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at 3810 Ridgewood Rd. Copley, OH

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Scriptures for Sunday, December 17th

Psalm 126 • Isaiah 65:17-25

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 • John 1:19-28

2023 Advent Prayer Wall

"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

During the Advent season, St. Luke's will have a prayer wall in the Sanctuary filled with names of people and places connected to the St Luke's family.  Throughout advent we will be praying and asking Jesus to fulfill every promise he has spoken over each name. 

Please feel free to grab a marker and add the names of family, friends, places, etc. to the wall! Let's fill the wall with every person and place connected to the St Lukes family.  

Also, please take some time to read over the wall and pray asking God to make the fullness of life known over each name.  As you come and go from the church during this season come a few minutes early or stay a bit late and spend some time at the wall praying.

Reach out to Tim Ghrist with any questions and please share testimonies of how God is answering these prayers. 

ADGL Newsletter

The latest edition of the ADGL newsletter is available. CLICK HERE to read a special Advent message from Bishop Mark Engle.

An Advent Annoucement from Rev. Dan Morgan

This Sunday Advent begins, and this Advent we will experience some changes to our Sunday morning worship. 

Advent is a season of anticipation and wonder.  To enhance those qualities of Advent we will take these four weeks to turn our hearts to how the Holy Spirit of God is speaking to us.

We will put special emphasis on the Person, the Power, the Gifting, and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. After Church Bishop Roger and Gretsie Ames will lead us in discussions about these topics and answer questions you may have about the Holy Spirit.

We will take time to listen to the leading of the holy spirit and respond with practical applications in our worship each Sunday during Advent. 

We will use the structure of Morning prayer to learn a Daily Practice that could be used by each of us in our own lives as a devotional tool in our personal rule of life.  Corporately we will use morning prayer as way of mixing up the routine a bit so the Lord can speak to us through a new cadence of anticipation and wonder.

Having the space to try a new liturgy and to listen to the holy spirit corporately and pray into what He might be telling us are the reasons we will refrain from having communion during advent.  Furthermore, refraining from Communion will aid in building an anticipation for the true meaning of Christmas in the incarnation of Jesus.

Let's seek His heart together as we wait and pray.  We will then return to regularly celebrating Communion on Christmas Eve.

With childlike Joy, let’s be watchful, and filled with wonder as we await the coming of Jesus!

Dan

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services

This year the 4th week of Advent and Christmas Eve fall on the same day… Sunday, December 24th. 

We will have our Sunday Morning Advent Worship service at 10:00 AM and, later that day, our Christmas Eve service at 7:00 PM. Our Christmas Day service will be at 10:00 AM Christmas morning. 

Mark your calendars and plan to join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus.

VESTRY NOMINATION FORMS

The clergy and vestry of St. Luke’s is asking each of us to prayerfully consider who the Lord would want to serve as a member of our Vestry. 

Vestry Nomination Forms are available on the Welcome Board or you can CLICK HERE to complete the form online. 

Forms need to be completed and returned by

Sunday, January 14, 2024.

Journey Into Wholeness Seminar

Led by Rev. Dr Carolyn Allen and Rev. Ron Allen

January 19-21, 2024

You may have asked the question: "Why do I keep saying and doing things I don't want to?"

Do you ever hear yourself saying these words and feel defeated? Do you ever feel stuck in being able to live the new life that God has planned for you?

If so, join us for a Journey into Wholeness weekend of learning how ungodly habit patterns of thinking and behaving can be transformed into wholeness.

During the weekend we will learn and experience:

- Hearing God's Voice

- Being set free from generational patterns

- Release from curses and vows

- Freedom from demonic interference

" Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Romans 12:2

As we learn about and experience new life in Christ, we will begin to learn the ways Christ calls us to be His instruments of healing for others.

Mission Message from Fenny Joy

Dear St Luke's family, 

Greetings from rainy and stormy Netherlands! It is lovely to live close to the beach again. 

Please CLICK HERE for my end of year and Christmas greetings. 

Thank you for being such a faithful partner in my journey. I can not fully express what it means to me - my heart is full of deep gratitude for your support this past year. We truly are together in His service! 

Fenny

To submit a prayer request through our website,

CLICK HERE.

If you would like a prayer request sent out to the St. Luke's Prayer Team, call or text (330)-703-2932.

If the request is for someone other than yourself, please obtain permission from them before sharing to preserve their privacy.

December Offering: $16641

Needed Monthly: $38,333

YTD Offering: $398,350

YTD Other Income: $35,642

YTD Budget: $463,726

YTD +/- ($29,734)

Ways to support St. Luke's Church

• Mail checks to: St. Luke's Church 3810 Ridgewood Rd Copley, OH 44321
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• Your Own Bank - send a payment through your own bank account's bill pay on the bank website. The church will receive a paper check in the mail. This can be set up as recurring if you choose.



• Drop off in the church mailbox or come inside to the office.

St Luke's Church

3810 Ridgewood Rd.

Copley, OH 44321

(330)-665-2227



office@stlukesakron.com

Click below to email our staff:

Jim Fulton - Parish Administrator

Laura Ghrist - Director of Worship Arts

Terry Hamilton - Bookkeeper

Scott Souders - Assoc. Pastor

John Wagner - Assoc. Pastor

St. Luke's office hours are Monday thru Thursday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

St Luke's Church is part of the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes

under the leadership of Bishop Mark Engel.

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