| 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 Saturday 7:30 El Buen food distribution 10 and 11am Croasdaile Communion Sunday 10am Spiritual Communion on Facebook and YouTube. Sermon and Godly Play Story posts on Facebook 11am Coffee Hour on Zoom Monday 6:30 Finance Committee Tuesday 7pm Bible Study on Zoom Wednesday Noon Prayer and Share on Zoom Thursday 3:00 Worship Recording Friday 12:00 Good News Gardening 1:00 Connections and Support Group by Zoom |
| New This Week |
| RECORD A STATION OF THE CROSS We are looking for 14 members who would be willing to come into the sanctuary individually to record a single Station of the Cross for our Good Friday service. This would take about 15 minutes and happen between Feb 15 and March 10. If you are willing, please sign up here. GIRL SCOUT COOKIES The Juniors and Cadettes of Troop 951 are still selling Girl Scout cookies! The pandemic has made everyone get very creative, Girl Scouts included! Over the next 3 weeks we will be providing direct links for you to help our troop continue to raise funds for badge programming, camps, and community service. Each of our girls are delivering cookies to various areas in our community so you’ll be able to find the right scout for your area. Thank you for supporting our troop! PICK UP SUPPLIES FOR ASH WEDNESDAY and LENT Please plan on driving through St. Luke’s on Tuesday, February 16th to pick up supplies for Ash Wednesday, Lent and Palm Sunday. They will be available in the breezeway between the main building and Johnson Hall. Items include: An ash cross on fabric (use during liturgy and through Lent) A paper palm leaf (write/draw prayers and return by March 1) Daily Practices: a) Micropractices for Lent (1 small task each day) b) Living Well Through Lent meditations c) Praying in Color Lent calendar to draw/doodle prayers If you have questions, ask Helen. ASH WEDNESDAY WORSHIP Ash Wednesday is February 17th. You have three ways to participate. A recorded service will be available anytime after 7am on Facebook and YouTube. We will also offer a live worship on Zoom at noon. MEETING GOD IN BOOKS LENTEN GROUP Our Lenten Program this year will be Meeting God in Books. We will met on Zoom from 6-7pm on Wednesdays February 24, and March 3, 10, 17 and 24th. Each night one St. Luker will share about a book that has mattered in their life and we will discuss some themes and ideas from that book. DAILY LENTEN EMAILS To receive our Daily Lenten Micropractices emailed to you each day, sign up here. To receive Living Well Through Lent emailed to you each day, sign up here. |
| Announcements |
| FORWARD DAY BY DAY Please contact Kathy if you would like a February-April Forward Day by Day meditation book mailed to you. This will be the last bulk order from St. Luke’s. To get them delivered directly to your home for $13/year call 800-543-1813 or go here. To sign up to receive them as a daily e-mail for free, sign up here. GOSPEL BASED DISCIPLESHIP Please contact Kathy if you would like a 2021 Gospel Based Discipleship booklet mailed to you. This is the diocesan prayer list and daily bible reading guide. |
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| WINTER 2021 AT LEAP |
| As we begin 2021, LEAP (Latino Educational Achievement Partnership) is settling into the new year with our new routines, that don’t seem that new anymore. Our preschool children are meeting on zoom for their usual “circle time” activities, singing songs, saying hello to their classmates, and reading books. Their parents access lessons through our private facebook groups. And the teachers are meeting with the children in small groups (currently 1-2 students) outdoors. Our children arrive in their masks (which they dutifully wear at this point) and ready to have their temperature taken. It’s all part of the routine at this point. Our teachers have done just an amazing job of creating online lessons that draw the children into hands-on activities and keep them engaged. We have maintained our dedication to play- based learning and have found new inspiration in our outdoor learning spaces. Our tutoring students (ages 6-12 yrs) are working with their tutors through zoom. An unexpected benefit of this arrangement is that each pair can meet at a time that’s convenient for both, and the size of our classrooms no longer limit how many pairs we can have. As our students’ parents are more challenged than ever, our tutors have stepped forward to help with homework and interpret teachers’ directions. Thanks to the generosity of our donors and partner organizations, we have also been able to help families who have lost income due to the pandemic. We continue to provide families with grocery shopping cards and grants to pay their rent and/or utility bills. We know that we often have to ask several times or ways to learn that a family needs help and rely on the relationships we have developed over the years, in some cases, to learn how we can be most helpful. We are hopeful about the changes that this spring will bring but are striving to appreciate the unique gifts of this winter in the meantime. Our children continually inspire us to find the moments of light in this season of darkness. To learn more about LEAP, please visit durhamleap.org. |
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