services
We are having a “back to school” backpack blessing, gift and special prayers for any/all students, teachers and school staff at both services.
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St. Luke Rally Day and
Grand Re-Opening of the Nursery
Saturday & Sunday
August 27-28, at both servicesWe will also have the recognition and special prayers for St. Luke Preschool teachers, staff and students.
First day of Sunday school is on September 11.
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Coffee Fellowship Ministry
From Sally Trigg, Coordinator
St. Luke loves to fellowship around coffee/snacks after Sunday services, and we need your help!
The church supplies the coffee, hot water, and donut holes every Sunday. If you would be willing to supply a fruit tray or a vegetable tray once every two months, please email Sally Trigg at sallydtrigg@gmail.com, sign up on the goldenrod sheet, or call the church office at 505 299-2621.
The trays need to be delivered by 9 am on Sunday or stored in the church lounge refrigerator the night before. Sally Trigg will be in touch to coordinate dates.
Thank you.
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Prayers of the Church
“Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer.” -- Psalm 4:1
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** For Our St Luke Family
† Pam Gravagne
† Sally Meeks
† Kim Guericke
† Tim Kelley & Bradley
Lord, we lift up our St Luke Family Homebound:
Polly Brodbeck
Melda Burns
Dorela Cole
Billie Cooper
Leah Coughenour
Dottie Donohoe
Karin Duda
Kay Dunbar
Phoebe English
Lucile Few
Janet Garcia
Rose McFall
Ardys Theophillus
Donald Vlasaty
Our St. Luke Music Coordinator Search Committee, as they begin interviews.Give them and the candidates wisdom and discernment for hiring a person who will help our church grow and thrive musically, spiritually and multi-generationally.
We pray for our St Luke Preschool students, teachers, and staff and we pray for Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque; Luther House UNM/CNM; Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ; and Camino de Vida in Albuquerque.
Heavenly Father, You have called us to serve You. Pastor Christa, Pastor Wayne, the Church Council members, committee/ministry leaders, the St. Luke Core Team, those who are employed by the church and those who volunteer stand ready and willing to do the work wherever You desire. We stand amazed at Your great choreography called life, which brings Your children together to perform beautiful acts of service. Please direct all our hearts to the areas of service where You can best utilize us as Your instrument of blessing to others. Thank you, Lord, for allowing us to labor in Your vineyard.
For the Wider Church
We pray for Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque; Luther House UNM/CNM; Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ; and Camino de Vida Church in Albuquerque.
** Family & Friends of Church Members
† Paul & Nicole Helfrich, wedding day July 30th (from Linda Hathaway)
† Rejean Gronewold (from Bill & Brenda Gronewold)
† Tim (from Chuck & Barbara Exley)
† Floyd, health, and his family (father of Preschool teacher Candice)
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** Family & Friends of Church Members continued
† Kaira, 16 yr old, in the Philippines, for stability of family as they mourn the death of her grandma (from Angie Miller)
† Eric, for his health, (father of 5 young children, wife is Sarah; friends of Angie Miller)
† Pat, for last 3 chemotherapies, thanksgiving for shrinking tumor (from Berardinelli Family)
† Susan, beginning chemotherapy (Pastor Christa’s sister-in-law)
† Cindy Bingaman, fighting cancer (daughter-in-law of Betty Bailey)
† Ginger, cancer treatment (friend of Mary Beth Garrett)
† Jackie, fighting cancer
† John, fighting cancer (from Lori Erven)
† Graciella, fighting cancer (from Sherri Domres)
† Carl (son of Marina's husband), for healing
† Cheryl Folkes's uncle and his children & grandchildren
† Penelope (great granddaughter of Rosetta Bidne and grandniece of Dawn Meyer)
Give your angels charge over these in our prayers, Lord. Tend the sick, give energy to the caregivers, rest the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, be with those who travel and give strength and courage to those who do your work. In your love, give us all these, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let all the people say. Amen.
For Our Community, Country and the World
We pray for Family Promise, our Bucket of Change recipient for July 2022.
Our Afghan family and all our members involved with outreach alongside of Lutheran Family Services in their work with refugees. We pray for this special Afghan family, and all refugee & immigrant families here in Albuquerque, for jobs for adults and schools for children, wisdom to navigate the complexities of the English language, of American medical insurance, the path towards full citizenship, and health and healing from traumas they have experienced.
Father, you are the unfailing refuge of those who suffer—bring peace and comfort to the sick and the infirmed. Give all those who look after them knowledge, patience, and compassion. Inspire them with actions which will bring relief; words which will enlighten; and love which will bring comfort. We ask this through your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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LIFTING ONE ANOTHER UP THROUGH PRAYER
Submit your prayer requests to coordinator Beverly Ronkos by email at stlukeabqprays@yahoo.com or by calling or texting 505-307-4732.
** Please note: Names will remain on the prayer list for one month. If you would like your prayer request to stay on the list longer or less than 30 days please contact Coordinator Beverly or the church office.
NEXT PRAYER MEETING: Thursday, August 18, 10 AM on Zoom
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ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor Christa von Zychlin
Pastor Wayne Leo Nieminen
Nancy Granert, Organist and Interim Music Director
Angelica Miller, Church Office Manager
Michelle Barba, Bookkeeper
Pamela Franco, Media Ministry Assistant
Precious Goodhart, Nursery Care
Lori Erven, St. Luke Preschool Director
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