The Week
of
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019

The Third Sunday
after the Epiphany:

Your personal invitation to this Sunday at St. Luke's:
TOMORROW ONLY - CHANGE OF WORSHIP SCHEDULE: Holy Eucharist at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
If you can't be with us in person tomorrow, worship with us online at 10 a.m.
EYC to Welcome Rite 13-ers
All youth, 13 and older, are invited to take part in the Rite 13 ceremony during the 10 a.m. service. Please sit together with your Sunday School teachers in the reserved pews on the pulpit side, where you will welcome the Rite 13 candidates at the conclusion of the ceremony.  
Annual Parish Meeting

Following the service, we'll gather for the Annual Parish Meeting. This year's meeting is especially important in this time of transition for the parish.

Parents please drop off your children, preschoolers through 5th grade, in the Parish Hall before getting a cup of coffee and returning to the Nave for the meeting. Kristin has snacks for them as well as a terrific activities. The nursery is, of course, open for younger children during the meeting.  
Loaves and Fishes gathers at 6 p.m. at the home of Allison Evatt and Bob Allin (1071 Sheridan Park NE, 30324 | 404-728-0806). Bring a dish to share and your beverage of choice. Tea and soft drinks will be provided. Loaves and Fishes is a social gathering for St. Luke’s adults to be in community the last Sunday evening of each month. For more information or to be added to our email list, contact Susan or Stan Reid ( susanstanreid@yahoo.com | 770-396-4041). We hope you can join us for all or any part of the evening.
By the Numbers
Each week, St. Luke's publishes the "numbers" from the previous week. There are a lot of things about God - and St. Luke's - that are impossible to quantify; however, sometimes numbers help us understand our ministry and where it is heading.

Look for this weekly report in the Welcome insert of your bulletin and here in the Shepherd's Notes .
Announcements & Opportunities
Rector's Forum Notes

PDFs of Ed's PowerPoint presentations can now be downloaded from the St. Luke's website. You can access them from the homepage or by clicking this button:
Super Bowl Traffic in St. Luke's Neighborhood

Except by volume, it doesn't look like the big game will affect traffic all that much around the church. But depending upon where you're driving from to get to St. Luke's, roads could be closed. Be sure to check on the Georgia DOT for information or click below:
Wednesday, February 13
All St. Luke’s men - and their friends and colleagues - are invited for breakfast, fellowship and a program led by Interim Rector Ed Bacon. We begin with coffee at 7 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Breakfast ($5) is followed by a program from 8-8:30 a.m. Please RSVP online.
In January we're filling the baskets with coffee and fix-in’s for Church of the Common Ground (CCG). They need ground coffee, powdered creamer and sugar (one pound bags of sugar preferred). CCG is a worshiping community of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. It is a “church without walls” on the streets of Atlanta, providing support for the pastoral and spiritual needs of women, men and youth who live on the margins of our city.  
All youth are invited to gather at the home of the Putt family at 5:30 p.m. next Sunday, February 3 to watch the Super Bowl, hang out, and support the Midtown Assistance Center (MAC). Bring a can of soup or any item from MAC’s Amazon wish list, which is, ironically, 97.2% not-soup. Text Kristin for a link to the wish list and to RSVP (770-778-2653).
Youth Confirmation Class ... As we prepare for the bishop’s visit in May, we will begin our Youth Confirmation Class on Sunday, Feb. 3. Youth in the 10th grade and older are eligible to participate. To sign up or receive more information, please email Kristin Houser ( kristin@stlukesatlanta.org).

EYC to Common Ground ... On February 10 the youth will prepare and deliver lunch to members of Church of the Common Ground, and break bread with them. Drivers and chaperones are needed.  

My Body, My Faith … This 7-week course for 5th graders and their parents, held Sunday mornings at 10:15 a.m., facilitates conversations between parents and children on issues they face as they leave childhood and enter adolescence. The course begins with a parent orientation session on Sunday, February 10. For the full class schedule and for more information, please email Kristin ( kristin@stlukesatlanta.org).
Blessing of Pregnancies will take place Sunday, February 10 at the 9 a.m. worship service. If you would like to participate, contact The Rev. Elizabeth Shows Caffey (404-873-7612 or el izabeth@stlukesatlanta.org).

Save the date for our Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Bingo gathering Thursday, February 14 at noon in the Parish Hall. RSVP by phone 404-873-7777. Act III offers gatherings and activities for parishioners 60 and up in an effort to strengthen relationships and create a better sense of community.  
Would you like to commune and get to know other St. Luke’s parishioners in your community? This year, there will be an opportunity! These informal gatherings (Zip Code dinners) will take place in various communities within and surrounding Atlanta. Zip Code Dinners will give parishioners an opportunity to make new friends as well as visit with old ones! If you are interested in hosting a dinner, please contact Jessica Tonge ( jessicatonge@gmail.com) for more information.
Registration has closed for this new small-group adult ministry at St. Luke’s that is an outgrowth of the Invite-Welcome-Connect program. We are delighted that over 130 parishioners have registered to attend gatherings at 14 host homes and at the church in conjunction with Sunday 2.0. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please contact John Stewart at johnstewartjr06@comcast.net and tell him which day(s) of the week and area of town interest you (ministry begins on January 21 and runs through February 28, and participants are asked to attend all six weekly dinners in the same home). Email confirmations were sent to all participants this past week, so please contact Sue McAvoy at smcavoy@emory.edu if you have any questions or if you signed up and did not receive a message.  
Thank you to all those parishioners who have completed and returned a pledge card! We have now received 331 pledges for $1,349,536. We encourage those who have not yet done so, to please do so as soon as possible. Thank you for being a part of and supporting our church’s many ministries.  
The Go! Summit
This year, Global Missions’ annual Go! Summit, Saturday, Feb. 16 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. at the Cathedral, will explore racial reconciliation and healing on a local and global level. The one-day event will feature speakers, panel discussions, and breakout sessions, using the companion relationship between the Diocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Cape Coast Ghana as a lens through which we can explore how to address our past and embrace our future. Registration is $30 and includes lunch and refreshments. Register on the St. Luke’s website from the Sign Up tab by Monday, February 11  
This Sunday
The Nursery opens at 9:40 a.m. for children and babies 5 years old and younger.

8 a.m. | Holy Eucharist    
10 a.m. | Holy Eucharist with Rite 13 Liturgy
11:15 a.m. | Annual Parish Meeting and Vestry Election 
11:15 a.m. | Children's Program |Parish Hall
12:15 p.m. | Coffee Hour | Bell Tower
4 p.m.| Sunday 2.0 begins
4 p.m. | Faith and Friendship Dinner | St. Luke Room
6 p.m. | Loaves and Fishes | Offsite


THE ALTAR flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Betsy and Sandy Yearley by their daughter Fontaine Draper; in thanksgiving for the life of Caroline Robinson Selden, by Larry and Dana Halberg Pless, and Anna, Brett, David, Chrissy, Deane and Josephine; in memory of Jack Daugherty by his daughter, Liz, and her family; and in loving memory of Ken Noland by Alice, Sam and Jack.  .
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