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St. Luke’s Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars! St. Luke’s Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025, right after the 9:30 service. We hope everyone can attend as we will be reviewing 2023 and voting on 2 Vestry positions (term of 3 years) and both the Senior and Junior Warden positions (term of 1 year). We also need a Vestry Clerk to take minutes at each meeting. If you are interested in being on the Vestry, please talk to Lyn VanDeSteeg. Thank you.
Note: to all committee or group leaders, please get your year-end reports sent into the office as soon as possible after the first of the year.
Return to the Common Cup
Over a year ago, Rt. Rev. Bishop Loya encouraged everyone in the Diocese of Minnesota to begin using the Common Cup again. He noted that each church could determine the time for this change based on their own unique context. As your spiritual leaders, the Ministry Team, after careful consideration, has decided it is time for St. Luke’s to return to use of the Common Cup starting on Sunday, December 8, 2024, the 2nd Sunday of Advent.
For more information on this decision, please click HERE.
Sock, T-shirt & Undie Sunday!
On Sunday, January 19th, we will be collecting new socks, t-shirts and underwear for Hastings Family Service. There is always a great need for these items for men, women and children in all sizes. (Especially for men’s items!)
Please pick up a couple things and bring them to church on or before January 19th, so we can help HFS meet this need. Thank you.
Vestry/Leadership Team January Meeting
The January Vestry/Leadership Team Meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9th at 6:30 PM in the gathering space and via Zoom. Please let Lyn know if you cannot attend.
St. Luke’s Spring Rummage Sale
Call us crazy, but we are planning a spring rummage sale and need you to “Save your Good Stuff!”
We have scheduled the sale for May 2nd and 3rd; But in the meantime, don’t run to Goodwill or Salvation Army. Save your stuff for St. Luke’s!
If you have any questions, please ask Julie Hicks or Marsha Keene.
The 28th presiding bishop
of The Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York, was elected and confirmed the 28th presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church on June 26 for a nine-year term beginning Nov. 1.
Rowe, 49, was ordained bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania in 2007 and became bishop provisional of Western New York in 2019. From 2014 to 2018, he served as bishop provisional of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem.
Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Rowe earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Grove City College, a master of divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in organizational learning and leadership from Gannon University.
Rowe was the youngest Episcopal priest in the U.S. when he was ordained in 2000 at age 24, and he was the youngest member of the House of Bishops when he was ordained and consecrated at age 32.
Known for his research and work on organizational learning and adaptive performance in the church, Rowe serves as parliamentarian for the House of Bishops and the Episcopal Church Executive Council; chair of the Episcopal Church Building Fund; and as a member of the Standing Commission on Structure, Governance, and Constitution and Canons. He also serves on the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. In 2018, he became the first bishop to serve on the House of Deputies Committee on the State of the Church.
Rowe is married to Carly Rowe, a Christian educator; they have a daughter named Lauren.
