St. Luke’s United Methodist Church - Memphis, TN - News

The Bulletin for July 6th, 2008, is now available.
Opening Hymn:
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe, thy […]

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The Epistle for July 1st, 2008, is now available. From Pastor Mark’s Epistle:
PASTOR MARK’S EPISTLE
Dear Friends,
It is rare and wonderful when we have both
Baptism and Communion, our two United Methodist
Sacraments, in one service. This will be the case
on Sunday, July 6, as we precede the Lord’s Supper
with baptizing young Nathan Joel Ryan.
This is so very […]

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The Bulletin for June 29th, 2008, is now available.
Opening Hymn:
“Since Jesus Came Into My Heart” v. 1-3
What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart!
I have light in my soul for which long I had sought, since Jesus came into my heart!
(Refrain)
Since Jesus came into my heart, since […]

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The Epistle for June 24th, 2008, is now available. From Pastor Mark’s Epistle:
Dear Friends,
Well, it worked out OK so far. This morning,
(Monday, June 23) was my first day to ride my
bicycle to work at St. Luke’s. It’s five miles each
way, and takes about 38 minutes by the safe route
mapped out without using Poplar, Union or […]

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The Bulletin for June 22nd, 2008, is now available.
Opening Hymn:
“I Am Thine, O Lord”
I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, and it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith, and be closer drawn Thee.
(Refrain)
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to the cross where Thou hast […]

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The Epistle for June 17th, 2008, is now available. From Pastor Mark’s Epistle:
Dear Friends,
We are really blessed at St. Luke’s with
opportunities to nurture children, youth and young
adults. There is plenty for the rest of us, too, but in
this week before Vacation Bible School and week
after our youth team’s return from the Appalachia
Service Project, let’s give […]

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The Epistle for June 10th, 2008, is now available. From Pastor Mark’s Epistle:
Dear Friends,
Even though compacted into 2 1/3 days instead
of 3, Annual Conference ‘08 in Jackson got lots of good
things done. Please read the series of articles Janie
and Bob Hendrix and I are writing as a report. We are
grateful for our delegates’ attendance as […]

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The Bulletin for June 8th, 2008, is now available.
From the Call to Worship:

CALL to WORSHIP (from Psalm 86)
God is great and does wondrous things.
Teach us your way, O God.
God helps and comforts us.
God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger
And abounding in steadfast love and mercy.
Come and worship God.
Click here to download the PDF file […]

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The Epistle for June 3rd, 2008, is now available. From Pastor Mark’s Epistle:
Dear Friends,
By the time you read this, we will be just about
finished with another session (the 169th in history) of
the Memphis Annual Conference. We should be thankful
for our St. Luke’s delegates / alternates this year,
Bob & Janie Hendrix, David Smith and Evelyn
Brady. We […]

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The Bulletin for June 1st, 2008, is now available.
From the Call to Worship:

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble.
God is present when every morning dawns.
God brings peace in the midst of chaos.
Be still, and know that God is here. God provides comfort and is with us in all […]

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