St. Lucas UCC

Happy Labor Day!

The church office is closed today in observance of the holiday.

Our high school youth are already planning for Mission Trip 2025! Our first fundraiser is homemade Apple Dumplings. Apple dumplings will be packaged and sold as a pan of 6 apples individually wrapped in pastry with a cinnamon spiced syrup. They are distributed frozen and can be baked with provided instructions when desired.

We will pre sell orders beginning September 1 through October 6. Please pre-order from a high school youth before or after worship in the Narthex. Apple Dumplings will be ready to pick up on October 27.

Our kids got a first hand look at what goes into preparing a sermon last Sunday. This week will look a little different, though.

You won't want t miss Stump the Pastor Sunday! Pastor George will be preaching on a scripture submitted by one of you. The trick is that he won't know what the scripture is until he steps up to the pulpit. Make sure you join us for this one of a kind Sunday!

All of the items collected for International Institute St. Louis have been delivered! Your gifts were met with much gratitude as they will be used to help ease the transition of immigrants and refugees arriving in St. Louis. Thank you for your generosity, and to Women With a Mission for organizing this drive!

Today was the first day of school at the preschool and Pastor George joined in the fun! We are praying for a great year for all of our students, teachers, and their families. 🙏🍎📚

We are excited to share that St. Lucas UCC now has a sermon podcast! This means that if you miss a sermon, or simply want to listen again you can do that from almost anywhere. You can listen to sermons through Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/st-lucas-ucc-sermons/id1761391825
Spotify - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/st-lucas-ucc

Don't forget to bring your Stump the Pastor submission this Sunday! 📖

Join Pastor George in one of his favorite fun traditions! Crack open your Bibles, make your one selection, and drop into the bowl outside of the sanctuary. At the end of worship on Sunday, one scripture will be chosen for the September 1 sermon. But here's the catch, Pastor George won't know what it is until he steps to the pulpit on September 1! You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind Sunday!

Another excellent Sunday Funday is in the books! We had a great time playing and learning together about architecture. Special thanks to Grant Alexander for sharing his knowledge with us and to all who participated!

Worship Service - Sunday, August 18, 2024

John 6:51-58 - August 18th, 2024 Rev. George Miller - Senior MinisterMichele Ottinger - Director of Children's MinistriesLinda Radick - Pianist

Our August Sunday Funday is this Sunday at 5:00 pm. We will learn from an architect and be challenged to build structures with a variety of unconventional materials. All are invited to join this time of learning and fun!

Time for a game of 'Guess Who?'!

Check out these St. Lucas UCC members back in their school days. Who do you recognize? How many can you name? Let us know in the comments!

We pray that this school year is full of learning, fun, and new experiences for our students of all ages! It was a joy to celebrate back to school with Walk Away Waffles this Sunday.

On Sunday, Aug 4th we collected *23 bags of food totaling *216 lbs! That's the most we’ve collected for Feed My People in the last 18 months!

The team at Feed My People was thrilled to receive our contribution as donations have been lower this Summer. Pat yourself on the back for your generous efforts. Keep up the good work, St. Lucas UCC!

And remember, our next collection day will be, Sunday September 1st.

This Sunday bring your backpacks, briefcases, lunch boxes, and laptops (or any symbol of your work) for our Backpack Blessing!

We are excited to kick off the back to school season by celebrating our school days past and present with a celebration of our Backpack Program and a chance for all of us to rock our school colors. We'll also have Walk Away Waffles serving delicous treats, so come hungry!

We are hosting a Blood Drive on Monday, August 5. Blood donation is a safe, simple procedure that takes about 45 minutes to one hour. To schedule an appointment, or if you have questions, please contact Impact Life Blood Center at 800-747-5401 or log onto bloodcenter.org using sponsor code 10851.

We invite you to send us a photo of you from your school days (any age) for a fun project we have in the works. You can either bring us the photo and we will copy it or email one to Michele at [email protected]. Photos are due by Sunday, July 28.

We will be celebrating Be True to Your School Sunday on August 11 with a celebration of our Backpack Program, a blessing of the backpacks, a chance for all of us to rock our school colors, and Walk Away Waffles!

The International Institute St. Louis is currently welcoming the highest number of immigrants and refugees to St. Louis in recent history. Many have endured enormous incredible challenges. Most are arriving with little or no belongings.

Our St. Lucas UCC Women With a Mission group wish to sponsor and help the Institute with items on their top most needed list. We are collecting these items beginning Sunday, July 28th and will deliver them the week of August 25th.

Items most critically needed include: brooms, mops, laundry baskets, bowls, plates, drinking glasses, kitchen knife sets, cutting boards, toilet paper, and feminine hygiene products.