12.26.2021
THIS WEEKEND CONNECTIONS BOOKSTORE OPEN SUNDAYS • 9AM - NOON CONNECTION CENTERS OUTSIDE THE SANCTUARY & ROBERTSON CHAPEL Stop by the Connection Centers to get your questions answered, sign up for groups, serving opportunities, and events, and learn about ways to connect here. RESTLESS CHILD AREA GATHERING AREA (LEFT OF SANCTUARY) & CENTRAL PASSAGE Enjoy our live services in these spaces if your child needs a break during worship. DONUTS & COFFEE FELLOWSHIP HALL • 10AM – NOON After service come meet new people while grabbing a coffee and donut.
END-OF-YEAR GIFTS & PLEDGES
END OF YEAR GIFTS All checks to be processed and posted to a contribution record for the current year should be given to St. Luke’s finance office or postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 2021. All donations or gifts postmarked after that date are not legally taxdeductible for 2021. The church office will be closed December 25 – January 3, and will likely be open January 4, 2022.
THERE’S STILL TIME TO PLEDGE We are close to our pledge goal of $4,885,000. If you have not submitted your pledge, please know how important it is in assisting our Finance Committee in finalizing our 2022 budget. To return your pledge you can mail in or drop off the physical card that was mailed to your home, call it in to 317-846-3404, or submit it electronically at stlukesumc.com/give.
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NEW YEAR’S EVE LABYRINTH WALK FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 • 5PM • FELLOWSHIP HALL Usher in the New Year with a time of remembering 2021 and looking forward to 2022. Perhaps choose a word for 2022 and contemplate how that word will be evidenced in your life as you walk. If you have never walked a labyrinth, someone will be present to introduce you to the practice. Vaccination required. Registration is not required. GROUPS & CLASSES BEGINNING IN JANUARY • IN-PERSON & ONLINE We have a lot happening around St. Luke’s in the new year and we’d love for you to join us. Check out our new and improved Group Finder at stlukesumc.com/ group-finder to search by day, topic, and class or group type. You’ll see that we have something for everyone. So no matter your age, life stage, church experience, or interest, we have you covered! Here’s a sneak preview of what we have coming up: CLASSES GROUPS Black Authors Book Club Community Yoga Brian McLaren hosts Learning Exploring Religion and Mysticism How to See Podcast Friends in Faith DivorceCare Healing Under Grief Support (HUGS) God Talk Lenten Small Groups Gospel Music 101 Mindful Community Great Books Christians Love to New Earth Book Study Read & Discuss New Perspectives GriefShare “On Being” Sunday Discussion Group Immersion Bible Study: Ezekiel/ Pastor’s Book Study Daniel Richard Rohr’s Meditation Lifelong Learners Discussion Group Intro to the Bible Single Parents Group Making Sense of the Bible Studio 3 Art Ministry Open Circle Sunrise Book Study Steps: A Faith Journey Thursday Women’s Book Study Subversive Witness Tuesday Women’s Spiritual Book Study The God Nobody Knows Young Adults Gathering The Walk White Too Long
WINTER SUMMIT SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 • 9AM • IN-PERSON & ONLINE We’re excited to invite you to our annual Winter Leadership Summit. This year, we’ll be looking ahead five years out to see what’s in store for St. Luke’s and how you can be involved. This year’s event will be both in-person and online, and we do ask that you register in advance at stlukesumc.com. Take a look at the schedule of events. DREAMKEEPERS PANEL MONDAY, JANUARY 17 • 11AM • ZOOM Join St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Monday, January 17 as we honor the legacy and the lessons of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in our second annual DreamKeepers panel discussion. This gathering of justice thought leaders will explore the ways in which King’s call for equity and anti-racism translates to economic, educational, political, and community development initiatives today. Register at stlukesumc.com/events to sign up and receive the Zoom link. YOUNG ADULTS GATHERING THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 • 7M • DOUGHNUTS AND DRAGONS Join up with other Young Adults from St. Luke’s and the Indy community to have fun, make new connections, and enjoy some yummy donuts. This month we’ll be hosting a very important conversation about Covid and grief. Rev. Regina Proctor will be here to answer questions and present helpful information during this time. You do not need to register. We encourage you to bring a friend! MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITE NIGHT: GAME FRENZY FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 • 6:30PM • THE LODGE Invite Night is an on-campus event with crazy themes open to 5th-8th graders and their friends in the community. We always have snacks, worship, teaching, and shenanigans all evening long! This fun party will include food, candy, games, and time to hang out with your friends. The cost is only $5 but guests are FREE! If you are a guest, just leave the payment section in the registration blank. Registration is strongly encouraged but we will always accept walk-ins! Signup at stlukesumc.com/students. HIGH SCHOOL INVITE NIGHT: GAME FRENZY SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 • 5PM • THE LODGE Invite Night is an on-campus event with crazy themes open to 9th-12th graders and their friends in the community. We always have snacks, worship, teaching, and shenanigans all evening long! This fun party will include food, candy, games, and time to hang out with your friends. The cost is only $5 but guests are FREE! If you are a guest, just leave the payment section in the registration blank. Registration is strongly but we will always accept walk-ins! Signup at stlukesumc.com/students.
CONDOLENCES
To Laura McMaster (member) and Ellen and Brian Hostetler (members) on the death of their mother Cecelia Hamric.
TRADITIONAL ORDER OF WORSHIP Prelude | Dr. Charles Goehring, organ
Welcome & Call To Worship | Luke 2:8-14 | Rev. Eric Burton-Krieger and Rev. Mindie Moore Opening Hymn | Hark the Herald Angels Sing #240 Responsive Litany | Rev. Mindie Moore Leader: Glory to you, God who came to us in Christ Jesus. ALL: Your love for us is the Angel’s story and our story as well. Leader: You O God are with us. And we tell this story every year to remind ourselves of that. ALL: For we need to be reminded that you don’t give up on us. Leader: In Christ is our hope, our peace, our joy and the fullest picture of love. ALL: It is in Jesus that we know the power of a light in our darkness. A light that never dims. Song | God Is Prayer Time and the Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Announcements Call for Offering Offertory Song | Go Tell It on the Mountain Scripture Reading Message | Rev. Erin Burton-Krieger Closing Hymn | Go Tell It on the Mountain Benediction | Rev. Erin Burton-Krieger Postlude
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