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    • Sermons
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    • Coffee Hour Chats
    • Spiritual Communion
    • Worship Archive
    • Other Worship >
      • Holy Week
      • Music
      • Taizé
      • Sunday School
  • Misa en Español
    • Sermones
    • Christmas / Navidad
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    • Noticiero Seminal
    • La Comunión Espiritual
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  • 2021 Pledge
    • Online Pledge Form
  • Community
    • Ahmanson Foundation Grant
    • Get Involved >
      • Ministries >
        • Brass Rubbing
        • Teaching Garden
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      • Working Groups
      • Fellowship Groups
      • LGBTQ
      • Worship Participation
    • Outreach >
      • Refugee Assistance
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Small Group Conversations

Parish Community Ministry Conversation – March 13, 2016

What helps us to build relationships in our community?  We identified the following ministries as part of this group – which was previously known as Fellowship: Episcopeeps, Wholly Pages Book Group, 30’& 40’s Group, Women’s Spirituality Group, Foyers Dinners, Gay Men’s Fellowship, Summer House Church, Ashanti, Satsang Meditation.

Parish Community

Parish Music/Liturgy/Worship Conversation – April 3, 2016

What do we value about our worship experience at St. Luke’s?  Music proved to be a strong component of our worship and liturgy. The ministries we talked about were:  Worship, LEMs, Lectors, Vergers, Acolytes, Thurifers, Sermons, Music, Choir, Liturgy, Sound and Lighting, Taizé Service, LGBT Coming Out Service, Ushers, Oblation Bearers, Flowers, Mid-week Eucharist and Healing Service, Altar Guild, Candlemas and Wine in-gatherings, Vestments.

Music, Worship, Liturgy Ministries

Parish Outreach Ministries Conversation – April 10, 2016

How do we serve our neighbors, our larger community, beyond our walls?  We had a robust conversation about the following community ministries: Brass Rubbings, Homeless Prayer, Shower Program, Pre-School, African Team Ministries, Manna Meals, Health Ministries, Legacy Society, Communications (electronic & social media), Garden Ministries (mobile & community), Archive Committee, Global Aids Interfaith Alliance (GAIA).  In addition, we discussed the Wini Carter Scholarship for Community Service and the Ugandan Refugee Resettlement Program.

Outreach Ministries 

Parish Life Conversation – April 17, 2016

What are we doing that nurtures the life of our parish?  We have many hopes and dreams to expand this area which includes:  Children, Youth, Stewardship, Welcoming, Pastoral Visitors, Daughters of the King, Our Bookstore, Hospitality, Advocacy, Spiritual Formation.

Parish Life

Parish Open Agenda Conversation – April 24, 2016

We welcomed a final conversation for those who had not been able to participate in earlier gatherings – and to cover topics that had been left out of the other meetings. Our final list of ministries included: Taizé, Spanish Ministry, Earth Health, Grey Panthers, Men’s Fellowship, Dinner Foyers, Summer House Church, Health Ministry, Shower Program, Outreach, Altar Guild/Ushers/Counters, Women of St Luke’s, Adult Education, and Zydeco Mass.

Open Agenda – Final Group Discussion

Parish Spanish Community Conversations – ​April 17 & 24, 2016

Two conversations were conducted in Spanish to discuss their important presence in our church. These meetings revealed their commitments and ideas as well as their hopes and dreams for the future.

Spanish Community
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