Today: May 22nd, The Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Pre-School & Graduating Seniors Service
8:00 am In-person
9:15am Handbells Bell Hall (practice); Adult Sunday School
10:30 am In-person Service & (Livestream)
Sr. High Afghan distribution
Coffee hour
Calendar Week: May 23rd– 26th
Monday: 23rd –Staff Zoom meeting 9:30 am;
Chamber Choir rehearsal BH TBA
Tuesday: 24th – Pericope 9:30 am Lib.
Wednesday:25th – Williamsport Chamber Choir & Orchestra 7:30 pm at St. Luke
Thursday: 26th – Choir 6:30 pm; Coin Club 7:00 pm BH
Next Sunday: May 29th, The Seventh Sunday of Easter
8:00 am In-person
9:15am Handbells Bell Hall (practice); Adult Sunday School
10:30 am In-person Service & (Livestream)
SERVING: May 22nd 10:30 am service
Lector: David Horn
Assisting Minister: Jay Nau
Communion helpers: Hanne Schumann, Becky Lewis, and Charles Mahler
Ushers: Diane Gonzales & Lynn Shade
Acolyte: Ross Mahler
Greeters: Melissa & Charles Mahler
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).
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL will be offering an in-person class at 9:15 am in the Lounge (or a classroom, if need be). The lesson will be from The Wired Word, emailed to class members on Thursdays. Please ask Charles Mahler (mahler@lycoming.edu) if you have questions or want to be added to the email list.
SENIOR HIGH We are congratulating our graduating seniors today at the 10:30am service. Following the service, please join us for a coffee hour hosted by The Pre-school at St. Luke.
Kylie Beck
Gavin Briggs
Andrew Reed
Kayla Scampone
Cameron Sims
Domanick Young
BLOOD DRIVE Tuesday, May 31st from 1pm-6pm at St. Luke! Our Blood Drive is sponsored by Domanick Young, son of Sarah Young! Please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter:
“DY LSL” when scheduling an appointment.
YARD SALE The Preschool at St. Luke annual yard sale is rapidly approaching (June 17th & 18th). We will be collecting items in Bell Hall:
June 6th – 10th – 9am-3pm and 5pm -7pm
June 11th – 9am – 3pm
June 12th – after the second service until 2pm
June 13th &14th– 9am to noon
We are sorry but we cannot accept electronics or large medical equipment. We also need volunteers to help collect, sort, and price items during these times. If you have a donation or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Lynn Shade at 570-971-2422.
We will also have our yummy bake sale table. If you wish to make a baked good or help man the bake sale table, please call Becky Lewis at 570-419-9148.
VOTING MEMBERS NEEDED St. Luke is looking for two voting members to represent our church at the Upper Susquehanna Synod Assembly. The Assembly is held at Susquehanna University on Friday, June 17 & Saturday, June 18. Please call the church office if interested Thank you.
LOST HYMNAL Mary Jane Webster has lost her family hymnal. The inside bookplate reads Mary Gilbody. Please return it to Mary Jane or the church office if it should come into your hands. Thank you.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL St. Luke will host “Rocky Railway”, in cooperation with the churches of the Williamsport Ministerium on July 10-14 from 6pm-8pm. Registration forms are available at the back of the church. We will also be in need of general volunteers for the event. A volunteer signup sheet is available in the West Hall, or you may contact the church office. Please note that clearances will be required for all volunteers, so all interested parties should sign up ASAP in order to start the clearance process. (Participating Churches: Christ Episcopal, First Church of Christ Disciples, New Covenant UCC, St. John’s-Newberry UM, St. Luke and St. Mark’s Lutheran, Sojourner Truth Ministries and Trinity Episcopal.)
COFFEE HOURS will be in Bell Hall on the 1st Sunday of the month, after the late service, and the 3rd Sunday after the early service in the Lounge. Please see the sign-up board in the West Hall.
!!! SAVE THE DATE – September 25, 2022 !!!
St. Luke Church will be celebrating two important events: the 15th anniversary of the ordination of Pastor Jeff LeCrone AND the 125th-anniversary of St. Luke Lutheran Church.
ONGOING COLLECTIONS AT ST. LUKE
FOOD PANTRY SHELVES NEED: Updated- 5/11/22
Cereal (Cheerios, Rice Krispies, etc.), Peanut Butter, Jelly, Wide Egg Noodles, Canned Peas, Canned Vegetables, Canned Fruit, Pudding Cups, Spaghetti, and various types of Pasta, Pasta sauce, Instant Mashed Potatoes, Boxed Potatoes (Scalloped etc.), Canned Chili, Beef Stew, Tuna Fish and Macaroni & Cheese.
Pantry Days and Hours:
Monday: 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for donations/stocking/deliveries
IN THE HOSPITAL? Please contact Sarah Young at the church office if you or a family member are in the hospital or are ill. Pastor Jeff is available for visits or phone calls, and at your request, Sarah will then contact our prayer chain leaders.
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