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Africa University Choir St. Luke’s will welcome the Africa University Choir to worship on June 9. We have had a long history of supporting AU through the years. Ten years ago, St. Luke’s funded a dormitory on the AU campus. Since then, St. Luke's continues to be the greatest giving congregation in Indiana to the University. We are excited to have the choir join us for worship, featuring students from various African countries. As part of their U.S. tour, the choir is serving as ambassadors for the University as they lay the foundation for a successful campaign to raise funds for AU to endow a faculty chair in Agriculture and to endow several student scholarships. On June 9, we will take a special offering to help achieve this goal. We look forward to a blessed morning of worship with the Africa University Choir.
JUNE 2013
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COMMUNION Stuff a Bus Summer Outreach Effort St. Luke's partnership with Fox Hill Elementary School has made us aware of the great need for school supplies and support services by students in the surrounding Washington Township schools, not just Fox Hill. Seventy-five percent of the students in the four Washington Township elementary schools closest to St. Luke’s qualify for free or reduced lunch. That is over 2,000 students in the area surrounding the church. In an effort to address this need, St. Luke’s will be hosting a “Back to School Extravaganza” on August 4. This event will provide schools supplies, clothing, food and other services to children in need. The goal is to provide a onestop shop where these families can find many of the items they need to get the school year off to a great start. Children get a huge boost to their self esteem when arriving at school the first day with a backpack full of supplies as opposed to being handed supplies by a counselor once they arrive. The kids in Washington Township are not supported by any of the other fundraising/school supply drives in the city. This is a large undertaking to collect schools supplies for over 2,000 students. So for our Summer Outreach project, we will "Stuff a Bus" in July! A Washington Township bus will be here to collect all the school supplies needed for the students. You can get involved by picking up a tag on Sunday morning starting June 16 (or in the church office) for one of the 2000 students who will not have a backpack to start school. If you work for a business that would like to participate, please let us know and we will bring the bus to you! Questions? Contact Buffy Perkins at buffyaperkins@sbcglobal.net or Jamalyn Peigh Williamson at williamsonj@stlukesumc.com.
CAR WASH On the morning of Sunday, June 16 teens from our Youth Ministry will run a Car Wash at St. Luke’s to benefit the Peru Mission Trip. Teens and adult leaders will be washing cars for ANY donation. You can drive your car through a washing station OR park it in the “wash while I worship” section to have it washed while you go to the church service! We hope to see you and your wheels on June 16.