GriefShare

St. Luke’s support group meets weekly on Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. OR 6:30 p.m. in room 105, you are welcome to join anytime.

After the funeral, when the cards and flowers have stopped coming, most of the people around you return to their normal lives. But your grief continues and you feel alone. Often, friends and family want to help you, but don’t know how. That’s the reason for GriefShare. Our group is led by caring people who have experienced grief and have successfully rebuilt their lives. We understand how you feel because we’ve been in the same place. We will walk with you on the long path through grief towards healing and hope for the future. The program is nondenominational and features biblical concepts for healing from your grief. Learn more about GriefShare at www.griefshare.org.

Hope Support ~ Monday Morning Small Group

Your are INVITED to the Monday group where God is working in and through the participants to offer support, healing for hurt hearts, and developing coping skills while knowing that God is with us all the time.

  • God has done and continues to do great things in and through the lives of people.
  • Sometimes when we are taking care of a loved one, either short term or long, we get very frustrated and forget what God has done and is doing.
  • Physical problems can lead to other problems such as: Financial, Relational, Emotional, Spiritual brokenness.

Group meets Mondays at 10:00 a.m. in room 100.

Revelation ~ Bible Study ~ Small Group

Led by Pastor Corey Shaffer every Thursday from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. in room 102.

It’s easy to fall in love with the Gospels and the Epistles. Some people even love the stories of the Old Testament. Perhaps you know that the cross—namely, Jesus dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world—is the lens through which the entire Old Testament must be seen and understood. What if I told you that the same is true about everything after the cross, except that the lens through which we must understand everything is Revelation? Surprised?

Revelation is key to understanding the “what for” of Scripture. What is Jesus doing all this for? The simple answer that we learn most clearly in Revelation is to restore us back to the Father. Most people don’t realize how critical this book is to our theology. Don’t be intimidated by it. Together, we can unpack and clean the lens, so we can see God’s Word through it. Sadly, this is one book that gets wrongly taught more than it gets rightly taught on TV, in books, everywhere.

Each week, class materials are posted online as well as a copy of the video (from the previous week), so you can stay involved from home. See the link below:

https://sites.google.com/view/undershepherd/revelation

Directions: To get inside the building, come to door E on the East side of the building (closest to the pavilion), knock on the exterior door if it is closed, and someone will let you inside.

Walking With Jesus – A Small Group Spiritual Growth Opportunity

Take Hold of the Faith You Long For ~ Mondays 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. In Room 105.

Could Jesus be calling you to join the adventure?

My purpose in writing this is to invite you and encourage you to join the Walking with Jesus Small Group.  We meet on Monday nights at 6:30 pm in Room 105. The group is focused on experiencing a personal relationship with Jesus, which leads to a spiritual transformation that is truly part of God’s grace. Together we are seeking to have a growing personal relationship that results in allowing God to mold us into a vibrant and truly dedicated small group ministry, using the gifting the Spirit has given each of us.

If anyone understood the emotions one feels when separated from God, it was Peter. He denied knowing Jesus not once but three times, and as a rooster crowed, Peter recalled Jesus’ words to him earlier, “‘Before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.’ And [Peter] went away, weeping bitterly” (Matthew 26:75). Can’t you just feel the depth of despair Peter must have felt? We all have failed Jesus in one way or another in our lives, and like Peter, we often feel similar despair. 

The most surprising part to comprehend is that Jesus remained in Peter’s life. He didn’t say, “I’m through with you, Peter!” and then walk away. Jesus not only remained, he approached Peter, not in anger or condemnation but in forgiveness and grace to cover his actions. Jesus still does that today for each of us. Until one has really considered the amount of love required to take on our transgressions and transform them into forgiveness and healing, grace is only a word on a page. If not for the heartfelt examination of the love Christ has for us, grace is diluted to five letters and remains elusive from our grasp. 

Will you take your stand in God’s grace today? Will you receive the love that is yours that he is waiting to give? His grace is enough to lead you toward your holy purpose and transform you — individually and as part of the ministry of the group. Prayerfully consider joining the Walking with Jesus Small Group to experience the spiritual adventure that Jesus has waiting for you.

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.   –Philippians 2:1-2 ESV

   

Parents of Sunday School Kids Group

Sundays during the children’s Sunday school hour 9:15 a.m. Room 105 September-May

Purpose 1: *Grow in our own personal relationship with God. *Grow in our relationship with other parents meeting at St. Luke’s.

Purpose 2: *Begin to understand the primary function of the Christian home – where we develop a closer relationship with God as parents. *Begin to teach our children to grow in their relationship with God.

The primary learning community in God’s eyes is the family. What role do the parents play in that purpose? Parents are the educators.

It’s absolutely necessary to talk about God within the family because God is the basis of true knowing – we cannot fully know anything without first understanding the existence, the character, and the plan of God.

The purpose of speaking to our children about God is for them to see:

  • How all of creation reflects His glory.
  • To develop an awe of God in their relationship.
  • To turn their attention to God and away from themselves.