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Connecting you to the events, meetings & services at St. Luke’s, Metuchen - October 16, 2025
Last Week's Stewardship Sermon:
Giving Significantly
Gospel Reflection
In our third week of reflections on Stewardship, we will consider what it means we when say, "We are St. Luke's!" How do we persevere with steadfast faith, live into God's covenant, receive the Holy Scriptures, proclaim the Gospel, and pray always? How does God call us into these things as the community of St. Luke's? Come Sunday and let's talk about it!
Announcements
Sign up for Pumpkin Patch Sales Here
We need people to sell the pumpkins. Friday, Saturday and Sunday we have the most traffic in the patch. If you can't make weekends we need you throughout the week. Remember this is our opportunity to welcome people to St. Luke's and give out our brand new refrigerator magnets.
You can sign online on the link above and there also is a sign-up sheet at the back of the church.
Saturday, 18 October at the 5.30pm service. The Bishop will make a Visitation to St. Luke's for the Feast of St. Luke’s. Please join us for this important event and the meal afterward.
Sunday, 19 October, 4pm Convocation Fall Meeting," location: "St. Peter's, Spotswood"
Saturday, 25 October, 6:00pm - 9:30pm Halloween party in the Auditorium
Sunday, 26 October, at 11:30am, 2025 Ministry Fair.
Saturday, 8 November, 1pm The Burial Mass for Robin Brown will take place at St. Luke's. At 2.15pm that afternoon there will be a Community Discussion for those who wish to reflect on Robin's life and legacy.
We will be having a Christmas Pageant at the early service on Christmas Eve. We hope all children and teens of the parish will participate. There are parts for kids of all ages, newborn through grade 12. We will have a signup sheet at the Choir Table at Ministry Fair, and also at the Halloween Party. We are looking forward to working with you and your children!
Serve Us Write! The Prayers of the People are your prayers! You are invited to become part of the team that writes these prayers that are used in all of the Sunday services. It takes approximately half an hour per week once you know how, and training will be provided. You will serve for a month or two at a time. Interested? Let Deacon Anne or Father Todd know. (Deacon Anne: ainerae576@gmail.com)
In search of Publicity Team for Saint Luke's 2025 Christmas Fair. If you have ideas for getting the word out about our event, and would like to collaborate with fellow parishioners to breathe life into your ideas email Kathy McNulty at christmasfair@stlukesmetuchen.org
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Donations to Gift Baskets for Christmas Fair
St. Luke’s parishioners, the Gift Basket table really needs your help.
Below is a list of basket themes we were planning on making and some possible items to purchase for the basket
Children games for ages over 13 to adults (looking for: various board games, card games, puzzles …)
Children games for ages 5 to 12 (looking for: various board games, card games, puzzles …)
Baby items (any baby items, diapers, wash clothes, bottles, baby games, …)
Cookies for Santa (cookie sheet or sheets, cookie mix or from scratch, decorations, apron, cookbook, cookie cutters …)
For the Birds (suet cakes, bird food, bird book, binoculars, bird house…)
It’s roasting in here (roasting pan, carving board, roasting spices, roasting bags, cookbook…)
Gardening ( gardening gloves, kneeler pad, gardening tools …)
Italian (pastas, sauce, spices, red and white checkered tablecloth, bottle of red wine, red wine glasses, Italian cookbook, olive oil…)
Wine and Cheese (crackers- variety, red wine, white wine, charcutier board, …)
Coffee (ground coffee – various flavors, creamers, mugs, espresso coffee, Biscotti, Panettone …)
Martinis (bar drink book, Gin, Vodka, pearl onions, olives, Vermouth, mixing glass strainer, …)
Pamper yourself (bath salts, fragrant candles, lotions, …)
Tea (various boxed teas, biscuits, honey, sugar crystal stirrers, short bread cookies, loose leaf teas …. )
Thanksgiving (thanksgiving decorations, fall tablecloth, oven mitts, …)
Hanukkah (gelt, decorations, tablecloth …)
Soup and Sandwich (soup cookbook, soups, crackers …)
Sushi (Japanese theme items, Sake…)
Beer (various beers, peanuts, pretzels…)
Handy man basket (hand tools, tape measure, …)
A Taste of Greece – graciously donated by Florence Tracy and Julia Roberts
We are also Monetary donations to allow us to purchase items
Pet – graciously donated by The Scottish Dog
If you would like to sponsor a basket, the basket Elf’s would be happy to assemble what you purchase.
If you plan on donating anything, please let us know so we can make note of it.
Questions, please reach out to John Sharp (jesharp3@aol.com).
We are asking for items as soon as possible (drop off in the basket near the office) so we can make the baskets well before fair.
Happening this week at St. Luke’s
Thursday, October 16
7:00pm Candlelight Vespers
Friday, October 17
8:00am Prayer beads (online)
11:00am Ladies luncheon at Panera Bread Rt. 1
Saturday, October 18
5:30pm Holy Eucharist Rite Rite II
Sunday, October 19
8:00am Holy Eucharist Rite I (livestream)
9:00am Bible Study with Mother Crafton - Fryer Room
10:00am Holy Eucharist Rite II with Music, & Children’s Chapel (livestream)
11:15am Coffee Hour + Art Station
11:30am Adult Forum- St. Luke’s Budget as a Moral Document
Monday, October 20
2:00pm Roosevelt Care Center Service
Tuesday, October 21
7:30pm Vestry Meeting
Wednesday, October 22
12:15pm Eucharist with the Saints
6:00pm St. Veronica’s Guild Meeting
7:00pm Zoom Bible Study with Mo. Crafton (link)
Daily Office 9am, 12 noon, 5pm, 8:45pm (link)
Serving in Worship this Weekend
5:30 PM (Sat) Feast of Saint Luke The Evangelist
Bishop’s Chaplain: The Ven. Carol Pepe
Lector: Ellie
LEM: Kasi
Crucifer: Karen G.
Torch Bearers: John S. and Kathy
Ushers: Linda P. and Tom
Oblation Bearers: Roman and Madalyn
Greeter: Linda Z.
Reception Hosts: Tammy and John
8:00AM (Sun) Sue
10:00AM (Sun) Lauren, John S., Kathy
Coffee Hour hosted by Francesca Maresca and Tommy
In Our Prayers This Week
Please continue in your daily prayers for:
Mary Jo, Robin, Rosie, Vilmar, Don, David, Louise, Andy, Eletia, Suzan, Michael, Lenny, Kristi, Frank, Frank, Susan, Christine, Karen, John, Suzanne, Robert, Robin, Shady, Janice, Dale, Jeremy, Karen, Don, Stephen, Vanessa, Ryan, Charlotte, Tina, Maria, Paul, Dwinal, Tara, Chris-Ann, Skyler, Baby Easton, Gene, Randi, Chad, Sally
For Those Who Have Died
Jeff, Delila, Nicholas, Beverly, Henrietta, Sally, Eugene, Janet, Pippa, Miriam, Maria, William, Georgette, Cynthia, Alan, Patrick
Links for: the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
For Those Who Celebrate Birthdays - October
Frank, Marilyn, Carla, Elisabeth, Katherine, Charles, Noah, Navin, Colin, Charlotte, Monica, John, Eliana, Sean, Don, Fatima, Perla, Michelle
For Those Who Celebrate Anniversaries - October
Oscar & Emmanuel, Mark & Sue, Don & Karen, Marty & Geralyn, John & Tammy , Michael & Kristi
Prayer requests may be submitted on the website.
