THIS WEEK AT ST. LUKE’S
In-person and Live-streaming/zoom gatherings from St. Luke’s.
On Saturday, May 22 we resumed in-person worship. We will continue to stream in-person services at St. Luke’s, as well as the Daily Office, as scheduled. Please join us on our Facebook page for streamed services. **(Note: if you are NOT a Facebook member, when you click on the link it will ask you to sign in or create an account, which you can ignore and just scroll down the page a bit till you see the service.)
Click here for a copy of the Book of Common Prayer!
Click here for a copy of Enriching Our Worship 1. This contains supplemental liturgical materials (i.e. Canticles) we occasionally use for Morning and Evening Prayer.
Daily Office: Morning and Evening Prayer – Morning Prayer at 9 AM; Evening Prayer at 5PM are live-streamed on Sunday; Tuesday through Saturday morning.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 – ISAAC WATTS
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26 – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
The First Sunday of Advent (Lectionary Readings)
- 5PM – Said Holy Eucharist II (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
Click here for the 5 PM service leaflet
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
See above for Lectionary Readings
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 10AM – Sung Holy Eucharist II (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
Click here for the 10AM service leaflet
- 5PM – Evening Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 – FERIA (There are no scheduled services this day)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 – KING KAMEHAMEHA AND QUEEN EMMA OF HAWAII
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 5PM – Evening Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 – FEAST OF ST. ANDREW (Major Feast Day)
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 12:10 PM – Healing Eucharist
- 1:15PM – Advent Bible Study – The Way of Love
- 5PM – Evening Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 5:30PM – Stewardship Committee Meeting
- 6:30PM – Cypress House Executive Board Meeting
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 – CHARLES DE FOUCAULD
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (No live-streaming this morning)
- 5PM – Evening Prayer (No live-streaming this evening)
- 5:30PM – Centering Prayer– Our ongoing group meets each Thursday at 5:30 BOTH IN THE CHAPEL AT ST. LUKE’S AND ON ZOOM. All are welcome to join in. To access the “zoom chapel” click here. Click here for a brochure on The Method of Centering Prayer.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 – FERIA
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 5PM – Evening Prayer (No live-streaming this evening due to First Friday event.)
- 5PM-8PM – Cypress House Scranton First Friday Open House
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 – FRANCIS XAVIER
- 9AM – Morning Prayer (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 9AM – Welsh Cookie Baking
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
The Second Sunday of Advent (Lectionary Readings)
- 5PM – Said Holy Eucharist II (streamed on our parish Facebook page)
- 7:30 – Arcadia Christmas Concert
Key Announcements
►Women of St. Luke’s Christmas Gala Luncheon: The Women of St. Luke’s will host their Christmas Luncheon in the parish’s Kreitler Hall on Saturday December 10, 2022 from noon to 3:00PM. The luncheon will be catered by Cooper’s with your choice of three entrees: Sautéed Chicken Strips, Roast Stuffed Pork, or Broiled Orange Haddock. The dinner will include soup (Crab Bisque or Potato) a garden salad, potato, vegetable, and dessert. The festivities begin with a cocktail hour at 12:00PM with lunch served at 1:00PM. There will be entertainment, favors, door prizes and a cookie table, too. The cost is $25.00pp and reservations are due by December 4, 2022 to Kathy Selemba or Robin O’Hearn.
►NO ROOM AT THE INN: Over five hundred Nativity sets from the personal collection of Lynn Prociak will be on display at the Forty Fort Presbyterian Church, 1224 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, on Saturdays December 3 and 10 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays December 4 and 11 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. The Nativity sets tell the story of the birth of Christ through the lenses of diverse cultures and peoples from around the world. A Christmas Shop and cookie sale will be available, and retired nativity sets will be on sale. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted for the Kirby Family House in Wilkes-Barre, which provides shelter and social services for families struggling with homelessness, and Keystone Mission. For more information, please call 570-542-4182 or visit www.facebook.com/NoRoomNEPA.
►Lenten Retreat at Holy Cross Monastery – In March (March 21-24, 2023) a parish Lenten retreat is planned Holy Cross Monastery in the New York Hudson Valley. The suggested donation for the three days is $330 per person which will cover all lodging, program costs, and meals including breakfast and dinner the day of departure. Space is extremely limited and filling up fast! Please contact Mother Barnes ASAP to reserve a spot. Scholarship for those in need is available upon written request.
►Centering Prayer Group: Each Thursday evening at 5:30PM an ongoing weekly Centering Prayer group meets. Centering Prayer is a contemplative form of prayer geared toward the cultivation of interior silence or “centering.” This form of prayer invites one to enter into a deeper relationship with God by being open and receptive to the presence and action of God in our lives. No prior experience is necessary. For more information, contact Mother Barnes at mthrbarnes@gmail.com or call the parish office.
►Christmas 2022 Memorial Flowers and Greens: All those who wish to give flowers and greens in memory or honor of a loved one and have their name included on St. Luke’s Christmas Memorial List for 2022 are asked to use the envelopes marked “Christmas Memorial Flowers and Greens.” For your convenience, envelopes have been included in the service leaflet. Additional copies are located on the table in the rear of the church. Please provide a list of names (written or typed) to the parish office, no later than Sunday, December 18, 2022.
►St. Luke’s Cleaning and Greening of the Church: We will gather on Sunday, December 18, 2022 following the 10:00 Eucharist Coffee Hour (approximately 12 Noon) to decorate the church for Christmas. All are warmly welcome at this festive and fun event.
►Lackawanna County Prison Christmas Project For more than 20 years Anna Young was a dedicated volunteer in the Lackawanna County Prison and every Christmas she spearheaded a project to ensure that each inmate and staff member received a goody bag. Ms. Young is now in a nursing home and the community would like to honor her by continuing her Christmas giving. St. Luke’s is participating in the program by collecting items that will be included in the “goody bags” and we ask that you would consider donating some of the listed items, or if you would prefer, you can make a financial contribution and the items will be purchased on your behalf. For security reasons, only the listed items can be included in the goody bags; do not stray from the list. Acceptable items include individual sized chewy trail mix, rice krispy bars, cookies, pop tarts, goldfish, cheez-its, skittles, starburst, Hershey’s miniatures, Cup-O-Soups, kind bars, and mini muffins. Our goal is to provide 800+ goody bags; the list will be updated if other items are added. During the week of December 19th, we will gather to pack the bags for delivery to the prison later in the month. To make a monetary gift, or if you have any questions, please see Mother Barnes or Sharon Sollami.
► Cookies Baking! St. Luke’s parishioners will gather once again to make their well-loved and much missed Welsh cookies. Volunteers are needed to mix, roll, cut, and package on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 9:00AM. A special thank you to Richie Selemba and Rick Ammenhauser for teaching us the art of making these wonderful cookies to sell and to share with our homebound parishioners. A sign up sheet is available in Israel Lounge to sign up to volunteers and for orders!
Upcoming Holiday Concerts at St. Luke’s
►A Koliada Christmas from Eastern Europe, Arcadia Chorale
Saturday Evening, December 3, 2022 at 7:30PM
Celebrate the season of Koliada, when friends and family come together to sing carols from Christmas to Epiphany. This joyous concert includes music from Eastern European countries including Russia, Poland, and Latvia, with a special focus on Ukrainian carols.
General admission: $15, Seniors: $12, Students free Tickets available at the door or purchase tickets online here. https://arcadiachorale.ticketleap.com/koliada-christmas-scranton/details
►A Lyric Consort Christmas
Friday Evening, December 16, 2022, 8PM
An evening of music for the season ranging from jubilant to introspective, offered amid candlelight and the white marble of beautiful St. Luke’s. After an opening half of music offering scenes from the Bethlehem story, we share favorite carol arrangements and art music. Works of Arvo Part, Hugo Distler, Francis Poulenc, Herbert Howells, John Rutter and more.
General Admission $10.00, 18 and under free, Tickets available at the door
Our latest edition of the St. Luke’s Newsletter is hot off the press. Click here to see the NOVEMBER 2022 edition or go to the newsletter tab on our parish website.