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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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Saturday, March 13
Lent 4
5 PM In-Person Worship service
5 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
Sunday, March 14
(Daylight Savings Time begins)
Lent 4
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service
Recorded worship service available
3 PM Choir rehearsal - west parking lot
Monday, March 15
Deadline: articles for April Horizon newsletter
Tuesday, March 16
No Men's Bible Study in Lent; we are attending the 1 Corinthians study on Wednesdays
1 - 2:30 PM Elders Alive! Event - St. Patrick's Day: A Search for Meaning
6:30 PM Property Committee
Wednesday, March 17
8 AM 1st Corinthians: The Cross Roads of Life
9:15 AM & 11 AM Preschool Music class
12 PM 1st Corinthians: The Cross Roads of Life
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12 PM Deadline: items for St. Luke GPS March 20-28 edition
5 - 6 PM Kids' Salt & Light
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 WORSHIP
6:30 PM LENTEN EVENING SONG In-Person at St. Luke
6:30 PM LENTEN EVENING SONG Live-Stream
Thursday, March 18
9:15 AM & 11 AM Preschool Music class
4 - 5 PM Adult Confirmation / Refresh class
6 PM Church Council
Friday, March 19
9:45 AM Preschool Worship - The Greatest Commandment
Saturday, March 20
Lent 5
5 PM In-Person Worship service with Holy Communion
5 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
Sunday, March 21
Lent 5
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service with Holy Communion
Recorded worship service available
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The St. Luke Mid-Week GPS will be sent to you by email Tuesday afternoon. It will contain information and Zoom links on St. Luke's Wed. and Thurs. activities and worship services.
Please check your email inbox; don't miss it.
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 Horizon Newsletter
March 2021 edition
Please click HERE for the newsletter.Paper copies are available at the church and church office.
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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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 Sanctuary Candle
Given by Alison Schuler, “in memory of my husband, Lyman Sandy, and my parents, Irma & Richard Schuler” |
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St. Luke Lutheran Church
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fourth weekend in Lent
March 13/14, 2021
St. Luke RADIANT
(In Person and E-worship)
“As Moses lifted up the serpent, in the wilderness,
So must the Son of Man be lifted up.” John 3:14
St Luke Lutheran Church
9100 Menaul Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87112
505-299-2621 Email: StLuke@thuntek.net
Find our Livestream online, March 13, 5 pm MST, at:
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.
Click HERE for the weekend's bulletin.
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Altar Flowers for Easter
If you would like to help adorn the church altar with orchid plants on Easter, please submit your donation and (optional) dedication to the church office by 3:30 PM, Thursday, March 25. You may submit your donation and dedication with your regular offering. Donation: $13 a plant.
If you are donating online, you may send your dedication to the church office via email at stluke@thuntek.net, You may take your plants with you after the Easter Sunday service or pick them up Tues.-Fri. after Easter (Easter Monday is holiday for church office).
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DO YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THE HOLY LAND?
Music Director Pauleta would like to use some Holy Land pictures for the Easter Virtual Choir Video. Please drop her a note: musicdirector@stlukeabq.org
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Elders Alive!
St. Patrick's Day: A Search for Meaning
Tuesday, March 16
1:00 PM on Zoom
We have called this wide-ranging look at St. Patrick’s Day, “St. Patrick’s Day: A Search for Meaning”… It is a look beyond what you remember from elementary school. Is there something worth thinking about seriously on March 17?
How did St. Patrick’s Day come into being? Why does it continue to be celebrated in various places around the world? What is the particular meaning of the day for us as Americans?
Come join Elders Alive for a deeper look at this holiday than you might expect. Contact Judy Moore at EldersAlive@stlukeABQ.org to participate.
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 1 Corinthians & The Cross Roads of Life
An 8-week class & discussion group
Led by Pastor Wayne
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St. Luke ABQ KIDS
Radiant Salt & Light
Interactive; for Ages 3 - 12
Wednesdays via ZOOM
at 5 - 6 PM
BIBLE Story explorations through Song (including Rainbow Trail Lutheran Bible Camp songs), Science, Crafts, Games, and Blessings of St. Luke ABQ intergenerational friends & family.
Contact Pastor Christa at pastorchristaABQ@gmail.com or Holly Trujillo for more information. New children/families always welcome.
Theme for March 17: Nicodemus |
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8 - Week Adult
Confirmation / Refresh Class
For those new to St Luke or new or returning to the Christian / Lutheran faith
Thursdays
February 4 - March 25
4:00 - 5:00 PM, on Zoom
Contact Pastor Christa at pastorchristaABQ@gmail.com
2021 Frolic Baby Baptism Club
Using the Frolic First Bible (for parents & babies, birth-age 3)
Fourth Thursday
5:30 - 6 PM on Zoom
Big people sharing time; highs & lows with baby; baby Bible songs; Bible story and Frolic Bible activities
Topic on March 25: ABRAHAM & SARAH
Contact: PastorChristaABQ@gmail.com
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 Lenten Evening Song
Wednesdays in Lent
6:30 – 7:00 PM
In-Person and Live Streamed Please join St. Luke ABQ Church for our 30 minute Wednesday Lenten Compline services, featuring short first-person dramas by “Five of the Followers”.
Join us, on-line or in-person, for community
in Scripture, Song, Meditation & Prayer.
- March 17th – Nicodemus (John 3:1-21). "Nicodemus," presented by Brent Meyer
- March 24th – A Woman at the Passover (John 12:20-36). "A Woman at the Passover," presented by Susan Terry
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 St. Luke Women's GATHER Bible Study
Tuesday, March 23, 10 AM via Zoom
"JOURNEYS WITH ANGELS"
Winter 2021 Bible Study in Gather Magazine
Author: Pastor Christa
Topic for March: Comforting, encouraging, protecting angels
Click here for the video that Pastor Christa created for the MARCH session. Look for another video to come in April. For more information, copy of the study, and Zoom link, please contact Bev Berardinelli at WomensBibleStudy@stlukeABQ.org |
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Lutheran Family Services (LFS)
Orientation / Volunteer Training
 Thursday, March 25,
6:30 PM, on Zoom
Pastors Wayne & Christa and our God's Work Our Hands committee is inviting you to use your talents & gifts to assist refugees and asylees which LFS is currently supporting. Opportunities to serve: teaching financial literacy; English as Second Language; vocational training, mentoring, assisting with employment procedures, etc. If interested, contact Pastor Wayne at pastorwayneABQ@gmail.com.
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 St. Luke Preschool
For information and/or enrollment,
contact preschool at stlukesc@thuntek.net
or at 505.292.8812. 
Click here for a virtual tour of St Luke Preschool. |
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Bucket of Change 
Your donation in March will go to Steelbridge Ministries in Albuquerque which provides meals and a program that incorporates counseling, behavioral health services, spiritual guidance and other solutions to break the cycles of poverty, addiction and trauma. It’s a win when a resident graduates from the 6-12 month program with a stable employment, a home, a church home, and ready to integrate smoothly back into the community.
We may place our offerings for the BUCKET OF CHANGE in the bucket at church, 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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Friends of St. Luke Preschool
To make a contribution to the preschool, send your check via postal mail or go online at StLukeABQ.org; click the GIVE NOW button, and select FRIENDS OF THE PRESCHOOL SUPPORT FUND. Thank you for your support.
The Storehouse Food Pantry in Albuquerque
Serving our neighbors who are
in need of food
Please place your gifts of canned fish/meat & other non-perishable foods in the green barrel by the elevator. You may also contribute financially. Make your check payable to St Luke & write "Storehouse" on the memo line or contribute online at StLukeABQ.org. All financial gifts will be forwarded to The Storehouse.
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Prayers of St. Luke Church Family
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
- Romans 12:15
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For Those Who Mourn
We pray for Kevin (Patty) Wagner and sister Phyllis Colyer and family as they mourn for Kevin's brother-in-law Rich (who was like a father to Kevin) and was laid to rest in Pennsylvania on Mar. 8; Karen & Terri Reck and their families on the death of their mother Leona Reck on Mar. 3 (memorial service will be held at St. Luke at a later date); Sue Walters (wife), grandchildren Halen & Albrecht, and daughter-in-law Andrea & other family members on the death of Ed Walters on Mar. 4; Nancy Granert on the death of spouse Geffin on Mar. 2; and Leah Coughenour & family on the death of husband Richard on Feb. 18 (funeral arrangements are pending).
For Those in Need of Strength, Help, Healing, Comfort
We pray for Rosie Johnson (recently hospitalized friend of Bev Berardinelli), her daughter Alice and friend Dede; Sylvie (grandmother of one of our preschoolers); Audrey & Charlotta (friends of Mary Voelz); Polly Brodbeck (recently hospitalized); Daleen Olson; Richard Peters & family (cousins of Daleen Olson); Pastor Julie LaHam; Ernesto (Dorela Cole's grandson); Richard (friend of Marina Mauney); John & Joyce; Theresa (daughter of Sally Meeks); Rick; Marv Plugge; Audrey, George & Millie Brewer & daughter Kristie; Carrie; Janis & Ray; Bill & Mary Ann Arnold; Bonnie Paine; Ray; Bill; Roger (son of Magda Renteria).
We pray for homebound members: Melda Burns, Billie Cooper, Dottie Donohoe, Karin Duda, Phoebe English, Lucille Few, Howard Romme, Lois Sherwood, Ardys Theophillus, Donald Vlasaty.
We pray for all students in schools, online learning or in-person, especially for our St. Luke Preschool and Director Lori Erven for continued health and wellness of staff, students and their families.
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We lift up in prayer our pastors Christa & Wayne as they minister to us. (God said, “And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.” – Jeremiah 3:15).
We lift up in prayer our church leaders - the Council.
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For the Wider Church
We pray for Texas -Louisiana Lutheran synods; Luther House Campus Ministry at UNM campus; Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque; Navajo Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, AZ; and missionaries sent by God all over the world.
We pray for all Christian churches, especially St. Luke & Camino de Vida; the persecuted church; and the churches & citizens of Myanmar, that they maintain a peaceful, yet persistent, witness for the end of military rule, release of political prisoners, and the return of a freely elected government.
For Our Country
We pray for more rain/snow in New Mexico and for our farmers; for our oil & gas industry and for the livelihoods & public education that depend on it. We pray for those who are affected by severe weather conditions, especially in Texas and south eastern states.
We pray for first responders, medics and food growers / transporters / grocers.
We pray for our military and government. We pray for God's will and for the preservation of our freedom & US 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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Holy Week & Easter at St. Luke
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ELCA Rite of Individual Confession & Forgiveness
During Holy Week
Opportunities for personal confession with Pastor Wayne. Please contact the church office at 299-2621 or stluke@thuntek.net.
Palms & Easter Packet Pick Up
Drive-in pick up at St. Luke's west parking lot
Saturday, March 27,
from 10 AM to 12 PM
Palm and Easter packets (with bulletins for Easter Vigil & Easter Sunday service, pre-filled juice & wafer communion cups, & beeswax candles) for those unable to attend in-person worship.
Passion/Palm Worship Services
Saturday, March 27, at 5 PM
In-person at St. Luke and live-streaming
Sunday, March 28,
at 10:30 AM
In-person at St. Luke
Holy Thursday
April 1 at 6:30 PM
In-person at St. Luke and Live-streaming
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Good Friday: Tenebrae Service
April 2 at 6:30 PM
In-person at St. Luke and Live-streaming
A recording of the Stations of the Cross will be available on the St. Luke website: stlukeABQ.org
Easter Vigil
Saturday, April 3, at 7:45 PM
In-person at St. Luke and Live-streaming
Following sundown, begin with gathering on steps outside Narthex, around fire pit, followed by procession into Sanctuary for Candlelight service beginning at 8:00 PM. Includes traditional elements of Ancient Easter Vigil: lighting of the Paschal candle, multiple Scripture readings, proclamation of the Gospel, and Affirmation of Baptism (we have 3 Adult Affirmation of Baptism candidates.
If you or anyone you know is not yet baptized and would like to receive the sacrament of Holy Baptism at this special service, please contact Pastor Christa at pastorchristaABQ@gmail.com or call the church office at 299-2621 as soon as possible.
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EASTER SUNDAY
April 4 at 10:30 AM
In-Person and Live-Streaming
Please note: Based on our current seating in our Nave and to ensure we follow physical distancing requirements between persons who are not from the same household, it is necessary to limit our in-person worship attendance to no more than 75. We believe this is sufficient to accommodate those wishing to attend worship in-person based on our recent attendance data during this pandemic.
To assist us in our planning, please contact the church office if you plan to bring guests with you to Easter Sunday worship. We thank you very much.
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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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