St. Luke's monthly Celebrates Newsletter helps St. Lukers
connect to one another as we navigate life together.
We wish a very Happy Birthday to all our St. Lukers!
Join us in celebrating everyone who has a birthday this month.
St. Luke’s celebrated four baptisms in May!
Welcome to the family!
We promise to surround these children with love,
support, and care, and look forward to seeing
you grow into a faithful disciple of Jesus in the coming years.
Ellie Willow Sovern was baptized at the 9:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship service on May 12.
Ellie is the daughter of Jackie and William Sovern and granddaughter of John Gomatos, Sr.
It was a double special day for the Piggery family on May 12. Both Emmeline Joy and Zoey Savannah Piggery were baptized at the 9:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship service.
In attendance were their parents, Sydney Moeller and Jeff Piggery.
Callahan Von Batchelor was baptized on May 25. Callahan is the son of Jessyca and David Batchelor and grandson of Andrea and Dick Batchelor.
Callahan's father; David grew up at St. Luke's and was also baptized at the church as a baby. It was a very special day for the family.
We appreciate the faithful commitment
St. Lukers make to the church's ministries.
Join us in celebrating everyone who has a church
Partnership anniversary this month.
The following people took their Partnership Vows on
Sunday, May 19:
Evan Bell
Adam Hose
Lindsay Hose
Vika Gist
Seth Gist
Please join us in welcoming these St. Lukers
to the family!
Congratulations Math Bee Winners!!
On May 16, Go Full STEAM hosted the 2024 Orange County fourth grade Math Bee at St. Luke's UMC.
For the first time ever, the Math Bee lasted 14 rounds, with the officials going through more than 200 questions. The event was streamed live on WKMG and was hosted by News 6 Evening News Anchor, Ginger Gadsden.
This year's fourth grade competition had 2225 students participating, with 24 students making it to the County Final Bee. Congratulations to Christina Lewis, who took first place, and to all of the 2024 Math Bee Finalists.
The Math Bee started in one school and in one classroom 15 years ago in 2009 under the St. Luke’s Educational IMPACT Ministry. Today, 24 Title 1 schools in OCPS participate in Math Bee under Go Full STEAM (a non-profit launched out of St. Luke’s as an umbrella organization for four Missions programs that grew beyond the scope of St. Luke’s and now are serving under-resourced students county-wide).
St. Luke's Shout Outs!
The May featured Staff Shout Out goes to
St. Luke's Director of Operations, Luky Nova!
After a recent funeral, the widow of the deceased was left behind with her caregiver and no transportation back to Harbor Chase. Luky jumped into action taking both women to Harbor Chase in her own car. She went above and beyond to help Mrs. Sloan and her caregiver on a very sad day. Thank you Luky!
