Special points of

interest:

A Word from your

Pastor

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter B.A.S.H.

Lenten/Holy Week

Worship Schedule

Senior Adults: BINGO

Pastor’s Breakfast

Women’s Ministry ~

Movie Night: The Way

Youth Calendar

NYG Prayer Partners 2

Words on Worship Portals of Prayer

3

Prayer Cards New Bible Study

Calendar

4

5

LWML News I-Help News Thrivent Choice Dollars

6

Council Minutes Financial Summary

7

Care Ministry Fishing News

Women’s Ministry Birthdays/Anniversaries

8

9

Inside this issue:

Lent Prayer Requests

The season of Lent is a time of

spiritual preparation for the celebration

of Easter. Just as Jesus spent 40 days

in the wilderness as a time of

preparation for His ministry, we spend

40 days in Lent to prepare our hearts

and minds to celebrate the greatest

event in history: the death and

resurrection of Jesus. As part of this

this time of spiritual preparation, I ask

you to pray for:

Our Church

Last month I explained how and why

we are holding our 20|20 Vision

Meetings. We want to look forward at

the year 2020 and seek God’s

leadership for our church in the

ensuing years. I am specifically asking

you to pray, “God, give us wisdom to

see where You are at work, and

courage to follow where You

lead.” Please continue to pray this for

our church.

Our Staff

God has given us a wonderful staff at

St. Luke’s. They are a joy to work with

and are moving our ministry areas

forward! Lent is a busy time for

church staff, so please pray for all of

our staff. Each one of us and our

families face different challenges, but

please especially pray for Kip and

Michelle as they are in the process of

moving (closer toward church!). And

also Kelly and Erich as they have just

moved in the last week of February

and are expecting their second child

mid-March.

Our Holy Week Services

We are again planning to join all of our

music groups in our worship services

on Palm Sunday. Our Maundy

Thursday and Good Friday services

will carry forward our midweek

themes. And based on last year’s

attendance, we are expecting around

700 people at our three Easter

services. Please pray that we make the

most of these opportunities to share

the good news about Jesus.

God bless,

- Pastor Luke

A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR

Volume 7, Issue 3

Living Lives for Christ March 2016

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Easter Egg Hunt 9:30am

Join us on Easter Morning

for family fun!

Preschool-Kindergarten

Meet in Courtyard

Grades 1-4

Meet in Room 409

(Sunday School opening room)

No Sunday School classes on Easter.

National Youth Gathering Sponsorship Opportunity

The NYG Team invites you to join us in our journey to New Orleans by supporting us spiritually, prayerfully, and

financially. Check out the graphic below to find out how! See Kelly Buckwalter (kelly@stlukemesa.com or

928.241.8038) to join a prayer team or with any questions.

Prayer Requests

Post card from New Orleans

Post-Gathering Banquet Recognition National

Youth

Gathering

Participant

Prayer

Team

Member Prayer before, during, and after

the Gathering

Sponsorship Donation (suggested amount - $100)

Easter BASH (Breakfast At the Savior’s House)

*Breakfast served by students attending the

2016 National Youth Gathering

*All donations support these students

MENU

Egg Casseroles

(Sausage/Ham/Veggie)

Cinnamon Rolls

Hot Cross Buns

Fresh Fruit

Juice/Coffee/Milk

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You can help decorate the Worship

Center with lilies and/or spring

flowers on Easter Morning. The

cost for the flowers is $10. Sign up

at the Information Center.

Words on

Worship

“Every Second” ~ Kip Fox ~

Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither

storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more

value are you than the birds! (Luke 12:24 ESV)

It’s safe to say that as a society we have become less

patient. We’re not used to waiting. When we’re at a

grocery store and the line gets to be 3 deep, an urgent

message goes over the loudspeaker asking for more

clerks. When a light turns green and the car in front of

us doesn't go, we may be feeling generous that day and

give them a few seconds, but the chances the car

behind us will hold back on the honking are pretty slim.

And so when we are waiting on an answer from God, a

day can seem like a month. A week can seem like a year.

A year can seem like a lifetime. The inconvenience of

having to wait is what hurts the most. We are forced to

be uncomfortable when we have to wait. We start to

associate our lack of comfort with a careless God. But

God is just the opposite.

God cares deeply for you. He is with you every second.

He is loving you every second. He is guiding you,

watching over you, cheering for you, blessing you,

protecting you…every second. Take time out of your

day to meditate about that.

Palm Sunday ~ “Prepare Ye the Way”

Worship w/communion

Saturday, March 19th - 5:00 PM

Sunday, March 20th 8:00 & 10:30

March 24th - Maundy Thursday

Worship w/communion 10 AM /7 PM

The Rite of First Communion

March 25th - Good Friday

Worship - 10 AM/7 PM

Easter Sunday ~ March 27th

Sunrise Worship (outdoors) - 6:15 AM

Festive Worship w/Communion

Worship Center - 8:00 & 10:30 AM

Breakfast B.A.S.H.

Serving after Sunrise & 8 AM Service

Easter Egg Hunt ~ 9:30 AM

Families w/children up to 4th grade

are invited to join us!!

Midweek Lenten Services 10 am & 7 pm

Wednesdays

March 2, 9, 16

(Supper served at 6 pm)

SENIOR ADULTS

Friday, March 18th @ NOON

Potluck & Bingo Fellowship Room

Questions? Contact Jane Ott @ 480.641.9344

Please sign up at the Info Center and let us know

what food item you will be bringing. Drinks, plates,

napkins, cups, and plastic ware will be furnished.

Portals of Prayer will be placed in the

chapel at Sky Harbor Airport. If you

have Portals devotional booklets from

past quarters that you no longer need,

please donate them for this project by

leaving them at the Info Center.

Sunday, April 3rd, 10th & 17th @ 9:30 AM

VISIT WITH PASTOR LUKE

MAKE

FRIENDS

LEARN ABOUT OUR

CHURCH

Do you want to know more about our church? Starting

April 3rd, we’ll have three breakfasts and a lunch [April 24th

@ 11:45 AM] for those who are interested in learning more

about St. Luke’s. The breakfasts start at 9:30 AM each

Sunday in the Oasis and you are invited to come to as

many as possible. They’re a great way to get to know

Pastor Luke and make new friends. The nursery and

Sunday School classes are available for newborns and

children. Please RSVP and let us know how many are

coming to office@stlukemesa.com or sign up at Info Center.

Learning Foundation will be on

Spring Break March 14-18.

Parent/Teacher conferences take

place March 21-24, with early

release for the students on Wednesday and Thursday,

March 23-24, . They will also be off campus on Friday,

March 25 for their Spring Holiday.

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Prayer Cards: Rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances;

for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 | NIV

We love to pray for you and your friends. Jesus calls upon us to support

and encourage one another!

Did you know we now have a prayer warrior team also calling on people

and seeing if there is any way we can help?

○ If you would like to be part of the prayer warrior team, please

contact Kathleen Hoffmann.

Helpful Tips:

○ We appreciate full names and contact information when filling out a

prayer card so we can easily follow up with the prayer.

○ If you run out of room writing your prayer request, please use the

back of the card. (And please try to write clearly.)

We try hard to list updates on prayer requests in the “Prayers of

Thanksgiving” section on the back of the bulletin before people are

removed from our prayer list. We’d love to keep all of the prayers on the

list all the time; however, because space is limited, we remove prayers from

the list after two weeks if we don’t have any contact information for the

prayer request.

If your prayer is not on the back of the bulletin, please feel free to call the

church office and let us know.

Beginning April 3, 2016

9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Room

As a journalist, Lee Strobel knows

how to ask tough questions. As an

attorney, he knows how to weigh

the evidence. Join him as he takes

on the investigation of a lifetime —

one that changes him from an

atheist to a Christian — as he

seriously considers the evidence for

Jesus’ deity in “The Case for

Christ.” — led by Joanna Parks

Calendar

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SPRING

CELEBRATION St. Luke Lutheran Church

807 N. Stapley., Mesa

Saturday, April 2

9:00am-1:00pm

Guest Speaker: Family Promise of Greater Phoenix

Family Promise rescues primarily first-time homeless families

from the streets and provides emergency shelter and basic needs

in a sixty-day program designed to assist their return to self-

sufficiency. Our shelter includes a sanctuary for the family pet,

the first such program in Arizona.

Registration @ 9am: $10—includes lunch

Ingathering: toilet paper & paper towels

All Ladies

Welcome!!

Meeting ~ March 21st

Monday @ 1:00 pm

(Fellowship Room)

Program: “A Tour with Ruth” by Ruth Berft

Mite Box and Devotion: Dorothy Johnson

Hostess: Edna Ohlund

At the end of January, the St. Luke’s youth group

served the I-Help ladies by sorting donations, making

sack lunches, adding a splash of color to the dinner

tables, and writing encouraging notes to include in

the ladies’ lunch bags. It was so inspiring to see the

care that our young people took in decorating cards

and sharing Bible verses with women they had never

met. Hearts were surely touched! Thank you,

Youth!!

In March, we are hosting I-Help on Easter

Sunday! Please join us in praying that God would use

this unique opportunity to share the Good News of

His passion and of the new beginnings that we all

have in Him.

Don’t forget to direct Choice Dollars®

Have you directed all of your 2015 designated Thrivent Choice

Dollars®?

Eligible benefit members of Thrivent Financial for

Lutherans have until March 31, 2016, to direct any remaining 2015

Choice Dollars. After that date, the unused Choice Dollars expire.

Choice Dollars are part of Thrivent Choice®. Through this Thrivent

Financial charitable grant program, members can recommend where

Thrivent Financial distributes part of its charitable grant funds each

year.

Choice Dollars can be directed among thousands of 501(c)(3) non-

profit organizations, including St. Luke's Lutheran church.

Act soon, before 2015 Choice Dollars expire!

Help support what matters most to you by directing Choice Dollars.

Visit Thrivent.com/thriventchoice today.

Or contact:

Jeff Rodemeyer, CLTC®, FIC, Financial Representative, or

Jeff Kolzow, RICP®, LUTCF, FICF, FIC, Financial Consultant,

at 480-396-5333, (480-396-JEFF)

Directing Choice Dollars is subject to the terms and conditions of the Thrivent Choice

program. Visit Thrivent.com/thriventchoice for complete terms and conditions.

Appleton, Wisconsin ● Minneapolis, Minnesota ● Thrivent.com ● 800-847-4836

Thanks for all the cards, prayers,

and phone calls while I was ill and

in the hospital. They were very

much appreciated….Dorothy

Johnson

Happy Birthday, Arlene!

Come Celebrate

Arlene Bauer is 98!!

Open House

Sunday, March 13th ~ 2-4 PM

Saving Grace Lutheran Church

24414 S Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek, AZ

Let your gifts be cards and memories to share. See you there!

If you cannot attend, you may send a card to:

4312 E Walnut Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85298.

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Council Minutes Highlights - February 13, 2016 Financial:

Kathy Paulson sent the updated financials electronically prior to the meeting.

LCEF Mortgage Payable is reduced by $10,737.96 (which includes $1,478 of BTW donations) to $827,612.33 at 1/31/2016.

Elders:

14 guest connect cards were turned in at our services since December. Elders continue to follow-up with these families and individuals as well as inactives.

Pastor Updates:

2016 January average weekend worship attendance: 437.

2015 January average weekend worship attendance: 425.

Things To Note

- Our corner sign was repainted to match the copper color on the monument sign.

- Continuing to make progress in ROCK. Staff had four training sessions. The info sheets that people filled out in worship are being entered into ROCK along with photos from the photo directory. Kathleen is still working to set up e-mailing and texting services, various needed reports, fully-functional attendance check -in (eventually including systems for Sunday School), a private Elders ministry tab, e-giving, background checks, linking calendars, etc. Kathleen

has about 7 volunteers with various IT capacities working on these different aspects.

- Youth are providing/serving most of the Wednesday Lent meals (with other groups’ support) as a fundraiser for the National Youth Gathering. Youth are also planning on producing a video for use in worship to introduce the students who are going to the NYG and ask for sponsors who will receive communication from students.

- We continue to see growth in the 5-8th grade Sunday School classes with two new students.

- We worked to make Lent midweek evening services more family friendly, including a special ‘desert’ area in the church for children’s sermons on Wednesdays, a craft table in the dinner area where children are adding a page to a book each week and also creating a craft to hang on the lobby cross. Families were invited and informed about this via a postcard mailer. Caitlin, Kelly, and Kim have worked hard to coordinate this all together.

- FPU Legacy Class is started on Jan 19th. An average of 7 people have attended.

- Kim and Kip are developing our annual joint-music Palm Sunday services around the theme of “Prepare Ye the Way…”

- Love Our City (March 5-6) sign-ups start this weekend. New venues

include: Feed My Starving Children, Project CURE, ASU International Ministry, and United Blood Services. The Elders have taken the lead on coordinating many of these efforts this year.

- Sign-ups for the first two 20/20 Vision meetings on Feb 17th are full.

- Kathleen has 5 people on the “Prayer Warrior” team who are following up each week with the prayer request cards and sharing their updated info with Kathleen.

- Kathleen has 12 people interested in being involved in Stephen’s Ministry. There is some cost associated with starting this program at our church, but this could be a wonderful blessing to our church as people are trained to do hospital visits and other care ministry aspects.

- Senior adult trip to Shamrock farms is completely full.

Super Bowl party in courtyard had a full crowd, good energy, and people seemed to stick around for a long time.

Things For Discussion

- 20/20 Vision Meeting research and presentation.

- Reminder: Circuit church leadership gathering at Christ Greenfield 12:30 PM on April 3rd to discuss possible strategic-partnership endeavors.

Respectfully submitted,

Ryan Brooks

Month at 1/31/2016 YTD at 1/31/2016 2016 Annual

General Fund: Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget

General Fund Ordinary Income 66,716 57,786 66,716 57,786 710,810

General Fund Ordinary Expense (46,576) (49,672) (46,576) (49,672) (596,771)

Net Ordinary Income 20,140 8,114 20,140 8,114 114,039

LCEF Mortgage Principal Paid (9,260) (9,500) (9,260) (9,500) (114,000)

Net Income (Loss) 10,880 (1,386) 10,880 (1,386) 39

St Luke Lutheran Summary of 2016 Actual & Budget Totals - Month, YTD & Annual

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From our Director of Care Ministry...

Helping Older Adults Be More Active

Physical activity is a key component to healthy living. Research

shows it can help prevent chronic conditions and decrease the

effects of aging. Despite these well-known benefits, adults in the

U.S. tend to become less active as they age.

Four Types of Exercise

It's important to include a variety of different exercises. This

helps prevent boredom and can reduce a person's chance of

getting hurt. The National Institute on Aging breaks exercise into

four categories:

1. Endurance, or aerobic, activities increase a person's breathing

and heart rate. They keep the heart, lungs and circulatory system

healthy and improve overall fitness. Building endurance makes it

easier to carry out everyday activities. Examples include brisk

walking or jogging, yard work, and dancing.

2. Strength exercises make muscles stronger. Even small

increases in strength can make a big difference in a person's

ability to stay independent and carry out everyday activities, such

as climbing stairs and carrying groceries. Lifting weights and using

a resistance band are types of strength exercises.

3. Balance exercises help prevent falls, a common problem in

older adults. Some simple balance exercises are standing on one

foot or heel-to-toe walking. Tai Chi is also a popular form of

balance exercise.

4. Flexibility exercises stretch muscles and can help a person's

body stay limber. Being flexible provides more freedom of

movement for other exercises as well as for everyday activities.

Simple stretches and yoga are examples of flexibility stretches.

Just 10 Minutes

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

adults 65 and older who are generally fit and have no limited

health conditions need at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of

moderate-intensity aerobic activity (e.g., brisk walking) every week

and muscle-strengthening activities on two or more days a week

that work all major muscle groups (legs, hips, back, abdomen,

chest, shoulders and arms). Two and a half hours may seem like a

lot of time, but if you break it into 10-minute increments and

spread it out over the course of the week, it's more manageable.

Keep it Simple

Remember, physical activity doesn't have to be a big production;

it can be as simple as taking the dog for a walk or vacuuming. The

key is making it enjoyable. Here are some other everyday fitness

ideas:

Join a mall walking club or senior bowling league

Take a group exercise class

Swim laps in a community pool

Push a grandchild on a swing or play ball together

Many local organizations offer free or low-cost exercise programs

for older adults. Check with your community/senior center,

church, hospital or area Agency on Aging. Sometimes

transportation is even provided.

So grab a friend or loved one and get moving!

Anglers

Well, we had our first outing and we had a lot of fun. Not a lot of fish caught, but time spent

together and comparing our fish stories was a lot to take in. If you want to join us next time,

please watch for notices in the bulletin or talk to Kathleen Hoffmann.

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3/12 Christopher Temme

3/13 Danlyn Skalsky

3/15 James Allen

Ken Strouf

3/16 Erica Heller

Jayden Smith

3/18 Jeff Kolzow

3/19 Kristie Weibley

3/20 Dieter Foerstner

Walt Hayes

3/23 Brinja Rohr

Warren Schwengels

3/24 Verdine Bergling

Linda Scharf

3/1 Brian Kolden

Judy Leech

Veronica Montalvo

Dan Schlag

3/2 Jim Clark

3/3 Melinda Halsey

3/4 Steve Cramer

3/5 Triston Sulley

3/7 Hannah Buckwalter

3/9 Mary Smith

3/10 Ryan Brooks

Harlan Weeden

3/11 Danielle Yackle

3/24 Arnette Weeden

3/25 Herb Boyd

Gavin Foerstner

Arielle Neterval

Don Schesso

Walt Temme

3/27 Kurt Hartung

3/28 Richard Glock

3/29 Allison Kolsrud

Dane Luginbill

3/31 Ruth Glock

Kevin Kelsey

Valerie Strouf

Aaron Tellez

Happy Birthday!!

3/09/02 Aldo & Elizabeth Arellano

3/12/65 Dennis & Judy Ray

3/16/01 Ken & Valerie Strouf

3/16/74 Richard & Joyce Wood

3/18/72 Herb & Ella Loy Boyd

3/18/67 Jim & Pat Clark

3/20/04 Kevin & Paula Kelsey

3/21/70 Chuck & Kathy Paulson

3/24/62 Donald & Sandra Korte

3/28/59 John & Carol Edwards

3/30/02 David & Deb Minton

“Joyfully Connect, Support, and Serve Through Christ”

Women’s Ministry activities schedule….

Save the dates and watch the bulletin for more info….

Friday, March 11th ~ 7 PM Movie Night. We will be watching “The Way”, starring Martin Sheen. Bring your own drink, we'll provide the popcorn. Sign ups to follow.

Saturday, April 9th [Time TBD] Feed the hard-working Habitat workers. Watch the bulletin for service opportunities.

Saturday, May 14th ~ 9 AM Join us as we visit the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale. We will carpool from St. Luke’s, go

on our self-guided tour, eat some lunch, and drag our weary feet back. It’s a great trip even if you’ve

been before.

June [Date TBD] Get your summer toes on! We will be taking over a nail shop for pedicures. We’ll let you know when, where,

and have you sign up for a particular time. We’ll keep you posted.

Make Donations Easier with Electronic Giving through VANCO

St. Luke has an electronic option for making regular offerings. Contributions may be debited automatically from your checking or

savings account. Our electronic giving program offers convenience for you and provides much-needed donation consistency for our

congregation. You may set up donations for weekly or monthly and you will no longer need to write out checks. And, when travel,

illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending services, this program will allow your offerings to continue on in an

uninterrupted basis.

An authorization form is available at the information Center. You may turn in this completed form to the Information Center, the

church office, Joanna Parks, our St Luke Treasurer, or Kathy Paulson our Business Director.

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“But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed” (Isaiah 53:5). This verse always astounds me on many levels, but especially for two main reasons. First, this was written nearly 700 years before Jesus Christ would suffer and

die on the cross. Secondly, in this one simple verse we receive the entire hope of Christianity! This Easter season, revisit this verse often in your time with God. Use it to remind yourself that Jesus is our sacrificial substitute and the reason we can sing with joy on Easter morning that “He is Risen!”

I hope to see you at our events this month. I enjoy talking with you as we hang out and form lasting relationships. Make sure you are “friends” with Luke Youth-Group on Facebook to stay up to date with activities. Also, if you ever need to get in touch with me for any reason, please don’t hesitate to give me a call or text (928.241.8038) or email (kelly@stlukemesa.com).

March Plugged In Calendar

**Events begin at 11:45 with lunch**

March 6 ~ No Plugged In. This is the Love Our City weekend. Please be signed up for an amazing service opportunity!

March 13 ~ No Plugged In today.

March 20 ~ Today’s Plugged In is for National Youth Gathering participants only. Please come ready to talk about our spiritual path to New Orleans!

March 27 ~ Easter Sunday!! Join us in celebration of our Savior’s victory over death! No Plugged In.