• A Message from Father Don: 

 Beloved,

Melissa and I had a wonderful time in Japan. Thank you so much for your prayers - they were most effective. On those occasions when dining on the floor was required, we were provided with “cheating” seats where a well was dug under the table in which to hang your legs. Crawling in and out of these wasn't a pretty sight, but it was worth it. Soon we will have a parish covered dish supper and show pictures of our trip for those willing to endure such a thing.

In Christ, 

Fr. Don 

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 

May 12th:  7am-2pm Yard Sale  

May 23rd: 6:30pm Covered Dish & Chime Concert   

Next Wednesday, May 23rd, at the 6pm service, Fr. Don will bless our new choir robes and the new octave of bells. Immediately following the service, there will be a covered dish supper for everyone. We encourage your participation by bring a dish to share and maybe a friend or two. The Chimers will provide the entertainment. Please join us for an evening of good food, good music, and most of all, good fellowship.  

St. Luke's takes 2nd place in Chicken at Holy Smoke BBQ!!!

Chicken

1^st Place- Hawg Wild- COOS-Church of our Saviour

2^nd Place- St Luke’s, Live Oak

3^rd Place- All Saint’s , Jax (What would Ernie do?)- Grand Champion (highest total points)

Ribs 

1^st Place- All Saints, Jax (What would Ernie do?)- Grand Champion(highest total points)

2^nd Place- Trinity, St Augustine 

3^rd Place- Holy Comforter, Tall

Best Dressed- Holy Smokers, St James, LC

Best Attitude- All Saints, Jax (What would Ernie do?)

Best BBQ Station- Holy Smokers, St James, LC

Best Sign/Name- “Hawg Wild”, COOS

  Click here for scenes of the competition by Joe Chamberlain

The BBQ team for this year was:

Allen Davis, Scott Pfender, Buzzy Burt, Tony Brinson, Jim Simpson 

We like to thank the Men's group for providing the entry fee and the St. Luke's BBQ Grill!!

UNITED THANK OFFERING

May 6th will be the UTO in-gathering for the Spring. These monies go to grants for churches for buildings, vehicles, outreach ministries etc. A UTO grant was how we got our church van.

• Campweed
• Campweed Landscape Changes
• Bridge Demolition
• Camp Weed Bridge Culvert Placing.wmv 

May 5^th- The annual Holy Smoke BBQ Throw Down- Who’s church has the best bar-b-que? Free  bar-b-que for all visitors and great live music. Go to www.campweed.org  Holy Smoke for details.

May 19^th-The annual Camp Weed Open Golf Tournament- click for info 

May 26^th - Water’s Journey, a canoe/kayak trip down a remote section of the Suwannee River. Canoe/kayak rentals available and shuttle. Meals and guide included with fee. Go to  www.campweed.org  Water’s Journey for details.

To register for any above call 386 364-5250  

FROM THE DIOCESAN OFFICE:    

One of the first steps in achieving sustainable communications goals is to have everyone in our diocesan community subscribing to our weekly electronic newsletter, The Dio-Logue. One may subscribe by going to the diocesan website (www.diocesefl.org) and clicking on the link underneath Bishop Howard’s photograph. office and relevant news from around our Diocese.   

 LADIES WINE AND CHEESE 

The next get together will be on Thurs-day, July 12, 2012 at 6pm. Bring your favorite bever-age and we’ll supply the hors d’oeuvres. We promise – nothing from the grill, but some lovely homemade goodies. Bring a friend and enjoy good food and fellow-ship. We need hostesses to sign up on the sheet provided on the par-ish hall bulletin board especially for October.

 FREE YOGA CLASSES

Free yoga classes led by Linda Ratliff continue on Tuesdays from 5:00-6:00pm in the parish hall.  Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat.  You can get one at Wal-Mart.  We will reset up after our class for any group following us. Looking forward to all the relaxation!  Come join us!

CHIMERS CONCERT

Everyone is invited to a Chimes concert and cov-ered dish supper after 6 o’clock church on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012.

During the service the new chimes and choir robes will be blessed. Our chimers will pro-vide the entertainment at the cov-ered dish supper in the parish hall. We hope you will join us and bring a friend along with your dish.

CHOIR AND CHIMERS

The choir will rehearse Sundays at 10am and Wednesday at 6pm. Chimers rehearse on Thursdays at 6:45pm.  

 GODLY GAZETTE NOW AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL

 If you would like to receive your gazette by email, please notify the church office and we will remove your name from the snail mail list and add it to the email list. Thanks for your help in helping manage our budget. Don’t forget to visit our website. Most, if not all, of the newsletter is posted online.

 http://www.stlukesliveoak.org

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP

ST. LUKE’S T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE AGAIN 

The youth are once again taking orders for St. Luke’s t-shirts. This time, only short sleeved shirts will be ordered. The cost is $14 per shirt and they come with an image of St. Luke’s on the back and the Episcopal Shield in color on the front. The order sheet in on the bulletin board in the parish hall. Please leave a check in the enve-lope attached to the order form.

HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE MARCH 2013

The St. Luke’s Holy Land pilgrimage is scheduled to depart for the Holy Land during the first week of March 2013. The pilgrimage is being put together for St. Luke’s using Fresh Ministries, an Episcopal affiliated group out of Jacksonville. The group will fly out of Jacksonville during the first week of March and return there 11 days later. All airfare, lodging, two meals a day, transfers, guide fees, and interpreter fees are in-cluded in the cost of the trip, which will be about $3,000. Each pilgrim will be on their own for one meal each day.

There are currently 20 people who have ex-pressed an interest in going, of which a couple may not be able to go. We would like to limit the trip to approximately 24 or 25. So we may still be able to take another 4 or 5 pilgrims. If you are interested please let Father George know as soon as you can.

The first partially refundable deposit of $200 will be due in late May 2012. There will be a meeting scheduled in late May or early June to provide details and answer questions about the trip.

Father George has a sample itinerary if you are interested and you may feel free to ask any trip related questions of him. He can be reached at the church (386) 364-1837 or cell (386) 249-2431