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Vol. 36, Number 8

August 2018

St. Luke’s Episcopal Live Oak, FL 32064

RECTOR

The Reverend George L. Hinchliffe

DEACON

The Reverend Phyllis Doty

PASTORAL ASSISTANT

Sister Maria Ann OSF

YOUTH MINISTER

Katie Quincey

Clerk and

Church Administrator

Jasmine Burns

Bookkeeper

Lynn Lee

CHOIR DIRECTOR

Bill Poplin

ORGANIST

Linda Poplin

NURSERY ATTENDANT

Debbie Davis

PARISH OFFICERS

Vestry

Mike Cameron Jr. Warden: Marion Harvard

Treasurer: Lee Harvard Asst. Treasurer: Ann Doswell

Members

Barbara Mann Hal Airth

Cameron Simpson

Godly Gazette Editor

Marilyn Jones

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My Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

Next Steps . . . . . . . . .

Jesus tells us, that the first and great commandment directs us to love God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind. And the second which very much like it, telling us to love our neighbor as our-selves. St. Luke’s Parish in Live Oak, Florida has been paying attention, feeding the hungry, providing for the healing of the sick, reaching out to the alien among us, and in so many other ways. This parish is showing God’s love in many ways, taking care of physical needs. Thanks be to God!!!!!

So, what are our next steps? How do we begin to address the spiritual? We can help people with the necessities of this temporal life, but how do we begin to help them with the necessities of the eternal life. In ad-dition to bread and physical wellness, how do we provide the real nour-ishment that is the Bread of Life. Jesus gives us the Great Commission, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” So how do we do that?

That is what I would like you to pray about. That is what I would like you to talk to each other about. Pray about it . . . . .talk about it . . . . then bring your ideas and suggestions to a parish meeting on September 23rd at 10:00 am. How can we bring Christ to the world and the world to Christ.

P.S. Mary Ellen and I will be on vacation for the month of August. God bless you and keep you.

In Christ,

George+

SUNDAYS IN AUGUST Our two services will resume on Sunday August 5th as seen in this chart

DOK TRIENNIAL WORK-SHOP DOK will meet on August 18 from 9 am to 2 pm. All Women of St. Luke's are invited to spend a day learning about the Spiritual workshops from the 2018 DOK Triennial - "Walk His Way!" that was held in Austin, Texas. Ann Thompson and Lydia Bush at-tended the Triennial with 800 Daughters of the King Sisters in Christ from 18 countries and the USA! They will along with St. Luke's DOK President, Maureen Menosky provide information and activities about The Way of Love, Sacred Space and Story Telling Evangelism. Lunch will be pro-vided by St. Luke's and St. James DOK! Come and See..

ONLINE SUNDAY BULLE-TINS A new page on the church website (stlukesliveoak.org) will include Sunday bulletins in their entirety. These are posted by Fri-day, so they will be available be-fore Sunday services. This is a great resource to get updates on upcoming activities, for lectors to look over readings, and saves a little paper. COFFEE HOUR HOSTS C o f f e e h o u r f o l l o w i n g the 11am service has been a tradi-tion at St. Luke’s for many years. It is a great way to get a chance to visit with each other and to meet and greet those visiting and poten-tial members.

The menu can be very simple such as coffee, lemonade, and cookies. It is not meant to be a meal or heavy finger foods, just a light treat. Things are looking pretty bleak. We hope you will think about hosting an upcom-ing Sunday. You can call sign up on bulletin board schedule in the Parish hall. DOK MEETING Daughters of the King will meet for dinner and a time of prayer on Aug 7 at 6pm in the parish hall. BUSY HANDS Busy Hands will meet on Saturday August 4th from 9:30-11am. FREE CLINIC The next Shepherd’s Hands free clinic is August 14th for Live Oak from 5:30-7:30pm. MEN’S GROUP The Men’s Group will meet on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 at 6pm. Bring your meat for the grill. SOCIAL MOVEMENT The last fitness class will be Aug. 16th in the parish hall. Denise Watson has done a great service to the community’s fitness. Prayers requested as she continues her ed-ucation as a Veterinary Techni-cian. DEACON’S NOTES: This month we will be starting our

English classes again,

so if you know of any-

one needing to learn

English free of charge,

please tell them about

our program. We meet every

week on Monday and Thursday

nights from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

We start the last week of August

and go through November until

Thanksgiving. We still need a

babysitter who is licensed in child

care to take charge of the nursery

for us. They do not have to speak

Spanish. Keep us all in your pray-

ers!!

MINISTRY UPDATE Earlier

this year, Bishop Howard desig-

nated Lydia Bush as a Postulant

for Holy Orders in accordance

with the Canons of the Episcopal

Church. Lydia began her training

to become a deacon, this spring,

by participating in a full-time Clin-

ical Pastoral Education Program at

Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for

three months. In July, she began

her diaconal training in the Bish-

op’s Institute at Camp Weed. This

training will continue on weekends

for the next year. During the next

year she will have an increasing

presence in our liturgical worship.

On August 12th, Lydia will be

preaching at both services. Please

give Lydia your support and pray-

ers.

PANTRY UPDATE July has been a month with excep-tional need in the community for food. 106 families (as of 7/30) were able to be helped with shelf stable food as well as fresh vegeta-bles, frozen meats and breads. All this has been possible in the glory of God through the congre-gation’s generosity and our partnership with Gateway Food Bank.

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AUGUST

9am Service 9:45 Adult S/S

10am Choir 11am Service

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Cuba Dinner Dear St. Luke’s Family, I thank God

for you and your faithfulness to our

brothers and sisters of Cuba. The

dinner to raise $$ for the Cuban

priest’s salaries was amazing! That

same night we raised more than $1550

with promises of more to come. I

know that the Cuban priests and Bish-

op Griselda are all thanking you too!

We also extend our thanks to the Two

Cuban Guys Restaurant who prepared

the food for us. It was a great surprise

to find out that they are from Matan-

zas!! It was a special joy for them to be

with us.

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Fr. George and Mary Ellen’s

Granddaughters

Continued...

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Hal & Janet’s Granddaughters

Camp Weed offers a unique summer experience that

allows campers to experience God’s great outdoors, and

through them, experience God.

Cameron

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The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became

Man for no other purpose. --C. S. Lewis

——————

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become. -- Henry Martyn,

——————

Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw wheth-er they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on

earth. --John Wesley

—————— "There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our

hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world." - William Wilberforce

—————— "If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches

this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself."

Martin Luther

—————

Christ is with us until the world's end. Let his little flock be bold therefore."

- William Tyndale

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"The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed." - Hudson Taylor

——————

"Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?" - William Carey

—————— The good news of the gospel is that we too, like Mary, have been chosen to be God-bearers to the world, using

the gifts and the lives with which our creator has endowed us.

-Br. Jim Woodrum

Reflections to Ponder Upon...All About Faith

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Tracy Henderson and family The family of Linda Jernigan The family of Caroline Kent James & Jackie Kent Sue Mobley Wayne Poplin, Michelle Hinchliffe-Trost, Elaine Fletcher Craig Jacobsen Bill & Diana Kosty, Dina James, Mildred Weaver Tyla Edwards Marjorie Harner Jean Peters, Jane Davis Gail Mickel Martie Erskine Laura Ann Fouraker Gardner Linda Sealy Austin Richmond Blake Ulmer Hasan Sister Maria Ann Virginia Meeker Susanne Walters Russell Johnson Don Noel Nikki Landrum Phyllis Taylor

Quinn Leibfried Bob Stross Janice Revet Pat Ritter Lillie and Jodie Hill Robert Cannon Chris and Kathy Thomas The Thomas family Cole Thomas Gwyn Herrington Carolyn Crosby Mendy Morgan Darlene Jones Christine Bush Louise Law Mary Giddens Nick Poulos Jim Poulos Annie Poulos

Our soldiers deployed: Kyle Deas, James Smith, Casey Brewer, Sean Beegle, Cody Beegle, Edward Owen

and stateside; Marshall Boggus,

Lincoln Queale, Brent Trost, Dillon Ellis, Andy Chamberlain, Jennifer Sullivan, and Robert Ice.

Pray for the

Diocese of Cuba,

our companion church:

Fielés á Jesus, and their rector Mtr.

Tulia.

Pray for

Dukatole and the children,

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in

Madison, The Shepherd’s Hands of

the Suwannee Valley Free Clinic,

and St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church

of Newberry and their new school.

The Prayers of the Parish are Requested for:

Condolences

Tracy Henderson, and family on the passing of her uncle, Matthew Simone, July 2, 2018

The Family of Linda Jernigan, July 5, 2018

The family of Caroline Kent, July 14,2018

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St. Luke’s Planner

August 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

10am Exercise

3 4

9:30-11 am

Busy Hands

5 Fr. Moore

9am Rite II

9:45 S/S

10am Choir

11am Rite II

Coffee Hour

6

7

10am Exercise

6pm DOK

meeting

8

10:30 Morning

Prayer

6pm Evening

Prayer

9

10am Exercise

10

Suwannee Co.

School begins

11

12 Lydia Bush &

Deacon Phyllis

9am Morning prayer

9:45 S/S

10am Choir

11am Morning Pray-

er

Coffee Hour

13

14

10am Exercise

5:30 Vestry

5:30 Clinic

15

10:30 Morning

Prayer

6pm Evening

Prayer

16

10am Final

Exercise Class

17 18

9am-2pm DOK

Triennial Work-

shop

19 Fr. Moore

9am Rite II

9:45 S/S

10am Choir

11am Rite II

Coffee Hour

20 21 22

10:30 Morning

Prayer

6pm Evening

Prayer

23

Parish Hall re-

served 11-2

24 25

26 Fr. Moore

9am Rite II

9:45 S/S

10am Choir

11am Rite II

Coffee Hour

27

7-9pm ESL

class

28

6pm Men’s

Group

29

10:30 Morning

Prayer

6pm Evening

Prayer

30

7-9pm ESL

class

31

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1 (Patty & Roylyn) Helvenstons TBD

2 (Debbie) Gale Dickert TBD

3 (Maureen & Sue) Kostys & Chaney TBD

4 (Andy & Angel) Mickels TBD

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Date Time Rite Acolytes Lectors Ushers Greeters

9:00am I Tamara Burt Tammy Boggus

Jon Boggus Maureen Menosky

Beth Widera

Christine Alger

11:00am I Cameron Simpson

Elizabeth Simpson

Cameron Simpson

Jim Simpson

Mike Cameron

Denice Cameron

Joe & Sharon

Chamberlain

9:00am II Audrey Felknor Tamara Burt

Elaine Fletcher Maureen Menosky Marie Brian

11:00am II Graeson Dean

Bill Kosty

Barbara Cheney

Sue Mobley

Mike Cameron

Denice Cameron

Wyman &

Marion Harvard

9:00am II Colton Rodgers Marie Brian

Ann Thompson Maureen Menosky

John Tull & Elaine Fletcher

11am II Hal Airth

Melissa Snodgrass

Brantly Helvenston

Judy Jacobsen

Mike Cameron

Denice Cameron Kay & Lee Harvard

9am II Colby Mickel Tony Williams

Andy Miller Maureen Menosky

Jon & Tammy Boggus

11am II Katie Skeen

Ruthann Stross

Bob Stross

Lee Harvard

Mike Cameron

Denice Cameron

Bill & Janice

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1 Gwen Roebuck 11 Johnathan Mathis 25 Fred Handy

2 Dennis Wolcott 14 Bill Kosty

Julie Ulmer 28 Lillie Hill

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Cameron Simpson 15

Lee Cooper Dana McMullen

5 Susie Helvenston 19 James Gunther

Sarah Katherine Lewis

6 Ann Turnan 21 Virginia Hammond

7 Doris McClain 24 Shelley Jones

9 Audrey Felknor Colby Mickel

August

11 Dennis & Jean Wolcott

17 James & Jackie Kent

18 Si & Sue Mobley

30 Michael & Donna

Parsons