NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mass on the Grass and Blessing of the Pets:  In honor of the Feast of St. Francis, St. Luke’s will have an outdoor celebration of our Sunday Eucharist on October 5, 2008, at our usual time, 9:30 a.m., where all are invited to come to worship with our pets.  There will honor all of God’s Creation with individual blessings for each pet.  Please feel free to invite your friends and neighbors, bring a lawn chair for each human, and appropriate leashes and critter cages for those who might be shy or nervous around other people or animals.  Water and treats will be provided for the animals.  Feel free to bring a picnic lunch for after the service if you like and we will have drinks available.  There will be a Sunday School holiday that day, October 5. 

Camping Trip: Kerry Freeman and others are planning a camping trip for St. Luke’s parishioners and friends the weekend of November 7-9 to Hunting Island, SC. Participants will be responsible for their own camping gear with meals to be worked out in community.  Contact Kerry Freeman at freemanod@comcast.net for more detailed information and to sign up.

Middle School:  There will be a brief meeting of middle school parents and children after the dinner this Sunday, Sept 28, to talk about their participation in Crossfire Youth on Wednesday evenings. 

Nursery: St. Luke’s needs a kind and patient group of volunteers to be scheduled in a rotation (2 per Sunday) to care for children in the Nursery during our Sunday Eucharist worship service.  Each volunteer must complete the course “Safeguarding Our Children.” Please contact Tina Sheredy at CHYNNSHER@aol.com if you feel called to this important ministry.

Adult Christian Education Class will meet next after the service on October 12.  We will be discussing Chapters 6 and 7 of The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg, and asking the question “What is the Kingdom of God?”.  Please feel free to join us!

Stewardship Committee: If you are or intend to become a pledging member of our faith community, consider joining the Stewardship Committee, which will organize and coordinate our Fall Stewardship Campaign. For further information, contact Lloyd Johnson at (912) 233-1005 or at LloydAJohnson@comcast.net.

                                 ON GOING MINISTRIES AND INFORMATION

 Sunday School: Sunday School for children 3 years to 6^th grade will be held each Sunday after the 9:30 a.m. worship service.  The children are welcome at the celebration of the Eucharist and, if they are comfortable, to a children’s area at the front of the Sanctuary where Tina Sheredy will sit with them, offer quiet activities, and then lead them to their class in Godly Play after Communion and before the closing hymn.   They will be ready to depart around 11:20 a.m.  Parents are invited to attend with their children, or pick them up early if necessary.

 Pastoral Care: Our Minister, Rev. Dr. Ellen Richardson, is available for pastoral care and may be reached at (cell) (912) 660-0151. If you do not get an immediate answer, please leave a voice message, identifying you are from St. Luke’s with your phone number, and your call will be returned ASAP. Her personal email address is docrichardson@bellsouth.net    for less urgent matters.

 Service Ministries: If you are interested in serving St. Luke’s as an acolyte, usher, LEM, Sunday school teacher, greeter, intercessor or lector, or host for Coffee Hour, please contact Tina Sheredy at Chynnsher@aol.com.

 Prayer List: Please email any changes or corrections to our Prayer List to stlukeschurch@alltel.net or Marye48@gamil.com with “Prayer List” as the subject, or call Marye Pope at (912) 826-4104 or (cell phone) (912) 657-4103. PLEASE, also, let us know when someone can be removed from the list, so we may give thanks.

 Parish Directory: If you would like to add your name to our Parish Directory or update any information, please visit the bulletin board in the Narthex and make your changes on the posted copy or email any changes to Lloyd Johnson at LloydAJohnson@cmcast.net.

 Outreach: The food baskets to the left of the Church doors benefit Manna House in Rincon and our Backpack Ministry, which assists family’s in need at Guyton Elementary School. Please donate non-perishable food to these important outreach ministries. (No canned or glass goods for the backpacks, please.). For further information contact Helen Hyde at (912) 728-9233 or at hgkhyde@yahoo.com  Please, see lists in Narthex for a list of needs.

   Episcopal Millennium Development Goals: (MDG): The water jug in the Narthex collects money for the MDG; a global effort to eradicate poverty, to empower women and to provide universal education for children.  If you would like to recycle your aluminum cans (or airplane parts), bring them to St. Luke’s for our recycling saint to turn them in for cash, which then goes into the MDG jug.