If you need a pastoral call or know someone that does, please call the          

            church office and let us know.  Remember, Fr. Charles still can’t read

           minds so he will not know unless you tell him.  Calls will be kept

           confidential.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

We have a 3 week study on Proverbs by Beth Moore.  Mary Parsons will bring the study guide to the session, no homework!  Hope to see you then.  Please invite others as you can.

FIRE PROOF SAFE  We are in need of a fire proof safe, minimum size of 18” x 13” x 5” to store our official church registrar books in.  Please contact the office if you have one that you could donate.

FEBRUARY WOMEN'S GET TOGETHER

All women are invited to join us the 2nd Tuesday in Feb. for our monthly get-together.  That'll be Feb 14th (that's right--Valentines Day!) at 6:30 PM.  We'll be meeting in the home of Teddi Reeves.  Our agenda is just to have fun and be of support to each other.  Teddi is making soup, so please bring an appetizer, drink, salad or bread to share.  We also collect non-perishable donations for Peace House.  Hope to see you there! Directions to Teddi's house:  From Highway 224, turn left at light on Holiday Ranch Loop Road (by The Peeks, old Radisson Hotel)  Stay on Holiday Ranch Loop Road; go through first stop sign; then winding to back of Park Meadows. Make a right turn at four-way corner (turn by house with big white fence) Turn left on first street, which is Arabian Drive (below American Saddler Dr and Risner Ridge)  Third house, gray Cape Cod on the right - 2970 ARABIAN DRIVE, 649-7967

St. Luke’s / St. Elizabeths Tubing Party!

Please join us for a fun afternoon of lunch, laughter and tubing with our friends from St. Elizabeths!

When: Saturday, March 3 at 11:00am

Where: We will meet at St. Luke’s for a potluck lunch and then head to Gorgoza for tubing at        

                12:30 to fill out liability waivers and hit the tubing hill by 1:00.

Please RSVP to Shannon Van Der Bosch: shannyvdb@yahoo.com or 435-654-6404

SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY,  MARCH 6TH

As in prior years, St. Luke’s is sponsoring one of the Christian Center’s Tuesday night dinners for workers who are spending the ski season working and living in our community.  The first week there were over 100 participants and that number is expected to grow. 

If you are able to provide a main course or salad, please send an e-mail to janet.vanhartesvelt@gmail.com or leave her a message at 435-731-0345.  In addition, we will need some people to serve on the buffet line.  If you haven’t participated in this activity in the past, please join us.  It is great fun meeting and greeting young people from other countries who are very appreciative of this outreach project.

SKEPTICS & BELIEVERS: Religious Debate in the Western Intellectual Tradition (led by the rector)

Religious Debate in the Western Intellectual Tradition (led by the rector)

+  Each Wednesday 6:30 PM

+  Central Question: What have the greatest minds in the West thought about religion over the past 400 years?

+  Location: The Vestry Room in the Church Office area

+  Everyone capable of civil debate & dialogue is welcome......Open to the Public....Invite a friend!!

HAVE YOU STARTED YOUR DEEP CLEANING?

DO YOU NEED YOUR CARPETS OR UPHOLSTERY CLEANED?

Aimpro, a local carpet cleaning company has a special offer for St. Luke’s.  If you need your carpets or upholstery cleaned, just mention that you attend St. Luke’s and they will give you 10% off of your total bill.  Plus they will credit St. Luke’s with 15% of your bill towards having the carpets cleaned at the church.  To schedule a cleaning, contact David at 435-658-0685.  Please let Beckie know in the office so we can keep track of our credit as well.  Tell you friends and neighbors, this is a great deal for all of us!  Jay and Marti Weaver just had their carpets cleaned as well as some leather work done, and they were very impressed.

RECTOR'S SUNDAY MORNING BOOK DISCUSSIONS:  EACH SUNDAY 9:30 AM AT THE CHURCH 

We are currently reading & discussing "God: a Biography" by Jack Miles.  All are welcome. You do not have to read the book to participate in the discussions.  :)

THE BASICS:

A CLASS FOR NEWCOMERS & THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME

Anyone who is contemplating joining the Episcopal Church and becoming an official member as well as anyone who would like to take a refresher course in the basics of the Christian faith are urged to attend The Basics Class with Charles+.  We will read & discuss The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg, Ph.D.

Meeting dates - Tuesdays at 7:30 PM at the Church -

Feb. 7th & 21st + March 6th & 20th + April 3rd & 17th.  All are welcome!  Contact Charles+ (the Senior Pastor) for more info or if you are interested. 

WE COLLECT NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS FOR THOSE IN NEED EVERY SUNDAY:

Please donate nonperishable food items by leaving them in the little red wagon in the foyer of the church.  If you would like a donation receipt, blank ones are in the wagon.  The food is taken to the Christian Center for distribution. Thanks for caring!!!

Autumn Gospel GROUP FOR WOMEN 55 & UP:  THIRD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH

AT 9:00 AM 

Autumn Gospel is a spiritual growth group for women 50+ For more info. contact Claudia+ at giacoma@sisna.com

Our new book began January 21 is Joan Chittisters's "Gift of Years".  We will read a chapter a week between meetings  (Hopefully recording any reflections one might have to share at the next meeting!!)  All are welcome.

RUMMAGE TABLE IN NEED OF NEW ITEMS

Cleaning out your closets to make room for all those gifts you received over the holidays??  Please consider donating your unwanted items to St Luke's by placing them on the rummage table. We are very much in need of new items.   All proceeds go to support our ministries/mission outreach projects.  (Donation receipts are available on the table) And don't forget to shop the table (located in the coat room in the main church building)--you'll never know what treasures you'll find!

RECTOR'S SABBATICAL - May 7 through August 4, 2012

                                            The first stop on the rector's two-months in Europe is Rome and who would                        

                                            visit Rome without visiting the Colosseum? The Colosseum is a monument

                                            of epic proportions. Stories of gory battles between gladiators, slaves,

                                            prisoners and wild animals have emerged from this Flavian amphitheater,

                                            which dates from AD 72. Today, the only gladiators that you will see are the

                                            ones parked outside for the tourist shutterbugs. But this is a necessary

                                            pilgrimage for history buffs, and the ideal starting point from which to take in

                                            the Roman remains of the city.