The bulletin for the 10 am service for March 2 is posted below.
To read or download bulletins from previous weeks, click here to go to the Bulletins page.
THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWS – March 2 – March 9 (**New Items, *Revised Items)
Please stay for Coffee Time this Sunday after the 10 am service – Park on Synod Road for easy access via the side door of the hall. If you can help with the coffee set up in these first months of 2025, please let Barb Felsing know.
Palm Crosses from Last Year – A basket to collect your palm crosses from last year is on the table at the back of the church. The palm crosses from last year will be burned after the Shrove Tuesday Pancake dinner (March 4th) to be used as ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper – Tuesday, March 4th in the hall at St. Luke’s – Doors will open at 5 pm. Grace will be at 5:30 pm. We have invited our friends at Church of the Cross to celebrate Shrove Tuesday with us this year. A sign up sheet is at the back of the church. Please sign the sheet to let us know you are planning to attend so that we know how many people to expect. Please bring your own plate and cutlery (the dishwashers thank you!), plus a topping to share. Everyone welcome!
Ash Wednesday Services – Wednesday, March 5th – There will be a 10:30 am service at St. Luke's and a service at 7 pm at Church of the Cross. Please join us at either of the services as the two churches come together to mark the beginning of Lent. There will not be a Thursday morning service at St. Luke’s on March 6th.
*This Month’s Fantastic Friday will be this Friday, March 7th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm – Invite your friends, neighbours, children, and grandchildren to join in the fun and find out why these Fridays are fantastic! Dinner is included. For more information or to offer to help (always greatly appreciated!), please talk to Tara Poilievre, Barb Prescott, Sharon Hallsor, or Claire White.
*Our Next Reflections, our Sunday service at dusk, will be next Sunday, March 9th at 4:30 pm and will feature cellist, Elena Antontceva, originally from Russia. After graduating from the Far East Academy of Arts in Vladivostok, she worked at the Symphony Orchestra as both musician and soloist of the Philharmonic for 25 years in her home city. She had a chance to work as a professor at the University of Art in Vladivostok, teaching young students how to play cello professionally. She participated in international festivals in China, Japan and Korea. She moved to Canada three years ago and continues to perform here. The readings, prayers, and music of this special Reflection Time will calm your spirit and soothe your soul. The next Reflections services in 2025 are on May 11th and June 8th. There won’t be a Reflections service in April. The services in May and June will be at 7:00 pm.
*Sacred Frontiers – A spiritual exploration/faith formation group for teens and their parents; adults considering baptism and/or confirmation; anyone who wants to be welcomed into St. Luke’s from another denomination; anyone who would like to formally renew their baptismal commitment; anyone who has faith questions; anyone who wants to deepen their faith outside of Sunday morning. The group will meet weekly starting next Sunday, March 9th (the first Sunday in Lent) and will end on Pentecost Sunday, June 8th, with a celebration of baptism and reaffirmation and welcome. The group will meet in the church from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. See more information at the News page.
Building a Mountain of Love for the Shelbourne Community Kitchen – The youth of St. Luke’s are hosting a special fundraising event during the month of February through to March 9th in support of our local Shelbourne Community Kitchen. The youth want to build a mountain of non-perishable food in St. Luke’s Church, by the font, and call this a “Mountain of Love”. Please bring your non-perishable donations of food to the church or the hall. Also please invite your friends and neighbours to contribute. Handouts to pass out to friends and neighbours are available on the table at the back of the church.
Our Second Annual Attic Treasures Vintage Market on February 15th was a great success! The event raised $4,214 including $1,150 from the rental of tables, $1,624 from admission fees, and $1,440 from St. Luke’s table and the Silent Auction. Thanks to Carol Turnham for your leadership in this venture.
*Fairway Market Community Shopping Cards – Thank you for using your Fairway Market Community Shopping Cards. In February, we received a payment of $319.10, bringing our total to date to $3,713.92, since we started taking part in this program in 2021. Please continue to use your reloadable Fairway Market Community Shopping Card so that St. Luke's can receive 5% from Fairway Market for every dollar loaded on the card. To join in this program, please pick up your reloadable card from St. Luke's Office. For more information, please contact St. Luke's Office, talk to Brenda Morgan, or visit the Fundraising page.
It's Spring in St. Luke's Cemetery and by this time of year, the Christmas arrangements still on the graves are looking out of place. If you placed an arrangement on a family grave before Christmas, could you please recover it before the beginning of March. The Cemetery Committee will remove any seasonal arrangements remaining on the graves in March.
Save the Dates for this Year’s Amazing Journey Day Camp – July 7th – 11th in the mornings, 9 am to noon. St. Luke's joins with Church of the Cross each summer for a week-long day camp hosted at one of the churches. This year's camp will be at St. Luke’s. If you have children, grandchildren, or friends with children ages 4 through 11, please consider reserving this week for them to participate in the day camp. Children born January 1, 2014 to June 30, 2021 are eligible to be campers. We will also be looking for Middle School students to be Leaders in Training and High School students to be Small Group Leaders. Questions? Please talk to Tara Poilievre, Sharon Hallsor, or Barb Prescott.
St. Luke’s Is On Instagram – Did you know that St. Luke’s is now on Instagram? Thanks to Sahar Saeidbakhsh for setting up Instagram for us. You’ll find the Instagram link in the top right corner of the home page of our website or at this link. Please follow St. Luke’s on Instagram.
Karren Stinson Bursary for Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada – Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025 – The Karren Stinson Bursary Fund celebrates the life of a parish worker at Lutheran Church of the Cross, the late Karren Louise Stinson. The purpose of this Bursary Fund is to give financial assistance to Lutherans and Anglicans based in Western Canada who are currently involved in post-secondary education leading to a vocation of service. We invite applications for this year’s bursary of $1000. To apply for the 2025 Karren Stinson Bursary, please visit the News page and carefully follow the instructions given. The Bursary is scheduled to be awarded in the late spring of 2025.