Worship Highlights

Building a Better Future

Listening to God

Sunday, October 20, 2024


Worship In-Person and Online

 8:30 AM - with hymns

10:00 AM - with praise songs


Download the 8:30 AM Bulletin

Download the 10:00 AM Bulletin


Readings:

2nd Samuel 7:1-17

Luke 1:26-38



Online

A Live stream of our services is on Facebook and YouTube

Go to facebook.com/stlukesbloomington or youtube.com/stlukesbloomington to view live streaming along with recorded worships.

VEAP

October's challenge:

Most Needed items Click HERE! for more information.


VEAP's current most-needed items are (from their website):

  • Whole Grain Rice/Pasta/Cereal
  • Canned Proteins/Fruits/Vegetables
  • Toilet Paper/Paper Towels/Diapers
  • Hearty Soups
  • Laundry Detergent/Dish Soaps

For the full list, and for more details, visit VEAP's website.

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Wednesday Night Live


Wednesday Night Live dinner is being served at 5:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Suggested donation $3.00, free for kindergarten or younger, $10.00 for a family of four or more. 



Preschool/Parent Ministry, Children's Ministry (K-5th), Peer Ministry (6th-12th), and Adult Education, begins at 6:00 PM.


October 23rd - Walking Tacos

October 30th - Soup

November 6th - Sloppy Joes

The Twin Cities American Guild of Organists (TCAGO) Fall Members Recital

Friday, October 25th


The Twin Cities chapter of the American Guild of Organists (TCAGO) will present its Fall Members Recital on Friday, October 25 at 7:30pm at Richfield Lutheran Church, 8 West 60th Street, Richfield, MN, 55419, featuring the 3-manual, 36-rank 1977 Schantz organ and splendid 7' Steinway "B" grand piano.

 

Several organists will present an interesting and creative program based on "The Many Moods of Dance" and honor notable anniversaries of a variety of composers, including Buxtehude, Bach, Dubois, Faure, Lefebure-Wely, Widor, Stanford, Calvin Hampton, and Godwin Sadoh.

 

The recital is FREE and open to the public.

Holiday Market & Fine Arts Festival

is seeking…


Volunteers! Sign ups for fun opportunities can take place online and at the card table in the Narthex. Holiday Elves, Movers and Shakers, Merry Makers and more are available!


Click here for fun volunteer opportunities

Click here to donate treats and trinkets


Contact Deb Krieg 612-799-3686

Dlkrieg10516@gmail.com


Friday, November 8th - 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 9th - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Click here for vendor reservation


VEAP Volunteer Opportunity


Hello Mission Partners,

 

If you or someone in your congregation are looking to engage more with your community, VEAP has an opportunity for you!

 

Starting October 26th, VEAP will be offering supplemental food distribution on the 4th Saturday of each month. (Drive up only, no in-store shopping) We are looking to secure a few more volunteers for our Saturday, October 26 distribution.

 

Volunteer Needs:

Shift - 8:30 a.m. - Noon

 

1-2 volunteers - Check-in

4-6 volunteers - Door #4 Distribution

 

Sign up via Get Connected!

volunteer.veap.org

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Volunteer Department at volunteerdept@veap.org. Thank you for your consideration!


Kindly,

The Mission Partners Team 

Trunk or Treat

Sunday, October 27th


Join us on October 27th from 4:30-6:00pm for a safe and fun trick-or-treating event. Come in your costumes and trick-or-treat from trunk to trunk in our church parking lot.



If you are interested in decorating your own trunk and participating in Trunk or Treat please contact Emily Schoeller at 612-850-0671.



The best decorated trunk will be the recipient of the St. Luke’s Trunk or Treat Traveling Trophy—The Golden Troll!


Come and enjoy cider, popcorn, and a bonfire! 

Poinsettia

Orders


With your participation, St. Luke’s Sanctuary will be beautifully adorned during the Christmas season. You may either order a poinsettia or make a donation to Loaves & Fishes in honor of a loved one.


Altar Guild will be taking orders at a table in the narthex Sunday, October 27th and Sunday, November 3rd to drop off your order. You can also drop off the orders in the office before November 3rd. Plants can be picked up after the worship service on Sunday, December 29th. Thank you!


Click here for the order form.


Click here to order and pay online.

Blood Drive

October 29th 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM


St. Luke’s will be hosting a Blood Drive on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Click here to sign up (search by 55431 and October 29th).

Feed My Starving Children

Thursday, October 31st - 7:00 - 8:30PM


Volunteer Spots are reserved for St. Luke's Lutheran at the Chanhassen Feed My Starving Children site.



If you are willing to join us, please contact the office so your name can be added to our roster. Please invite your children and friends to give them an opportunity to help others. The sooner you can make a commitment, the sooner more spaces will be added for volunteers. **Drivers are needed. Please contact the office if you can pick up other volunteers.



You can also sign up online: Volunteers needed.


Upcoming packing events:

  • Thurs. October 31st - 7:00-8:30 PM. Join Code is VBWW9M Click here to sign-up online.
  • Sat. November 9th - 12:00-1:45 PM. Join Code is VB62ZWG Click here to sign-up online.
  • Sat. December 14th - 12:00-1:45 PM. Join Code is 6B0692

Your hands are essential in the fight against world hunger. Contact the office at office@stlukesbloomington.org, if you would like to volunteer.

Veterans Day Poster Update

Special Worship, November 10th at 3:00 PM


It's time to update photos for our Veterans Photo Boards. Photo's can be saved as a .jpg and forwarded to craigbrandt_9@msn.com. Please send a current photo and one from when you served.

Church Directory


Our Church Directory is now online. Click here to see the directions on how to access the directory. Contact the office if you would like to be included or if you have any questions.

Join the Bells of Praise Handbell Choir


If you can read music, you can ring handbells. 

Patient training is provided. Come and try it.

WEDNESDAYS 5:45PM to 6:45PM

Perform during worship on the 4th Sundays of the month.


Please contact Alanna Teragawa for more information. alanna.k9@gmail.com 612-819-5778

Mission Quilters Group


Quilters will meet the first and third Saturdays of each month in the sewing room and the great room. Use Door D.


The sewing group also meets on Thursdays at 6:45.


For more information: call Janet Lyson for quilting at 952-884-9475 or Diane Anderson for sewing at 952-888-4538.

Altar Flowers


If you would like to order altar flowers for 2024, the cost is $40.00. Please sign up on the Altar Flower board in the Narthex, contact the office, 952-881-5801, or office@stlukesbloomington.org. If you have any questions, please contact Bette Gamboni at 952-888-8317 or bjgfree2010@gmail.com.


Altar Flowers Today Given by



Merlin and Carol Larson

In memory of Merlin’s mother


St. Luke's Social Media


St. Luke's has a Social Media team that updates our social media accounts and shares upcoming events and pictures of past events. Do you take pictures of events at St. Luke's? If so, the team would love to use them and the office would love to save them for future use (maybe the 125th reunion!). Please send pictures to SocialMedia@stlukesbloomington.org.

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Prayer Requests

This Week

We continue to hold our family members and friends in prayer. We appreciate any updates you can provide


-Prayers for the victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. May the lifesaving supplies be available to those who are in need. - Craig Brandt & Kim Gaslin

-Prayers for my sister Mary Olson who will lundergo cancer surgery on Oct. 22nd. Prayers for a positive outcome. - Jackie Wakely

-Prayers for peace and unity to our world dear Lord. We are desperate for your intervention. - Laurie Blanchard

-Prayers for our friend, Gloria, recently diagnosed with breast cancer (she is the great-grandmother of Arthur who is in the prayers as well) - Janet & Roger Lyson

-Prayers for Bob Olson and family, his mom, Margaret Olson, died on Monday, October 14th.

-Prayers for Cheryl Brotten for healing during her hospitalization for a hip issue.


Updated prayers:

-Prayers for Dustin Jacobson who is still recovering for a lung ailment.

-Prayers of peace for Pricilla Tibbets as she enters hospice. Prayers for her family and caregivers. - Craig Brandt and Kimberly Goslin

-Prayers for Nancy Dagen who has entered hospice.


Continued prayers:

-Prayers for the family of Rosie Taylor who died on October 1st after a 5 month battle with cancer. - Jackie Wakely

-Prayers for DJ who is in transitional care due to a heart ailment. May the rehab help him get home soon.

-Prayers for the family of Barb Roberts who died on September 26th.

-Prayers for my 99 year old mom, Kathryn Nave, who fell and broke a bone. She is home. - Sue Traeger

-Prayers for Mary Lou Ingram, Tim and Deb Krieg's aunt, who is having heart valve surgery. Prayers for healing, the skill of her care givers and for her full recovery.

-Prayers for thanksgiving that the pathology form Steve Kovac's cancer surgery came back as cancer-free. Continued prayers that his healing might be complete.

-Prayers for relief for us as we are in some financial straights an need assistance this month. - Mike Smith

-Continued prayers for my aunt Barb who is healing from cancer and radiation from Stage 4 lung cancer. She was able to have surgery on her sciatica which originally had cancer but biopsies show is the sciatica is now cancer free! Praise God for his grace, for all the medical teams and cancer patients who have proceeded with experiments to provide knowledge to those who administer healing! Thank you for your prayers and continued prayers for Barb! She is looking to get back to work as her strength returns and pain subsides! - Suzie McWilliams

-Prayers for Amy and Tim Krieg's grandfather, Gene Pittman who is struggling with congestive heart failure.

-Prayers for stability and peace for my wife, Cindy, who has been very ill and while is stable now, the illness fluctuates. - Mike Smith

-Prayers for God's healing grace for our director, Alanna Teragawa who continues her cancer treatment. - Bells of Praise members.

-Prayers for Jason Bohm for strength and courage for family and himself on his journey. - Pamela Trutnau

-Prayers for healing and strength of right hand post surgery - Jan Pankratz

-Prayers for Nancy Hudson who is home from the hospital to continue to stay healthy and regain strength and kidneys return to normal.

-Prayers of healing for a neighbor, Jill, whose cancer has returned. - Maggie Horn

-Prayers of healing for Jeannie Krechmer, a member of our sewing group who's cancer has returned. - Diane Anderson

-Prayers for Bonnie McWilliams who is suffering from bad back and knees pain.

-Prayers for Shorty McWilliams who is experiencing a lot of weakness and pain from his ailments.

-Prayers for my daughter who is receiving radiation for her brain tumor. - Sharon Strid

-Prayers for strength and healing for my herniated disc in my neck, and for healing my broken wrist. - Pamela Trutnau

-Prayers for Scott Hausman for healing and strength to deal with serious health issues. - Pamela Trutnau

-Prayers for successful chemo treatments for Eric Schultz's stomach lining cancer. And prayers for strength and courage for Eric & Family - Pamela Trutnau

-Prayers for the people of Haiti, especially our mission partners Ebenezer Glenn Orphanage. Grant them safety and God's Peace. - Bev Brosam

-Prayers for Gerry to continue to recover. Great news. He saw his lung doctor. and is doing well, no signs of cancer. Doctor said whatever they are doing, keep on doing it. A slow process to gain weight but good report. - Maddy Boyle

-Prayers for Arthur, our friend's great grandson. His cancer has returned. Pray for peace and comfort for his family. - Roger and Janet Lyson

-Prayers for a couple of close friends whose fathers aren't doing well - 1 is in hospice and the other might have cancer. - Robyn Noble

-Prayers for Steve who with this 5th diagnosis of lung and kidney cancer. He is in the early stages of diagnosis and treatment. Lifting him up in prayer. - Craig Brandt and Kim Gaslin

-Prayers for Howard Jeffery who is having a health problem where is blood pressure is very low.

-Prayers for Patty Veitenheimer who is receiving cancer treatments.

-Prayers for a family friend that was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. - Art and Emily DeSchepper

-Prayers for my dad who is struggling with addiction and my mom for strength (Dan and Denise DiNardo) - Morgan Lange

-Prayers for my friends Rosie and John Barnes that they can get their truck fixed and get rental assistance from the VA and county so they can stay in their home. - Carolyn Olsen

-Prayers for my friend Margaret Martin who had a stroke. - Jane Ekerberg

-Prayers for the 22 service members who commit suicide each day. - Craig Brandt

-Prayers for Sean and Scott and all who have cancer. - Sue Newby

-Prayers for Mary Lair's parents who are dealing with health issues.

-Prayers for Scott, who has been diagnosed with cancer. May there be a successful treatment. - Uncle to Ian Newby and brother to Sue Newby

-Prayers for me and others who struggle with mental health stuff – Britt Halaas 

-Prayers for my uncle Rich who is in the hospital and will likely be entering hospice due to his Alzheimer's. - Robyn Hurd

-Prayers of recovery and healing for Jenean Fawver's grandson, Nick Valentini as he had open heart surgery.

-Prayers for my daughter, Kim who is having heart issues - Judy Sandeen

-Please pray for our grandson, Evan, for healing from a motorcycle accident. - Larry & Bette

-Prayers for Linda McNamara, my sister, after a fall resulting in three fractures. - Sue Traeger

-Pray for my friend Mary who has heart issues and is in Presbyterian Homes after breaking her hip.- Beth Angerhofer

-Prayers that the new chemo drug Kelly started will have less side effects. Kelly also will have radiation to her spine to hopefully help lessen her pain. - Becky Olson

-Continue healing for my friend Mary Kitzmann. - Pam Trutnau

-Prayers for my nephew who is currently serving as Deacon, but the priest is retiring so he will have full responsibility of their small church. Jane Ekerberg

-Please pray for peace in my personal life, work life and the world. Also, for a personal physical issue and safe travels on the roads and water - Julie Schroeder

-My back is stable because of the prayers and my exercise regime! - Jane Ekerberg 

-Prayers for continued healing and renewed health for both Tom and me. Tom has a hard time breathing and goes to rehab for that. Ongoing prayers for health and medications that will help me with my pain management. - Jackie Wakely



Ongoing prayers…

-Prayers for world peace.

-Prayers for all mother's struggling to provide for their children.

-Prayers for people suffering physical illness, facing death, mental illness and need hope in their lives.

-Prayers for the security of the economics of our country that we may provide for all.

-Prayers for all children suffering from hunger, loss and abuse.

-Prayers for all of us to remain servants of the the Lord.

-Prayers for all those with cancer, may they have strength and hope to heal.

-Prayers for our country and world leaders to make decisions good for all human kind.

-Prayers for peace in heart, mind and soul for our leaders, our country and the world to come together in kindness, joyfulness, open mindedness and love, especially in Ukraine.

-Prayers for the poor and homeless.

-Prayerfully remember friends and family of those who have committed suicide. Acknowledge the pain that they felt and the pain they have left behind.

-Prayers for grandparents raising their grandchildren. Give them strength and insight to the needs of these children.

-Prayers for those lost, the weak, the arrogant, and all of us sinners to find and follow the wonderful gift we were given through Jesus.

-Prayers for healing for the sick especially those with Covid as the pandemic continues.

-Prayers for our deployed service men and women.

-Prayers for those incarcerated in jail and prison to heal from past and find new life.

-Prayers of thanksgiving for our wonderful congregation, for families and children to coming to St. Luke's in abundance and may all of the things we do (large and small) make the world a more loving and beautiful place.


To submit a prayer request, please contact the office: 952-881-5801 or office@stlukesbloomington.org.

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St. Luke's Lutheran Church

1701 W Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington, 55431

952.881.5801 or stlukesbloomington.org

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Psalm 27:1


The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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