Bible Passage for the Month

Bible Passage for the Month

John 8:31-32: “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Calendar for Week of October 29, 2017

TODAY: Slovak Cooking

Wednesday: Slovak cooking 8:00 a.m.

Early Childhood Center Chapel 9:30 a.m.

Job Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Table set up for Festival 6:30 p.m.

Thursday: Slovak Cooking 8:00 a.m.

Friday: Slovak Cooking 8:00 a.m.

Saturday: Slovak Fest 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Next Sunday: Worship Service 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Bible Class / Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

In Our Prayers

We remember the family of Emily Tacony, whom God has called to heaven and was given Christian burial this past Monday. May the comfort of the Gospel be with her family and friends in the weeks and months ahead.

St. Lucas News

USHER TRAINING SESSION: Our group of usher volunteers is growing and to help those new to the job and also to refresh those already involved, Dennis Lee will conduct a training session and will cover all usher duties relating to service procedures, safety and security. The session will be held today between services beginning at 9:30 am and shouldn't take more than 20 minutes or so of your time.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: Daylight savings time is on November 5th. Please remember to set your clocks back an hour.

A NEW MEMBER CLASS will begin November 5, meeting on Sunday mornings at 9:15a.m. This class, on the basics of the Christian faith, uses video and online resources to convey how God's love connects to us through Jesus Christ. It is a membership class for those wishing to join St. Lucas, but also a great review of the faith for members as well. Invite someone and come along with them!

ALL SAINTS DAY COMMEMORATION: We will be commemorating those who have gone before us to heaven during our worship on the first Sunday in November. As in past years, we will be glad to print the names of those who have departed in the faith in an insert in the bulletin. Please submit those whom you would like to be remember in this way to the church office by October 30th. Due to the great number of those normally remembered, the Lay Ministry Board has decided that, while all will be included in print, only the names of members of St. Lucas and other loved ones who have passed away since last All Saints Day will be read aloud. We hope you understand the need for this change.

SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSION PROJECT: Bibles for Kids! Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther helped free the Bible. One of the keys of the Reformation was making God's Holy Word available to everyone in their own language. Because making Scripture available to every person was such a big deal, Martin Luther personally translated the Bible into German to get things rolling. And today the Bible is still being translated into every possible language and dialect so that everyone can hear the Good News and believe.

Kids need the Bible too! So, the St. Lucas Sunday School is collecting money for the Lutheran Heritage Foundation to help fund the distribution of Bibles to children around the world. If you want to support Bibles for Kids, please see one of the Sunday School teachers or give Barb Morrison a call at 314-351-1491.

SLOVAK FEST - Saturday November 4:Next baking day is Saturday, October 28.

We will start at 8am to make stollens. Extra hands are always needed. Bakers helpers are needed as well.

Cooking begins on Sunday, October 29 for cabbage and onion prep followed by Wednesday, November 1, cabbage rolls, onionprep and chicken prep, Thursday, Nov. 2, cooking chicken, Friday, November 3, apple strudel, wrap pastry, set-up gym.

SLOVAK FESTIVAL: Help is needed on Wednesday, November 1, at 6:30 pm to put up the tables and chairs in the gym. Thanking you in advance for your help.

Slovak Festival Committee

PASTRY BY THE PIECE: At the Slovak Festival, in addition to the Bakery Booth we need baked items from the congregation to supplement the Slovak pastries baked at St. Lucas. This is very popular with people who live alone and can't use a whole cake.

We need fruit and cheese filled Kolach, cheese pockets, pineapple upside down cakes, bundt cakes, pies, etc. Please bring your donations on Friday, November 3, before 1:00 pm or the morning of the Festival, November 4. Thank you for your help!! Call Vickie Pritchett 314-894-8377 for questions about baking for this booth.

WORD OF LIFE SCHOOL NEWS:

Upcoming PTL Restaurant Nights:

November 14th: Culver's (Big Bend)

*This event takes place from 5-8pm and be sure to mention WOL.

The proceeds from these restaurant nights go to help support the Word of Life PTL, so go get your EAT ON!!!

FEED MY PEOPLE FASHION SHOW - Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 1:00 p.m., the annual Feed My People Fashion Show will be held at River City Casino. The cost is $30.00/person. Please let Sharon Majoros know if you would like to attend (314) 922-4678 or .

Gifts in Memory of Emily Tacony

Allan Belko Art Matia Don & Karen Boehm

Dennis Lee Tom & Nancy Roach Mary Hettenhausen

Sharon Majoros Laura & John Hertel Dorothy Arbet

Rob & Jane Mihalevich

Serve the Lord with Gladness
Those Serving October 29, 2017
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Mark Larson
Organist: Mark Dunajcik
Lay Readers: 8:00 – Sharon Majoros
10:30 – Don Baggett
Lay Ministers: 8:00 – Mel Nierdieck
10:30 – Justin Leitner
Greeters: 8:00 – Joyce Kolnik
Ushers: 8:00 – Joe Pyatek, Steve Kulifay
10:30 – Robert McNeil, Ted Medler
Don Baggett / Those Serving November 5, 2017
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Mark Larson
Organist: Mark Dunajcik
Lay Readers: 8:00 – Steve Kulifay
10:30 – Mary Bartlow
Lay Ministers: 8:00 – Phil Miksad
10:30 – Ted Medler
Greeters: 8:00 – Jim & Barb Morrison
10:30 – Laurie Riley
Ushers: 8:00 – June Wooldridge,
Marilyn Hrabovsky
10:30 – Mike Schuster, Ted Medler
Our Response to God’s Blessings
Church Attendance: 8:00 – 50 10:30 – 68 Total – 118 Bible Class –14 Sunday School – 9
Offerings: Plate: $49.00 Envelope $ 3778.00 Building Repair/Maint: $ 100.00
Gift to Church: $395.00 To Organ Fund: $370.00
Bible Class $11.00 Total: $4703.00 Needed weekly: $ 4900.00
In Memory of Kay Morris, Art Matia, Rob & Jane Mihalevich, To Organ Fund, Dennis Lee
To Sound Board, Volleyball Group

Celebrating a birthday this week

29 – Timothy Gallo 1 – Nicholas Hrabovsky

30 – Betty Warner 3 – Ted Medler

31 – Adam Belko

Joan Lowrey