Regular Worship Schedule
Sundays - 8:00 and 10:30 a.m.
Childcare at the late service
Both services are livestreamed at StLucasLCMS.org/livestream.
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THIS SUNDAY'S WORSHIP
A Life of Sacrifice
John 20:19-31
Led by Seminarian Tyler Simmons, we will be diving into what the Christian life of sacrifice looks like, and how Jesus gives us hope as we struggle with the sacrifices in our own lives.
Click here for the worship folders, to register your online worship and to line to the livestream.
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IN OUR PRAYERS
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We praise God for the baptism of the Sesay children last Sunday and pray for their continued growth in the faith as they become All-In Disciples for Christ!
We pray for healing for:
- Joyce Kolnik, home from hip replacement surgery last week
- Earl Willenbrock, Sr., released to rehab
- Ron Solovic, brother of Vicki Pritchett, recovering from COVID
We offer our praises to God for the wonderful blessings He granted to our Holy Week worship.
- For the privilege of inviting the community to experience the love of Christ
- For His gathering many people to hear the Gospel proclaimed by our congregation
To request prayer, go to the Prayer Page on our website. You can indicate if you want the prayers to be confidential or included in the Sunday prayers and/or the e-news. You also can sign up to be a Prayer Partner.
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WELCOME TO ST. LUCAS
Sesay Family
We joyfully welcome the Sesay family to our midst! Mother, Mavis, is originally from Ghana, West Africa. Her children, Nanama, Akosua, Paayaw, and Jibril were welcomed into the Christian Church through Baptism this past Sunday at our Easter celebration at the late service. The family connected to St. Lucas through the Early Childhood Center, in which Jibril is enrolled.
When you see them next, be sure to warmly welcome this wonderful family to our church.
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THANK YOU, CHURCH!
It's impossible to sufficiently express our thanks to God and the dedicated volunteers, too numerous to mention, who made our Holy Week observances so well-done and meaningful.
All our worship services and other events required so much hard work and dedication; St. Lucas met the challenge. We are blessed with great talent and the willingness to use it for Christ's Kingdom.
We thank:
- Our musicians and other participants and volunteers for using their gifts to enhance our worship services
- The outreach workers and elders, who made scores of contacts to encourage attendance
- The volunteers at the Egg Hunt for a fabulous event, and
- The Men's Club for the delicious breakfast and many others!
Pastor Larson
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Join us for for a Coffee Tawlk on the All-In Disciple Habit of Generosity. We'll just "tawlk amongst ourselves," "No big whoop." Yes, there will be refreshments.
Check out this video!
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COFFEE TAWLK ON GENEROSITY
April 23, 9:15 in the Gym
Please join us for the All-In Discipleship Coffee Tawlk discussion on Generosity, Sunday, April 23 at 9:15 a.m. in the gym at St. Lucas. Hosted by Carol Miksad, it will be a casual, informal, and friendly discussion on what it means to be an All-In Giver. As always, there will be a light breakfast served! You won't want to miss it!
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ALL-IN GENEROSITY
We have a God that is in the multiplication business! His math is entirely different than our math – He takes what we offer and turns it into more than we can ever imagine. With God at the helm, we can be generous; we don’t need to worry that God will stop providing for us. We trust His promise to take care of us; He will multiply the bread and fish just as He did in Luke 9:16-17 when we put our trust in Him. When we give to the Lord, He brings forth an abundance.
All-In Generosity begins with the understanding that what we give is not really “ours”. Everything we are and have belongs to God. He is the owner of all things. We are simply stewards of what God entrusts to our management. As All-In Disciples, we give cheerfully, proportionately, regularly, and sacrificially.
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SUNDAY MORNING BIBLE CLASS
Sundays, 915 a.m.
Book of Zechariah: Pointing to Christ
The Sunday Morning Bible Class is studying the Book of Zechariah, second to last book of the Old Testament. This book predicts, with stunning accuracy, God's plan of salvation through the coming Messiah, Jesus. Join us for this remarkable book.
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SELC LWML MONTHLY BIBLE STUDY
April 20, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Your SELC Lutheran Woman’s Missionary League (LWML) would like to invite all ladies to our monthly Bible Study on April 20th at 9:30 a.m. Christ the King, Lodi, OH, will host the Bible Study
We will have a "Social Time" to get to know one another followed by the Lutheran Woman’s Quarterly Bible Study “God’s Chosen People – Yesterday and Today. It is available in the Spring magazine which you may have all received recently but it can also be found here: https://www.lwml.org/bible-studies-quarterly. Please read through the Bible Study before our meeting as we are limited on time.
See Carol Miksad for the Zoom Link.
Hope to see you! If you know anyone who would be interested in the Bible Study that we have not included in this email, please forward the information to them.
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ST. LUCAS WORK DAY
April 29, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
A church-wide cleanup and work day is planned for April 29, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. A wonderful barbeque lunch will be served for all volunteers!
A job list will be made available in the narthex after Holy Week. You will be able to indicate which job you would like to do.
In 2022, we had 38 wonderful volunteers participate! Contact Mark Dunajcik for more information.
Click here for list of jobs
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
June 5-9 9:00 a.m. - noon
SAVE THE DATE! Vacation Bible School is right around the corner. Mark your calendars for June 5-9, from 9:00 a.m. until noon each day. STELLAR * Shine Jesus’ Light will launch kids on a cosmic quest where they’ll have a blast shining Jesus’ light to the world. Stellar rockets kids on an out-of-this-world adventure that’s light years of faith-building fun.
As always, we need lots of volunteers to make this wonderful ministry a success. The volunteers' availability changes each year as jobs/school/circumstances change, and we are especially looking for volunteers this year. Please contact Cindy Riley at (314) 249-6036 or at rileyvacation@hotmail.com if you would love to help kids explore the galaxy and learn how Jesus shined his light into our world to bring hope, love, forgiveness, and joy!
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Pregnancy Help Center Collection
Parish Nurses are sponsoring a collection for a charity known as Hand 'N Hand, a pregnancy help center. Hand ‘N Hand also offers an eight-week abortion recovery program for women of all ages who are struggling with a past abortion decision.
- In April, we are collecting baby powder, baby oil, and baby lotion.
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ECC NEWS
Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed!
Hallelujah!
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SHEPHERD'S WATCH
Childcare for the 10:30 a.m. service
Does attending church with energetic children give you pause? God gave you the gift of a child, so let us give you the gift of childcare! Bring your children, ages 3 until ready for "big church, to the preschool classroom.
Let us serve you, while you worship the Lord.
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This sale will be held in the Word of Life gymnasium (6535 Eichelberger St., St. Louis, MO 63109). Visit https://ascensionstl.com/plants for details and to download an order form. Contact Karen Hilkerbaumer at (314) 378-2977 or Julie Headrick at (314) 258-2169 with questions or to volunteer.
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LUTHERAN SOUTH GROUNDBREAKING
Wed., May 3, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
Lutheran South is pleased to announce the groundbreaking for the school's $18 million Center for the Arts. Please join us on Wednesday, May 3 when the festivities will begin with a chapel service at 11:00 a.m. in the gym followed by the official groundbreaking ceremony outside.
The school's Center for the Arts will include a 600+ seat theater, art studio, and music room. In addition to performances, the new auditorium will be used for school assemblies and worship. The project will add a new lobby and entrance to the school, located at 9515 Tesson Ferry Rd. Please join us for this momentous occasion! RSVP at bit.ly/LuSoGroundbreaking
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LWML - SELC SPRING RALLY
Zion Lutheran Church, Norridge, IL
May 20, 2023
You are invited to attend the LWML-SELC District Spring Rally at Zion Lutheran Church in Norridge, Illinois on Saturday, May 20, 2023. The registration will be at 9:30 a.m. with a Coffee Hour. The cost is $6.00.
The schedule is as follows:
- 10:00 a.m. Bible study presented by Rev. Michael Croon
- 11:00 a.m. Discussion on future plans and question and answer period on how the LWML - SELC operates.
- 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch
- 12:30 p.m. Ingathering of Gifts from the Heart for a Veterans' Home. These include men's tee shirts, white crew socks, diabetic socks medium and large boxer shorts, handkerchiefs, and large print playing cards.
We hope that you will be able to join us. Please contact Sharron Schademann by May 1st with the number that will be attending from your church. Her number is (847) 814-6660 or s.schademann@icloud.net
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RED HAT MEETING
Sunday April 16
Red Hat this Sunday. Meeting April 16th, at noon, at CAFE’ NOVA located 5611 South Kingshighway, St Louis Missouri.
If you are interested, please contact Myrna Land, landmyrna3@me.com or
(314)845-9678. Text 314-756-3224.
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Birthdays
19 - Myrna Land
Dennis Lee
Kamron Schlesselman
22 -Tiffany Adams
Barbara Schmaltz
Wyatt Bishop, ECC Child
Anniversaries
16 - Dave & Stacey Wellman 35 years
21 - Michael & Teresa Schuster
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The Church Council meeting has been moved to Monday April 17th
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Calendar for the Week of April 16, 2023
This Lord's Day (Easter Sunday)
Worship 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (Both livestreamed)
Bible Class, Sunday School, Faith for Life 9:15 a.m.
Red Hats Meeting, after late service
Monday- Council Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday - Children's Chapel - 9:30 a.m.
Thursday - LWR Quilting - 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Next Lord's Day
Worship - 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (Both livestreamed)
Coffee Tawlk, Sunday School - 9:15 a.m.
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Our Response to God's Love
Attendance Maundy Thursday 4/6 -41, Offerings: $215.00
Good Friday 4/7 - 78, Offerings: $1065.00
Attendance 4/9: Sunday: 7:30 - 52, 10:30 - 130, Total - 182.
Offerings: Week of 4/9: Plate Offering - $187.77, Envelopes - $8330.00, Gift to Church - $135.00, Miscellaneous Refund - $572.56, ECC Use of Facilities - $500.00, TOTAL- $9725.33
Gifts to Church in Memory of Susan Rueker, Allan Belko, Easter Gift to Church, Phil & Carol Miksad
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