St. Luke's (Winters) Lutheran Church

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

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September

Pictures of Christmas Needed
The E-Team is looking into a yearly calendar featuring church groups and activities. It will also have the worship schedule listed. Does anyone have pictures of Christmas? If so, please contact Kellie Mendenhall or Mary Ann Galandak.

September

R & R Meetings
Every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

September

Cub Scout Pack #582 Meetings
Every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

September

Boy Scout Troop #582 Meetings
Every Monday at 7:00 p.m.

September 7

Church Council Meeting
Tuesday, September 7^th at 7:00 p.m.

September 12

Rally Day
September 12^th 9:35 a.m. is Rally Day. Our theme is "Leap In Faith With Jesus". We are looking forward to the children returning to their classes for a wonderful year of learning of our Lord and the Bible. Watch your mail for special news....

September 19

Sunday School
Sunday school for all ages

September 21

All Committee Meetings
Tuesday, September 21^st at 7:00 p.m.

October 9

OktoberFest
Saturday, October 9^th 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Ocktober Fest - Mark your Calendars!!
Grab your Dancing Shoes and Appetite and come to St. Luke's First Oktoberfest!
Four hours of live music, dancing and authentic German cuisine, specialty baked desserts, outside sales of bountiful fall riches, raffle tickets available for authentic German Stein and beautiful Ladies Necklace.
See you there for a great eve of fun and fellowship.
Oktoberfest to benefit St. Luke's Capital Improvement Fund
For more information, raffle tickets or to help, call Jim Brozik.

October 17

Friendship Sunday
Sunday, October 17^th the entire congregation will have an opportunity to invite someone, anyone, to join us for worship and a pot luck lunch to follow. Maybe you don't have any friends; maybe all your friends already attend church. We are not trying to convert them --- just trying to help you become more comfortable with inviting someone you know to church. So mark this special occasion on your calendar. Hope to see you there.

November 14

Congregation Meeting
November 14^th Mark your calendar! The annual congregation meeting will occur. Please plan to attend. We are in the process of looking for 3 confirmed members to serve on council for the next 3 year term, beginning in January. Please give this prayerful consideration. We will need at least 6 members and will vote for 3 at the November meeting. Feel free to contact Kellie Mendenhall, Joe Bindus or Laurie Penn if you would like to nominate someone to serve.

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Newsletter Information

Your newsletter will continue to be published every month except during the summer months when July & August will be combined. Copies of the newsletter may be received through your e-mail address. If you wish to receive your copy electronically, you MUST send your e-mail address to Alice at the church office and put NEWSLETTER in the subject line, or you may sign up on the clipboard in the back of the church. Those that wish to receive the newsletter in printed form will find them available at the church on the last Sunday and first Sunday of the month. Newsletters can be picked up in the Narthex, where you may pick up yours and any family members. Each will be filed alphabetically and have a name/address label to make it easy for retrieval. Those newsletters not picked up will be mailed after the first week of the month.

e-Mail to: stlukes5@verizon.net for electronic e-Mail delivery.

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St. Luke's Search Feature

ST. LUKE'S **NEW** SEARCH ENGINE FEATURE
We now have on our Website courtesy of FreeFind a new Search Engine. You may search the St. Luke's Website and the entire contents of The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible. Included in the Search Engine is an Index of every word on the St. Luke's Website and the American Standard Bible. Also included is a Sitemap of all the pages located on the St. Luke's Website. Use the Advanced Search to denote certain words, phrasing, results per page & more.


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Church News

CARROLL COUNTY FOOD SUNDAY
When you are grocery shopping, remember those less fortunate. During these hard economic times, let's fill the baskets in the Narthex for the needy of Carroll County. Greatly needed - canned goods, packaged cereals, canned fruit, packaged rice, canned spaghetti sauce with meat and other packaged goods. Any items you can spare will be greatly appreciated for our own here in Carroll County.

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.

ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER CHANGES
Whenever you change your address or phone number, please call the church office so we may keep our records current. Attention to those going away to college - we would like your address so we can keep you informed of our happenings.

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Volunteers Needed

CHURCH NURSERY
We are in need of volunteers for our church nursery during worship services. Two adults and a teen are needed the first Sunday of every month. Also, substitutes are needed to fill in when regular staff cannot be there. This is also a great way for teens to earn service hours. Please consider donating one hour a month to help out. Contact Joyce if you can assist.

ALTAR GUILD HELPERS
Need more participants for altar guild for both services. The altar guild prepares the altar for service, changing paraments (altar coverings) when needed, setting up and cleaning up for communion> Please stop in or call the church office (410.635.6177) or see Alice.

WORSHIP ASSISTANTS
What can you do to help with our worship - please come forward and volunteer - Thanks!

ACOLYTES FOR SUNDAY SERVICES
We need Acolytes for both services on Sunday (8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.). Adults are welcome.

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Church News (Past Events)

ST. LUKE'S YOUTH MISSION TRIP (2010)
In June, eleven St. Luke youth traveled to Accident in western Maryland to lend their helping hands to a long list of projects. They scraped, they painted, they weeded, they power washed, they cut down and trimmed trees, they spackled and sanded walls, they dusted --- a lot of youthful energy was expended from June 20 to 25.
Special thanks to the anonymous donor who yearly funds our mission trips. Without you these precious youth would be hard pressed to engage in these great learning experiences.

CHRISTMAS (2009)
Our Sunday School children and our church family assisted a family in need to have a very Merry Christmas. Staples and fresh food were collected for a wonderful Christmas dinner and staples were given to help fill their pantry. Gifts were also given to the children and stockings filled for all the children that come to the food pantry at St. James Lutheran Church in Union Bridge.

There were 2 Christmas trees with paper bulbs designating wanted items. One downstairs in the Sunday School for the children and another in our Narthex. Combining both trees, there were almost 100 bulbs decorating the trees and all of them were taken and requested items brought in. A tremendous thank you to everyone for their very generous support for this worthwhile endeavor. Your thoughtful giving was heartfelt by the family and our committee and Sunday School. Our example most certainly taught and guided our children as they learn to give and help those in need. Thank you.

RALLY DAY (September 2009)
Our Sunday School Rally Day, "Party With Jesus!" was held on September 13^th as the children celebrated Jesus' miracles. The children followed our "newspaper person" (Valerie Rutherford) as she led them through and around the church into the fellowship hall to celebrate together with many activities in and outside. The children made fish wind socks to represent Jesus feeding 5000, crafted clay bowls for Jesus changing water into wine at the wedding in Canaan, made celebration sticks and a Jesus people chain for the many Jesus healed. Each class enjoyed breaking a Pinata to celebrate the Prodigal Son comes home and being together again and the fun games of fishing the river as Jesus did with his disciples and following the relay race home. Celebrate they did with everyone having a wonderful time. Following our centers, the children gathered together as Joyce introduced "Squiggle", and our new Bata fish with our "good deeds" bowl. We ended with prayer, a special celebration song by Cathie Luetje and delicious refreshments for all.

A tremendous thank you to so many who gave of their time and talents to make the day so special for our children.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL (2009)
What a beautiful day we had - bright, sunny, warm (but not too hot), friendly and very hungry people!

We started this special day on Thursday, we set up Fellowship Hall, arranged the kitchen for easy access for serving, cooked and chopped chicken for the chicken salad, checked to make sure everything was available and got ourselves acclimated. Saturday morning (8:30am) brought many members and friends out to cap 152 quarts of strawberries (however, we capped an additional 28 quarts later in the day). Then our helpers prepared chicken salad sandwiches (with sandwiches and chicken salad platters we used 60 pounds of chicken salad). Outside the chicken fryers and the funnel cakes, french fries and hot dogs are starting to get themselves ready for the public. Those hungry people started arriving around 11 a.m. Our Treasures Table was well received with lookers coming around 9 a.m. Our baked goods table was a big hit as always. The grab bags were a big attraction for the kids. The Cake Walks later in the day brought people out with the hope of winning a home made cake.

As you can see by the following recap of the day this day was very successful.

This day would not have been successful if it was not for the St. Luke's family that came out and volunteered their time. This wonderful event takes very little time or effort when many people come out to help. Everyone should be proud of the success of this day and the funds that St. Lukes provided to Carroll County Food Sunday.

We could not have made this happen if it was not for the families, friends and members of St. Lukes. We hope to see all of you again next year and hope you had a good time eating and socializing. If you would like to join in on the fun and help, (you get free entertainment), come to one of our planning meetings next year. See you then.

The Strawberry Festival Elves

Vacation Bible School (2009)
During the week of July 13^th, we had our annual VBS. Our theme was Studio Go! Game show; complete with a spinning game wheel helping us to lead, risk, tell, obey and serve. Approximately 35 children participated enjoying Bible stories, crafts, music, outdoor games and, of course, special snacks relating to the story focus of the evening. Our families are also participating in a service project, "Supporting Our Troops", preparing care packages for a troop of 13 soldiers stationed at Camp Taji in Iraq. The daily offering for the week will be given to The Least of These Ministries. We are most appreciative of everyone's support with both worthwhile endeavors. Thanks to our week of volunteers.

ST. LUKE'S YOUTH MISSION TRIP (2009)
During the week of June 22^nd to 26^th, A.R.K. (Act of Random Kindness) was performed by 10 of our youth and several adults from St. Luke's who participated in a Mission Trip to New Oxford, PA, where they gave their time and energy scraping and painting a two-story home for a senior citizen. The youth worked hard and managed to have fun, too. We are very proud of them and their accomplishments. To complete this job in five days seemed impossible, but working as a team the impossible was made possible.

Thank you to all who gave of their personal time and efforts to see this A.R.K. to completion.

OUTDOOR SERVICE & BIBLE BLESSING PICNIC (May 2009)
On May 17^th, we had our outdoor service indoors due to the rainy weather. The children learned of God's creations and "All Things Bright and Beautiful" along with planting our "Seeds of Hope" for our fall harvest. Look for our new garden by the swings and our "Seed of Hope" wagon to be filled with staples for those in need. Our Sunday School children also sang and led us with a fun "Hallelujah" song. Following our service and Bible Blessing, everyone enjoyed a delicious picnic luncheon. Special thanks to everyone that participated.

THE GIVING TREE (January to March 2009)
A thank you goes out to all the folks who have decked the Confirmation Classes "Giving Tree" in Fellowship Hall. Your donations were distributed to those needy eating at the Shepherd's Table in Westminster. Since cold weather doesn't stop in February we're asking you to once more cover the Giving Tree with scarves, socks, mittens, and gloves. On March 20^th, St. Luke's will be serving another meal to those in need and your gifts will bring warmth to others. Thank you - St Luke's Confirmation Class.

SOUPER BOWL OF CARING (February 2009)
The 907 club raised $401.78 in donations on Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday! Great thanks to all who opened their hearts to support this event. It is appreciated that you were able to endure the clanging of the soup pots following services - hopefully, your ears are not still ringing!!

The 907 club members will go on a shopping excursion to "STOCK" the Pantry for those in need (with this amount of money, it may take several different excursions!)
The club "kicked off" the Souper Bowl of Caring event, by enjoying breakfast SOUP at our meeting in January and we will enjoy a game of "BOWL"ing after our shopping excursion. Feel free to check with a club member to inquire which members received the title of being a super bowler!

Again - a tremendous thanks to all contributors and to the 907 members who participated in our game show skit and soup pot clanging!

CARROLL COUNTY FOOD SUNDAY DONATIONS (2008)
Helping those less fortunate - that's what it is all about during the year. We at St. Luke's contributed 470 pounds of canned food to Carroll County Food Sunday for 2008. Let's continue this giving during this new year (2009). Thanks to all contributors!

CHRISTMAS 2008 (Children)
This Christmas, our Sunday School and Confirmation children participated in a special play for those stopping at our church for caroling. The skit was wonderful and left everyone with much thought and reflection.

Our annual Christmas pageant, "Reason for the Season", was presented by our older Sunday School children on January 4^th (snow/ice date). The pageant was wonderful and was enjoyed by everyone. All the Sunday School children also sang Christmas songs. Following, special treats were given to the children by the R & R Group and refreshments were served for all.

This Christmas Season, our Sunday School children participated in 3 different giving projects helping children in need by filling "brown bags" with health items, school supplies, holiday and snack items. Christmas stocking were also filled for children of all ages. Food items were brought in to fill baskets for families plus many bags of extra foods for their pantries. Two very filled baskets with turkeys were filled for two families.

FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY (November 2008)
The E-Team thanks all who participated in Friendship Sunday. The worship service was grand with bells and special music from the choirs, a moving skit from the Sunday School class, and a wonderful sermon. The confirmands helped the team in the kitchen, Fellowship Hall, and as greeters. And as usual, the congregation helped provide a scrumptious feast. So thanks everyone, including our guests who made it extra special. A good time was had by all.

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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