September 30, 2018_Contemporary Worship Guide

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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 Connect 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 30, 2018

CALL to WORSHIP Matt Bays

* WORSHIP PRAYER Rev. Nicole Caldwell-Gross

ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL for OFFERING SCRIPTURE READING | 2 Corinthians 12:6-10 Brent Nibarger (9:30AM) Nate Montgomery (11AM)

MESSAGE | Keeping It Real Mindie Moore (9:30AM) Rev. Jevon Caldwell-Gross (11AM)

* WORSHIP * BENEDICTION POSTLUDE

Today is Day 29 of this 86 days of prayer.

* standing, as able

Lord God, I feel your presence at St. Luke’s. What a blessing!

May we answer your call to make St. Luke’s a community that welcomes everyone.

Amen.

To receive a daily text reminding you to pray for St. Luke’s, text “Pray” to 317-659-7990

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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CITY-WIDE TAIZÉ SERVICE | Today • 5 – 5:45PM • North UMC, 38th & Meridian Join this once-a-year event, when the four congregations who offer Taizé services come together for a joint service of chants, prayers, readings and silence.

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… VOTER REGISTRATION If you still need to register to vote, it doesn’t get any easier than this!

Stop by the table in the West Passage this morning to ensure that your voice is heard in the upcoming election. Registration deadline – 10/6.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE Join us for dinner from 5:15 – 6:15PM. No reservations needed; $5 per person, $20 max per family. Adult classes, youth Bible study and children’s choir from 6:15 – 7:30PM. Childcare available.

PUMPKIN SALES Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes are for sale in the southwest corner of the parking lot. Each Sunday we’ll have inflatables, hot cider and cocoa, snow cones, and other attractions at the patch! All proceeds help students attend mission trips, retreats and St. Luke’s activities. If you are in 5th – 12th grade and would like to sign up to earn scholarship money, sign up online or contact Travis at bannont@stlukesumc.com

MEN’S MONTHLY BREAKFAST | Oct. 6 • 8 – 9:30AM • Parlor Join this monthly gathering of men for breakfast, a devotional and conversation on living with purpose. No registration needed.

HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT OUT – INDY ELEVEN | October 6 • 5:30 – 9:30PM We will head to Lucas Oil Stadium to cheer on the hometown Indy Eleven and have a great time together! Invite your friends or join up with your small group. Transportation provided from St. Luke’s.

Register to join us at stlukesumc.com.

REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE PANEL – 4 VOICES | October 9 • 7 – 8:30PM • Fellowship Hall Join us for this panel that includes two local prosecutors and two mothers affected by local gun violence, who will discuss their experiences and ways for all of us to move from reaction to prevention.

Moderated by Pastor Rob.

STARTING POINT | October 14 • 10:45AM or 12:15PM • C115 Are you new to St. Luke’s? Learn more about us in 30 minutes, and leave with recommended steps to help you find your place within St. Luke’s. Childcare available.

SERVE… UMW FOOD DRIVE This semi-annual food drive supports local food pantries! Pick up a grocery bag in the West Passage, fill it with items listed and return by the end of October.

SERVANTS AT WORK (SAWS) This wheelchair ramp-building ministry installs 3 – 4 ramps on a typical Saturday morning. There are lots of different aspects of the builds that you can volunteer for; visit sawsramps.org to sign up.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BUILD | Oct. 13 – Nov. 10 Join the St. Luke’s effort to build a new home for Blanca and Vidal and their three children. Shifts available on Saturdays and Sundays.

Stop by the West Passage to learn more and leave your hand prints and message on a piece of dry wall that will be built into the home!

Stop by the West Passage today to learn more or sign up at vhub.at/ stlukesumc.

FEED EVERYONE Consider delivering food picked up at Trader Joe’s West 86th St. location, at 9:30AM on the second Sunday of each month and delivering it to Hoosier Veterans. Must be able to lift boxes and bags of food and have an SUV, truck or van. Contact Lori Chambers at lochambers@ sbcglobal.net if interested.

EMPLOYMENT AT ST. LUKE’S Looking for a great place to work or know of someone who would be a great addition to our staff? We currently have an opening for a parttime Organist. Job description at stlukesumc.com.

JOYS & CONCERNS CONGRATULATIONS TO: Don and Marguerite Moehn as they celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary.

CONDOLENCES TO: Family and friends of Sue Bahr.

Chuck and Sue Yotter on the loss of Chuck’s son-inlaw, Tom Werler.

ST. LUKE’S AT WORSHIP TRADITIONAL | 8:15, 9:30 & 11AM Sanctuary CONTEMPORARY | 9:30 & 11AM Robertson Chapel CONTEMPLATIVE TAIZÉ SERVICE | 5PM Third Sunday • 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