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: 386-362-7545
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September 2017
From Your Rector:
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
This summer, we have heard from our Gospel readings that Jesus would often slip away from His disciples and seek a quiet place to pray. Before choosing His disciples, after feeding the 5,000, at the mountain of the Transfiguration, and at the Last Supper, just to name a few. He chose to pray and seek His Father’s will, to be one with the Father. Our liturgy and our lives are filled with prayer. All kinds of prayer, adoration, praise, thanksgiving, penitence, oblation, as well as intercession and petitions. Prayer, according to the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), is our response to God through our thoughts and deeds, with or without words.
Many people feel inadequate in their prayers, maybe they feel they lack beautiful enough words, or maybe they feel they just don’t know what to say. After all, the disciples did ask Jesus to teach them how to pray and he in response taught them the Lord’s prayer, which by the way, includes all the various types of prayer mentioned in our BCP. As we pray we should always be mindful that the POWER of prayer is not in the one praying, but in the one receiving the prayer. Let us all remember to make time for prayer, make time to be with God!
I would ask each of you to pray for our parish, that it may prosper in Christian love and forgiveness. I would entreat you to pray for our Vestry, as they provide leadership in parish life and stewardship. Pray also for our new Youth Minister, Katie Quincey, who starts her ministry with us on September 10th. Please pray for peace, both at home and abroad. Pray that God’s will might be done!
In Christ,
Fr George+
DEACON’S CORNER
We have been praying about our up- coming ESO classes since our grant was denied. Your prayers have been answered and Wyman Harvard and Mr. Boatright have done the hard work and found how to provide funds for this semester. We will continue with no hitches!! Our team going to Cuba is now finalized: Anne Thompson, Lydia
Bush, Joan Blake, Marie Brian, Phyllis Doty and Bill Kosty. Our trip is planned for November 18-25 over the Thanksgiving holiday. It is primarily a Daughters of the
Phyllis
PASTORS MEETING
The Live Oak pastors meetings will be held the first and third Tuesday of each month beginning at 11am. Meetings will be held in the first classroom on September 5th and September 19th.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER NEEDED
Sunday School begins at 9:45am on September 10th. We still need some supporting teachers or aides. Our classes are Primary K-3, and Secondary 5-8. Please consider helping to support our children. Please pray about it and see Fr. George or Kay Harvad.
BUSY HANDS FOR BABIES.
- September 2nd – Busy Hands meeting, 9:30 – 11:00 AM
Social Movement
A fitness class for beginners and seniors is meeting on Tuesday and Thursday from 10am-10:45am in the parish hall. Denise Watson is leading the class. You need to bring light hand held weights (1-3 pounds) and a water bottle. Call Denise for more info at 352-239-3772
Daughters of the King
Dinner and Guardian ad Litem
Sunday, September 24th at 6:00 there will be a covered dish supper in the parish hall and a presentation of Guardian Ad Litem.
Today in Florida too many abused and neglected children will go to court with no one there to stand up for them to be their voice. Come and hear what this wonderful organization is doing for these children in Suwannee County.
Learn how you can become a voice in court for Florida's abused, neglected, and abandoned children. For inquiries call Maureen Menosky 706-658-4030.
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." Matt. 19:14
Men’s Night Out
The Men’s Group will meet on Tuesday, September 26th at 6pm. Bring your favorite thing to grill and drink. All men are invited for good food and fellowship!
COFFEE HOURS
The Coffee Hour following the 11am service has been a tradition at St. Luke’s for many years. It is a great way to get a chance to visit with each other and to meet and greet those visiting and potential members. The menu can be very simple such as coffee, lemonade, and cookies. It is not meant to be a meal or heavy finger foods, just a light treat. We hope you will think about hosting an upcoming Sunday. You can call Ellen to sign up or check the bulletin board schedule in the Parish hall.
HELP WANTED
Marilyn Jones, your Godly Gazette volunteer editor is seeking a back- up editor. Once or twice a year the Jones take an extended vacation for 3-6 weeks and assistance in producing the newsletter while she is away is needed. We have an immediate need for someone to take over the publishing of the September newsletter.
If you enjoy desktop publishing and don’t mind volunteering 1- 3 days a month on an occasional basis, this might be a fun way to provide service to the church. Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Publisher and some experience in Picasa or another photo editing software would be ideal. Marilyn will be happy to provide training as needed.
If you have any questions and/or are interested in becoming the As- sistant Editor, please call or text
Marilyn at 386-209-2636, or email her at mkjones321@gmail.com.
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 Ellen know @ ellen@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: 386-362-7545
ellen