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1 04, 2020

Wednesday, April 1: Sunday Worship, by Rev. Bill Denham

Sally Penning2020-04-01T10:01:45-05:00April 1st, 2020|All blogs, Daily Devotionals|0 Comments

Psalm 100 (ESV) 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Reflection: Since childhood, Sundays have been set aside to make [...]

This Church Will Always be Home by Jody Jackson

Sally Penning2020-04-29T10:34:44-05:00April 11th, 2020|75|3 Comments

There never was any doubt about what church I would attend when I graduated from the University of Texas in 1953 and came to work in Houston. While I looked for roommates and a place to live, I stayed with longtime family friend Grace Bethea (who later married Joe Ross) and her mother, Fannie. It just happened that Grace was St. Luke's Director of Christian Education at that time, so of course, it was understood that I would join this church.Grace steered me to the big room on the third floor where the church's young single's class met, and I [...]

We Thank God Every Night for Our Church by Pat and Jack Vaughan

Sally Penning2020-04-29T10:29:22-05:00April 28th, 2020|75|0 Comments

We were high school sweethearts at Lamar High School and we were married in 1968 (51 years ago) by Dr. Shamblin. We have been blessed with our two children, Jack and Meredith, and with our grandson Matthew. All three were baptized at St. Luke's and Jack and Meredith grew up attending Sunday School at St. Luke's. Our daughter was also married at St. Luke's by Rev. Ron Morris. Our son is engaged to be married at St. Luke's in November with Rev. Denham presiding. In recent years we have been blessed to lead the Christian Friends program and more recently the Gathering Room [...]