Come worship with us this Sunday

at 3810 Ridgewood Rd. Copley, OH

or on Facebook Live at 10:00 AM

Or visit our website: www.stlukesakron.com

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Scriptures for this Sunday, March 26th

Ezekiel 37:1-14 • Psalm 130

Romans 6:15-23 • John 11:18-44

Lenten Teaching Series

This Sunday, March 26th, will be the last of session of our Lent teaching series with Andrew and Joy Unger. 

Once the service ends, we will take a break for lunch in the Café, and then around 12:30 you can join us in the Sanctuary. 

Sunday’s talk will focus on Holy Week and the shift from repentance into joy.  If you missed the previous sessions, they are available on our website or on the “St Luke’s Church Akron” podcast.

St. Luke’s will be providing Easter Food Baskets to those in our congregation and community who are in need this Easter season. 

We are looking for volunteers to shop, pack, or distribute the baskets next Saturday, April 1st, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. 

Contact Paula Prentice if you are able to help. 

Also, if you would like to give a monetary donation to supply the baskets, write “Easter Baskets” in your checks memo or select the “Easter Food Baskets” fund from our website.

We will be decorating the altar this week (and next) in preparation for the celebrations of Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter.

If you can volunteer after the service this Sunday to bring up the decorations from the lower level, it would be a great help to those who will decorate this week. Thank you!

Thank you!

The Baby Bottle Fund Raiser this year was a great success.

St. Luke's raised over $1100 to support the ministry of Akron Pregnancy Services!

On Good Friday, April 7, the Daughters of the Holy Cross will host a special presentation of "The Last Seven Words of Jesus: the Women Who Followed Their LORD to the Cross."

Come and hear seven clergywomen from various ministries across Northeast Ohio reflect upon the last hours of Jesus' life at Calvary.

The service begins at 7:00 PM at St. Luke's Church.

Holy Week

We will be celebrating our deliverance from slavery, sin, and death beginning April 2nd thru the 9th with the following services and events:

Apr. 2nd – Palm Sunday, 10:00 AM

Apr. 3rd – Stations of the Cross, 7:00 PM

Apr. 6th – Maundy Thursday, 7:00 PM

Apr. 7th – Good Friday: “The Seven Last Words of Jesus, the Women Who Followed of LORD to the Cross,” 7:00 PM

Apr. 8th – Holy Vigil, 7:00 PM

Apr. 9th – Easter Sunday, 10:00 AM

Come join us in "Bob's Cafe" after the service for a time of fun, fellowship, and delicious food.

This Sunday's Menu:

Assorted Sandwiches

Potato Salad. Potato Chips

Garden Salad & Dessert

All donations cover the cost of food. Extra proceeds will go to our outreach ministries.

Creative Journaling

Come join our Creative Journaling Group at Linda Tompkin's Glory Barn. (just 3 miles from St. Luke's).

The group meets the second and fourth Mondays of the month from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.

No previous art training or experience is necessary to be part of this group. Drawing skills are not required.

Linda has many self-helps for your use in her studio including the stencils and stamps she used in creating her own journal pages.

Linda will be sharing various techniques she has used through her years of journaling. Each evening will focus on a different technique. Combining art with the written Word is a wonderful and rewarding way of connecting to self and the Lord.

Let Linda Tompkin know if you are interested by emailing her at [email protected].

Or call her at 330-697-6220.

The Glory Barn is located at 4780 Medina Rd. in Copley.

Dinner & "The Chosen"

On the first and third Saturday of each month at 6:00 PM in the Café, there will be a special time of fellowship and sharing a meal together, followed by an episode of “The Chosen”.

The next episode will be shown on Saturday, April 1st. 

See Gary or Chris Neffenger for more information.

Stage 4 Sponsor-A Bag

Sponsor-A-Bag is an on-going opportunity for individuals to support Stage 4 Ministry with the making and delivery of our Comfort Bags.

Sponsor-A-Bag was introduced to the community at-large in an article in the West Side Leader. (CLICK HERE to read the article)

Individuals have been invited to make a General Donation or a Sponsor-A-Bag donation through St. Luke's website. Those that chose to make a minimum donation of $35, and label it as a Sponsor-A-Bag donation, will have the opportunity to have their name included on the gift tag on the Comfort Bags.

This is just one way we hope to support our Comfort Bag ministry throughout 2023.

March Offering: $24,462.06

Needed Monthly: $38,333

YTD Offering: $86,189

YTD Budget: $104,151

YTD +/- (17,962)

Ways to support St. Luke's Church

• Mail checks to St. Luke's Church 3810 Ridgewood Rd Copley, OH 44321

• PayPal - send to [email protected]

• St. Luke's Website - www.stlukesakron.com - in the upper right corner, click on the button that says, "Give." You can fill out the form with a credit card/debit card or bank routing and account number. You will receive a receipt by email. This can be set up as recurring if you choose. There is a 2.9% surcharge for this option. Click here to be taken to the website.

• 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



[email protected]

Click below to email our staff:

Jim Fulton - Parish Administrator

Laura Ghrist - Director of Worship Arts

Terry Hamilton - Bookkeeper

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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