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.  Calls will be kept confidential.

PICTORIAL DIRECTORY TIME!

Your Parish Community is in need of a team of 2-3 people to volunteer to organize and work with a company to produce a pictorial directory of our church family.  If you are interested in being part of this team, please contact Fr. Charles.

                        ST. LUKE’S FAMILY GAME NIGHT

                        Ice cream Sundays and Games

                        When:  Friday, August 6th

                        Where:  St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

                        Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM

                        If you like ice cream and fun, don’t miss this event.  See You There!

WOMEN’S GET-TOGETHER

All women are invited to join us for our monthly get-together the 2nd Tuesday of every month starting at 6:30 PM in the various homes. We'll have refreshments together and then a time of sharing--informal and fun! Please bring either food or beverage to share with the group, and non-perishable food donation for Peace House. Newcomers welcome--hope to see you!

ART AND SOUL will continue on Fridays at 2:00pm at Claudia’s home.  No art making experience necessary.  Contact Mthr. Claudia for more information at 645-9863 or giacoma@sisna.com.

CENTERING PRAYER  Please reserve Thursdays at 6:00 PM for Centering Prayer.  Brief reflections with a 20 minute period of centering prayer.  Beginning on August 5th..

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!!!

WE COLLECT NEEDED ITEMS FOR PEACE HOUSE - DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER - EVERY SUNDAY

Please bring donations to church or take them directly to the Peace House office at 1912 Sidewinder Drive Suite 207.  Current needs are Pre-paid cell phones and Pre-paid cell phone minute cards. They also appreciate gift cards to local grocery, drug and office supply stores.  You can also check for special needs at www.peacehouse.org/howtohelp/fulfill-a;wish.html. For more info. please call Marilyn Heinrich at 435-640-9557.

Autumn Gospel GROUP FOR WOMEN 55 & UP:

THE THIRD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 9:00 AM

Current Book under Discussion: Winter Grace by K. Fisher

Questions? Call Claudia 645-9863.

 Autumn Gospel is a group which pays particular attention to spiritual growth challenges and blessings after age 50+. If you have other questions please call Mthr Claudia at 435-645-9863 or email her at giacoma@sisna.com.

RECTOR'S SUNDAY MORNING BOOK

DISCUSSIONS:  EACH SUNDAY 9:30 AM AT THE CHURCH

Our current text for July and August is: The First Paul by Marcus Borg.

All are welcome at any time!!! 

For more information, contact Fr. Charles.

CONSIDERING JOINING THE ST. LUKE'S COMMUNITY?

JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH?

Newcomers' Inquiry Lunch - 1st Sunday of Each Month

Soup, salad and conversation with the rector and other leaders of the St. Luke's parish community is offered on the 1st Sunday of each month.  All are welcome!!!!

RUMMAGE TABLE - HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE COAT ROOM

Looking for a place to donate items, please consider donating your items to our Rummage Table.  All proceeds go to support ministries.  Donation receipts available on the table.  The table is located in the hallway with the coats.  Please leave your donated items on the table. Check out the table during coffee hour.  Happy Shopping!

CENTERING PRAYER

THURSDAYS, 6 PM in the Library.

“Centering Prayer: A Training Course for opening to the Presence of God”  The class will run for six weeks.  Plan to spend about two hours each week.

BACKGROUND:

The term “Centering Prayer” alludes to Thomas Merton’s description of contemplative prayer as prayer that is “centered entirely on the presence of God…His will…His love.. and Faith by which alone we can know the presence of God.”  Centering Prayer is rooted in the word of God, both through Scripture and in the person of Jesus Christ. Anchored in four basic guidelines, the practice is designed to facilitate the development of contemplative prayer. It is based on the wisdom saying of Jesus in the “Sermon in the Mount”

“When you pray go to you inner room, close the door; and pray to your Father in secret.

And you Father who sees in secret will reward you.”  Matt 6:6

At its inception, Fr. Thomas Keating and others developed this method of contemplative prayer with an eye to its having the same appeal and accessibility that Eastern meditation practices seemed to have for both monastic and lay people, while at the same time being grounded in the Christian tradition of contemplative prayer found in the anonymous 14th century classic, The Cloud of Unknowing..

ABOUT ST. LUKE’S CLASS:

Each participant will receive a workbook outlining the course.  Weekly sessions will include watching a CD/DVD segment, discussion, and practice.  After the first week’s introduction, topics include,  “Prayer as Relationship”, “The Method of Centering Prayer”, “Thoughts and the Use of the Sacred Word”, “Deepening Your Relationship with God”, and finally “Practicing in Community”.

PLEASE contact Mthr. Claudia by email (giacoma@sisna.com) or by phone 436-645-9863 if you plan to attend.

Books your might find helpful:

Fr. Thomas Keating:  Open Heart, Open Mind; Intimacy with God

Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening 

(Bourgeault is an Episcopal hermit priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, dividing her time between solitude on Eagle Island, Maine, and a much more extraverted schedule in Vancouver, British Columbia.)