St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Sidney, New York 

Backpack Program

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Lilly and Samantha from SFCU presented St. Luke's Lutheran Church Backpack Program Team with a check for $500.00, donated by Sidney CSD Class of 2025 Real World Event.

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For the past ten years, St. Luke's has provided weekly backpacks of non-perishable items to food-insecure students, giving them six meals for the weekend.  This past school year we filled 26 bags per week.

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Our funding comes largely through a local grant, United Way, and through private donations.  Most of the food comes from the Northeast Food Bank in Albany, which delivers it once a month to the Southside Mall in Oneonta.  Team members pick up the food order and bring it back to church where volunteers unload it, take inventory, and stock the shelves.

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Sarah Grote is the coordinator of the program and is responsible for placing food orders and keeping track of all the volunteers.  Using a guide sent by the food bank, she plans the menus for each week and emails them to team members who pack bags or backpacks from this list on Thursdays.  They are delivered to Sidney Elementary School on Friday mornings.  At Christmas time, the families of the backpack children are provided a holiday meal box with a ham or turkey and all the trimmings.

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Sunday School?

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Sunday school for children in pre-kindergarten through 6th grade will resume depending on needs and attendance.  Please contact Pastor Laura if you have questions about this.  We have established a Kids' Nook at the rear of the church sanctuary so that children who need to move around a bit, enjoy toys, coloring, crafts, etc. may do so during the worship service.

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Covid-19

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We have resumed in-person worship St. Luke's and continue to follow CDC guidelines, and will make changes if needed, following the recommendations of the CDC and Bishop Miller.  We have suspended regular livestreaming our worship services to Zoom and Facebook Live, and we encourage everyone to worship in person.  We celebrate Holy Communion on most Sundays.  Please contact us if you need any additional information about these things, or to request an invitation to worship events by email.

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Pasta Night

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Pasta Night in February was such a success that we hope to schedule another one in the coming year.  Warm summer temperatures have us thinking about other activities, however, so this may have to wait until things cool off again in the fall.

 

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Cycling Cherubs

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The Cycling Cherubs are riding again, now that winter and rainy weather are (hopefully) behind us.  Typically, 3-6 people participate in each Sunday afternoon ride.  The length and difficulty of each route depends on the interests of those riding, and on the weather.  We are always happy to have others join us, whether or not you are a member of the church.  In hot summer weather, rides with ice cream stops are often preferred!  Please contact Chris at 0006731063@citlink.net to let her know of your riding interests and to make sure you are on the email list for updates.

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Pictures, Anyone?

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Pictures of interest to the congregation may be posted in the Members Only section of the website.  If you have some that you would like to post, or need help viewing photos posted there, please speak to Chris Camann.

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