St. Luke Lutheran Church
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Articles from November 2017

God Is With You!

As we look around at all the beauty that surrounds us, remember that God has made it all and loves to share it with you!

How many times have you felt alone in your lifetime? There were times when you may have been separated from parents as a child. You probably felt alone as a teenager when friends deserted you. There may have been broken relationships in your young adult years that left you devastated. For those of us who have made it into the latter half of life there are new challenges. Throughout it all, God is with us.

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Sunday School News

Happy November St. Luke families, friends and neighbors!

Well, October was a difficult month for our devoted Sunday school teacher – Miss Lorrie was out all but one Sunday recovering from a series of strokes. Please keep her in your prayers as she goes thru rehab and recovers at home.

Nevertheless, Sunday school classes continued to be held and were taught by our wonderful subs, Misses Denise and Amy Tsang and Sumitha Pauli. Looking ahead, Christmas pageant rehearsals start this month in preparation for performance on December 10th. Here is our November Sunday School schedule:

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Amazing Creations Preschool

October was filled with lots of wonderful Harvest and Halloween events. The families had an especially good time at our Pumpkin Patch. Each year we bring pumpkins to the school for the kids to pick out, have Halloween crafts and treats, and have a photographer taking family photos. Many of the preschool families use these photos for Christmas cards to send to family. Everyone seemed to have an especially good time this year.

Through the month of November, we will be busy preparing for our Annual Christmas Concert on December 2nd at 3:00 pm. The children always do a wonderful job entertaining us with Christmas songs. Please save the date and plan to join us! This special event will take place at St. Luke and we will have special treats in Kurtz Hall following the performance.

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Youth Update

On September 22nd, we had a Youth Lock-in in the Youth Outpost! We had a group of 10 youth throughout the night and we spent many hours playing sardines and watching movies. We had a great study with Pastor Bob about God’s forgiveness and the legal system- how we govern ourselves and how our decisions will affect us in the future. On October 6th, we had a great Youth Group event at LaserQuest in San Jose. There was a turnout of 20 middle school and high school youth and we had a great time playing laser tag and enjoying pizza.

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Greetings

As we near Thanksgiving we have much to be thankful for. We have been blessed with Pastor Bob’s service to this congregation for the past twenty years. A luncheon will be held on November 19 to celebrate this special occasion. Please mark this date on your calendar.

This year we have experienced many disasters. Our Witness team has sent monies to Lutheran Disaster Response for the hurricanes and fire victims. Your prayers and any donations you personally would like to give are still needed. Disasters like these remind us that through tragedy we can become more compassionate and think beyond ourselves to help others. Pastor Bob’s sermon on October 8th helped us to remember what we, as Christians, are able to do. Proverbs 19:1 “He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward him for what he has done”.

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