Mustard Seed: Feb 2011
Vol. 26, No. 2
Holy Eucharist:
Rite 1: 8:00 AM
Rite II: 10:00 AM
The Rev. Gary London, Rector
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DAILY SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2:
No scheduled events
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Sean McCreary
Friday, FEBRUARY 4:
No scheduled events
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Corky Wilds
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6: The fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Holy Eucharist: Single combined Service: 10:00 AM
Sunday School & Child Care, 10:00 AM
Annual Meeting and Continental Breakfast: Swan Hall (following the 10 AM Eucharist)
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7 :
No scheduled events
Birthday: Holly Pearson
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Evan Zapata
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Tawni Zapata
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12:
No scheduled events
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13: The sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Holy Eucharist, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Sunday School & Child Care, 10:00 AM
Coffee Hour: Guild Hall, 11:15 AM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16:
No scheduled events
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Catherine Fugitt
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19:
No scheduled events
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20: The seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Holy Eucharist, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Sunday School & Child Care, 10:00 AM
Coffee Hour: Guild Hall, 11:15 AM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22:
No scheduled events
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Lyn Walsh
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24: St MATHIAS the APOSTLE
No scheduled events
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25:
No scheduled events
Birthday: Jack Savage
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26:
No scheduled events
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27: The eighth Sunday after Epiphany
Holy Eucharist, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
Sunday School & Child Care, 10:00 AM
Coffee Hour: Guild Hall, 11:15 AM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28:
No scheduled events
Morning Prayer will be conducted in the chancel on specific feast days, as indicated in the daily calendar.
The following outside activities use Church facilities on a regular basis:
Every Thursday: A.A., Swan Hall, 7:00 PM
NOTICES
The Annual Meeting and continental breakfast will take place on Sunday, February 6th, and as usual will be preceded by a single combined Eucharist at 10:00 AM. Following the meeting, there will be a brief Vestry meeting in the Chapel. There will be no other Vestry meeting until March.
At the meeting, Father Gary will make an announcement that will influence the direction Saint Luke’s will take over the next several years.
Christmas and the New Year mark the beginning of a new children’s program at St. Luke’s. This program fills an important need for both youngsters and their parents. It was originally announced in last month’s Mustard Seed, but is repeated here for those who may have missed it. The Children’s Ministry Coordinator is Kacie Loren Cleghorn; let her tell you a little about it. . .
Hello! My name is Kacie Loren Cleghorn. I am happy to introduce myself as your newly appointed Children’s Ministry Coordinator.
I am a 19-year-old sophomore at Azusa Pacific University, where I’m a Psychology major working towards my Bachelors in Child and Family Development and my certification in Marriage and Family Therapy. My goal is to be a therapist for children in difficult situations and families with deaf relatives.
I am very excited to be a part of your church’s family, and I can’t wait to see how our program and your children grow to be full of the love and glory of Christ. Every week, there will be a full lesson for the children to be involved in and learn from. Lessons will include coloring, drawing, verse memorization, and storyboards based on stories from the Bible such as Noah’s Ark and the Ten Commandments. They will be strongly encouraged to take their lessons home and share with their parents what they learned that day.
If you are visiting the church or wish to learn more about the program, please feel free to come and sit in on a lesson and observe, as long as you participate! Feel free to Contact me with any thoughts, advice, or questions.
My first day is this Christmas Eve, and I hope everyone is as excited as I am to start this new chapter in God’s plan for St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. What better way to kick-start this new adventure than to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
Many thanks to all who helped with Evensong in Epiphany on January 16. It was a beautiful service, and there were many favorable (not to say gushing) remarks from the congregation. The next Evensong will be the Annual Women's Invitational in Lent on March 20.
The choir could use some help with the vestments. At this point, we have plenty to go around, and we can even accommodate most guest singers. But the sew-in labels are seriously outdated, and we need people to take a couple of the cassocks and surplices and sew in the new labels, which are printed on fabric.
Easter is unusually late this year; Lent doesn't even begin until March 9. As a result, Epiphany has a whopping nine Sundays, and we will celebrate the season all through February.
-- Kent B. Jones, Director of Music
Please check your bulletin insert for current prayers.
Deadline for next Mustard Seed: Monday, FEBRUARY 24. Please notify David Bowen at (626) 359-4219 or e-mail the information to him at dbowen1@verizon.com.
The Parish of Saint Luke’s
122 South California Avenue
Monrovia CA 91016
(626) 357-7071
E-mail: stlukes@stlukes.org
Saint Luke’s is an inclusive church that welcomes everyone to be part of its community—_ a safe place for skeptics and doubters as well as convicted believers. The communion meal of God’s presence among us is offered to anyone who comes with a sincere heart to receive it.