St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Live Oak, Florida
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
1391 SW 11th Street
PO Box 1238
Live Oak, FL 32064
ph: 386-362-1837
fax: 386-401-2456
jasmine
May 2019
From Your Rector:
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
What are we to do during this joyous Easter Season? The Evangelist John tells us in the Gospel reading for the Second Sunday in Easter, “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week . . . . . Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you.”” He was expressing two very important things to the disciples. First that they should not be afraid and secondly that they were to be instruments of peace in the world. Jesus wanted His disciples to be active in sharing God’s love and joy, with that expectation being passed to generation after generation of His followers all the way to us in the 21st Century.
Yet, the headlines in our news media are consumed with attacks on churches, attacks on mosques, attacks on synagogues, and even attacks on Sikh gurdwaras. From Charleston to Pittsburg; from Sutherland Springs to Christ Church; Shootings, bombings, and arson show that our modern culture is festered with hate and bigotry. News reports document intolerance, contempt, and loathing, here at home and abroad.
What are we to do? We are called to bring the light of Jesus Christ into the world and stand firm in our faith. This means resisting anyone and everyone who would incite or provoke you to anger, hate, or mistreatment of another person. We should all take stock in our Baptismal Oath, in which we pledge, to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as ourself and to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being! We are called to love one another as Jesus loved us.
Each one of us at St. Luke’s should be in prayer for God to guide us through this darkness, to take up our crosses, so that His light might illuminate the world!
In Christ,
George+
DEACONS CORNER
Our ESL classes have officially ended and now I am looking for someone who would like our teaching materials. If you know of anyone who could use them, please let me know. We have a lot of good materials for someone! The big project for this month is our trip to visit our friends in Cuba. We will visit Fieles A Jesus in Matanzas as well as the Daughters of the King in Los Arabos and Zorilla. We have a lot of medical materials to take this time as well as a good list of other things they need. We do still need vitamins of all sorts as well as pain killers for joints. They recently asked for 2 soccer balls as well, so if you have any of these things you would like to send, please leave them on my desk at church. Thank you so much for all of your help in supplying the needs of our friends in Cuba. It is a great blessing to them as well as to us
Look! We have new pages: SUNDAY BULLETINS & Homilies are great resources to catch up happenings, lectionary and weekly message .
St. Luke's - May 14th
St. James - May 16th
Greenville Methodist- May 28th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Check out their website : www.Shepherdshandsclinic.org
VESTRY
The vestry will meet May 9th @ 5:30pm
NEW 2019 CALENDAR AND COFFEE HOURS ARE POSTED
BUSY HANDS
Busy Hands continues to make and send handmade items to Love INC, Honduras, and Gardien Ad Litem. Busy Hands also continues to appreciate your support providing materials to continue making items for the charities served.
No May meeting
Daughters of the King
Women's Dinner
Please join us at 6pm May 7th for DOK meeting/women's dinner. Please text Maureen Menosky with any inquiries. 706-658-4030.
Men’s Night Out
Tues. May 28th at 6pm.
Bring your favorite thing to grill and drink. All men are invited for good food and fellowship!
FOOD PANTRY MINISTRY
St. Luke’s Food Pantry served 149 families in April! Your food donations are gladly accepted anytime. There is a box outside the pantry for convenient drop-off.
UPDATE: in 2017, the Food Pantry served 420 families. In 2018, the Food Pantry served 1,063 families! Praise be to God!
GODLY GAZETTE NOW AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL
If you would like to receive your gazette by email, please notify the church office and we will remove your name from the snail mail list and add it to the email list. Thanks for your help in helping manage our budget. Don’t forget to visit our website. Most, if not all, of the newsletter is posted online. You may let Jasmine know @ jasmine@stlukesliveoak.org or go to http://www.stlukesliveoak.org.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
1391 SW 11th Street
PO Box 1238
Live Oak, FL 32064
ph: 386-362-1837
fax: 386-401-2456
jasmine