| This Week at St. Luke’s |
| Public Health Indicators: here Event risk assessment: here. Free COVID test from Durham County here. Find out about NC Vaccination schedules here. Click here and scroll down for Online Worship Bulletin Sunday 10am Spiritual Communion on Facebook and YouTube. Sermon and Godly Play Story posts on Facebook 11am Coffee Hour on Zoom Monday 6:30 Vestry on Zoom Tuesday 7pm Bible Study on Zoom Wednesday Noon Prayer and Share on Zoom Thursday 3:00 Worship Recording Friday 1:00 Connections and Support Group by Zoom |
| New This Week |
| MLK TELECONFERENCE FROM UBE The Union of Black Episcopalians is offering a teleconference at 4pm on Sat, Jan 17th. Panelists are Bishops MacVean-Brown, Bruce, Johnson, and Roaf. Sign up for this zoom here. CORRECTED: ARE YOU AT LEAST 75? COVID vaccines are available through Duke for anyone 75 years old and older. To get on the waiting list for your vaccine, click here or call 919-385-0429 (CORRECTED phone number). |
| Announcements |
| NEW ORDINATION DATE Lizzie McManus-Dail’s ordination to the priesthood has been postponed due to rising COVID rates. Her new ordination date is Saturday, April 17th, still in the courtyard of St. Michael’s in Austin, TX. PODCASTS Several of the people St. Luke’s have shepherded on their way to ordination now have podcasts. Lizzie and Jonathan McManus-Dail host a podcast about our lectionary readings at Fathers Know Best. Joshua and Ashley Askwith, priest and postulant in the Church of England, are starting the Journeying in Faith podcast. |
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| Share Your Christmas Wrap-Up |
| Your Share Your Christmas Gifts Have Had a HUGE Impact! St. Luke’s shattered our giving goal, thanks to you! 2020 Share Your Christmas “St. Luke’s Family” donations totaled more than $7,400, almost 250% of our goal! As a result, St. Luke’s provided substantial help to 11 families– two more than we had originally hoped to help. In addition, all 24 Maple Court veterans received gift cards, and we were able to donate $500 to the Maple Court Food Pantry fund. All the “St. Luke’s Families” were extremely grateful for their gift cards. Here are two stories that stand out: —When she found out that she could be a part of the St. Luke’s Share Your Christmas program this year, one woman simply burst into tears on the telephone. She said she had no money and no way to handle her expenses. She said God sent us in answer to her prayers. —A single father of four called to say he was thrilled to receive his SYC gift cards. He and his children sometimes go window shopping: “We can never afford to buy anything, but it’s fun for the kids just to go look.” This year, he took his family window shopping to WalMart on the Saturday before Christmas. Every so often, he would see one of his children’s eyes light up as they looked at a particular item, and he would tap something into his phone. “The kids thought I was texting someone,” he said, “but I was recording what they really liked.” After the group returned home, the father returned to the store and purchased favorite presents for everyone. “This is the first Christmas my kids will actually get the things they want the most,” he said. “It’s going to be a big surprise! I was also able to get all our favorite food for a great Christmas dinner! Please thank everyone at St. Luke’s for being so generous.” Thanks to everyone who helped make this Christmas special for our neighbors in need. |
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