Dear St. Lukers, On Sunday, I shared how Pentecost is a time to look back and look forward as we celebrate the birthday of the church. As we celebrated the work of the 4D vision, we shared about our ongoing...
Dear St. Lukers, Last week before Bill Barnes left with 45 pilgrims for the Holy Land, we were having our weekly “check in.” (Want an update on the Holy Land trip? Click here.) As we talked about this particular sermon...
Dear St. Lukers, This week in our denomination, the Council of Bishops shared important news. The first dealt with the recommendation they are presenting to the special called General Conference in February of 2019. This called General Conference will specifically...
Dear St. Lukers, On Sunday, we gave you a quick update on how our first quarter giving ended by sharing a video from our chairs of Finance, Ben Witten and Stewardship, Raphnel Vasquez. Click here to watch this fun short...
Dear St. Lukers, You are never going to believe this, but when I was at the community college in Tallahassee I was involved in the Wesley Foundation at FSU. One spring I somehow got roped into a women’s intramural flag...
Dear St. Lukers, Two exciting things are happening this week at St. Luke’s. First, our dear friend, Rev Dr. Gary Mason, will be our guest preacher in all of our services this Sunday. Gary has been a long term partner...
Dear St. Lukers, Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Across the nation tonight at 6:01 p.m. CT, bells will ring to not only remember, but...
Dear St. Lukers, God’s love wins. Our human love fails way too often, but God’s love always wins. This is why we chose the theme “Love Wins” for Lent this year. No other agenda or reason but to remind ourselves,...
Dear St. Lukers, First off, a huge thanks to our amazing clergy and worship team for stepping up for me on Sunday. I had some kind of virus that really took me out of commission, so I am grateful for...
Dear St. Lukers, If you were with us in September and October of last year, you participated in worship in our 2020+ Vision. You may remember that we spent time discovering our giftedness, dreaming about how our strengths can meet...
“Dear Friends, Come to worship…because Jesus is there… – Jenn.” That’s the gist of what I sent to Dawn Fleming (our Executive Director of Marketing) as my Weekly Update deadline came and went on Wednesday. I was busy all day...
Dear St. Luke’s Sojourners, The definition of sojourn is to stay for a time in a place or to live temporarily. The last time I was in Belfast, we stayed close to city center and had evenings free. It was...
