St. Luke's (Winters) Lutheran Church

701 Green Valley Road (Route 75), New Windsor, Maryland 21776

St. Luke's Lutheran Church - News & Events

Celebrating our 225^th Year
1783-2008

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November

Choir Rehearsals
November 6^th, 13^th & 20^th on Thursday Evenings, 7:15 p.m. for rehearsals

November 28

Shepherd's Table
Friday, November 28^th, 10:30 a.m. Westminster Methodist Church. We prepare and serve those in need of a hot meal. Help is always needed. See Barbara Schnell.

November 29

Annual Hunter's / Early Risers Breakfast
Saturday, November 29, 3:30 a.m. until. 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall -- Adults: $5.00 and children under 12 $2.50. Come out and enjoy a country breakfast for all you care to eat. Items need for the Fall Breakfast. There is a sign up sheet in Fellowship Hall for items needed for our annual Fall Breakfast. Items may be left in the kitchen by November 23 (latest). Thanks for your support!! Our benevolent portion of this breakfast is Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry and our proceeds (matched by Thrivent for Lutherans) is designated to our recent outside painting expense.

November 10 to December 7

Good Used Blankets, Coats, Hats, Gloves, Toys Needed
Bring your good used blankets to Fellowship Hall. These will be used for the homeless in Carroll County. Also during this same time, drop off good used coats, hats, gloves and toys that will be taken to the Appalachian area for Christmas.

December 6

907 Club - Muffin Making for Bethlehem Breakfast Bags
Saturday, December 6^th, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Bethlehem Breakfast Bags will be partially assembled on Saturday, December 6^th, along with an evening of muffin making (these will be frozen, thawed and added to the assembled bags closer to Christmas). The Bethlehem Bags will include a simple breakfast that can be enjoyed by these members on Christmas morning to show our appreciation for all that they have given to the church, allowing them to relax a bit on such a special morning. We will be sending a letter to the members we are honoring - to let them know that they will have a breakfast bag to pick up on Christmas Eve. See "907 Club" page for further information. Contact Cathie Luetje with questions.

December 7

Hanging of the greens and old-fashioned hymn sing

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Church News

WE NEED HELP!!
The Music and Worship Committee is responsible for preparing communion at all services. We need more members to step up and be willing to help in this detail. Training is simle and time is minimal.

GREETERS NEEDED
Now here is an easy worship assistant. Welcoming members and guests on Sunday mornings and handing them a bulletin. How simple is that? Step forward - let's have some new faces when we open the door.

CARROLL FOOD SUNDAY
Let's fill the baskets in the Narthex for the needy of Carroll County. Greatly needed - packaged cereals, canned fruit, packaged rice, and canned spaghetti sauce with meat.

E-TEAM NEWS
Your E-Team is looking into new ways of bring others to share God's love. One of the ways we are considering is using our new Website. We are continuing to do mailings to new home owners in the area. if anyone has another idea, please come to one of our meetings and share it with us. We are always open to new ways of bringing others to Christ. Also, start thinking about someone you can bring to Friendship Sunday to be held in November. It's a wonderful year to introduce someone to our church family.

ACOLYTES NEEDED FOR SUNDAY SERVICES
We need Acolytes for both services on Sunday 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. - adults are welcome and needed.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSISTANTS NEEDED
Our 2 & 3 and 4 & 5 year old classes are in need of assistants. Please consider giving an hour of your time to help in our Sunday School. Contact Joyce Brozik for more info

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Church News (Past Events)

RALLY DAY (September 2008)
What a wonderful day we had as we learned to "Grow With Jesus". We began our new Sunday School year with a special story about a little boy who learned that even if we make a wrong decision Jesus is always with us and he will help us to keep a "clean heart". Following our story, the children assembled with their Sunday School Classes to participate in the special activities at the stations in the Fellowship Hall. The children made special "Grow With Jesus" book beads, made a leaf rubbing to put on our new "Grow With Jesus" banner which will hang in the Fellowship Hall, sponge painted heart banners to take home and went outside to "jump the rivers" in the Bible. We then gathered outside forming a circle to sing, "Joy, Joy, Joy, We Have Joy in Our Hearts", and praised the Lord in song. Refreshments followed. Everyone had a great time and looked forward to beginning our new Sunday School year. A special thanks to everyone that participated. Thank you for your time and efforts to help make our Rally Day a success.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (July 2008)
During the week of July 14^th to July 18^th, our church along with Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren held our VBS program, "God's Big Backyard". The children had a wonderful time learning Bible stories, singing many songs along with an active DVD, and enjoying many crafts relating to their Bible stories. It was a great week of fun and fellowship with one another.
We extend special thanks for the many hours of time and effort given by Hal Perrin, Cathie Luetje, Laurie Penn, Joe & Gail Bindus, Lauren Bindus, Christina Carroll, Carrah & Gary Holmes, Nikki Matteson, Jamie & David Jordan, Jennie Penn, Susan Mannix, Rachel & Andrew Chubb, J.T. Bassler, Cooper Luetje, Lauren & Brooke Mannix, Joyce Brozik and our friends at Pipe Creek. We are also most appreciative of the many donations that were sent in for our closing activities, snacks for the children and everyone's support for this worthwhile program.

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