Highlights of current and past St. Luke activities
 Join us Sunday, November 24 as Bishop Kevin Strickland visits St. Luke. After service, we will host a Q&A and Potluck for local area ELCA congregations with Bishop Strickland. Please use the Communication Cards to RSVP to the Potluck.
We hope you will attend and welcome Bishop Strickland to St. Luke.  St Luke Lutheran 35th Anniversary
Worship Service and Luncheon Join us Sun., Nov., 17. Pastor David Hood, the original mission developer, will return to St. Luke. A special meal will be served after service. Please use the Connection Cards to RSVP to the meal. We hope you will join us for this celebration!  St. Luke is collecting food items for the upcoming Thanksgiving Baskets. We are hoping to help out 40-45 families, and we will be focusing on families through Tonie Robinson and Peace Lutheran, and of course our Outreach families. We are asking for all the Sunday School classes to participate in this worthwhile project.
St. Luke's Youth will be putting the bags together at the Lock-In on Fri., Nov. 22. Delivery will be Sat., Nov. 23, or Sun., Nov. 24. Each Sunday School student will receive a grocery bag. We ask that you bring the bag back to your Sunday School teacher along with the designated food items assigned to your class. We will be collecting for the baskets Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10, and Nov. 17. Again we are asking Adult Sunday School classes to participate with a specific item. There is a sign-up on the Communication Card in the bulletin for turkey donations. This is a great opportunity as parents and caring adults to teach our children the importance of reaching out and helping those less fortunate. Thank you for your help and participation! Any questions, please call Vikki Ernst, 901-378-8829. 2's and 3's: Large cans of Soup and Cereal Pre-K 4's and K 5's: Large cans of Soup and Cereal 1st and 2nd graders: Large cans of Soup and Cereal 3rd and 4th graders: 4 or 5 lb. bags of Sugar and 5 lb. bags of Flour 5th and 6th graders: 4 or 5 lb. bags of Sugar and 5 lb. bags of Flour 7th and 8th graders: Large jars of Peanut Butter and 5 lb. bags of Flour High School: 5 lb. bags of Flour and large jars of Peanut Butter Women of Faith: Cookies Men of Faith: 4 or 5 lb. bags of Sugar and 5 lb. bags of Potatoes Pastor's Class: 4 or 5 lb. bags of sugar and 5 lb. bags of Potatoes Real Faith For Real Life: 5 lb. bags of Potatoes and 5 lb. bags of Flour Shady Oaks School Children: Cereal  Join us on October 27th for our annual Trunk-R-Treat celebration. Trunk-R-Treat is a fun, safe, and friendly environment where kids can walk around the church parking lot and trick or treat as they go from trunk to trunk. We will have games, food, music, prizes, and of course lots and lots of CANDY! The games and activities will begin at 4 pm while the adults decorate their cars. Trick or treating will begin at 4:30 (Don't forget to bring your candy to hand out!) and food will be served afterward. All games, food, and activities will be outside so please dress appropriately for the weather. Trunk-R-Treat is for all ages so bring the whole family and don't forget to invite your friends and neighbors. We can't wait to see all of your amazing costumes!
 Each year we celebrate the many ministries at St Luke with our own version of the Mid-South Fair! The rides will be in our imagination and if someone wants to set up Dunking for Apples please do! Each of our ministries will have a display in the narthex on Sunday October 20 to explain what their ministry is and invite new members to join. Please plan to attend!
 Sign up to build Sept. 28 and Oct. 19, 7:30am-1pm (see the link in This Week). The house location is Cedar Heights Build Site, 1919 Carver Avenue, Memphis, TN 38114.
 Thursday Women's Bible Study
The Thursday Women's Bible Study group will start back up September 12th studying the book, The Twelve Disciples by Douglas Connelly. Please join us at 1:30 in the Narthex for the study of God's Word and great fellowship.  We're so excited to have our visitors worship and fellowship with us at St. Luke. If you'd like to join us and be a St. Luke Saint, plan to attend the New Members Class on Wednesday Sept. 25. We'll serve you a hot meal with WEB (Wednesday Evening Believers), then Pastor Cliff will share information about our beliefs and activities. Let us know if you're coming, and If you need childcare, please let Patti in the office know (patti@stlukememphis.org). Looking forward to seeing you there!
 Service is Cancelled. Come Serve!!!
Sunday, Sept. 8 “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday, September 8. This day is an opportunity to celebrate who we are as the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – one church, freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. We have lots of opportunities to serve our neighbors; sign up on the sheets in the Narthex today!
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