This Week
Bryce, Leonard Coppedge, Mario & His Wife, Scott Phillips

Last Week
The Escobar Family, Tim, Robert, Corey, Lily, Maria, Anthony

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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 courtyard after services, or on the app anytime! Dinner will be available before the event, and all volunteers will be able to watch the Songs & Stories performance!

Annual Voters' Meeting & Thanksgiving Lunch
Today is the annual Voters' Meeting, after the always delicious Thanksgiving lunch! Turkey with all the fixings and pumpkin desserts will be served at 11:30am and the Voters' Meeting will begin around 12:15pm. For children, the nursery will be available until 1:30pm and, we hope we’ll have a fun new 9-Square game for the youth AND a brand-new bounce house, but we might have to switch to movies in the education wing if the weather doesn’t cooperate. 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. Please sign up on the observing members’ sheet in the Commons lobby. Voting members will also need to sign in on the voting members’ sheet.

Thanksgiving Eve Service
Join us on Wednesday, November 26th at 6:30pm for Thanksgiving Eve worship as we thank God for the many blessings in our lives. Nursery available.

December Community Corner: Angel Tree
Every year, the Christmas tree in the corner of the Worship Center lobby is decorated with gift tags for children and families who need a little extra help making Christmas magic happen for their children. This year, you’ll find tags for CarePortal families & Learning Foundation, a school that rents space on our campus and often serves underprivileged families. We’re also excited to add tags from a new ministry partnership, Prison Fellowship Ministries. Tags from PFM request easy-to-mail gift cards for children with incarcerated parents. Children will then receive a letter from their parent along with their gift. If you are able, please grab a tag off the tree and bring your gift unwrapped and with tag by the date on the tag so that the organizations have time to distribute before Christmas. We suggest gift cards and their tags be brough in with an envelope.

Casseroles are Here!
If you ordered a take-and-bake casserole from the youth last month, pick up your order this weekend! Please head to the Commons on Sunday or find Kelly in the lobby on Saturday. Casseroles come frozen. Thank you again for supporting our youth!

Thanksgiving Hosts for International Students
As Thanksgiving approaches, ASU Campus Mission Coalition has a beautiful opportunity to share the love of Christ in a practical, relational way. Every year, hundreds of international students spend the Thanksgiving holiday alone. We’d love your help to change that. ASU Campus Ministry is matching local Christian families with small groups of international students who would love to experience Thanksgiving in a warm, welcoming home. This would involve inviting 2–4 students to join your family for Thanksgiving Day and sharing a meal, stories, and conversation about culture, gratitude, and faith! This simple gesture of hospitality that can open the door to lifelong friendships and Gospel conversations. Please sign up at the info counter for more info!

Change of Date! SHP Deliveries on Dec. 6 @ 7am
Help bring smiles to East Valley children as we deliver bunk beds to families in need! Due to holiday conflicts, the Sleep in Heavenly Peace bed deliveries will be on Saturday, December 6th at 7:00am. Meet at the garage to break into teams. Teams will assemble pre-made beds, chat with families, make up with beds. If you’re interested, please sign up at the info counter or click here!

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Help Decorate the Altar!
Help us decorate the altar for our Christmas services! You can mark “flowers” on your donation of $10 and take them home a poinsettia after the holiday!

Emergency Food Drive
Update: THANK YOU!! We are blown away by your generosity and compassion as we do our best to help our community! We will continue collecting nonperishables & toilet paper throughout November to help food banks restock for Thanksgiving. If you would like to help, you can bring in items from the list at the info counter (including toilet paper) or make a cash/check donation with “Food Pantry” noted and we will do your shopping!

New Website is Here!
We’re excited to share a new look for the St. Luke website! Back in April, we hosted a town hall-style meeting to get feedback on what you’d like to see prioritized as St. Luke seeks to live out its mission in our community. One of these was a new website with modern SEO features to help people in the community find us. With this new website, we expect a lot more online traffic. We’re still working out some details, though, so thank you for your patience as we fine-tune the site!

Hope in the Neighborhood
The Stapley Drive revitalization project is almost done!! Drive down Stapley and check out the new landscaping, paint, signage, & artwork if you haven’t already. The long-awaited new AC unit for the Worship Center lobby has also been installed! A huge thank you to everyone who has pledged and donated towards this project!
 
Google Reviews for St. Luke
St. Luke wants to help those seeking a church home, questioning their faith, or looking for a next spiritual step to find a place they can worship and belong. If you’ve enjoyed your time at St. Luke, please consider leaving a Google Review. These reviews help our church pop up on internet searches, and your story helps us tell His!

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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!

Do You Watch or Listen Online?
If you're traveling this summer or simply watching from home, did you know you can check into worship and watch online with the St. Luke Mesa app? Checking in requires a one-time account registration, after which, it's only a couple of clicks to check in. By checking in when you watch an online service, you help us get an accurate picture of how useful our online services & podcasts are! You can also use the app to request prayer, start a Bible reading plan, or set up recurring online giving!

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 record 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!

Weekly Prayers
Every Friday, the office sends out an email with all the prayer requests that have been submitted during the week. Reach out to the office to receive this email and help pray for St. Luke members in need!

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.