Lindsay Moss

Nelson Cummiskey to Serve as Service Project Manager at Mountain T.O.P. this Summer

May 23, 2022 by Lindsay Moss

Saint Luke’s college student Nelson Cummiskey will serve as the Service Project Manager at Mountain T.O.P. this summer. Please see his message:

I am excited to announce that I will be returning to The Mountain this summer to work at Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project). Mountain T.O.P. has played such a large role in my life, teaching me and shaping me, and providing an opportunity to give back and serve. Mountain T.O.P. is a non-profit, service-based ministry that partners with families in rural Tennessee meeting the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of all the people we encounter. This year I will have the title of Service Project Manager, in charge of all the projects and materials for each of my camp weeks. Part of my role as a staff member is to raise $2,500 that goes towards my salary and cost of living for the summer. I appreciate your consideration to give so I may continue to serve God on The Mountain.

Help Nelson

Habitat 2022 – Wonderfully Made – A House Built With Love

May 23, 2022 by Lindsay Moss

It is back! After two years of not being able to participate in the building of Habitat houses, we are back in business this year. Our Habitat home buyer will be Anita Allen. Her address will be 415 West Lake Avenue NW. Anita loves working as a housekeeper in the Alzheimer unit where she gets great joy from talking with and helping the individuals in her care. She looks forward to coming home to a quiet place, “…a place that is wonderfully made.”

The kickoff will be June 18 followed by build days on June 25, July 9, July 16, July 30, August 6 and the final build day, August 13. We will join with our long time partner church, Dodd-Sterling United Methodist Church, and a number of other churches to help Anita build her house. This year the number of volunteers will be limited to 25 for each build day from all of the faith build partners, and each church will be allowed a limited number of people. Saint Luke’s will be able to provide four volunteers each time. As in the past, we will use the Atlanta Habitat volunteer hub to sign up. More details on signup will be provided soon.

If you have questions or would like more information, feel free to reach out to any one of the members of the Saint Luke’s Leadership Team – Bill Womack, Daryl Moore, Diane Markel, Ellen Womack, Ted Guerrant, Tom McIntosh, and Val DeFriece.

Update from the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee

April 25, 2022 by Lindsay Moss

Since December we have been meeting regularly to center ourselves spiritually and discern God’s will for St. Luke’s mission and our youth ministry program. We have officially posted our Ministry Information Form and are already accepting matches. We are excited to identify who God is calling to serve our congregation. The Ministry Information Form has information about who and what we are seeking, as well as the answers to 5 narrative questions about St. Luke’s and its mission and vision. The completed form can be viewed at the link below. Our answers have been guided by the report from Ministry Architects, the work the Renovation Team has been doing, a job description created by the Human Resources committee, and our own conversations with each other and many of you as well as input from the Session. We would love to continue hearing from you, the members of St. Luke’s. If you have any referrals or recommendations for us, please let our Committee chair, Mark Reed, know at [email protected]. We are grateful for your trust in us. We feel God’s presence in each step of this process and are excited about our next steps. Thank you!

Molly Naugher and Jack Troha

APNC Communications

June 6-11: Thornwell Mission Trip

April 19, 2022 by Lindsay Moss

Join us June 9-11 for a Mission trip to Thornwell Children’s Home. Thornwell has asked us to serve at their annual end-of-school-year Pig Pickin’ celebration. This entails games for the kids, cooking, serving meals, and other projects around the campus. This is great trip for adults and kids. If interested, please fill out this form or contact Saint Luke’s member Christine Crutchfield at [email protected].

Special Adult Opportunity for Season of Lent

March 30, 2022 by Lindsay Moss

Join other Saint Luke’s adults during Lent for lectures and discussions led by Dr. Ebby Arnold of the Candler Foundry on Sundays from 3/6 to 3/27 at 9:30am in the Great Hall.

This course will investigate and compare the resurrection stories from all four gospels. We will explore how the gospel writers use the resurrection appearances of Jesus in creating portraits of Jesus for a variety of audiences in the early Christian community. To conclude the course, we will reflect on how these four unique portraits of the Risen Jesus work together and speak to the Christian community of today.

Elizabeth “Ebby” Arnold is the post-doctoral fellow for The Candler Foundry. She holds a PhD in New Testament from Emory University and her dissertation focused on the wilderness in Luke-Acts. In The Candler Foundry, she teaches Courses in the Community as well as Candler School of Theology. Ebby is a wife, mom of three kids, and an ordained Baptist minister.

This short-course is designed for anyone who is interested but might not currently have a regular Sunday class they attend. The recorded lectures will also be made available online.
Please contact Saint Luke’s member Dave Tharp if you have any questions!