Today: August 7th, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am In-person
9:30 am In-person Service & (Livestream)
Coffee hour
Calendar Week: Aug. 8th – 12th
Monday: 8th – Staff meeting 9:30am; St. Luke Fund 6:00pm TBA; Council 7:00pm
Tuesday: 9th – Pericope 9:30am Lib.
Thursday: 11th –Outreach 10:00am
Friday:12th – Blood Drive 1:00pm -6:00pm BH
Next Sunday: August 14th, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 am In-person
9:30 am In-person Service & (Livestream)
Serving in August
Altar Care: Cindy Belles
Ushers: Bill Merkel & Mark Bergren
Aug. 7th Lector: Marilyn Eshleman; Comm. Helpers: Marilyn Eshleman & Charles Mahler
Aug. 14th Lector: Susan Horn; Comm. Helpers: Dan Lamade & Patty Durand
Aug. 21st Lector: Charles Mahler; Comm. Helpers: Marilyn Eshleman & Charles
Aug. 28th Lector: Cheryl Newburg; Comm. Helpers: Nancy Wood & TBA
SERVING If you would like to help serve in our 8:00 am or10:30 am worship service(s), please contact Diane Kohler at 570-419-7085 or email kohlerdede@gmail.com or Pastor Jeff at 570-323-7309.
USHERS Anyone interested in serving as an usher, please contact the office or email or call Nancy McCarty at: nmac7149@gmail.com; (570) 419-7827).
Let’s get together over the summer! Our Sunday evening brewery session get-togethers proved a time to socialize and have informal and open conversations about issues of faith! Our next get-togethers are as follows: New Trail Brewery at 6:00 p.m. next Sunday, Aug. 14th. For Sunday, you can either eat before you come or choose to get something at the permanent on-site food truck (please note, Real Taste Mexican closes at 6pm). Join us and, as always, feel free to invite friends! *UPDATE We are suspending the coffee get-togethers for the time being due to low attendance. If there is any interest in reviving them (or suggestions on a time or location that may work better), please contact Pastor Jeff.
FROM THE OFFICE While pastor Jeff is out of the office on vacation Aug. 15th -19th, The Rev. Brian Vasey will be on call for pastoral emergencies. Rev. Brian Vasey may be reached at Work: 570-323-4619; Personal: 570-523-1415 or email:bvasey@stmarkswilliamspot.org
*COFFEE HOUR UPDATE August – September there will be only one Coffee Hour each month and it will be held in Bell Hall. The Coffee Hour will be immediately following the 9:30AM service on the first Sunday of each month. An additional Coffee Hour following the 8AM service on the third Sunday of the month will resume in October. Please consider signing up for Coffee Hour! Sign up sheets for both Coffee Hours are located in the entrance hallway.
BLOOD DRIVE The St. Luke Blood Drive will be held Friday, August 12th from 1pm-6pm in Bell Hall.
Calling all Quilters, Crafters, Crocheters, and Knitters St. Luke Lutheran Church is hosting the second Project Linus Annual Make a Blanket Day on Saturday, September 24th, from 9 am to 3 pm with lunch and Snacks provided. Once again, we need help assembling, hand tying quilts, cutting and tying fleece blankets, and sewing together granny square blankets for the children. We are also accepting completed blankets that day to take to the local chapter. If you can help, please call Dawn Nau at 503-686-4968. Thank you. (See the Aug. Newsletter for more information about the project.)
SCHOOL KITS Needed Requests for School Kits are coming in faster than Lutheran World Relief can keep up. Let’s take advantage of summer sales and send in our goal of 55 this year. Again, backpacks are being made by St. Luke volunteers. We are asking you to purchase the supplies listed below and bring them to the church by September 18th.
- 70 sheet notebooks of ruled paper, 8”x 10 ½”
- Black or blue ballpoint pens (no gel ink)
- 30-centimeter ruler or a ruler with centimeters on one side and inches on the other.
- Pencil sharpeners
- Blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades)
- Box of 16 or 24 crayons
(A shopping list is available at the back of the nave.)
ONGOING COLLECTIONS AT ST. LUKE
FOOD PANTRY SHELVES NEED: Updated- 7/18
Food:
Cereal and Oatmeal (especially the individual packs)
Mac & Cheese (especially microwaveable for kids this summer)
Soups (especially microwaveable for kids this summer)
Canned Fruit
Applesauce
Hamburger / Chicken / Tuna Helper
Tuna and other canned meats
Beef Stew
Ramen Noodles
Noodles and Pasta
Canned Vegetables
Snacks, drinks, and other goods:
Pickles and Olives
Healthy Snacks
Pancake Mix and Syrup
Boxed Milk
Vegetable Oil
Desert Mixes
Tea / Coffee / Cocoa
Peanut butter and Jelly (especially grape)
Juices (16 oz/less)
Jello and Pudding
Condiments – Ketchup – Mustard – Relish – Mayonnaise
Pantry Days and Hours:
Monday: 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for donations/stocking/deliveries
SHEPHERD OF THE STREETS needed:
Laundry pods (smaller household packs)
Dish soap and hand soap
Sunscreen (child & adult)
Men’s and Women’s body wash
Shampoo and Conditioner
Shaving cream
Bath towels, Paper towels
*Bars of Dove soap
Baby diapers size 3 and up
Baby wash Baby shampoo
Children’s toothbrushes & Children’s toothpaste
REMINDERS: Office hours – M & T 9-12, 1-3; W, TH, F 9-12
Bulletin 9:00 am – WEDNESDAY 9:00am
Spectrum deadline – 15th of each month
Council Pack 9:00 am due – Friday 9:00 am before Mtg. Office e-mail – info@stlukeweb.com