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News and occasional thoughts from our pastors and others

St. Luke’s to Host Interfaith Café

Posted on May 8, 2012 by admin

St. Luke’s together with the SGI Buddhist Community will be hosting the first in a series of summer Interfaith Cafés sponsored by the South Coast Interfaith Council on

Sunday,  May 20 

2:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Interfaith Cafés are small group discussions, open to the public,  including youth (9th-12th graders) and faith leaders, about how faith both impacts our daily lives and allows us to relate to, and appreciate, those from other faith traditions. Join us for an afternoon of enlightening conversation and mutual discovery.

For directions click HERE

To confirm your attendance or for more information please call 562-983-1665, email southcoastinterfaith@gmail.com or visit www.SCInterfaith.org

For dates and locations of additional Interfaith Cafés throughout the summer click HERE

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Building Community through Community Service – Big Sunday, May 6

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin

On Sunday, May 6, we will be joining thousands of volunteers all across Los Angeles to help build community through community service.

For this year’s Big Sunday, we will be serving at the new Ronald McDonald House in Long Beach right next to Long Beach Memorial Hospital. We will be doing general handiwork, baking, and anything else they need to get the new house in working order.  All ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged to join us on Sunday, May 6 right after brunch at about 11:00 a.m.  We will carpool from the church parking lot and should be finished working by about 3 or 4 PM.  If you have questions or would like to commit to serving for the day, please email us at office@stlukespres.com or just show up to join us on May 6th!

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St. Luke’s Welcomes New Music Director

Posted on April 12, 2012 by admin

We welcome Dr. Stephen Pu as our new Director of Music. Dr. Pu is  an award-winning music minister, choral-orchestral conductor, pianist, singer, and teacher.  He has led in music ministries for ten years.  As a Music Director, he has served UCLA Romantic revival theater, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, The Relevant Stage, and most recently, Arcadia High School, where his students won first prize at Musical Theater Competition of America.  He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from Claremont Graduate University and a teaching credential from California State University, Los Angeles.  He gives thanks to the Lord for music, and for the opportunity to use music to bring hearts closer to God.  He is excited and honored to share his ministry at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church!

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Join Us to Celebrate Holy Week and Easter

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin

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Dawn Unity Interfaith Forum on Ethical Transplant Issues

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

The Dawn Unity Group will present Ethical Transplant Issues for the third program of its Interfaith Discovery Series in the 2011/2012 program year. This timely topic can be addressed from many perspectives, and the discussion is certain to be very lively and informative. The panelists are Roberto Dell’Oro, Ph.D, Associate Professor and specialist in Catholic Ethics at Loyola Marymount University; Rabbi Elliot Dorff, PhD, Rector of the American Jewish University and head of Conservative Judaism’s Committee of Jewish Law and Standards; Rev. Reinhard Krauss, PhD, Co-Pastor of St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church and Lecturer of Abrahamic Religions at UCLA; and Maurice Lam, MD a practicing physician and President of the host congregation. Dr. Bob Rothman will be the moderator. It will begin at 7:30 p.m Tuesday March 13, 2012 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 5845 Crestridge, RPV. There is no charge, and a social period for informal discussion will follow the ninety minute program. Call (310) 833-7008 for further questions

to download a flier of the 2011-2012 Season, click HERE

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A Mission Trip in March

Posted on March 6, 2012 by admin

Join Pastor Laura on a four-day mission seminar trip:

Heifer University: Women in a Developing World

In the world of an increasing inequality between the rich and the poor, there is ample evidence that women and girls are disproportionately represented among the poor. In developing countries, women are responsible for 60% of the food production, and yet their voices are not often heard in their community’s decision making. This program will delve deeper into the Heifer Project’s work of promoting gender equity as not only a social justice issue but also a practical tool of sustainable development.

Fee: $300 per person (transportation, tuition, room and board)

Location/Dates: Hidden Villa, San Francisco Bay Area, March 15-18, 2012

We will drive up to the Bay Area on Thursday morning, stay at a beautiful simple retreat center, and return Sunday afternoon. Please let Pastor Laura know as soon as possible of your interest via email at lkrauss@stlukespres.com or call (310) 377-2825

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Join us for Spare Fruit Picking

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Noon, after church and coffee

Join us as we serve our community with a very simple, but needed, task:  Picking fruit!

We will be visiting some of our neighbors and members of our congregation to pick fruit from their trees, and then this fruit will be delivered to Harbor Interfaith Services. One of the biggest problem facing many assistance agencies and food banks is a lack of good, fresh food–so many of us are great at donating canned and processed goods, but it is difficult to find and distribute fresh foods.  To meet this need, we will be picking fruit that would otherwise go to waste, then cleaning it before we deliver the food.

We will be joined by some visitors from Faith Presbyterian Church in Torrance, and this is a great opportunity to have fun and serve at the same time.  There are many tasks to be completed:  Picking the fruit, cleaning the fruit, serving as a carpool driver, and boxing the fruit.  All ages and abilities are encouraged to try and help out.

If you have any questions, you can call our Youth Leader Amy at 951-500-2516 or email her at aherring05@Hotmail.com

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Voices from the Church Family: Milla Tarr

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

I’ve been asked to say a few words about how I came to be at St. Luke’s Church.  That involves a little background.  I have always been Presbyterian—back several generations to Scotland where much of my family came from.  My parents were members of the Beverly Hills Community Presbyterian Church when I was born and that’s where Paul and I were married.  Our family members were all active in church and knew everyone.  We often kidded that we “closed the church” every Sunday—that is, our family was the last to leave.

When I was in the high school youth group, an announcement was made one week that there was a week-long conference coming up at the Presbyterian Campgrounds in Big Bear and that our church would pay half of the fee for one person from our group to go to it and then report back.  The total cost was $25, so half of that would be $12.50.  In our family we didn’t just go to our parents and ask for money.  We had to save for things or earn the money we needed.  This was something I felt I could afford and it sounded like a terrific deal—a week’s vacation at Big Bear Lake for just $12.50!  So I said, “Sure, I’d go.”  Little did I know that it would be a big turning point in my faith journey. Continue reading →

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St. Luke’s Mission Project Featured in Denominational Mission Resource

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

Spare Fruit, one of St. Luke’s local mission projects Pastor Laura initiated about three years ago, is being featured in the 2012 Yearbook for Mission and Prayer. The Mission Yearbook, published annually by the Presbyterian Church (USA), is a resource for congregations across the country to remain connected through prayer and be encouraged to reach out to make a difference in their communities and across the world.

Would you like to join us? We welcome anyone! Contact us at office@stlukespres.com or call (310) 377-2825

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Occupy St. Luke’s – Local Youth-led Mission Camp

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin
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