Hello, Friends.
       This Sunday, January 13,  will be our day of remembrance and  celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll be honored to host two of our neighbors and fellow United  Methodists, representatives of an initiative called "Bridge Builders."  Chad Fulton, a member of University, and Marva McRea, a member of Wesley, will offer testimony about their experiences and  dreams for this ministry, and thoughts about how St. Luke might connect.  Dr. King's dream is very much alive and at work in the lives of these and many other faithful folks. Ted Loder's prayer gives voice to what I believe is our shared calling and hope, in this new year, to be ambassadors of Christ's love  to all people.
      I look forward to dreaming and hearing the call with you this Sunday, and all our days to come.
Shalom,
Sarah

Keep Us Faithful
to Your  Dream

O God of all nations and
     peoples,  we are grateful   
      for your dreams of   
         freedom, justice and
         peace forever spun by 
          your Spirit and focused 
         by prophets in every age.

We are grateful that in our
     time you call every man   
      and woman  to lift up 
         and live by that dream,
      to embody it in our        
         world by walking the
      walk, confessing our complicities braving the work,
         daring the confrontation
exposing the lies, singing our  
       faith, asking the questions,
raising the Cain, making the  
      sacrifices, organizing the community, easing the hate,
     expanding the compassion.
          enduring in humility,
   risking the revolution of love, and ratifying the ‘not for  
     sale’ sign on our souls.

We especially praise you                
    this day for the life of  
         Martin Luther King Jr.,
            and for countless others down the ages whose
      names are known and  unknown,  and for those who        
       yet lift up the dream and confirm   it as yours, who   
       quicken the conscience of this country and the human   
         family around this globe,
whose courage and           
        commitments, vision and 
   enthusiasm and joy  brace our spirit and fire our wills.

       So we thank you and             
remember and move boldly
       on in the faith that,
  however dark the night,
             however fearful the  
   tyrannies of oppression,          
             however heavy the weight of arrogance, we can   
   yet be confident and    
     buoyant that one justice will roll down like waters
and the righteousness like an 
        ever-flowing stream             
  and peace abide in our hearts, through the this land  
        on this earth between brothers and sisters of every             
          race, every nation, every faith, every orientation, every generation, every wounded, wonderful  one and all of your human family.
         Keep us faithful to that promise, your dream and for Christ’s sake and  for ours.   Amen.