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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 27
Eve of Passion/Palm Sunday
10 AM - 12 Drive-in Pick up of palms and Easter packets at the west parking lot - available for those unable to attend in-person worship
5 PM In-Person Worship service of palms and reading of Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
5 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
Holy Week: March 28 - April 3
Sunday, March 28
Passion/Palm Sunday
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service of palms and reading of Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
***Recorded worship service available
Tuesday, March 30
9:45 AM Preschool Worship - The Great Commandment
5PM Wellness Special meeting
Wednesday, March 31
12 PM Deadline: items for St. Luke GPS April 3 - 11 edition
5 - 6 PM Kids' Salt & Light
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6:30 PM In-Person Worship service IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
6:30 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
6:30 PM In-Person Tenebrae service IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
6:30 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Tenebrae service
Recording of the Stations of the Cross available on the St. Luke website: stlukeABQ.org
Saturday, April 3
Easter Vigil
7:45 PM In-Person Worship & Candlelight service IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
7:45 PM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
Easter Sunday, April 4
The Resurrection of Our Lord
8:15 AM In-Person Worship service IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
8:15 AM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
10:30 AM In-Person Worship service IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL
10:30 AM Simultaneous Live-streamed Worship service
Easter Monday, April 5
Church office closed
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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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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, still maintaining social distancing & wearing masks.
* The Youth room (across the hall) is 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
Palm/Passion Sunday
March 27/28, 2021
St. Luke RADIANT
(In Person and E-worship)
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Holy Week & Easter at St. Luke
All in-person worship services will be held in the Fellowship Hall
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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 Noon
Palm and Easter packets (with bulletins for Palm/Passion service & Easter Sunday service,
pre-filled juice & wafer communion cups, & beeswax candles) for those unable to attend in-person worship. We also have special Easter packets for kids.
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
Recorded worship service available
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 outside the Fellowship Hall around a fire pit, followed by procession into the Fellowship Hall for the Candlelight service.
** Service 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 three Adult Affirmation of Baptism candidates.
** Easter Sunday Packets containing bulletins, communion sets and beeswax candles are available for those unable to attend in-person worship. If you were unable to pick them up during the drive-up on March 27th, please contact the church office.
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, 2021
8:15 AM and 10:30 AM
The Resurrection of Our Lord
In-Person in Fellowship Hall and Live-Streaming
- To accommodate what we expect to be higher attendance than normal on Easter Sunday we are having two services for Easter Sunday. We will provide Easter kits to any that we may need to turn away if capacity limitations are met (currently 56).
- To assist us in our planning, please let the Church Office know (via email at stluke@thuntek.net, or phone call at 299-2621), if you plan to bring guests with you to Easter Sunday Worship.
- Due to some of the added tasks for ushers and to clean/sanitize the Fellowship Hall between Easter Sunday services, we will need additional volunteers to assist at each service and between services. If you are able to help in this capacity, please contact the Church office.
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* Prayer concerns & celebrations
* Holy Communion (prepare your own bread & wine/grape juice)
Our host is Christ, and all are welcome!
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St. Luke ABQ KIDS Radiant Salt & Light
Interactive; for Ages 3 - 12
Wednesdays on 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 31: Holy Week (crosses ... Easter eggs)
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83812618400
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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/.
DO YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF HOLY LAND? Music Director Pauleta would like to use some Holy Land pictures for the Easter Virtual Choir Video. Please drop her a note at MusicDirector@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.
WE HAVE AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER It is available to anyone who needs it and can make arrangements to pick it up. Please contact the church office at 299-2621 or stluke@thuntek.net
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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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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 Kate & Alex Roesler & children Ben & Summer on the death of Belle Burnett Grill, Kate's mother, on Mar. 19; 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; and Nancy Granert on the death of spouse Geffin on Mar. 2.
For Those in Need of Strength, Help, Healing, Comfort
We pray for Karen, recovering from surgery (friend of Mary Voelz); Rosie Johnson (friend of Bev Berardinelli), her daughter Alice and friend Dede; Sylvie (grandmother of one of our preschoolers); Charlotta (friend 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; and for all children separated from their loved ones.
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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 Lutheran Family Services in Albuquerque; Luther House NM/CNM; 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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From Your Church Council
council@stlukeABQ.org
2021 Annual Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly
April 29-May 1, 2021
St. Luke is allowed two voting delegates from our membership to participate in the Synod Assembly. We have one volunteer but still need one more church member to be a voting delegate. The meeting will be held via Zoom, so you can attend through the comfort of your own home. It is a rewarding experience and an opportunity to see for yourself how involved the Rocky Mountain Synod is in spreading God's word. If you have an interest, please contact Angie at the church office for more information. Thank you.
Information from the Council meeting held on
Thursday, March 18, 2021
1) March Agenda - click HERE for the document
2) February 2021 Council Minutes - click HERE for the document
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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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St. Luke Choir
