MINISTRIES-INREACH

Community Fellowship
The Fellowship Committee plans various barbeques and other get-togethers during the year including the annual Parish Dinner. New this year are Dinner Circles.  Six to eight members meet for a fun-filled evening once a month to share food and fellowship.  The place rotates among the families.  We want parishioners to have as many “fun times” together as we can, especially during this time of transition. 

Community Friendship

This group of parishioners includes church members who administer to the needs of the congregation and welcomes new members and visitors.  They check the guest books, send special cards to those who are new, welcome visitors and acknowledge members for their dedication to the needs of the church.

Episcopal Church Women
Every woman who attends St. Luke’s is a member of ECW.  They meet on the second Wednesday of each month at noon at the Onderdonk Hall.  The ECW plans and provides church dinners, coffee-hour hosts and hostesses, and celebratory receptions.

The Surprise You Sale (a Christmas bazaar) is their main fund raiser and is held the first Saturday in December.  Homemade wreaths, crafts and baked goods, antiques, and homemade cinnamon rolls are offered to the community. Monies from the sale are used to support outreach programs locally and overseas. 

The ECW hosts a Pink Tea in May for members of the Church and their friends.  Sandwiches, scones, jams and, of course, tea are served while the group is entertained by a variety of musical talents.  This is much the same as it was in 1884 when Mrs. Copps hosted the tea to raise money to build St. Luke’s.

Stone Soup
The Stone Soup Committee provides meals for those who are ill or in crisis.

Baptism and Funeral Receptions
This ministry is made up of St. Luke’s ECW members.  For baptisms, they provide cake and beverages to welcome “new candidates” into Christ’s Body, the Church.  For funerals, they provide food and beverages for families during their time of transition.

Holy Folders

These ECW women help get the monthly newsletter ready for mailing.  This requires collating, folding, sealing, attaching address labels and sorting as required by the Post Office.

Christian Education-Youth
We began a “Children’s Chapel” this fall during the 9 a.m. service.  A lounge with toys is also available in the Onderdonk for parents with small children to use.  The Jr. High/High School group meets twice a month on Wednesdays.  The youth also conduct the 9 a.m. service about three times a year.

Christian Education-Adult
Adult education classes meet on Wednesday mornings as well as three sections of “A Purpose Driven Life” study, led by three parishioners, which met from January to April.  Last fall, Bishop Strickland led a special study group on “The Faith We Share”.  Plans are underway for  another one.

178 South Main Street
PO Box 909, Buffalo, Wyoming  82834
(307) 684-7529 mornings