Church guide

Did you know that the money you put into our weekly collection baskets reach the world? Since 2015, St. Luke’s has donated more than $11,500 to Habitat for Humanity through our tithe of the tithe. Your investment builds homes, communities, and a world of hope for people in Polk, Dallas, and Jasper counties. With your support, Habitat aims to raise funds to serve 300 families in 2018. When we donate, it increases Habitat’s capacity to serve more families and invest in revitalizing neighborhoods. To qualify for home-ownership, families must earn between 30-60% of the area median income and have a need for affordable housing. Families who partner with Habitat purchase their home from Habitat with a 20-30 year affordable mortgage. Families complete 300-400 hours of sweat equity helping build their home and 24 hours of pre-purchase home-buyer education. St Luke partners with other churches in the Catholic Circle of Faith to provide volunteers working on the work-site. Please contact Dave Clarke, [email protected], or Paul Carlson, [email protected], for more information.

Do you know the history of the Bike Walk Run? Check out this flashback from our beginning at OLIH! We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

Catholic Worker House Meal - June 1st - The Social Concerns committee will be serving a meal at the Catholic Worker House. We need your help to donate the food items. Please bring items to the church kitchen (marked with CWH) by Saturday, June 1st @ 9:00 am. Thank you for your generosity. Sign up here by May 31st: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c45a9aa23abfe3-catholic1

Please join us tonight for our BLUE/RED MASS - It's National Police Week and at our 5:30 p.m. Mass tonight, we will celebrate a special Mass to not only remember first responders that have made the ultimate sacrifice but also to thank the women and men that serve and protect us each day and to pray for their safety. There will be representatives from several area law enforcement and fire departments as well as EMS and dispatch personnel present. Light refreshments will be served in the gym after Mass. Let's fill the church to show our support! For more information, contact Tom Judge at [email protected].

Blessings and prayers to all of our mothers on earth and in heaven...may you know how much you are loved and appreciated on this Mother's Day and everyday.

The Knights are having a Fellowship breakfast on May 19th, 7:45am - 10:30am. Come and enjoy homemade biscuits and gravy, egg bake, cereal for the kids, juice and coffee. The Knights ask for a free will offering, but the main focus is to unit our parish.

Congratulations to our 80 St. Luke's School and RE students who celebrated their First Communion Sacrament last weekend. May you forever be connected to Jesus' love, peace, and blessings. We pray that you continue to feel the joy of this closeness.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is asking for your help to make this year a success. We have a column in the Narthex with items we are hoping to have donated to help offset the cost of this amazing program. Please bring in any items you can donate by May 26th. Thank you for your support. Questions: [email protected]

Come check out the extracurricular activities our school has to offer! All are welcome!

We really need more volunteers to run this summer’s VBS, please click to sign up!

The office will be open on Sunday from 8 - 12pm. Feel Free to stop in and see Kendra and take care of any business you can't do during the week.

Tomorrow is our 12-hour Adoration and we have many time spots open. We'd love for you to sign-up and spend some time with Jesus. https://slte.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/238361

Meal items needed for Habitat for Humanity Build - The Social Concerns Committee would like your help in providing lunch for the workers at the Habitat for Humanity build site on Friday, May 3rd. Sign-Up Below! We will pick those items up from the church office at 9:00 the morning of May 3rd in order to transport them to the work site, where we will serve lunch. If you have any questions, you may contact Jean McPherson at 515-669-8618 or [email protected] https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CA9A728AA8-meal

Discovering Christ Update - we are pushing the start date back to next Tuesday, May 7th. We are happy to share that we will now have childcare available! We hope this makes it easier for you to join us. Please register here: www.slte.org/discover

Looking to hear the Good News and personally encounter Jesus Christ? Join us for Discovering Christ on Tuesdays 6-8:30pm, April 30th - June 11th. You’ll enjoy great free dinners, prayer, video teachings, and small group discussions. It’s not too late to register! Register at www.slte.org/discover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8uOFDlxVJ0&feature=youtu.be&t=0s

Support our school tonight and have a tasty treat at Sweet Swirls in Ankeny between 3 & 10pm.

Congratulations to our group of 21 students confirmed last night at St. Luke the Evangelist! Thank you to Fr. Adam for your support and guidance, to Fr. Ralph Simington (visiting from Waterloo) and Fr. William Joensen (visiting from Dubuque) for joining us to celebrate, and to Bishop Pates for taking time to read and address students' letters, and for sharing your wisdom, humor, and the beauty of our Catholic faith. Students, let's keep sharing that beauty with the world, strengthened by the Holy Spirit working through us!

Due to extreme cold temperatures, St. Luke's School will be closed on Wednesday, January 30. Religious Education classes (grades K-8) will also not meet, and parish offices will be closed. Please pray for those who do not have adequate shelter or resources during this especially harsh cold, and consider donating warm clothing, blankets, or food where they are needed. Here are some services in Des Moines will help distribute items to those in need: Catholic Charities: https://www.catholiccharitiesdm.org/contribute/give/ Emergency Family Shelter (formerly St. Joseph Shelter): https://www.catholiccharitiesdm.org/contribute/give/ Joppa and Joppa Kids: https://www.catholiccharitiesdm.org/contribute/give/

Break out your capes and super-hero costumes and join us for our next movie night on February 1st where we’ll be featuring The Incredibles in the gym. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., movie starts at 7:00 p.m.

Merry Christmas from St. Luke's! Come to Christmas Mass and celebrate with us: 4:30pm (Church) Christmas Eve Children's Mass 4:30pm (Gym) Christmas Eve 6:30pm (Church) Christmas Eve 12:00am Midnight Mass (Carols start at 11:30pm) 9:00am Christmas Day Six-part harmony recorded at St. Luke the Evangelist by Pete Haack for Christmas 2018. This song, also known as The Huron Carol, may be the earliest Christmas carol composed in North America. It was written by Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary to the Huron tribe, presenting the event of Christ's birth in a setting familiar to this people. To quote hymnologist Hugh McKellar, Brébeuf “does not present Christ’s birth as an event which happened far away and long ago, nor does he linger on its details; what matters for him is the immediacy of the Incarnation and the difference it can make in the lives not just of the Huron, but of believers in any culture.”

We'll be featuring The Polar Express on Friday, December 14th. Doors will open at 6:30pm, movie starting at 7pm. Hot chocolate and snacks will be available. Come, relax, and enjoy this Christmas favorite with us!

This January come experience St. Luke's in a new way. We are hosting free dinners on Saturday evenings as part of 'Discovering Christ'. With wonderful food, fantastic conversation, an uplifting message and prayer, and the opportunity to get to know one another in an intimate setting (tables with no more than 8 people), this event is open to any and all adults and promises to be a grand old time! Please register by December 30th to secure you spot. Go to www.slte.org/discover for a full menu and for the times of the events, and to reserve your spot for Discovering Christ!

Franciscan Father Greg Friedman and St. Luke's invite you to join us for our December Mission. Father Greg Friedman will speak at this two part series on December 16th (The Heralds of Christmas) and December 17th (Around the Manger). Please check out our Facebook event for more details.

Fr. Adam is really excited for elf tonight at St. Luke's! Come by and join him for this wonderful Christmas movie. Free admission, doors open at 630. Bring your own comfy chairs or use one of our not-so-comfy chairs. Snacks and drinks available for a free will donation to cover costs.

After you stuffed yourself full of turkey, visited with family, and shopped till your socks dropped off - join us for the movie Elf on Friday, November 23rd. We'll have pretzels with beer cheese dipping sauce, popcorn, soda, lemonade, and other snacks for a free will donation. Doors open at 6:30pm and the movie will start at 7pm. Bring your family & friends along with your pillows, blankets, and chairs and enjoy this hilarious Christmas movie. Entrance to the movie is free!

Not too late to sign up for the 5K and the other festivities! Please sign up by Oct 8 (when we have to order the 5K shirts). www.slte.org/events

Join us next Friday, October 5th for our first Movie Night. We’ll be showing The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at 7pm, doors opening at 6:30pm. Free will donation. Feel free to bring blankets, pillows, or lawn chairs to get comfy and watch the movie in the gym.