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Neighborhood Prayer Walk To Highlight ’5th Sunday’ Services
A prayer walk through the neighborhood surrounding St. Luke’s will be a highlight of the events planned for the church’s “5th Sunday” worship services on Oct. 30.
The recently established “5th Sunday tradition” combines the church’s traditional and contemporary worship services into one special service on the last Sunday of month’s that have five. And this installment of the tradition will feature the prayer walk as a special conclusion to the “Extravagant Generosity” series that the church has been featuring in October.
For the prayer walk, the public is invited to gather outside Moore Hall at 9 a.m. and quietly march as a group through the church’s neighboring streets, pausing to recite prayers at various spots along the route. The entire walk should last about 30 minutes, and those who cannot physically make the trip will be accommodated.
Here is the full schedule of 5th Sunday events for Oct. 30:
9 a.m. – Prayer Walk
10 a.m. – Sunday School (regular classes will meet)
11 a.m. – Combined Worship in the Sanctuary
12 p.m. – 5th Sunday Lunch
Anyone wishing to contribute to the lunch should contact the church office.
Parent’s Night Out Monthly Schedule Set Through April 2011
The 2011-2012 schedule is set for St. Luke’s popular Parent’s Night Out program. All parents who would like a break, but who also want to assure their children in a loving, Christian environment are encouraged to take advantage of this ministry.
The program will be open from 5 – 9 p.m. in Moore Hall on the following Saturday nights: Oct. 22, November 12, January 28, February 25, March 17, and April 21.
Children up to age 11 are welcome to attend any PNO for a cost of just $5 per child (though no one will be left out due to financial need). Care is provided by the church’s nursery staff, and plenty of wholesome activities will be planned. Children are asked to bring a sack dinner and be prepared to eat as a group at the beginning of the night, from 5:00 – 5:30 each time.
Advance reservations are requested, and children are invited to bring a friend. For more information, or to reserve a spot for your child, please contact Rebecca James, Director of Nuture Ministries. She maintains office hours at the church on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and she can be reached any time via email at nutureministries@stlukescc.org.
Co-ed Softball Team’s Inaugural Season Delayed
St. Luke’s co-ed softball team, formed informally in June just before the promised start-date of a City of Corpus Christi recreational softball league, will delay the start of its first season until at least the summer of 2012.
The city has scheduled the league to start on October 24, but the fall schedule just doesn’t work for most of the St. Luke’s team’s members.
“We’ll try again in the summer, when our people just have more time to play, ” said coach Ysidro Longoria.
In anticipation of joining the city’s summer league (which never came to fruition because of construction delays at the city’s Greenwood Softball Complex), the team raised nearly $1200 for its expenses by selling barbeque plates cooked by Longoria. That money will likely be transferred to another of the church’s programs, and the team will conduct another fund raiser when it begins organizing for a summer league.
The softball team is part of a new tradition of recreational sports teams sponsored by St. Luke’s. The church is now planning to field entries in a women’s volley ball league that usually starts each February at First Baptist Church. The men’s basketball team is planning to begin its second season in a league that usually starts in March or April of each year at First Baptist, too.
Flea Market Vendors Announce Goods They Will Sell
Plans for St. Luke’s November 5 Flea Market are taking hold with at least 10 vendors confirmed as of this writing, and many other potential vendors have indicated they will likely sign up.
Here is a list of some of the goods that vendors have indicated they will sell: hand made crosses, sea shell art, jewelry, hand crocheted gifts , small electronics, gently used furniture and clothing, CDs and records, computer accessories, office supplies.
Flea Market Set For Nov. 5
Need to sell some stuff; new items, arts and crafts, or extra unused treasures? It’s time to start thinking about getting things together and reserving your booth at the St. Luke’s Flea Market. The market will be located in Moore Hall and the church court yard. In exchange for a $40.00 booth rental fee, vendors will be given a 6ft table and 2 chairs to use in a 6′ X 10′ booth to display their wares. A number of side attractions are in the works, including Ysidro’s famous barbeque.
Booth reservations are now being accepted on a first-come-first-served basis in the church office. (To have your items included in the publicity for the sale, you should have your reservation complete by Oct. 3.) For more information, click here to download of copy of the flea market vendor contract. You can also contact the church office.
Family Fun Day Coming in August
Family Fun Day, Saturday, August 13 is a program designed to reach out to our church neighborhood. A Vacation Bible School will be offered from 9:00am-12:00pm for children ages 5-11. From 12:00pm-3pm we are inviting the children’s parents to come back and join their children for lunch, hot dogs, chips and a drink. We will have information tables set up for parents including Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Hooks Baseball, Food Bank, Methodist Children’s Home and much more. There will be a cake walk, face painting and other fun activities for the kids as well as MacGruff the police mascot! Come join the fun right here at St. Luke’s, all are welcome.