“God does not dwell in temples made with hands” the old hymn goes. That is true. God does dwell in a community made by Him – “Christ builds a house of living stones: we are his own habitation”, the same hymn con- tinues--- and that is what weekly worship in church is all about. Our community, called into being by God in Christ, gathers weekly to wor- ship and praise Him. Worship is where your body is. As we rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord this Easter, might it not be a joyful opportunity to renew your commitment to grow one step closer toward faithful attendance? Start with yourself. Do you attend worship at St. Luke’s fifty-two weeks a year? Do you worship when you have company for the week- end? Do you miss when the weather is bad? Decide right now that you will not miss wor- ship the rest of this year. Choose to let the resurrection live in you. In weekly worship, we have the joyful and wonderful experience of God “resetting the clock” through forgiveness, praying together and for one another, singing side by side, having our spirits and values lifted by the Word proclaimed and scripture, to God who loves us so. We are recalled, like the Prodigal son to “come to our senses” when the rest of the week we are pulled and pushed by myriad demands and desires. The Word, the songs, the scripture, the Story becomes part of you. In weekly worship the theoretical becomes real. No religion made by man here, but rather the gift of God coming to humankind! And I can tell you that in weekly worship and community the lost are saved, the prodigal comes back home we are welcomed back our- selves and the population of heaven increases ---God will honor our efforts because this is our calling every Sunday. Worship is where our body is. Writer John Krahn writes, “Let’s make it simple. The question is, “Does God de- sire and deserve our weekly worship?” The answer is a resounding “yes”. Believing this, we do not have to ask ourselves 52 times a year whether we are going to church this Sun- day or not. Unless we are ill or have an urgent other commitment, we attend. Going to church is not primarily about meeting our needs. It is about pleasing God who meets our needs every minute of every day.” My own attitude has changed by one short sentence from St. Augustine: “The sing- ing of psalms and hymns is prayer to God.” How that changes the direction of our hymns of worship from ourselves (“This is an old favorite hymn of mine”) instead to addressing and praising God! Martin Luther one day visited a member whom he had not seen at mass for some time. Both men sat before the fireplace in the man’s living room. Without saying a word, Luther went over to the fireplace and with a pair of tongs, removed one of the glowing, red -hot pieces of wood from the bottom of the fire. He then placed it on the roughly hewn, wooden mantel. As they both watched, the piece removed from the fire quickly went out while all the others continued to burn brightly. The point was made. We need to be present every week at worship to remain on fire for the Lord. God desires our weekly worship. And we need it! Happy Easter!, Pastor Bill Damrow God Desires and Deserves Our Worship St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. April 2017 St. Luke’s Lutheran Church A Congregation of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) 95 Eastchester Road New Rochelle, New York 10801 The Rev. Dr. William J. Damrow Pastor Church: (914) 632- 2116 Email: StLuke654 @aol.com CHECK OUR WEBSITE: Slnr.org Newsletter Editor: Pat Fredericks: mrsfred- [email protected]Renee Taylor: eNews- letter production SUNDAY SERVICE: Holy Communion: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School– June 10:00 A.M. Fellowship: 11:15 A.M Last Lent Vespers : Wednesday 7:30 P.M. ,April 5 -1-
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“God does not dwell in temples made with hands” the old hymn goes. That is true. God does dwell in a community made by Him – “Christ builds a house of living stones: we are his own habitation”, the same hymn con-tinues--- and that is what weekly worship in church is all about. Our community, called into being by God in Christ, gathers weekly to wor-ship and praise Him. Worship is where your body is. As we rejoice in the resurrection of our
Lord this Easter, might it not be a joyful opportunity to renew your commitment to grow one step closer toward faithful attendance? Start with yourself. Do you attend worship at St. Luke’s fifty-two weeks a year? Do you worship when you have company for the week-end? Do you miss when the weather is bad? Decide right now that you will not miss wor-ship the rest of this year. Choose to let the resurrection live in you. In weekly worship, we have the joyful and wonderful experience of God “resetting the clock” through forgiveness, praying together and for one another, singing side by side, having our spirits and values lifted by the Word proclaimed and scripture, to God who loves us so. We are recalled, like the Prodigal son to “come to our senses” when the rest of the week we are pulled and pushed by myriad demands and desires. The Word, the songs, the scripture, the Story becomes part of you. In weekly worship the theoretical becomes real. No religion made by man here, but rather the gift of God coming to humankind! And I can tell you that in weekly worship and community the lost are saved, the prodigal comes back home we are welcomed back our-selves and the population of heaven increases ---God will honor our efforts because this is our calling every Sunday. Worship is where our body is. Writer John Krahn writes, “Let’s make it simple. The question is, “Does God de-sire and deserve our weekly worship?” The answer is a resounding “yes”. Believing this, we do not have to ask ourselves 52 times a year whether we are going to church this Sun-day or not. Unless we are ill or have an urgent other commitment, we attend. Going to church is not primarily about meeting our needs. It is about pleasing God who meets our needs every minute of every day.” My own attitude has changed by one short sentence from St. Augustine: “The sing-ing of psalms and hymns is prayer to God.” How that changes the direction of our hymns of worship from ourselves (“This is an old favorite hymn of mine”) instead to addressing and praising God! Martin Luther one day visited a member whom he had not seen at mass for some time. Both men sat before the fireplace in the man’s living room. Without saying a word, Luther went over to the fireplace and with a pair of tongs, removed one of the glowing, red-hot pieces of wood from the bottom of the fire. He then placed it on the roughly hewn, wooden mantel. As they both watched, the piece removed from the fire quickly went out while all the others continued to burn brightly. The point was made. We need to be present every week at worship to remain on fire for the Lord. God desires our weekly worship. And we need it! Happy Easter!, Pastor Bill Damrow
God Desires and Deserves Our Worship
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. April 2017
Palm Sunday April 9 Dramatic Reading of the Passion
Sunday of the Passion according to St. Matthew
Holy Communion
Wednesday of Holy Week April 12 Corporate Confession &
Forgiveness
Baptismal blessing
Holy Thursday April 13 Holy Communion
Foot-washing
Stripping of the Altar
Good Friday April 14 Dramatic Tenebrae &
Hymns - Gradual darkness!
Reading from St. John
Easter Sunday Festival Music Celebration!
The Resurrection of our Lord! April 16 Holy Communion
Children resurrect the “Alleluia”!
All weekday services of worship are at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday services are at 10:00 a.m.
Deacon Marva Montalvo will be leading a one session adult education class on “Learning Something New
Every Day” on Sunday, April 30 at 11:30 a.m., in the Church Council Room after worship. No matter our age,
every new day we are learning by listening, teaching by our actions and we graduate as we move from one
phase of our life to another. All are welcome to the presentation and discussion!
And coming this summer in June and July, Deacon Marva will include a “Did You Know. . .” on “Who’s Who
in the Bible” in the Sunday bulletin.
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LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY
NEWS FROM THE CHURCH COUNCIL
During a meeting on March 21st, the Council was alerted to a concerning drop in Current and Mission Support
for the first two months of the year as compared with the same time last year and this year’s budget. If you have
not been keeping up with your financial commitment or you can make an additional contribution at this time,
please do so now. It is very early in the year, which is a perfect time for us to be paying close attention to this.
If you have any questions, please contact Susanne Kuligowski, Council President at 914-413-1119.
Sunday, June 25, 2017 | 2 PM
Presented by Concordia College-New York
Performers
Lutheran National Festival Choir
Jason Thoms, Conductor
Concordia Lutheran Festival Choir
Jason Thoms and Ralph C. Schultz, Conductors
Concordia Camerata Chamber Orchestra
Treva Foss, Soprano
Sarah Marvel Bleasdale, Alto
Kristopher Jean, Tenor
George Heath, Bass
Program
BACH Cantata No. 80: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Works by Gwyneth Walker, Keith Hampton, Brahms, John Rutter, Paul Weber, Jason Thoms
and Ralph Schultz
Consider joining for this great musical event at Carnegie Hall to continue our celebration of Martin Luther!
He in his own words said: “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the
world.” (Martin Luther)
Please get your own tickets soon – certain seating is already starting to sell out! https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/6/25/0200/PM/500th-Anniversary-of-the-Reformation-Hymn-Festival/
Fellowship events at St Luke’s are collaboratively sponsored by the Fellowship committee, St. Luke’s Sunday School, the
Stewardship committee, the Evangelism committee and the Youth Group. … This is what Fellowship is all about, and we
are always looking for new faces to join us in furthering our fellowship ministry. If you would like to support any of the events or join the committee, please contact us.
Please send to: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church 95 Eastchester Rd.
New Rochelle, NY 10801
ST. LUKE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH - APRIL 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
All Sundays
9a-Sr. Choir Rehearsal
10a-Choir
10a-Sunday School
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11:15a-Jr. Choir Rehearsal
11:15a-Coffee Hour
1
9:30a-A.A. Men’s Group
2
10a-Eucharist
11:15a-Passion Reading
Rehearsal
11:30a-Adult Ed. “The
Power of Forgiveness”
3
7p-A.A. Mtg.
4
7:30p-Sunday School
Staff Mtg.
5
9:30a– Clergy Sermon
Study
7:30p-Lenten Vespers
Host: Fellowship
8:15p-Sr. Choir
6
7:30p-Centering Prayer
(Last Class)
7
7:15p-Boy Scouts
8
9:30a-A.A. Men’s Group
9 Palm/Passion Sunday
10a-Eucharist
10a-Passion Reading
No Sunday School,
children worship w/ family
10
7p-A.A. Mtg.
11
7:30p-Church Council
Mtg.
12
8p-Corporate Confession
& Forgiveness
9:30a-Clergy Sermon
Study
13
8p- Maundy Thursday
Liturgy, Eucharist
8p-Sr. Choir
14
8p-Good Friday/Tenebrae
Liturgy
No Boy Scouts
15
9:30a-A.A. Men’s Group
16 Resurrection of Our
Lord/Easter Sunday
10a-Eucharist
No Sunday School,
children worship w/ family
17
Office Closed
7p-A.A. Mtg.
18 19
9:30a-Clergy Sermon
Study
7:30p-St. Luke's Book
Club
20 21
No Boy Scouts
Women’s Retreat
Apr. 21-23
22
9:30a-A.A. Men’s Group
23 Easter Hymns &
Readings
10a-Eucharist
24
7p-A.A. Mtg.
25 26
9:30a-Clergy Sermon
Study
27 28
7:15p-Boy Scouts
29
9:30a-A.A. Men’s Group
5p-Sunday School Easter
Pageant Rehearsal
30 Youth Sunday
10a-Eucharist
10a-Sunday School Easter
Pageant
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April 30 Cont.
11:30a-Adult Ed.
“Learning Something
New Every Day”-Deacon
Marva Montalvo
1:30p-First Communion
Instruction Part 1
May 6 (Sat.)
4p-Reformation Recital &
Reception A 500th
Anniversary Celebration
in the Sanctuary
May 7 (Sun.)
10a-Service for Healing &
Bring-a-Friend Sunday
1:30p-First Communion
Instruction Part 2
Jennifer M. Archer Fernita E. Ross Jean Carlson Aija Sears Mr. & Mrs. John Gerretsen Nancy Sigler Lorraine & Walter Helfer Madeline & William Tappert Margaret Lenz Christel Tippett Robert Lepple Ernest & Rosalind Wallace Bob Maresca Martin & Julia Ungewitter Art Rankis Lilian Warren Ray Rankis Patrons are those who wish to make a gift to help support the publication of St. Luke's Voice. To become a patron, just make a contribution of $25.00 send to St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 95 Eastchester Rd., New Rochelle, NY 10801. Please designate the gift toward "Patron of Newsletter".
Thank you to the Patrons of St. Luke's Voice – 2017