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WELCOME! WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE! Thank you for registering your attendance and passing the attendance pad along your pew. New guests will learn more about us in our “New Here” brochure in the pew backs and find a gift for you at the Welcome Center. CONNECT HERE Please stop by the Connect Here booth outside of the Sanctuary or outside of Robertson Chapel for information on Small Groups, classes and ways to serve. PRAYER CONCERNS Share prayer concerns on Prayer cards in your pew pockets and place them in the offering plate – or find the “Prayer Request” link at stlukesumc.com. Pastors are available for prayer after each service. CARING FOR ST. LUKE’S Hospitalized? Please call Laura Marine at 317-846-3404 or send an email to stlukescares@stlukesumc.com, so we can care for you.
CONNECTIONS BOOKSTORE HOURS Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:30AM – 1:30PM; Sunday 8:30AM – 12:30PM RESTLESS CHILD AREA Enjoy our live services at the east end of the Gathering Area or in the Central Passage, if your child needs a break during worship. PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN We provide childcare and Sunday School for newborns through 4th-grade children. Register in the East Passage. Activity kits are at the Welcome Center for children in worship. Room 126 is equipped for nursing moms, with live streaming of worship. YOUNG ADULTS Join us for coffee & cookies outside the Chapel at 10:30AM or noon. YOUTH PROGRAMMING Incoming 5th – 8th Grade – Sundays, 9:30AM in the Great Hall. After worship and games, classes break out: 5th & 6th in Modge, 7th/Confirmation in GH, 8th in C124. 9th – 12th Grade – Sundays, 9:30AM in Luke’s Lodge. B-Stud – Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45PM in the Lodge. 5th-8th downstairs, 9th-12th upstairs. LEARN MORE For more information about activities, pick up a copy of our Fall catalog or visit stlukesumc.com.
WORSHIP ORDER Sunday | September 16, 2018
OPENING SONG CALL to WORSHIP Fran Wyatt
* WORSHIP PRAYER Rev. Nicole Caldwell-Gross
PRESENTATION of 3RD GRADE BIBLES ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFERING SCRIPTURE READING | Matthew 20:1-15 Stephen Hoskins (9:30AM) Kory Bickel (11AM)
MESSAGE | Generous Grace Rev. Regina Proctor (9:30AM) Rev. Rob Fuquay (11AM)
* WORSHIP * BENEDICTION
Today is Day 15 of this 86 days of prayer.
* standing, as able
God, you have plans to enable St. Luke’s to prosper. We pray with hope for our bright future during this time of transition. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WORSHIP...
COMMUNION ELEMENTS
The Prayer Chapel is available for communion this morning. Enter through the exterior door west of the main entrance. If you know of someone in a healthcare facility or homebound who would like to receive communion, please notify Mary Katherine at 317-846-3404 or schnitzm@stlukesumc.com.
CONNECT… COLTS WATCH PARTY | Today • Noon - 4PM • Great Hall St. Luke’s men are invited to watch the Colts play the Redskins today on the big screen! Lunch served at noon and snacks will be served during the game. Donations at the door. Join us for the game and find a place to connect this fall! WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE Join us for dinner from 5:15 – 6:15PM. No reservations needed; $5 per person, $20 max per family. Adult classes and children’s choir from 6:15 – 7:30PM. Childcare available.
ADULT CLASSES AND SMALL GROUPS Still looking for a way to connect? Stop by a Connect Here booth! It’s not too late to join classes or groups that have just begun: Disciple Bible Studies, Pastor’s Book Study, (Weds. 10AM: Mere Christianity, Jevon CaldwellGross) and Healing the World through Prayer. Additional Small Groups and Kitchen Table Groups also start soon.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT B-STUD | Wednesdays • 6:15 – 7:45PM Luke’s Lodge This youth Bible study is more relaxed than Sunday mornings and parents can enjoy a class at the same time! Come for dinner at 5:30! Heather Campbell leads Middle School; Travis Bannon leads High School. IF YOU KNEW ME, YOU’D LOVE ME CONCERT | September 22 • 4 – 6:30PM • Chapel and Great Hall Part of our Diverse Communities Series, the Ripple Effect based at Coalbush UMC in Mishawaka shares their challenging repertoire: hymns, jazz, musical theater, combined with personal stories of being misunderstood in our society. Join us for the concert and stay for dinner (each $10). YOUNG ADULT GAME NIGHT | September 23 • 6:30 – 8:30PM If you’re in your 20s or 30s, join us for board games as we connect and relax together. Contact Mindie Moore at moorem@stlukesumc.com for location and with questions.
CHURCH TOUR | September 25 • 6:30 – 7:30PM Join others to explore our facility with all of its nooks and crannies and learn a bit of our history as well. Childcare available. Register at stlukesumc.com. PUMPKIN DELIVERY | September 26 • 3 - 7PM • SW Parking Lot Calling all youth! Be sure to sign up to help unload the truck and sell pumpkins throughout the next month. We provide the supplies and dinner. Sign up online or contact Heather at campbellh@stlukesumc.com with questions. UMW RUMMAGE SALE Clean out those closets and drawers and know that you are supporting missions! Items large and small can be brought to the Great Hall September 26 - 28 (8AM-Noon). Do your own shopping on 9/28, 6-8PM (St. Luke’s members) or 9/29, 8AM – 2PM (Public Sale). To volunteer, email stlukesrummagesale@gmail.com
INVITE NIGHT – MISSION IMPOSSIBLE | September 28 6:30 – 9:30PM • Luke’s Lodge All 5th – 8th graders and friends are invited to a crazy evening that takes over the whole campus! We will build our own pizzas and enjoy shenanigans all evening. Dress in all black for this covert operation! $5 for St. Lukers, but guests are FREE! HOLLIDAY DRIVE If you are one of the many cars who leave on Sunday morning by driving down Holliday Drive, just west of the church, please remember to drive slowly through the neighborhood. There may be many children and grandchildren playing outside. Thanks for helping us be good neighbors!
SERVE… TUTORING AT FOX HILL ELEMENTARY Do you have one hour a week to tutor students in Kindergarten – 5th grade? Contact Tom Lange at tom.c.lange@gmail.com to find out more!
FALL FESTIVAL | October 28 • 5–7PM Calling all princesses, pirates and pumpkins! It’s time for Fall Festival. We need volunteers for hosts, candy, decorations, trunk or treat cars, parking lot attendants, craft table, game station and hot cider baristas. Please contact Andrea Leadford at Leadforda@stlukesumc.com or sign up stlukesumc.com. Family friendly costumes are HIGHLY encouraged! YOUTH SONG LEADER NEEDED | stlukesumc.com If you have a gift for music and want to volunteer to share that with our high schoolers on Sunday mornings, we need you! Contact Travis Bannon at bannont@stlukesumc.com for more information!
JOYS & CONCERNS CONDOLENCES TO:
The family and friends of Marjorie Harman
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
Caryle Stevens and Nick Ehlerding on their marriage, September 15
ST. LUKE’S AT WORSHIP TRADITIONAL | 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM Sanctuary CONTEMPORARY | 9:30 & 11AM Robertson Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE | 5PM Today • Robertson Chapel CONTACT US 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260 stlukesumc.com • 317-846-3404 info@stlukesumc.com Rev. Rob Fuquay Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger Rev. Jevon Caldwell-Gross Rev. Nicole Caldwell-Gross Rev. Regina Proctor Pastors in Formation: Kevin Davis and Mindie Moore