Worship Highlights

Saint Peter's Principals

5 Week Series

July 24th - August 21st 

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July 31, 2022

Worship In-Person and Online

8:30 AM - with hymns

10:00 AM - with praise songs

Download Bulletins - 8:30 and 10:00

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.

Readings:

1 Peter 2:1-12

Matthew 21:42-46

Feed My Starving Children

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Start your weekend off feeding others. It's also Kim's 64th birthday - so there is another reason to celebrate!

I’ve reserved 25 Volunteer Spots on the 13th at 9:00 AM at the Chanhassen Feed My Starving Children site.

If you are willing to join us, please let me know so that I can add your name to our roster. Please pass this along to your children and any friends that I didn’t include in my original group. The sooner I can get your commitment, the sooner I will be able to add more spaces for volunteers.

Thanks,

Craig

Your hands are essential in the fight against world hunger. Contact Craig Brandt at [email protected], if you would like to volunteer.

VEAP SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE

St. Luke's will be collecting donations until July 28th

Thousands of students in the Bloomington, Richfield and Edina school districts need help filling their backpacks this fall. Join us in supporting their academic success by making sure they have all the supplies they need for the year. VEAP will be collecting items and distributing to the school districts with the support of local faith communities, businesses and partners.

What supplies are most needed?

Backpacks, scientific calculators and Bluetooth headphones are high-demand items and the most impactful as they’re the most expensive for families to purchase on their own. If you are able, please consider making these a focus of your donations. Traditional supplies like spiral notebooks, crayons, glue sticks and washable markers are needed as well. Please make sure all items are new.

Click here for more details.

Mission Quilters Group

Have you ever wanted to learn to sew quilts? The Quilting Group has openings for everyone that would like to learn. Diane will teach you how on our new machines that we received with a grant from the St. Luke's Foundation!

Join us at 6:00 PM

August 10th and 24th

Our goal is to make 100 quilts for our 100^th anniversary. Any questions, please call Janet Lyson at 952-884-9475. Another way to help is to meet with Diane Anderson and help sew quilts, any questions, please call her at 952-888-4538. Hope to see you there. 

Stewardship Thought

"How we use and manage God's gifts affect far more than our economic life. We are stewards in our use of God's creation, in our personal relationships, in our political and ecclesial institutions, in our work, and in our use of time. Indeed, we are stewards of the gospel itself - the good news entrusted to all of us in the church."

Bruce C. Birch in his foreword to The Steward Living in Covenant by Ronald E Vallet

New Member Luncheon

August 21- 11:15 AM - 1:15 PM

St. Luke’s is a welcoming and growing community of faith busy making Christ known. With an increasing number of people in our society choosing no religious affiliation, we invite you to join the rebellion. Help shine the light of Christ in a darkened world by living out our core values of service, worship, evangelism, community, stewardship, and discipleship by receiving and sharing the Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love of Jesus. Please contact Rob for more information.  

Yard Care Group

There is someone interested in doing some yard care at St. Luke’s in the evenings, and they are looking for some company. It would be on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.  (not meeting on Monday, August 1st)

Please contact me at [email protected] or stop me at church if you have any questions.

The group meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00 until 12:00. These are the hours I will try to keep. Come earlier or later, whatever works best for you. An hour put in by you is an hour less for someone else. There are no rules. You can work on anything that fits your talents. Besides trimming, weeding and mulching, there are other opportunities to see what we can do to improve the garden areas on the southside of the building along the Great Room, Nursery, Office and Fireside Room windows. 

The cedar fence that surrounds the storage area on the northeast corner of the Fellowship Hall could use a power wash/sanding and a coat (or 2) of stain as well. A real smorgasbord, something for everyone! Please bring your own tools. If you have room at home for yard waste, please bring your own containers, if not, we can just pile it on the ground by the storage area and I will haul it away. Thank you! - Property Committee

Apostle Island Sailing Trip 

September 23rd-25th

Join us for sailing around the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior, September 23rd - 25th. The cost will be $425.00 (due by July 31st). Click here to make a payment. Includes meals on the boat. Please contact Rob Norris-Weber for more details at 952-881-5801 ext. 103 or [email protected].

Job Posting

Part-time Office Support

Join a team that cares for God’s creation, including one another. We love the Lord and our neighbors – locally and globally. St. Luke’s is a welcoming and growing community of faith, busy making Christ known to the world.

Click here for more information

Questions contact Pastor Rob Norris-Weber: 952-881-5801 ext. 103 / [email protected]

Send Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

Altar Flowers - 2022

Flowers this week given by:

Ian and Kelsey Newby

In celebration of their 2nd anniversary and Liam’s baptism

If you would like to order altar flowers for 2022, the cost is $40.00. Please sign up on the Altar Flower board in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Bette Gamboni at 952-888-8317 or [email protected].

Prayer Requests

This Week

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



-Prayers of comfort for the family of Sylvia Monson who passed away on Tuesday. 

Continued prayers:

-Prayers for Judy Fawver as she battles a rare lung disease. - Jenean Fawver

-Prayers for my parents to continue positive health and live a long life. - Alfred

-Prayers for the people Liberia who live in such harsh conditions. May God bless their lands, families and communities. - Alfred

-Prayers for my friend's great-grandson, Arthur, he is home. Discernment for next steps to treat his cancer as well as healing for a broken leg. – Janet Lyson

-Prayers for Alfred to be reunited with his son, his health and growth development

-Prayers for Justin Linde who is now in hospice. - Larry and Marilyn Nelson

-Prayers for my mother, Natsy, may she find healing and wholeness.- David Roudebush

-Prayers for my sister who is in the hospital with pneumonia and congestive heart failure. - Maddie Boyle

-Please pray that my job situation holds steady and improves and for health concerns including surgery on August 11th for a hernia .- Carolyn Olsen

-Prayers for our neighbor and friend, Peggy, who suffered a stroke. - Judy Ludwigson

-Prayers for my brother, Jim, who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. - Jane Nechville

-Prayers for strength for Erling who is having a tough time. 

-Prayers for Ron Minsaas who is recovering from pnemonia and is receiving therapy at St. Gert's Nursing home for trouble walking. - Rita Minsaas

-Please continue your healing prayers for our family members (my brother-in-law, Chuck; my nephew, Andrew; and Steve’s sister, Janis). We are forever grateful for your prayers. -  Judy Ludwigson

-Prayers for strength and healing for my cousin Sandra who has acute leukemia. - Pamela Trutnau

-Prayers for my cousin Marcel for healing from a medical issue. - Julie Schroeder

-Prayers for my cousin Mitch for answers to health issues. - Julie Schroeder

- Julie Schroeder

-Prayers for Pam Trutnau who has nerve pain in her arm and recovering from a fractured wrist.

-Prayers for my sister, Nancy, as she goes through treatment of Stage 4 cancer. - Lori Murray

-Prayers coveted for my family - Eric, Carl, Rita and Paul. - Rolf Shervey

-Prayers for strength and balance for our son, Michael. - Ron & Rita Minsaas

-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 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 dealing with anxiety and depression. 

-Prayers for unbelievers to turn towards Jesus. 

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

-Prayers for those uncertain in their faith to open their heart to the Lord.

-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 [email protected].

Contact

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?