Dear Called Followers of Jesus,

What a beautiful week of worship and listening we have had since Sunday. In both spaces we worshiped, praised, and heard Christ calling us to follow Him, and as a church to go where He is leading us. We had many responses to our first two discovery questions, both on paper and through our online poll. If you were not here on Sunday and have not had a chance to answer the questions (what brought you to St. Luke’s, and what keeps you following Jesus at St. Luke’s), please click here to send in your answers. The more information we have, the better as we discover our giftedness and strengths as a congregation. You can also sign up to join us at an upcoming listening post to share even more of your thoughts and ideas.

This week we are continuing the work of discovery as we move on with the next few verses in Matthew 4. After leaving their nets to follow Jesus as his students, the writer tells us of the great fame that begins to grow as Jesus and his disciples begin their ministry of teaching and healing. Listen to Pastor Jad’s lecture about these verses on this week's podcast episode as you prepare your hearts for worship, and check out your Monday Learn, Live, Love, and Lead email to consider the questions raised to prepare you for our next question of discovery.

This week in my social media memories a picture came up that struck me. It was from January 22, 2017, the day we all went...

If you would like to complete this week's survey questions (asked during worship on January 22), or sign up to participate in an upcoming listening post as part of our 23 & We visioning process, click the button below:

Special Note: The finance office has completed preparation of year-end giving statements. If you have an email address on file, you are automatically registered for electronic statements and should have received yours by now. If you receive more than one statement, be sure to use the corrected version. Please make sure that arena@st.lukes.org is listed as a trusted address with your email provider. Before you call the finance office, check your spam/junk folder for your statement.

If you do not have an email address on file, you are automatically registered for paper statements sent by US Mail. They were mailed out between January 24-26. If you are registered for email statements but need paper instead, please email Andrea Whisnant-Burgis at awhisnant@st.lukes.org or call 407.876.4991 ext. 227 to request paper statements. Your patience during this busy year-end processing is much appreciated!