Church Pictorial Directory - Thanks to the hard work of Carol Carney and her crew, including Holly Hoppman, editor, and Bob Allen for photos of those unalbe to attend a sitting, our 2010 St. Luke's Church Photo Directory is either in your hands or about to be. Olan Mills, the company that produced the directory, gives us the option of also viewing it on the internet. If you have access to a computer, you can go here. This is a password protected site, so contact the church office for your password.Posted 09/05/10
Dr. Chang--We Will Miss You! - We are sad to announce that Dr. Jean Chang, our music director since 2005, is leaving us as of February 28. She is going to take time off from organ and piano for healing of some nagging physical conditions. Dr. Chang has served as an excellent organist and pianist, an inspiring choir director, and wonderful friend in Christ. We will miss her. We wish her full healing and success in her future endeavors.Posted 02/28/10
Heritage Wall Established - The Heritage Wall at the back of the sanctuary was completed in October 2008 by Bob Allen. It displays all the available Confirmation Class pictures of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.Posted 11/13/08
New Church Secretary - We are glad to report that Pauline Arndt has accepted the job as our office secretary. She's taking over after the departure of Deanna Dockter, who has left to be a full-time Grandma. Welcome Pauline! Posted 10/13/08
St. Luke's Book Fair - A book fair fundraiser from Augsburg Publishing. Several titles of Christian books from a Lutheran perspective are featured. They will be available for you to look over and order after church between October 12th and November 2nd. Posted 10/13/08
Sunday School Teachers - We are currently looking for volunteers to teach Sunday School to the children of St. Luke's. Our children are eager to learn the Word of the Lord and need your help! Posted 08/01/08
Church Secretary - We are sad to report that after 11 years, Deanna has submitted her resignation as our office secretary. We will miss her caring and very effective presence in the church office. Posted 08/01/08
New Windows - On April 26th, new energy-efficient windows were installed in the Sunday School Wing, the office and the kitchen. A HUGE THANKS TO CERTAINTEED WINDOWS - they donated all 29 windows! Posted 07/20/08
Evangelical Lutheran Worship Books - The Evangelical Lutheran Worship books are scheduled to be dedicated on December 3rd, the first Sunday of Advent. Praise God for the tremendous response to this new worship book. Through memorial and special gifts, we are set to pay for all 225 copies ordered. Thank you! The hymnals have bookplates in them to remind us who we keep in our memory and who we have honored. Enjoy finding the hymnal marked with your name! If you are interested in buying a personal hymnal book, please contact Augsburg Fortress at (800) 328-4648 or on the web at www.augsburgfortress.org Posted 12/01/06
W-ELCA 2010 Entertainment Book Fundraiser - The Women of the ELCA (W-ELCA) at St. Luke's are currently selling 2010 Entertainment Books as a fundraiser. Click here if you'd like to purchase one or send an email to welca@stlukesac.org. Now through 11/30/2009 - Don't miss out on yours! Posted 9/26/09
Free Air Conditioning - Coming soon to St. Luke's, it's Air Conditioning! At our special meeting in August, the congregational family of St. Luke's voted overwhelmingly to upgrade our heating system, install air conditioning in the Sanctuary, Schultz Hall and the multi-purpose room, and purchase a new piano for the Sanctuary! Don't miss out, visit us during our 8:15 and 10:30am service to see what's happening! Posted 9/16/08
Sacramento City College Choral Christmas Concert - St. Luke's Lutheran Church would like to invite you to attend a Christmas concert sung by the Sacramento City College Choral. The concert will be at St. Luke's on Tuesday, December 18th, 2008, at 8:00PM. Bring your family and friends for a joyous evening of music. There is a donation of $5 at the door. Posted 11/29/07
New Chrismons at St. Luke's - Chrismons, or Christ monograms, are beautiful expressions of the true reason for the season - the birth of Jesus Christ. These religious decorations are traditionally created in white and gold to symbolize His purity, perfection, majesty and glory. Ours are no exception. This year the tree in the sanctuary will be covered with new Chrismons thanks to the work of loving hands of members of the congregation. Stitchers have been working since last Christmas on three different patterns to get them ready to hang on the tree before the December 9th, 2007, Sunday service.
Click here for an external link to Wikipedia with more information on Chrismons.
Click here for another external link to the Christian Resource Institute with more information on Chrismons. Posted 11/29/07
Children's Receiving Home Christmas Project - is ready to go and a list of 105 children who will be at the receiving home during the holidays is available in the church Narthex. The Children's Receiving Home is the first stop for children who are removed from their homes by CPS and Law Enforcement for neglect, abuse or inability for one reason or another to care for them. These children are very frightened and mistrustful. They miss their families and just want to be home with them. This project is to help make the holidays a little brighter, happer and more hopeful for these children. The support from St. Luke's Church has been fantastic, and each year all the children are taken care of and enjoy a very happy holiday. Click here for an external link to the Sacramento Children's Receiving Home. Posted 11/29/07
Organ Dedication Concert - St. Luke's Lutheran Church would like to invite you to attend a concert to dedicate our new Allen Quantum 325 Organ. We've been lucky enough to be able to buy this wonderful musical instrument and this concert is really going to show off what it can do. Dr. Jean Chang will be playing a variety of pieces ranging from composers from the 1700s to living day composers. ON January 20th, 2007 at 3:00 PM, please join us at St. Luke's Lutheran Church to fill your soul with beautiful music, your hearts with generosity and your stomach with delicious appetizers. Posted 12/30/06
Key Selling - Starting on November 12th, 2006 the Board of Worship and Music is going to begin selling keys. Organ keys to be exact to raise money for the Organ Fund. You will have an opportunity to buy any note of your choice in the bottom manual for $50/key; any note in the middle manual for $75/key; and any note in the top manual for $100/key. While we can't actually inscribe the organ keys, we will have a chart where you can write your name, and a short message. This display will be kept in the choir loft as a constant reminder of the excitement and support received. If you have any questions, please contact any member of the Board of Worship and Music. Posted 10/30/06
General Announcements from W&M - The Board of Worship and Music is looking for help around the church on the following days for various reasons; if you can help in any way please come by and join us, we would greatly appreciate it!! Posted 10/30/06
Altar Guild - One of the big things W&M has a hand in is the worship service and preparing the altar area before every service. We appreciate all of those who have already signed up and would love to get more people involved. If you are at all interested please contact Triss Hoppman, the Altar Guild Chair about getting involved. If you don't feel like you can help in this way, we've got plenty of other opportunities to participate behind the scenes! Posted 10/30/06
Hymnals - We are getting new Hymnals! 225 of them for the Sanctuary pews! We should be receiving them around the middle of November. There is still time to buy one, if you'd like to purchase a hymnal in memory or honor of someone you can for only $17.50 per hymnal. Posted 10/30/06
