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Orlando, FL 32819
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Experience Lent with St. Luke’s

March 30, 2024 at Varies

We invite U to experience Lent with St. Luke’s through worship, discipleship, service, and giving! Click through the tabs below for all the ways to continue to Learn, Live, Love, and Lead like Jesus as we journey to the cross together.

2024 Lenten Guide

For daily readings and prompts to help guide you on your Lenten journey, click here to view/download the 2024 Lenten Guide


Click below for St. Luke’s 2024 Lenten Playlist to help guide you through this season of reflection:


Holy Week Worship Services

Holy Thursday: March 28
Service Details: 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Good Friday: March 29
Service Details: 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary and live on Facebook

Easter Sunday: March 31
Service Details: 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary (Traditional) and Founder’s Hall (Contemporary), 9:30 a.m. Contemporary live on Facebook, and 11:15 a.m. Traditional live on Facebook

St. Luke’s campus will be closed on Monday, April 1 (Easter Monday)

Contact the church office at 407.876.4991 if you have any questions about the above information.

Palm Sunday: March 24
Service Details: 9:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary (Traditional) and Founder’s Hall (Contemporary), 11:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary (Blended), 9:30 a.m. Contemporary live on Facebook, and 11:15 a.m. Traditional live on Facebook

Continuing St. Luke’s tradition, we invite you to bring your own palm fronds! Drop off donations for Palm Sunday outside Building C on March 22 and 23!

Lenten Offering

Lent – a time of deep reflection and anticipation is also a time of commitment to our most vulnerable neighbors near and far. Our Lenten Offering is one of the ways we fund life transforming ministries, and what an opportunity to show up for unhoused families and children!

Will you join St. Luke’s Missions in setting aside at least $1.00 per day over 40 days for a special Lenten Offering to support unhoused children and their families through Family Promise, and to help sponsor 90-120 children who are orphans in Zimbabwe through ZOE Empowers? Our goal this Lent is to raise $25,000.

Please mark your gifts with “Lenten Offering” so we designate them to the right account. You can also give online by clicking the button below and selecting “Lenten Offering” from the drop-down menu:

Life Together Groups for Adults

Ongoing groups you can jump into at any time:

Breathing Space: Join this group for an opportunity to sit with Scripture in a new but ancient way through contemplative practices like Lectio Divina, Visio Divina, Imaginative Prayer, and Dwelling in the Word. Bring a Bible, a journal and pen, and an open ear to allow God’s Word to shape your week alongside other St. Lukers on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. on Zoom.

Life Together – Retirees: This online group of retirees meets on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 1:30 p.m. on Zoom to be part of this safe place of acceptance and hospitality where everyone can LEARN God’s story and LIVE their stories together while being connected and cared for, growing spiritually, and being supported to LEAD faith-centered lives.

Morning Edition – All women are invited to join this online group on Wednesdays at 8:15 a.m. This is an ongoing group. Participants can join anytime.

Parenting Together – Join this Life Together group for parents weekly in the Smart Classroom of the Barnes Learning Center (above Founder’s Hall) for fellowship, discussion, and prayer.

Thursday Afternoon Women’s Bible Study – All women are invited to join this group. We meet weekly for discussion and connection following along with the church-wide study. Join us Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. on campus in the Barnes Learning Center, Room 212, or online via Zoom.

Life Together – Thursdays with Friends – Join this intergenerational online group weekly for connection, community, and lively discussions.

Life Together – Couples – Join other couples in your stage of life for fellowship, connection, and lively discussion each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom!

Care Ministry Opportunities

Caring Kitchen: Join this ministry in prepping delicious frozen crockpot meals for those recovering from a hospitalization/surgery, going through cancer/other treatments, having a baby, etc. Our next meetings are May 2 and June 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Building C Kitchen. No experience required – just a compassionate heart and a passion for caring. Register by clicking the button below. Know a St. Luker who would like a crockpot meal? Email the Care Office or call 407.876.4991 ext. 262.

Care Visitation Team: Mark your Connection Card or contact the Care Office so a Care Visitation Team member can pray and offer care to you while you go through a surgery, hospitalization, or illness. Know a St. Luker who can no longer come to church? A Care Visitation Team volunteer can visit them on a monthly basis and keep them connected to St. Luke’s. Contact the Care Office for more information.

Support Group for Parents of Children/Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Meet online the second Thursday of each month to share struggles, blessings, resources, and fellowship with other parents. Email the Care Office or call 407.876.4991 ext. 262 for Zoom meeting information.

Hearts to Hands: Love to knit or crochet? Or maybe you want to learn? Join this ministry on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. in the Barnes Learning Center (second floor of Founder’s Hall) Room 210 and make needed items for Arnold Palmer Hospital while sharing fellowship with others. For those who can’t join in person, you may knit/crochet items for Hearts to Hands from the comfort of your home. Contact the Care Office at 407.876.4991 ext. 262 for patterns and more information.

Stephen Ministry: Going through a difficult time? In need of someone to listen, encourage, and pray with you? Contact the Care Office to be confidentially matched with a trained caring Christian who will listen, pray, and support you through job loss, marital issues, illness, grief, etc. Stephen Ministers are not pastors or counselors. Women are matched with women and men with men. Mark your Connection Card or call the Care Office at 407.876.4991 ext. 262 for more details.

Serve with St. Luke’s Missions

Circles West Orange: Circles West Orange is celebrating 10 years! Six years with St. Luke’s as the Lead Organization and four years as Host Organization partnering with Poverty Solutions Group. To honor this 10 year milestone, we’re looking for 10 St. Lukers to be Allies.

 

Circles builds community to end poverty and needs volunteers serving on Resource Teams and as Allies. To learn more about the Resource Teams and being a Circle Ally, click on the link below.

 

Jobs Partnership: St. Luke’s partners with Jobs Partnership, a faith based organization that provides a 12-week, biblically-based, employability program for the chronically under-employed in West Orange County. Spring 2024 Classes begin February 20 at 4 locations. Training for Coaches takes place on Saturday, February 10. We need coaches and people to provide lunch for the students and volunteers!

 

 

Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity builds strength, security and self-reliance through homeownership. Join a team on the next St. Luke’s Build Day to help build and revitalize homes in East Winter Garden. The next build date is Saturday, March 2. There will also be a Neighborhood Revitalization day on Saturday, April 27.

United Women in Faith Rummage Sale: Mark your calendars for the United Women in Faith Annual Rummage Sale on Friday, March 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Coleman Memorial Gymnasium. Discover Fabulous Finds of gently used clothing, furniture, household items, knick-knacks, electronics, plants and much, much more! All proceeds benefit local and global missions. For information on donations or volunteering to help, click on the link below.

 

Blessed Treasures Gift Shop: The United Women in Faith’s (formerly the UMW) Blessed Treasures Gift Shop features handmade seasonal decorations and home décor, giftable items, as well as gently loved clothing, a variety of beautiful new jewelry, artwork, and more. They have a new room at the Blessed Treasures Gift Shop. Come by to see! All proceeds support local, state, and international missions and charities.

Holy Week Volunteers Needed

We need your help with this year’s Holy Week and Easter services and events with volunteer spots like:

  • Parking lot attendants
  • Set Up and Tear Down Crew
  • Communion Servers
  • Easter Worship Hosts
  • And more!

Email Tiffany Meadows-Green with questions!

Prayer Labyrinth

Location: Youth Center

Date/Times to Experience the Labyrinth:

Thursday, March 28 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Friday, March 29 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 30 from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The Prayer Labyrinth is a space for reflection, meditation, and contemplation. All ages are welcome to experience the Prayer Labyrinth, which will include a labyrinth path and prayer stations.


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