Office Notice
The Parish Office will be closed through Friday, 27 January. If anyone is willing and able to answer the telephone, door, etc. during this closure period, please contact Fr. Paul. <Paul@stlukewinnipeg.com>. Thank you.
Annual General Meeting
12:00 pm, Sunday 12 February in Church House. A luncheon will be served.
Haiti Ministry
On Sunday 22 January, during the 10:30am eucharist, our Guest Speaker will be Glenn Thamer.
After the service, there will be a Bake Sale with books, magazines, DVDs, and CDs. This is a great chance to recycle Christmas gifts, get ahead with spring cleaning, and help us raise funds to send children to school in Haiti. Your support by donating items, purchasing items, or just being with us is appreciated. We will have a guest who has volunteered at God's Littlest Angels in Haiti. You will have an opportunity to learn from Glenn Thamer who has first-hand experience at the orphanage. We hope you can join us!
Our website has been updated with further information on our Haiti Ministry. Click HERE to view.
Ugandan Ministry
Ugandan Orphans - Once again, on behalf of the children and their grandmothers, we wish to thank you very sincerely for your generous support during the past year. Your gifts will provide education, clothing, a mid-day meal, health checks, and, perhaps above all, hope for their future. Thank you.
Uganda Letters – If you have letters that came from Uganda, and are not able to reply to them, please give them to Liz Reynolds and she will reply on your behalf. Donations of colouring books and crayons are needed as children love to colour while they live in Uganda! Please call or E-mail Liz Reynolds: 226-0485, reynoldsliz@yahoo.com if you can help. Thank you.
Stained Glass Windows Cards
The images on these cards were produced for St. Luke’s to celebrate the festive seasons of Easter and Christmas. Their archival properties allow frame mounting and personal messages. Ongoing support in purchasing these cards, the proceeds of which will go to St. Luke’s, are greatly appreciated. Please contact Dr. G. Monteiro for pricing and availability at: 487-4303.
Church Calendars
2012 Calendars are here. Contact Judy in the parish office to purchase for $10. 452-3609, M–F, 8:30-–11:30am.
Rummage Sale
28 April - Donations are being accepted on the downstairs hall table, ooutside the Boardroom, for the upcoming sale. Storage is available for large items. Please call Tawny Brown for instructions about dropping off. (tawny-brown@hotmail.com) 772-4995.
Youth Group / Young Adults
St. Luke’s group is joined by St. Michael's. We meet every second Saturday (September to June) and occasional special dates. Members currently range in age from 13– 25+. Focus on learning about the faith, fellowship in an open environment, and charitable efforts as the group desires, geared towards Seekers, Believers and “I don't knowers” - Interesting Guest Speakers and Presentations and explanations of little known historical facts. Refreshments provided – NO COST! LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS! Contact Tawny Brown Phone calls welcome between noon and 10pm at (204) 772-4995
Looking Ahead - Leave a legacy
Please consider leaving your legacy, now and for future generations for the preservation and continuation of The Parish Church of St. Luke. Information leaflets on how to do this are available at the entrance lobby of the church or you can view/download a copy here.
The Parish Church of St. Luke thanks you.
Memorial Donations
Please consider St. Luke's parish for donations in memory of your loved ones. This can be in lieu of flowers or simply a donation as charity. You will be contributing to the sustainability of St. Luke's in the community.
Prayer/Comfort Shawl Ministry
Anyone interested in supporting this ministry by knitting or crotcheting shawls, please contact Cathy Jones at 488-8640. This ministry is being initiated by the Pastoral Care Team in support of those who are on our visitation list or in hospital.
Volunteer Opportunities
If you or someone you know, might be interested in singing in the Choir, our rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7:30. Contact our Organist and Choirmaster with any questions or see him at the console after service.
Servers are required. Contact our Parish Office for further details..
Lectors, Greeters, Intercessors, and Oblationers are all needed. Contact Susan Roe-Finlay at 783-3357 or E-Mail.
Church House Availability
If you and your family will be celebrating a reunion, bridal or baby shower, birthday, or anniversary, consider booking the Church House for your get-together. The kitchen can supply coffee urns and teapots. All other food and drink must be supplied by the users. As a parishioner, you have first dibs on availability.
Contact the Parish Office for costs and more information.
Columbarium
Not everybody knows that St. Luke's has a very nice Columbarium where the ashes of the deceased can be decently laid to rest. It is located in the Soldiers' Chapel, accessible by the main door to Church House. Single and double niches are available and these are being offered at a favourable and affordable rate (the initial cost includes perpetual care.) For details, contact Neil Almdal at 269-2312 or the Parish Office.
Prayer
If you have ever looked carefully at the list of names in the Sunday pew leaflet - the list of people for whom our prayers have been requested - you must have noticed that some names have been on the list for weeks, months, even years. A few have been put there so long ago that no one knows who they are or who requested the prayers.
We are asking people to renew prayer requests at regular intervals. If you wish prayers for someone, we will happily add their name to the pew leaflet, but we will keep it there for two months only, unless you call or email the office to renew it.
Another form of prayer that is warmly supported by St. Luke's members is in the "St. Alban's Oratory." Near the side altar there is a wire screen with a number of tea-light candles, which people light as an act of prayer. Given the number of lights burning each Sunday, it is clear that many of us find this an important spiritual resource.
Also in the St. Alban's Oratory, next to the candle screen, there is a box beside which are small scraps of blank paper. If you write the name of someone for whom you are praying, and put it in the box, that name remains before the altar for the next few days. These scraps of paper are then collected and read at the Thursday morning Eucharist in the chapel, after which the papers are destroyed. This resource is well used by parishioners; not a Sunday goes by without the box having plenty of prayer requests by the end of the 10:30 AM service.
Pew leaflet requests, prayer candles, and prayer requests in the box – St. Luke's is truly a house of prayer.
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