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Casseroles are Here!!
If you ordered a casserole from our youth, please pick it up this weekend!! Kelly and the youth will be in the courtyard after 5:00 & 8:00 services, and in the Oasis after 10:30 & Voters’ Meeting. Thank you for supporting our youth!

Annual Voters' Meeting & Thanksgiving Lunch
The annual Voters' Meeting is today after the always delicious Thanksgiving lunch! Turkey with all the fixings and pumpkin desserts will be served after the 10:30am service, and the Voters' Meeting will begin around 12:10pm. For those who are recent members and would like to vote, please remember that according to our bylaws, you must observe one meeting before voting next year.

Community Corner: Angel Tree
Through the first half of December, we’ve partnered with CarePortal, Porter Elementary School, and A Hope & A Future to adopt families this Christmas! If you are able, please grab a tag off the tree in the Worship Center lobby. Bring your unwrapped gift (with tag!) back by December 8th so that the organizations have time to distribute before Christmas break. Help us give these families a great Christmas! Also, we are still accepting holiday food donations to help supply Heart of Mesa Baptist's food pantry.

Thanksgiving Eve Service
Join us on Wednesday, November 27th at 6:30pm for Thanksgiving Eve service as we thank God for the many blessings in our lives and explore the feasts of the Old Testament. Nursery available.

Advent Worship
Advent begins December 1st. Join us for Wednesday morning worship at 10:00 on Dec. 4th, 11th, & 18th.

Women’s Ministry Event: Temple Lights Dec. 3rd
Ladies, join us for a stroll around the Mesa temple grounds on December 3rd at 5pm! Children are welcome! Meet at 101 S. LeSueur, Mesa AZ 85204. Contact the office if you’re interested in a carpool!

Phoenix Boys Choir Tickets
The Phoenix Boys’ Choir returns to St. Luke on December 7th at 2:00! Tickets can be purchased through the PBC website or by calling (602) 264-5328.


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Night in Bethlehem Volunteer Sign-ups
Every year we love to welcome our community to a Christmas celebration of Jesus’ birth. We transform our campus into a re-creation of the first-century village of Bethlehem, complete with live animals, kids’ crafts, cookies, and a beautiful Songs & Stories presentation in our worship center – but it takes over 80 volunteers to make it happen! Please consider signing up in the lobby, or online anytime! Dinner will be available before the event, and all volunteers will be able to watch the Songs & Stories performance!

POWWOW on November 30!
St. Luke’s will be hosting another Borderland’s Produce on Wheels Without Waste (POWWOW) event on Saturday, Nov. 30th, from 8-11am in the parking lot! Come and get fresh produce from local growers - $15 for up to 70 lbs! Since we’ve been experiencing such a high demand during the last events, we are also looking for LOTS of volunteers to help pack boxes and distribute! If you’d like to help out, please sign up at the info center or online.

Wanted: Metal Decorations!
This year for A Night in Bethlehem, one of the kids' crafting booths will have a metal-working theme. If you have any metal or metal-like decor such as serving trays, vases, goblets, planters, candleholders, etc., that our NIB team could borrow, please bring it in and place it in the lobby cubbies. Please be sure that your name is securely on the bottom to ensure a prompt return after the event!
 
2025 Youth Gathering
The 2025 Youth Gathering is next summer! This synod-wide triennial event is in New Orleans next year. We ask for your prayers as our students and their families plan for this awesome youth conference!


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Don’t Forget to Check In!
Checking in on an iPad in the lobby or through the St. Luke’s app or website helps us in all kinds of ways! We use it to attendance numbers, to keep you up to date with communications, and to know when you’ve been here and when you haven’t – just in case we don’t get to say hi in person one weekend. It’s also easy! The app requires a one-time registration, and as long as we have a phone number on file for you, you can check in on any iPad at church. You can also check in on the app when you watch online services, no matter where you are! Contact the office (480-969-4414) if you need any help or have questions!

Welcome Cards
If you are new to St. Luke, fill out a green WELCOME card to let us know you’re here & ask us any questions! These cards are available in the pews, at the offering boxes, and in the lobby. They also have some general information about our church. Fill one out and drop it off in one of the wooden offering boxes located on the back wall behind the pews.

Offering Boxes at St. Luke
If you’ve been looking for the offering plate, don’t worry! You can still give on Sunday mornings by using the wooden boxes attached to the walls at the back of the sanctuary (behind the pews) next to each entry door. There are envelopes at each one, too. We also have online giving, which you can set up to give monthly, weekly, or yearly!

Get the St. Luke App
Did you know you can check in on our app? Checking in helps us measure attendance, connect to people, and better serve our guests. Search “St. Luke Mesa” in the app store for iPhones and Androids to download! It’s a quick and easy way find the announcements & weekly calendar, check in, request prayer or baptism, read the week’s scripture, take notes, follow a Bible reading plan, update online giving, and more!

Lost and Found
Have you misplaced something? Maybe it’s here with us! Call the office at 480-969-4414 or email us to let us know what you’re missing!

Hearing-Assistance System
We have a new hearing-assistance system that works with an app or a belt pack to aid people in hearing our services. Ask about it in the sound booth.