HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wishing everyone at St. Luke a very happy New Year! We cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. Thank you to everyone who made 2024 a successful year. We have prayed, worshipped, laughed and cried together. What a blessing the congregation of St. Luke is, both to each other and to our community!
WELCOME PASTOR ANDREW
Please join us this Sunday, January 5, to welcome Pastor Andrew Lewis to St. Luke!
TAI'S PANTRY
Thank you to everyone who has and continues to bring in food items for our food pantry. Please check on the food pantry to be sure it stays stocked up. Have you seen our chalkboard in the narthex? It has a list of items needed for that week.
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING JANUARY 19
Our annual congregational meeting to approve the 2025 budget and present the Council reports will be on Sunday January 19 following services. Please make plans to attend.
PRAY AND GO
Join us on January 26th as we pray over homes in our community. Bring your walking shoes! If you have not been able to join us for Pray and Go, we invite you to come with us this month. Pray and Go takes less than one hour, and helps you get your steps in, too! Knock out your resolutions with us on January 26th following services.
THE GATHERING AND ST. LUKE GUYS
The Gathering and St. Luke Guys will meet on Friday, January 24. The Gathering will meet at 11:30 and St. Luke Guys at 11:00. Thank you for the faithfulness, love and fellowship expressed in these groups!
Commemorations and festivals this week:
Wednesday, January 1
Name of Jesus
By Jewish law, every baby boy was circumcised and named on the eighth day of life, so on the eighth day of Christmas the church celebrates this event in Jesus' life. The keeping of the covenant as well as Jesus' name are signs of God's salvation given to us through him.
By Jewish law, every baby boy was circumcised and named on the eighth day of life, so on the eighth day of Christmas the church celebrates this event in Jesus' life. The keeping of the covenant as well as Jesus' name are signs of God's salvation given to us through him.
Thursday, January 2
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, renewer of the church, died 1872
Loehe was a pastor in nineteenth-century Germany. Loehe's chief concern was that a congregation find its life in the holy communion, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow. He sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and Ukraine.
Loehe was a pastor in nineteenth-century Germany. Loehe's chief concern was that a congregation find its life in the holy communion, and from that source evangelism and social ministries would flow. He sent pastors to North America, Australia, New Guinea, Brazil, and Ukraine.
Monday, January 6
Feast of Epiphany
The feast of Epiphany (“manifestation”) concludes the Christmas season with a celebration of God’s glory revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. In Isaiah and Ephesians, that glory is proclaimed for all nations and people. Like the light of the star that guided the magi to Jesus, the light of Christ reveals who we are: children of God who are claimed and washed in the waters of baptism. We are sent out to be beacons of the light of Christ, sharing the good news of God’s love to all people.
Worship This Week
2nd Sunday of Christmas
January 5, 2025
Prayer of the Day
Almighty God, you have filled all the earth with the light of your incarnate Word. By your grace empower us to reflect your light in all that we do, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen
Readings and Psalm
Jeremiah 31:7-14
Joy at the gathering of God’s scattered flock
Joy at the gathering of God’s scattered flock
Sirach 24:1-12 (alternate)
Wisdom lives among God’s people
Wisdom lives among God’s people
Psalm 147:12-20
Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. (Ps. 147:12)
Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. (Ps. 147:12)
Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 (alternate)
We sing, O Lord, to your holy name. (Ws. 10:20)
We sing, O Lord, to your holy name. (Ws. 10:20)
Ephesians 1:3-14
The will of God made known in Christ
The will of God made known in Christ
John 1:[1-9] 10-18
God with us: the incarnation of the Word
God with us: the incarnation of the Word
