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This Week at St. Luke
Committees and Small Groups are meeting by Zoom,
except where otherwise noted
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Eve of Third Sunday in Advent
Gaudete (Joy)
3:30 - 5 PM TODAY Celebrate with Us in the west parking lot. Receive a thank you note and gift of our appreciation (delivered to you in your car in a COVID-safe manner)
5 PM - In-Person Worship service & Baptism of Maxwell James Bentz
5 PM - Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship
Sunday, December 13
Third Sunday in Advent
Gaudete (Joy)
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service
Recorded video of Worship service available
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10 AM Rasmussen organ rehearsal - Nave
Tuesday, December 15
8 AM Men's Bible Study
1 PM Elders Alive Virtual Christmas Stories Party
2:30 PM Staff meeting
Wednesday, December 16
9:15 AM & 11 AM Preschool Music
9:45 AM Preschool Worship: Prophets, Mary & Joseph show the way to Jerusalem
5-6:15 PM Kids' Salt & Light
6:30 PM Advent Holden Worship Prayer Service on Zoom
7:15 PM Radiant Music
Thursday, December 17
9:15 AM Preschool Music
11 AM Preschool Music
No Confirmation class; resumes January 14th at 3pm
6 PM Church Council meeting
Saturday, December 19
Eve of Fourth Sunday in Advent
5 PM - In-Person Worship service with Holy Communion
5 PM - Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship
Sunday, December 20
Fourth Sunday in Advent
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service with Holy Communion
Recorded worship service available
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As we worship in-person
* Let's leave the blue zone parking spaces for church attendees who have difficulty walking.
* Let's wear masks and keep 6 ft. social distant the entire time we are together. We have extra masks, if you forget.
* If you need assistance, please ask an usher.
* After the worship service, we can have our conversations outside of the Narthex, still maintaining social distancing & wearing masks.
* The Nursery and Lounge/Library are available for nursing moms & infants and small children with their parents.
Thank you for helping St. Luke church remain safe and healthy.
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 St. Luke Radiant
Sanctuary Space at HomeBefore worship starts,
each household is encouraged to:
- Light a candle or light a lamp.
- Open your Bible or Bible app to today's readings.
- Prepare a place at a table (coffee table or desk is fine). Do you have an Advent wreath? Or simply four or five candles of any size or shape
(Please send us a snapshot of you and your “sanctuary space” and we would love to place it on Facebook, or show photos as part of our Advent preludes, and/or in the next Horizon Newsletter! Send photos to stluke@thuntek.net)
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St. Luke Lutheran Church
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Third Weekend in Advent
Gaudete (Joy) Sunday
December 12/13, 2020
St. Luke RADIANT
(In Person and E-worship)
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God…” – Isaiah 61:10
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 Altar FlowersGiven by Carr Family, in memory of Sam Bame
Sanctuary Candle
Given by the Hendrickson Family, in honor of musicians of St. Luke church
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Come celebrate with us!
This Saturday,
3:30 - 5 PM
At St Luke's west parking lot
We want to thank you for your generous hearts in this year’s
STEWARDSHIP APPEAL
Please join us to receive a thank you note and gift of our appreciation (delivered to you in your car in a COVID-safe manner)
Wear something that is “holiday festive,” hop in the car, w ear a mask, and drive thru the parking lot!
We can’t wait to see your smiling eyes!
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Haven’t made your 2021 statement of intent yet?
No worries, it’s not too late.
Visit us at https://www.stlukeabq.org/ and click on
To view Stewardship Appeal information and make your statement of intent
Or
Pick up a statement of intent in the Narthex
Or
Let the Church Office know and we’ll mail it to you
Thank you for your generous hearts!
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ELDERS ALIVE! Christmas Stories
Tuesday, December 15, 1:00 - 2:30 PM on Zoom
Christmas is about stories, all kinds of stories that include each one of us.
Christmas begins with the stories about JESUS.
We want to give each family the chance to tell their own family Christmas story. Before you attend our Zoom Christmas party, please
** select 3-5 photos that help you tell your story. They will be projected on the Zoom screen as you tell of your story
** email your photos to Judy Moore, labeled with your name; number them so she knows the order of the display
** tell your story during the Zoom session for all of us to hear as we enjoy your photos
Each family's Christmas story should last not longer than five minutes with your photos. Contact: Judy Moore at judyhmoore@gmail.com.
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Celebrating Our
Saviour Jesus' Birth
Christmas Eve, December 24
Christmas Day, December 25
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CHRISTMAS EVE
ONLINE WORSHIP
Join us online this year for our candlelight Christmas Eve Worship
with communion!
Our service will be recorded earlier, with special music, and will be released on December 24th at 2 PM. It will be accessible at our St. Luke website: StLukeABQ.org.
We ask you to have both candles and bread & wine prepared and your voices primed and prepped to sing!
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Do Not Be Afraid!
A virtual Christmas Pageant
Broadcasted on
CHRISTMAS DAY
Friday, December 25
At 2 PM
Accessible at St. Luke website: StLukeABQ.org
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Please join us for
Radiant Grace in Advent
Holden Evening Prayer
Wednesdays in December
6:30 - 7:00 PM
via Zoom
Bring your own candlelight.
This beautiful, candlelit service of prayer, song and scripture is just what our souls need this sacred season of HOPE.
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Join us!
Radiant Music
a monthly
sing-along via Zoom with Pauleta and
Ruth Striegel
of First Congregational Church
Wednesday, December 16
7:15 - 8:15 PM
Contact Pauleta at musicdirector@stlukeABQ.org for the Zoom link.
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 DO NOT BE AFRAID! - VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
This gift for the whole St. Luke family will be pre-recorded on Zoom and broadcasted on Christmas Day.
We need and want YOUR participation!
Please contact Pastor Christa at pastorchristaABQ@gmail.com or Angie at the office at StLuke@thuntek.net to offer your help. Nearly all will be done via Zoom and we need help with:
* Costuming
* Technical assistance with Zoom
* Special Music (contact Pauleta at MusicDirector@stlukeABQ.org)
* EXTRA angels, donkeys, sheep, magi, etc. of ALL AGES
We hope this will be a joyful intergenerational event, suitable for sharing with family and friends, far and near. Our Kids' Salt & Light Radiant Wednesday night families are going to be taking a major role, but we need lots of extra folks of ALL AGES to help tell the REAL Christmas Story for all ages.
Be Not Afraid! Join us!
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Poi nsettia plants for decorating the altar for Christmas Eve online worship service & the Christmas Day Virtual Pageant
Plants are available for offering, with optional dedication which will be posted on St. Luke GPS. Donation: $12 per plant. You may send your offering by postal mail or online at stlukeABQ.org by Friday, December 18th. You may include your dedication when you mail your donation or you may send it by email at stluke@thuntek.net. Thank you for your offering.
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 Kids' Salt & Light
Christian Education for kids
preschool (with parents' help) - 6th grade
Wednesdays ( except during holiday break on Dec. 23 & 30; Jan. 6)
5:00 - 6:15 PM on Zoom
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Tuesdays (except during holiday break on Dec. 22 & 29; Jan. 5)
Via Zoom at 8 AM
Contact David Follstaedt at MensBibleStudy@stlukeabq.org for more information.
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Women's GATHER Bible Study
We are not meeting in December. We will meet again on January 26 at 10 AM (not 10:30 am as mentioned in the Dec.-Jan. Horizon) on Zoom.
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Lutheran Family Services (LFS)
Food & Toy Drive
For Refugee families and children
Saturdays, December 12 & 19
11 AM - 4 PM
At the LFS parking lot, 4105 Silver SE
Needed: non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, diapers (size 3 and up). They request NO war toys or other toys that will likely trigger trauma.
Contact for LFS: (505) 933-7015.
Friends of St. Luke Preschool
To make a contribution to the preschool via postal mail or online, go to StLukeABQ.org, click the GIVE NOW button, and select FRIENDS OF THE PRESCHOOL SUPPORT FUND. Thank you for your support.
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Bucket of Change
Your donation in December will go to Camino de Vida NM - Iglesia Christiana
our partner church and a shared Hispanic/Latino ministry of the Rocky Mountain Synod of ELCA and the Presbyterian Church USA. Please designate your offering to “Camino Christmas;” we hope to have all gifts received by Advent 3, Dec. 13, “Joy Sunday.” This will help Camino de Vida prepare 40 boxes of food for Christmas and presents for 50 children of their community who have been affected especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Storehouse Food Pantry
Please place your gifts of canned fish/meat & other non-perishable foods in the green barrel by the elevator.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MEMBERSHIP AT ST. LUKE
or would like more information on St. Luke and its various activities, please contact
Pastor Christa at pastorchristaABQ@gmail.com or
Pastor Wayne at pastorwayneABQ@gmail.com
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JOB OPENING!
Media Ministry Assistant Contract Position
How beautiful are the feet [and the website] of those who carry good news. - Romans 10:14-15
Are you interested or know someone who might be interested in further developing our StLukeABQ.org website and assisting pastors and staff with St. Luke media outreach?
Approximate hours/week: 15 (flexible, includes regular weekend worship at St. Luke)
Type: Contract or Student Scholarship position
Contact the church office for the job description.
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Prayers of St. Luke Church Family
Rejoice with those rejoice, weep with those who weep. - Romans 12:15
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For Those Who Mourn
We pray for Eric Bartsch & Julie Riley (children of Mary Voelz) and their families on the death of their father Richard Bartsch on 11/20 in Washington; Elaine Montague and her family (friends of Barbara Exley) on death of her husband Gary on 11/6; the family of Barbara Harris (sister of Chris Hollowwa) who died on 11/28 & who we’ve been praying for when she was ill; Terri Nerhood (sister of Joyce Mills’s daughter-in-law) & family on sudden death of her husband Ray (11/29); and Elliott family on the death of Aida Elliott (11/17).
For Those in Need of Strength, Help, Healing, Comfort
We pray for Mike Sanchez who is recuperating from injuries after being knocked down by his large goat ; for Bob F. whose surgery was postponed to early 2021 because of crowded hospitals due to coronavirus; and for the family emergency situation regarding Gabriela Di Pomazio’s grandmother Carol Casados.
We pray for Ronnie (brother-in-law of Michelle's Barba's brother Mike); health of Theresa (daughter of Sally Meeks); Ed; Marv Plugge; Mary Lou & Dennie Erickson (friends of Bob & Bonnie Paine); Audrey, George & Millie Brewer & daughter Kristie; Carrie; Janis & Ray; Bill & Mary Ann Arnold; Geffin & Nancy; Emerson (preschooler); Aleigh & daughter Josie (preschooler); Jim & Evelyn; Bonnie Paine & husband Bob, Ray; Benda & family (Sandy Williams’ friend); Bill; Roger (son of Magda Renteria).
Thanksgiving: Rick Parker is recuperating well at home.
We pray for members who work in medical/health fields and in industries that provide our basic needs.
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For Those in Need of Strength, Help, Healing, Comfort continued
We pray for members who can’t come to church, especially those who are homebound: Melda Burns, Billie Cooper, Dottie Donohoe, Phoebe English, Lucille Few, Mike Griffin, Leona Reck, Howard Romme, Lois Sherwood, Frances Smith, Ardys Theophillus, Donald Vlasaty.
We pray for all students in schools, online learning or in-person, especially our St. Luke Preschool and Director Lori Erven.
We pray for the production, producers, & testers of a safe, affordable, effective, and ethically-produced vaccine.
For the Wider Church
We pray for Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque, Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ, and missionaries sent by God all over the world.
We pray for Christian churches, especially those in Albuquerque: St. Luke & Camino de Vida; and the persecuted church - Christians suffering and dying for their faith.
We pray for medical missionaries and those without access to good health care in the U.S.A. and around the world.
For Our Country
We pray for those who are serving in our country's armed forces.
We pray for the governing bodies of our city, state, country. We pray for God’s will for the governance of our city, state, and country, and for the preservation of our freedom & U.S.A. Constitution.
. Prayer Requests
Please submit your prayer requests to Angie by email at stluke@thuntek.net or by leaving a message at 505.299.2621.
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Looking
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Sunday, January 17 at 1 PM: St. Luke Annual Congregational meeting on Zoom.
- Annual reports will be sent by email or postal mail before the annual meeting.
- Draft of St Luke Constitution - this was sent by email on Nov. 30, 2020. Please contact the church office if did not receive it.
- Presentation and Q & A session on the Budget will be held on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 1 PM.
- Please watch the weekly GPS for reminders and your email for the Zoom links and documents.
Thursday, January 7 at 2 PM: Lamplighters. We will study "Unspoken;" it's about Bathsheba in the book "A Lineage of Grace," by Francine Rivers. Contact: Gayle Carleton at Lamplighters@stlukeABQ.org.
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Tuesday, January 19 at
1 - 2:30 PM: Elders Alive Learn about Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque which assists refugees in making a new home here in New Mexico. Contact: Judy Moore at judyhmoore@gmail.com
Tuesday, January 26 at 10 AM: Women's GATHER Bible Study. We will begin the Gather magazine four-part study 'Journeys with angels,' authored by Pastor Christa.
Session topics are as follows:
January: Looking up - new beginnings, awe-ful, awesome angels; February: Repentance & route-changing angels; March: Loneliness, abandonment, & holy comfort; April: Feasting angels.
All women are invited. For a copy of the study, contact Bev Berardinelli at WomensBibleStudy@stlukeABQ.org.
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St. Luke Preschool
For information and/or enrollment for school year 2020-2021, contact preschool at stlukesc@thuntek.net or at 505.292.8812. Click here to go to the Preschool website.
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ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor Christa von Zychlin
Pastor Wayne Leo Nieminen
Pauleta Hendrickson, Director of Music Ministries
Angelica Miller, Church Office Manager
Michelle Barba, Bookkeeper
Lori Erven, St. Luke Preschool Director
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