Baptism of Jesus

January 12 & 13, 2019

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WELCOME TO ST. LUCAS! We are glad you are here. Please fill out the I’m Here Today card in your

worship folder and drop it in the offering plate. May our Lord bless your worship with us.

CHILDCARE AREA & RESTROOMS For families with infants & toddlers there is a nursery area

in the lower church that has speakers so you may listen to the service while you attend your chil-

dren. Restrooms are also in the lower church. You may access these areas via the narthex

stairwell, stairwell by the baptismal font or elevator. MEMORIAL/HOPE CANDLES Worshipers

are invited to light candles in remembrance of a loved one or a candle of hope against some darkness in their lives.

These remain lit during the service only. Prayer intention candles are under the crucifixion side hymn board main sanctuary

for Sunday worshipers and at the pillar by the piano in the lower church for Saturday worshipers. SUNDAY SCHOOL September

-May we offer Sunday School & breakfast for kids through high school age every Sunday following the 10:30 Young People’s Homily .

FLOWER CHART FOR 2019 is posted on the narthex bulletin

board for you to request altar flowers in memory or honor of

loved ones on any Sunday through the year. $30 to place the

two vases of flowers. The star next to the date indicates the

color the flowers will for that Sunday. If no star, you get to pick

the color. Be sure to write your phone number on the line, so

the altar guild can call you your week.

2019 OFFERING ENVELOPES are on the tables in the narthex

and ready for your pick up. If you do not find a box with your

name on it and would like envelopes, please indicate on the

back of your “I’m Here Today” card.

SHARE YOUR WORSHIP EXPERIENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TWITTER Please

don’t send pictures of children, but do share your worship ex-

perience via social media. Get the word out that you value

your faith community and faith in God.

USE OF CELL PHONES/TABLETS ENCOUR-

AGED DURING WORSHIP You are welcome to

use your cell phone or tablet to enhance our

shared worship experience. Sharing your faith in

real-time is cool. Phone calls are not. Texting is

fine. Check-in on Facebook. Take selfies. Share

pictures of the services and this beautiful sanctu-

ary on our Facebook page. Tell your friends and

family you are here. Invite them to join you. Post

about your experience on social media. Take vide-

os and share them freely, but please don’t take

pictures/videos of children and be careful not to disrupt the

service. Check us out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/

StLucasLutheranChurch.

STEWARDSHIP MONTHLY MESSAGE READERS FOR 4PM &

8:30 SERVICES Sign up sheet at each service to read a mes-

sage for a given month. Schedule runs through December.

Please sign up to serve!

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE OVER THE ACTS OF

ST. LUCAS NEWSLETTER If you work in MSWord or MSPu-

blisher you can do this. We will set up a template so you can

insert the monthly information. And if you do it a little at a time

during the month, it is easy to maintain. It is important to chron-

icle the events and data to maintain records for generations to

come. Someone has been doing this for as long as this congre-

gation has existed and we feel it is important to continue.

THE THRIFT SHOP WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING ANY

CLOTHING OR OTHER DONATIONS UNTIL FURTHER

NOTICE We are completely full in our sorting room AND

the Thrift Shop. We are grateful for your contributions but

at this time we are “stocked full”. Please be patient. I will

get back to you as soon as we are able to move in the sort-

ing room. Please be aware our donation policy has

changed: we cannot accept donations that are anonymously

left on our doorstep for health and safety reasons. All dona-

tions left outside our door will be disposed of. We will begin

again in January our 50% sales on Fridays. God Bless

You. Joyce Mason

ANNOUNCING RON BACON AS THE NEW ADMINISTRA-

TOR OF THE SCRIP PROGRAM Please give your orders to

Ron at 10:30 service and see him for purchase on any Sun-

day of Walmart, Kroger, Speedway, Circle K, and Meijer

cards, which we keep on hand. See Kate Glad-

ieux at 4pm worship and Carmen Ball at 8:30 ser-

vice to place orders or purchase “on hand” cards.

Thanks to Ron for taking over this important pro-

gram for St. Lucas. Remember proceeds from the

Scrip program go to the Sunday School Window

Fund. Last year Scrip raised $3500 to help pay

off the new windows for the Sunday School.

FINAL REPORT: 2018 FALL STEWARDSHIP

CAMPAIGN We’ve a terrific response to our

campaign! Thanks to all who turned in their 2019

Estimate of Giving card last weekend. So far we have re-

ceived 66 cards with this report on estimates of giving:

Please return your Estimate of Giving Card for 2019 if you

have not. We have now surpassed our total from last

year in the general fund & window fund. Praise the

For Year 2017 2018 2019 Cards Returned 73 72 67 General Fund 123,232.50 123,167.00 128,303.00 Benevolence 2,451.50 4,531.00 3866.00 Capital Improvements 3,076.50 4,068.00 3,926.00 Window Fund 1,631.00 2,990.00 4,668.00 Organ Fund 265.00 260.00 260.00

All that we have belongs to God.

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it” (Psalm 24:1).

attendance Sat. Jan 05 Sun. Jan 06

Please pray that God blesses our attendance and membership.

4:00 16 8:30 19 10:30 48 Total 83

prayer list

Hospitalized

Toledo Hospital

Cathy Shuff

Recovering at home

John Dorgiewicz

Visitation List

(rarely out/unable to

attend church)

Ruth Fox, Bill Granger, Carl

Hischka, Cheryl Jones

St. Lucas Thanksgivings

God “Disappeared Our Deficit”

Good health report for

Ken Sikorski

PLEASE JOIN IN GIVING THANKS TO GOD who has taken care of this congregation for 133 years. We bless God for the incredible reduc-tion in the deficit that God gave us through offerings received in De-cember.

THRIFT SHOP SCHEDULE \Wed. Jan. 16 Sandy & Sally Thu. Jan. 17 Jan & Bea Fri. Jan. 18 Lorraine & Yvonne Wed. Jan. 23 Sue A & Barb Thu. Jan. 24 Sharon & Sally Fri. Jan. 25 Angie & Janice Wed. Jan. 30 Sandy & Sally Thu. Jan. 31 Diane & Lorraine CONGRATULATIONS AND PRAYERS

Rosetta Steinmiller: reports a new

baby in the family as of December

28th, 9 lb. baby boy, Isaac. His par-

ents are Rebecca & Peter Carmen-

ate. Rebecca is Rose’s granddaugh-

ter and her first child. That makes 4

great grandchildren for Rose. Con-

gratulations! Note: Rose is now

spending the winter with her son in

Florida; 519251 Sterling Dr., Cutler

Bay, FL 33157

memorial/honor gifts

To General Fund

IN MEMORY OF… Mary Davis

Jan Hoffman 25.00 Joyce Mease 20.00

Judy Hischka Ron & Kathy Carver 10.00 Bea Heebsh 20.00

Ginger Klekamp Jan Hoffman 25.00

Alice Ritter Jan Hoffman 25.00 Bea Heebsh 20.00 Ron & Susan Lang 25.00 Alice Bade & Family 50.00 Bob & Sue Alley 20.00 Rick & Annette Mason 25.00 Joyce Mason 50.00 Pat Bair 20.00 Anonymous 20.00 To Christmas Boost

Eleanor Senerius Gary & Pamela Gramke 100.00

sunday school

window fund gifts Diane Porter 5.00 George Pfaff & Steve Hudson 10.00 Brad & Carmen Ball 5.00 Chuck Dennison 5.00 Gary & Sharon Stofan 30.00 Ed & Kathy Kane 20.00

altar flowers

are given to the

glory of God by

Ron & Susan Lang

St. Lucas This Week at a Glance S 13 Baptism of Jesus

8:30 WORSHIP 10:30 WORSHIP 10:30 Sunday School with breakfast for kids

T 15 Office open 9-3

9:30 Cindy’s Corner Outreach Noon Cindy’s Corner

Café

6:00 Healing Ministry

7:15 Evangelism

Committee

M 14 Office Closed

10:00 Southside Survivors AA Meeting

4-8pm GED 7:30 Dartball @ Good Shepherd

W 16 Office open 9-3

9:30 Prop. Team @ Work 9:30 Cindy’s Corner 9:30-11:30 Thrift Shop 11:45 Chapel Noon Cindy’s Corner Café

4-8pm GED

Sa 19

1:30 CLC Clinic in “D” Room of Sunday School 3:00 Private Party In Gym

4pm WORSHIP

S 20 Epiphany 2

8:30 WORSHIP 10:30 WORSHIP/ 10:30 Sunday School with breakfast for kids

Th 17 Office open 9-3

9:30-11:30 Thrift Shop 10:00 Southside Survivors AA 10:00-11:30 Free Bread 10:00 AA Meeting 11:00 Lennon Memorial Service Noon Cindy’s Corner Café 7:30 Choir

F 18 Office open 9-3

9:30-11:30 Thrift Shop 7:00 AA Meeting

CHRISTMAS BOOST APPEAL 52 households have g iven

Received to date: $14,385 (19 St. Lucas Households $2675) (33 Friends of St. Lucas $11,710)

MEETINGS THIS WEEK Tue. 7pm Evangelism Committee

ST. LUCAS HEALING NIGHT This

Tuesday the Healing Team will be in

the sanctuary to offer healing prayer

for all who enter from 6-7pm.

Please come and receive healing

prayer this week!

MEMORIAL SERVICE There will be

a memorial service for Café guest

Matthew A. Skip Lennon III this

Thursday at 11am in the main sanc-

tuary.

And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” Luke 3:22

Soli Deo Gloria!

Sunday School

Window Fund

Loan Amount $56,000.00 Donations to date 42,172.82 Remaining Goal 13,828.18

GENERAL FUND REPORT DEC.1 BALANCE RECEIPTS DISBURSEMENTS DEC. 31 BAL. YEAR END ADJUSTM. ADJUSTED BAL BAL LAST YEAR

$(31,140.65)

43,896.75

(18,285.97)

( 5,529.87)

6,168.86

638.99

28.02

WEDNESDAY ADULT BIBLE STUDY will resume on January 23 at 7pm with a study on book of James.