Oct. 2019

  From Your Rector:

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

              In just a few short weeks we will again celebrate All Saints Day.  This year it falls on a Friday, and we will celebrate the day on Sunday November 3^rd.  All Saints Day revolves around giving God solemn thanks for the lives and deaths of his saints, including those who are both famous or obscure.  As such, individuals throughout the Church Universal are honored, such as Paul the Apostle, Augustine of Hippo and John the Evangelist, in addition to individuals who have personally led lives of faith in Jesus, such as a friend or relative. In the Anglican tradition we do not pray to saints to intercede for us with God, because we have Jesus Christ as our only mediator and advocate, but we do recognize saints as those persons that God has given us to model our lives after.  The celebration of All Saints is a long-held tradition.  In the British Isles, it is known that churches were already celebrating All Saints on the first of November at the beginning of the 8th century, a tradition that is handed down to us in the Episcopal Church.

This year not only will we celebrate on Sunday morning, but will also on Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m., with a special organ recital by Thom Thomas.  We will place a recording of Thom’s recital at Bethesda By the Sea Episcopal Church in May 2019, on the St. Luke’s website as a teaser to get you to mark your calendar for November 3 at 6:00.

In addition, we are asking all parishioners to submit the names of two or three special people that God has placed in their lives to help them with their faith and to fashion their lives and character after.  We would ask folks to provide us the names of their “saints” and a brief (two or three sentence) explanation of the spiritual example and leadership they provided.  Please send your saints by email to Jasmine Burns (Jasmine@stlukesliveoak.org) or to me (geohinchliffe@gmail.com).  You may also just drop a note in the offering plate.  We will collect these submissions and publish them, both in the Sunday bulletin and the November Godly Gazette.

Please join us in celebrating this important and meaningful tradition.

In Christ,

George+



 

NEW NIGHT: Youth Group resumes, each Sunday, @5:00 pm!

DEACONS CORNER

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Look! We have new pages: SUNDAY BULLETINS & Homilies are great resources to catch up  happenings, lectionary and weekly message .

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SHEPHERD'S HANDS FREE CLINIC DATE



www.Shepherdshandsclinic.org

St. Luke's - Oct  8th

St. James - Oct 17th

St. Mary's- Oct 22nd

5:30pm - 7:30pm

 

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                                   VESTRY

                  The vestry will meet Thursday, Oct 10th @5:30pm



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BUSY HANDS

 DAUGHTERS OF THE KING

Womens Dinner

If you have a curiosity about what Order of the Daughters of the King might mean for you, then please join us for a wonderful dinner and evening of praying, sharing, and caring. Our next meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 1^st at 4:30. Feel free to contact any of the new officers.

 

      MEN"S NIGHT OUT

Tues. Oct 22nd at 6pm.

  Bring your favorite thing to grill and drink. All men are invited for good food and fellowship! 

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.