"TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN"


The 19th Sunday

after Pentecost


Oct 3 & 4, 2026

Watch our Sunday

10:00 AM service live.


Tune in using the link below

for a live stream of our

10:00AM Sunday Service or watch the service later at your convenience.




Parents with children

If you have children who are

visiting St. Luke's this weekend,

we ask you to complete a

"Social Media Waiver".

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submit.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

www.slecp.org


Office Hours:

 Monday - Thursday

9:00am to 3:00pm

The Parish Office is

closed on Fridays.

928.778.4499

info@slecp.org


WORSHIP MINISTERS FOR THIS WEEK


Saturday, Oct 3, 5:30 pm

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr. Marc McDonald

Eucharistic Minister: Laura Henry

 

Sunday, Oct 4, 8:00 am


Celebrant & Preacher: Fr. Marc McDonald

Eucharistic Minister:  Carol Sweeden

Organist: John Euson

Ushers: Linda and Rich Leon

Minister: Gib McIntosh

Organist: John Euson

Ushers: Dave and Chanee Abbott






Wednesday, Oct 7, 10:00 am

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr. Phil Shaw

Eucharistic Minister: Kelly Parker




Sunday, Oct 4, 10:00 am

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr. Marc McDonald

Assistant: Susan Schubert

Deacon: Kimball Arnold

Sub-deacon: Trampus Tribbey

Lector 1:  Blake Hicks

Lector 2:  Lynne Holland

Lector (Prayers):  Amelia Daniellak

Verger: Darrell Anderson

Eucharistic Minister, Crucifer: Nancy Reynolds

Eucharistic Minister:  Larry Neece

Director of Music, Keyboardist: Matt Owens

Welcome Table:  Betty Doherty

Greeters:  Jim and Kathy Pessin

Ushers:  HEAD – Leigh Hunt, Cheryl Moreno, Cynthia and Steven Dear

Sound/Audio Tech: Mike Maxwell

Lock-Up Duty:  Larry Neece

 

Altar Guild

CAPT Lauree Birchmeier, Sylvia McIntosh, Karen Spiess, Cheryl Moreno


VESTRY MINUTES

Please click on the button below for the Vestry Minutes.They may also be found on our website at slecp.org and there is a hard copy posted on a clipboard in the Gathering Hall.

Note: Minutes are not posted until approved by the Vestry,


PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS


The Altar Flowers are given

to the Glory of God by

Monica Davi


And, In loving Memory of

Fr. Richard (Rick) Lassiter by

Ellie Lassiter


Please be sure and sign up to donate flowers--the sign-up poster is in the Gathering Hall. When paying by check, please be sure to state "Altar Flowers" in the memo line and leave your check in the offering plate or in the mailbox by the Administration Office.

Hospitality Ministry

Sign up today to serve your church for

30 minutes of a Sunday morning.


Tim Joseph


STEP UP AND SERVE--If you are thinking of joining the ranks of admired treat bringers, please sign up on the sheet on the Welcome Center table against the wall.


Happy Birthday To:       

2-Oct Cheryl Erpelding

3-Oct Tigger Gillam

5-Oct Robin Borok

6-Oct Ron James

8-Oct Leanne Bryan

Happy Anniversary To:               

7-Oct Darrell & Susan Bray-Anderson

7-Oct Rodger & Barbara Pettinger

9-Oct Steven & Cynthia Dear

Birthday and Anniversary Prayer

O God, our times are in your hands: look with favor, we pray, on your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow in wisdom and grace. Send your blessings upon them, that their homes may be a haven of peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Weekly Attendance

Sept 26 & 27, 2026

161










  • Cereal, Instant Oatmeal, Ramen
  • Canned Fruit, Applesauce, Maple (pancake) Syrup, Jelly, Microwave Popcorn, Baked Beans, Refried Beans, Kidney Beans.
  • Manwich, Chef-boy-R-Dee, Chicken packets, Soups: Tomato & Vegetable, Canned Chicken.
  • gluten free foods
  • Non-dairy beverages (Soy, Almond, Coconut, etc.)




St. Luke's Food Pantry Report for

Sept 25, 2026



63 Households, 234 individuals (n.r.),

75 Kids and 1 new families


The Food Pantry will be open this

Thursday to drop off food

from 12:00pm - 2:00

And, to Pick Up Food on

Friday from 9am - Noon.

DID YOU KNOW . . . The wooden box with the 3 dividers to the left of the restrooms are for Community Needs? The St. Luke's Food Pantry collects food in the black wheeled card between the Restrooms and the Choir Room.


NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK . . .


An example and order forms will be in the Gathering Hall.


OTHER PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS


Would you like to develop skills to be a facilitator for small group Bible Studies?


If so, The Art of Engaging Holy Scripture Bible Study Group Training might be for you! The informal name is: TAEHS, rhymes with "days".


Learn more about TAEHS by clicking the button below.

RECURRING EVENTS

CLICK HERE FOR ZOOM LINK

EDUCATION

Community News, Events and Updates

RISE CANYON RANCH


Besides helping out St. Luke's as our finance officer, Cheryl Erpelding has a love of helping veterans and others heal through equine therapy.


She enjoyed the work she did while in San Diego and is now continuing to help at Rise Canyon Ranch in Paulden. She is their development director and is in charge of the Oct. 25th Golf Tournament to raise funds for this wonderful nonprofit that has been instrumental in healing veterans, first responders, and youth who are at risk or struggling.


To find out more about Rise Canyon Ranch, reach out to

Cheryl - 858-967-5765, cherylerp@gmail.com and/or visit www.RiseCanyonRanch.org

PARISH PRAYER LIST

Our Prayer List

It is our practice to keep names on the prayer list for three weeks.

If you need to keep them on longer, please make a special request

to move that person to the long-term list.



There is a black prayer binder located on the Usher's Table

in the Narthex in which you can write your prayer requests OR

You may email your prayer requests to: info@slecp.org


Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess your Name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world.


For Sean, our Presiding Bishop; Jennifer, our Bishop; For all bishops and other ministers; for the church, that it may welcome those with heavy hearts, offer the prayers of thanksgiving that become our daily bread, forgive all those who enter, and repent of its own

injustices we pray, Lord have mercy. 


Prayers for healing and comfort

Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in their troubles, and bring them the joy of your salvation, especially Riley Gillam, Jeff Haugland, Rev'd Susan Schubert, Carl and Carol Anderson, Marion Dunmire, Zibbie Wolter, Ted & Barbara Sayle, Michael Orley, Ana, Amelia, George, Rich and Cathy Hoaglund, Deacon Kimball Arnold, Jerry Sweeden, David Roberts, Jack Williman, Jane Needham, Bob and Gail Haugland, Jaymie, Nornie Vergote, Wayne Hallford, Linda Bray, Bob Barlow, Jeanne Miller, Jean Ehlers, Sara Williman, Chuck Wehland, Jaclyn Waterman // Chrisi Gilliam, Polly Kies, Susan Bray-Anderson, Sylvia Olsen, George Chesney, Cheryl and Vic Moreno, Grant, Adeline, Matthew Sartori, Vic & Karen Blanco, Nancy K, Gomer Family, Jeff and Marty Bernatz, William Tompkins, Linda Cheek, Jerri Wheeler, Johnny Reeves, John Frazier, Frank Williams, Victoria K, Ashley Judd, and Rod and Connie, Neil Cordes, Philip Pessin, Paget & Jim Merriman, Bob Wheeler


For those in our Armed Forces: Brian, Ian, Florian, Beka, Chandler, Alexander, and Donovan.

For all those suffering and who have been affected by hurricanes and other severe weather



Prayers for Thanksgiving

Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts so freely bestowed upon us especially the abundance of creation, the many ministries at St. Luke’s and the volunteers that lead them, the continued growth of our church, those visiting St. Luke’s, and those returning. 


Anglican Prayers for the week of October 3 – October 9

Saturday, October 3 - The Diocese of Bukedi – The Church of the Province of Uganda

Sunday, October 4 - Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

Monday, October 5 - The Diocese of Bukuru – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Tuesday October 6 - The Diocese of Bunbury – The Anglican Church of Australia

Wednesday, October 7 - The Diocese of Bungoma – The Anglican Church of Kenya

Thursday, October 8 - The Diocese of Bunyoro-Kitara – The Church of the Province of Uganda

Friday, October 9 - The Diocese of Busan – The Anglican Church of Korea

In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer – St. Peter’s, Litchfield Park

In the St. Luke's Outreach Cycle of Prayer – Highway Cleanup, Quad City Interfaith Council


MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Notary Services

St. Luke’s is now offering Notary Services at no charge during regular business hours. Please call or email Deborah at the office to make an appointment.

The link on our website for financial giving has been updated.

AND, you can click here to be directed to the link as well.

$$$ DO YOU HAVE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS? $$$

We're here to help. Contact Cheryl Erpelding at finance@slecp.org to ask your financial question or to make an appointment whether it be about your pledge, giving, or commission budget. She'll be happy to find the answers you need.


 

ALL ARE WELCOME!

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of the Quad-Cities seeks to create a community where we intentionally welcome all. We foster a climate of purposeful inclusion, an environment where all can feel safe, valued, cared for, and given an opportunity to form meaningful connections with each other. We cherish the diversity of humanity, a diversity that includes differences in sex, age, race, ethnicity, national origin, range of abilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, financial means, education, and political perspective.

When we say “All are Welcome” we mean ALL.

Lost and Found

If you have an item that was left behind, or if you found an item, please email info@slecp.org and rlet us know. We will hold on to found items for 30 days.

We acknowledge...

According to Resolution #2016-3, of the 56th Diocesan Convention: We acknowledge the living culture of the Yavapai people, the traditional custodians of the land we stand on, and pay tribute to the role they play in the life of this region.

Epistle submissions: info@slecp.org

Submissions for the current week's Epistle are due by noon on Wednesday!

Church Website: www.slecp.org

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