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
Feb 2020
From Your Rector:
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
It is with a heavy heart that Mary Ellen and I leave you this month. We have been blessed to have shared this time with you and from the very beginning of our ministry have felt your love and prayers for us. God, through the Holy Spirit, has been actively present in all aspects of parish life at St. Luke’s and we pray that God will continue to bless each of you with His presence.
St. Luke’s is a STRONG parish, active in ministry and filled to overflowing with God’s love. It is love from God that is the foundation upon which St. Luke’s flourishes and the catalyst for your love of each other. In this love, you live into your Baptismal Covenant. It is in observance of the promises made within this covenant that St. Luke’ will continue to thrive. My Brothers and Sisters; continue in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers. Persevere in resisting evil and whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord. In all that you do, proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ. Seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself. Strive in all things for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being. With God’s help, St. Luke’s will be the light of Christ in the world.
We will miss you all and pray for you each day! God bless you all!
In Christ,
George+ and Mary Ellen
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NEW NIGHT: Youth Group resumes, each Sunday, @5:00 pm!
DEACONS CORNER
A BIG WELCOME to our newest Deacon, Lydia Bush!!!! She joined us at St. Luke’s in the middle of February. I am looking forward so much to working together with Lydia. She comes with a lot of great ideas and a deep commitment to God that will contribute much to our St. Luke’s Family.
On the Cuba front, we hosted the annual Diocesan Cuba Committee meeting following the Convention. Bishop Griselda was able to join us and filled us in on a lot of the goings-on in Cuba. They now have a fully funded Priests salary fund that will provide the priests $200 a month!! In Cuba that is big bucks! Their retirement fund is also now fully funded. The next big project that we are working on is transportation within Cuba. The Bishop has her eye on a bus that is available in Cuba for about $60,000, so that will be our next Diocesan drive this year. We can only thank God for how well everything is going for the Cuban Episcopal Church and thank Him that we have played a significant part of that. Thank you for all your prayers and faithfulness. This great St. Luke’s Family can do a lot when we pull together!!
Look! We have new pages: SUNDAY BULLETINS & Homilies are great resources to catch up happenings, lectionary and weekly message .
St. Luke's - Feb 11th
St. James - Feb 20th
St. Mary's Feb 25th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
VESTRY The vestry will meet Monday, March 9th @5:30pm
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.
March 7th meeting @9am
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, March 3rd at 4:30. Feel free to contact any of the new officers.
MEN"S NIGHT OUT
Join us for Shove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Tuesday Feb 25th 5-7pm
FOOD PANTRY MINISTRY
St. Luke’s Food Pantry served 160 Families! 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