St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church

315 Warren Street • Fall River, Massachusetts 02721Telephone (508) 678-5118

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The Rev. Dr. Susan H. Lee, RectorArthur Benjamin, Co-Warden • Janet Buckley-Smith, Co-Warden

Eli Bigelow, OrganistThe Rev. James H. Hornsby, Rector Emeritus

Baptisms at St. Luke’s ChurchJanuary18th - Alexander Michael DeMedeiros son of April Schofield and Jason DeMedeiros

April 6th - Zoe Olivia Monteiro, daughter of Karen MonteiroMay 3rd - Chloe Lynn Cordeiro, daughter of Harley Carvalho and John CordeiroOctober 18th - Marius Antoninus Greene II, son of Michelle and Marius Greene

November 15th - Lincoln Tetsuo Rego, son of Kelli and Brian RegoNovember 15th - Kylie Lynn Thibault, dau. of Nichole Adesso & Justin Thibault and granddau.of Lorraine and Gilles Thibault

December 6th - Noah Edward Raffa, son of Gretchen and Luke RaffaDecember 6th - Victoria Marrie Spano, daughter of Kerry Foster and Nick Spano

Marriage at St. Luke’s ChurchApril 22nd - Brian Branco (Elaine and Rick Branco,s son) and Reun Nim (Reun,s brother Jordan Nim was in the wedding party)

A Message from . . .The Rev. Susan Lee

"Do to others asnyou would haventhem do to you"

(Luke 6:31)This simple idea, theGolden Rule, is found in

many of the world's religions. Often it isexpressed in the negative: "Don't do toothers what you don't want them to do toyou." Jesus turns it around. It's not justabout avoiding unpleasant behavior buttaking positive action towards others. Jesuswants us to imagine how our behavior feelsto other people. If we were on the receivingend of our words or actions, how would itfeel to us?

Think of the ways we can apply Jesus'teaching in everyday life. We have manyinteractions with other people every day, ourfamily members, neighbors, coworkers, storeclerks, and many others. How might ourhighways be different if drivers thought firstof the other person? How would Jesus'teaching affect family relationships? It takes

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St. Luke,s Upcoming Schedule of Events

Christmas Eve Service is at 7:00p.m.December 20th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christmas Pageant & BuffetDecember 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Food DriveDecember 27th . . . . . . . . .Christmas Lessons & Carols 9:30 a.m.

Thrift Shop and Flea MarketSt Luke's Summer Flea Market has been anannual event for many years. Once a oneweekend endeavor, it expanded to a summerlong event a number of years ago. Out ofthis grew the idea for a thrift shop. Now entering its third year the Thrift Shophas become a successful project. Started ona relatively small basis in the undercroft wehave managed to expand into nooks andcrannies we didn't really think we could use.Volunteers staff the shop Thursday andSaturday mornings. Coffee is alwaysavailable . . . by Carol Friar

attention and mental work to think aboutothers' feelings and perspectives. It's somuch easier and less time-consuming to justthink of ourselves. Jesus wants us to shiftour main concern from ourselves to otherpeople. When we try to develop this holyhabit, we help Jesus' kingdom come.

In Memory ofRUTH (Greenwood)

BUCKLEYMarch 7, 2008

Happy Birthday !Rev. Jim

70 Years young

Merry Christmasand

Happy New Years

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St. Luke's Church has adopted MichaelGosselin's Unit. Many of you wouldremember Michael from his attending St.Luke's Church for many years. He is nowpart of the 4th Brigades (Raiders), 2ndInfantry Division, Bravo Company, that iscurrently serving in Iraq. They are deployedthere for one year, out of Seattle, WA. Theyare currently in the small town of Nassir WaSalam in the outskirts of Baghdad. It's a verypoor, rundown, desolate area. They arethere to help support the Iraqi Army. They doone to three dangerous missions a day andwe pray that they return to their base safely.Through your generosity we have mailed 6boxes of items to them. They should get

them in time for Christmas. Michael willshare these boxes with the men in his unit.These boxes will make their Christmas alittle brighter. A touch of home is alwayswelcomed. They will certainly enjoy all of thesnacks, powdered drinks, notebooks, puzzlebooks, pens and pencils, and mostly thetoilet paper and baby wipes that we've sentthem. They do without so many of thecomforts that we take for granted, they willcertainly put all of the things to good use. We are going to keep collecting items forsome more mailings. We would like to sendthem some every once in awhile. We willalso be sending some care packages toPeter Thibault. Peter is the son of Lorraine

Thibault, a newmember of thecongregation. He isalso Michael'suncle. He isstationed with hisunit in Afgahnistan. So keep up thegood work andkeep bringing inthose donations. Ifyou don't know what to buy, you can give amoney donation and supplies will be boughtto add to the boxes. If you need any moreinformation, please see Muriel Baptista,Michael's grandmother. Once again, thankyou for your generosity.

. . . by Muriel Baptista

Christmas Packages for our Troops

The Annual Myles Standish Camp Out In July Children in the Youth Group and Sunday School went on the 3 day camping trip to theMyles Standish Campground. This trip, following a tradition of many years, included swimming inthe pond, hiking in the woods, ballgames on the beach, and campfires at night.Janet as always kept the coffee pot full and peanuts butter and jelly sandwiches and othergoodies available. Rev. Jim made his special oat meal for breakfast.The evening excursion to Papa Gino’s included pizza and soda for all and the view of thefamous Plymouth Rock. . . . by Carol Friar

Easter MemorialFlowers 2009

Lance Almeida • Franklin & Barbara ArnoldMr. & Mrs. Baker • Joseph Borges

Maria Bouchard • Edith Cutler Ted & Lillian Dean • Helena De Luca Ted & Eleanor Dugale • Phyllis Dyson

Ferris Family • Friar Family Ralph & Dorothy Friar

Marge & Fred Gomes • John Grandfield Mae & Roy W. Holt • Walter & Ethel Holt

Robert & Thelma Hornsby Richard Dozier Lee • Roland & Stanley Mathews

Abigail Lynn Mathias • Vern Meas Avis Michaels • John Michaels, Sr.

Michaels Family • The Rev. Patrick O’NeillAmelia Nash • Robert ParadiseGertrude Parr • Annie Priestner

Arthur & Bertha Ranger • Lisa Rego Gladys & Steadman Rice • Anne & John Rigney

Billy Rose • Kit Sahak • Spencer Family August, Catherine, John, Julius & William Tefts

Anna ThelenMary & Rudy Tomes • Mary Westell

. . . Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

In Memory ofLEE

LOUIS-LEANDERBERARD

July 27, 2009

In Memory ofGRACE RUTH

(Mac Murray) BLACKNovember 20, 2008

In Memory of

JEANNETTE MORINOctober 14, 2009

In Memory of MAE RANGER

HOLTAugust 11, 2008

Confirmation May 9thBishop Gail Harris with confirmands JordanNim and Frankie Yam. A confirmation servicewas held at Grace Church in New Bedfordon May 9, 2009. In addition to the two boysconfirmed, four adults: Betty Nichols, LeeBerard, and Muriel & Ernie Baptista wereaccepted into the Episcopal church.

. . . by Carol Friar

Y M C A C a m p A u g u s t 2 0 0 9 . . . by Carol FriarFive youngsters attended TheYMCA Day Camp in Dartmouthfor a week of outdoor and indoorfun, including swimming in thelarge out door pool. Shownreturning from a day of campingare Skylar Nichols, CallahanSeng, Amir Ramat, and Eric andSina Mom.This is the third yearthat St Luke's has sponsoredchildren for the camp. All fiveare eager to return next year.

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Bishop Gayle Harris and the people of St. Luke’s Parishcelebrate Rev. Dr. Susan Lee’s 20th Anniversary

On March 8th, 2009 the entire congregation, friends and relatives joined Susan in celebrating her 20th anniversary. The event coincidedwith a visit by Bishop Gayle Harris. A celebratory service was followed by a festive buffet in the Church Parish Hall.

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If you have a story for the newsletter contact either Ernie or Muriel Baptista at 508-678-4091 or e-mail us at ebmbcamper@yahoo.com

or you can also contact The Rev. Dr. Susan LeeSee this newsletter on our website at http://stlukesfallriver.org/

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Lee (Louis-Leandre) Berard was received into the Episcopal church by Rt. Rev.Gayle Harris at the service.