| THIS WEEK AT ST. LUKE’S In-person worship is suspended until AT LEAST SEPTEMBER. (More details coming in July.) Public Health Indicators can be found here Click Here for this week’s compete bulletin for our Sunday 10am worship. Saturday 7:30am June Garden Day (see below) Sunday 10am Spiritual Communion on Facebook Live Sermon and Godly Play Story posts on Facebook 11am Coffee Hour on Zoom 8pm Youth Group on Zoom Monday 6:30 Extra Vestry Meeting (Preparing for Fall) Wednesday Noon Prayer and Share 7pm Pauli Murray Service on the Diocesan Facebook Page Thursday 5:30-7:00 Social Hour and/or Dinner Group Zoom Friday 1pm Anxiety & Grief Group Google Hangout NEW THIS WEEK: READERS and SINGERS SIGN-UP FOR WORSHIP If you would like to be a reader for our weekly worship (recorded on Thursday from 3:00-4:30), sign up here. RACIAL HEALING BISHOPS CONVERSATION Episcopal Bishops from the south (Province IV) will be in conversation with Dr. Catherine Meeks about “Reimagining Police in Province IV.” The first session is July 9th, 10:00-11:30. The second session is July 14th 4:00-5:30 and includes our own Bishop Sam Rodman. ANNOUNCEMENTS GARDEN DAY Beat the Heat! June Gardening Day will start this Saturday 7:30 am. Bring a mask, water, and tools you’d like to use. PAULI MURRAY SERVICE JULY 1 This year’s Pauli Murray Service will be offered virtually at 7pm on Wednesday, July 1st. You can access from the Facebook Pages of St. Titus, the Diocese of North Carolina, and the Pauli Murray Project. JULY BOOK STUDY: UPROOTING RACISM We encourage you to read the book “Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice” by Paul Kivel and then join a discussion group by Zoom on Monday, July 27 from 7:00-8:30. The book is available using Durham Library’s Hoopla app, or by using your Nook, Kindle or free Kindle app. After each chapter, answer: 1) What did I learn/what was new to me? 2) What do I want to know, 3) How am I feeling about what I read? Contact Eileen Morgan for more information, and to let her know you plan to read/attend. DIOCESAN CONVENTION NOMINEES If you are interested in being a 3-year delegate to Diocesan Convention, please contact Senior Warden Eileen Morgan by July 1st. Vestry will vote at the July meeting, with the highest votes becoming our 3-year delegate and the three next highest votes becoming this year’s alternates. The delegate needs to be able to attend Diocesan Convention all day on Fri, Nov 20 and Sat, Nov 21. This year’s convention may be virtual or may be held in Winston-Salem. Our current delegates are Phillip Bass and Bobbie Hendrix. UPDATED PARISH WEBSITE St. Luke’s continues to plan for moving our website to a new platform around July 1st. There will be some changes, but we hope that it will be both easier to navigate as well as easier to keep current. HOW CAN I HELP? GOOD NEWS COMMUNITY GARDEN Mary Beth Berkley is coordinating discussions between St. Luke’s, St. Titus, and El Buen Pastor about creating a Good News community garden to grow food and deepen relationships among the congregations. We’re looking for folks interested in vegetable gardening and/or building community! Want to know more or get involved? Contact Mary Beth. TEMPORARY VESTRY CLERK NEEDED Please contact Helen if you would be willing to be Clerk of the Vestry for the second half of 2020. Duties include taking minutes at all vestry meetings, Parish Council, and Parish-wide meetings; edit and distribute minutes, and work with the Parish Administrator to file appropriately. Ability to take notes quickly, comfort with Word, Google Docs and Zoom required. GET EDUCATED ABOUT “THE TALK” A local theatre company did a live production of “The Talk” last year. This play centers on how parent must teach black boys how to behave during traffic stops. They are now making it available to watch at home here. KEEP CLERGY IN THE LOOP Please make sure to keep the clergy in the loop if there are any needs or concerns you have or you know about. You can e-mail Helen at any time. REMEMBER, Your clergy will not send you e-mail or texts messages asking for gift cards or financial help. Be suspicious of anything that comes outside of these announcements. Do not respond to the request, but call the clergy person or create a separate e-mail to rector@stlukesdurham.org to verify. |
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