A Message from Father Don:

Beloved:

Melissa joins me in thanking you for your generous Christmas wishes and gifts. We also enjoyed that so many of you attended the party at our yellow cottage in the woods. Nearly 250 people came for Christmas services. Those at 11:00pm were treated to exceptional music.

So we move into 2012 with our feet on firm spiritual ground and a need to make our financial life equally secure. A good number of pledges are still outstanding. Cards can be found at the ushers table in the narthax or from the church office. Please return yours as soon as possible so that our 2012 budget can be finalized.

In Christ,

Fr. Don

• 169th Diocesan Convention in Jacksonville -- January 27 & 28, 2012
  
• Cursillo
• Camp Weed and Cerveny Conference

Annual Parish Meeting 

Our annual parish meeting will follow convention on January 29 at 9:45am so as to be convenient for both 9:00 and 11:00 o'clockers. Craig Jacobsen, Rose Decker, and Elaine Fletcher will retire from their 3 year tenures on the vestry. Replacements and new convention delegates will be selected. John Tull will begin his 3 year tenure next year due to a diocesan error. We ask for nominations for the vestry to be made to a vestry member or to the church office. Nominees must be 18 years of age, confirmed, regular in attendance, and pledging communicants. To prevent embarrassment, do not secure your nominee's consent. The vestry will contact those who are qualified. Nominations will close on Jan. 25th. The new vestry will meet immediately following the 11am service on Jan. 29th.

CONFIRMATION / INQUIRER’S CLASSES will begin on January 8th at 10:00a.m. It would help in our planning to know how many would like to attend. There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board in the parish hall or call the church office.

Mrs. Elizabeth and Mrs. Robin invite all the youth to Sunday School at 10:00. For the next four Sundays in January, we’ll be studying miracles. The unit is devoted to the great deeds of power accomplished by Jesus in his early ministry:

 1. Blind Bartimaeus

 2. Healing of the Paralytic

 3. Cleansing of the Ten Lepers

 4. Raising of Lazarus

Please bring a friend and join us as we explore Jesus’ Deeds of Power!

If you would like to support the youth and proudly wear a St. Luke’s T-shirt, please see Tammy Williams to place your order. The proceeds will be used for upcoming activities, like the secon-dary aged group ski trip with youth from across the diocese.  The shirts will be ordered on January 20th.