The Trumpet

Bless the Neighborhood on Sunday, September 24!

Dear friends in Christ, The Fellowship Team is working hard to make plans for the CTK Community Celebration on Sunday, 9/24 from 4-7pm. This event is meant to be a gift to our local neighborhood from Christ the King. This will be the third year we’ve hosted this event, which includes live music, free food, a bouncy house, and kid’s activities. It’s a wonderful way for us to provide a safe place for people in the Birch Lake neighborhood to gather, meet neighbors, strengthen community relationships, and be fed. This year we’ll also be honoring our veterans during the event and thanking them for their service. Please invite your friends and loved ones who are veterans to attend. This is a large event and requires lots of energy and people to make it happen! At our last two community celebrations, we fed well over 100 people. We’re anticipating a need for up to 50 volunteers (if people work 1-hour shifts). The Fellowship Team has created volunteer teams for the event:

Set-up

Hospitality

Food service

Parking and housekeeping

Kids’ activities (also recruiting face painters!)

Take-down Each team has its own leader. You can sign-up to be part of a team after church on Sundays or by contacting the church office. We encourage volunteers to wear CTK t-shirts for the event. We have some extra light blue CTK T-shirts for sale in the office (and will be available after church on Sundays in September) for $10/each. This event is also completely funded by CTK and is free for all who attend. If you’d like to make a special donation to help cover the cost of the event, you may mark it “Community Celebration” or talk with Scott Freburg (finance@ctkwbl.org). We’re also thankful for donations from local businesses, including special gifts that will be part of a free raffle at the event. The Community Celebration is all about connecting to our neighborhood (which is essential to living out our faith) and it’s really fun. If you have questions about the event, contact me or the church office. We’re excited to host our THIRD annual Community Celebration! Your partner in mission, Pastor Jen

A Monthly Publication of Christ the King Lutheran Church

September 2017

COMMUNITY

CELEBRATION!

Socks are required for the Bouncy House - Donations for those who forget would be appreciated!

Place them in the basket in the narthex. THANKS!

WORSHIP & PROGRAMMING

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September Worship:

Sept 3: Traditional service with communion Week 4 of our Revelation series Scripture: Rev 21:1-6; 22:1-5

Sept 10: Praise worship with a baptism Start of Narrative Lectionary for 2017-2018 Theme: God's Good Creation Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2;4a

Sept 17: Traditional service with communion Theme: God Provides for Abraham Scripture: Genesis 21:1-3; 22:1-14

September 24: Praise service Theme: Stolen Blessing, Blessed by God Scripture: Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23; 28:10-17

Children, Youth & Education

The task force looking at Children, Youth and Education Ministries is working hard to gather information from the congregational sur-vey that was put out in August. If you haven't had a chance to fill out a survey, contact the church office. We'll use this information to create goals for programming and make decisions about staff-

ing options.

Sunday School calendar:

9/10: Parent/Guardian Orientation &

Meet the Teacher

9/17: First Day of Class

9/24: Class

10/1: Class and First Cherub Choir

Practice

Sunday School schedule on Sunday mornings (starting 9/17):

10:15am Opening in Sanctuary

10:30am Classroom Time

11am Dismissal (those in Cherub Choir go to practice until 11:10am)

Acolyting is open to everyone in 3rd grade or above.

You have 2 choices for training times: during Sunday

School Parent Orientation on 9/10 at 10:15am, or during

Confirmation Orientation on 9/27 at 6:30pm. If neither of

these work for your family, contact Pastor Jen.

C & Y Programming Registration Please Register Your Child or Youth by September 10

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You can now register for Sunday School on our website!

Go to www.ctkwbl.org and use the "Connect" drop-down menu,

or go directly to http://ctkwbl.org/connect/children-and-youth/

spark-sunday-school/sunday-school-registration/. Hard copies

of registration forms are available as well: contact the church

office if you need one.

Confirmation 2017-2018 for 6th-8th graders: Confir-

mation Orientation/Acolyte Training will be on Wednesday, Sep-

tember 27 at 6:30pm in the sanctuary. You can register for con-

firmation by going to http://ctkwbl.org/connect/children-and-

youth/confirmation/high-school-registration/.

Come, Let Us Rejoice!

It’s time to praise the Lord with our voices and instruments! Fall rehearsals will begin soon, and

you’re invited!

Joyful Noise Bell Choir - Wed. at 6:30pm King’s Choir - Wed. at 7:45pm

BOTH BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 6TH!

The Cherub Choir will rehearse on Sundays when Sunday School meets beginning Oct. 1!

August Pastoral Act: Baptism of

Tyson Elliot Hall 8/27/2017

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Fools for Christ

Fools for Christ will hold its 1ST EVER Dinner Theater at Christ the King on Oct 27 & 28, 2017! The show will be called “Collide.” Tickets will

go on sale in late September.

Many thanks to Barb Yungers for the beautiful art piece that

was developed during our sermon series on Ephesians!

Day Camp - July 28, 2017

Outdoor Worship - July 30, 2017

Done!

Our roofing project is now com-plete and paid for in full. Wayne Langstraat reports that the local roofing company did a great job and were easy to work with. Thanks again to Wayne for coordinat-

ing this project!

Thank you to

Gary Andresen…

...for designing and in-stalling our beautiful new sign on the front of our

building! This will increase our visibility and make us more identifiable in our neighborhood.

A/V Project Update

We're in the process of sending in final documen-

tation for our refinance/loan agreement. Once we

receive funds, we'll move forward with the A/V

project (we hope to have it done in November).

June 2017 SD Mission Trip

2nd Harvest

Tues., September 19 5:30 - 7:30 PM

Packing Food for Minnesota Families

1140 Gervais Ave Maplewood, MN CTK Coordinator - Sue Kohler

612-508-4632

Family Shelter

4-5 Servers Needed Tues., September 26

5:00-7:15 pm

Serving a Meal to Homeless Families

Contact Mike Wallace for directions:

651-783-6278 or IMMAVEN120@comcast.net

Please sign up on the kiosk to help.

Thanks to August Shelter Servers: Cyndi & Brian Frankel, Mike Wallace

Mitzi Probst, David Probst Courtney & Fletcher McKinney

MISSIONS & OUTREACH

Bread Ministry

Saturday Mornings 7:00 am Cub Foods run (Rice St.)

to pick up bread to give away at CTK Instructions & sign-up on the kiosk

Thanks to August Bread Runners: David Probst, Matt Freburg, Mike Wallace

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South Dakota Mission Trip Youth

Preparing Soup to be Served at an area

Homeless Shelter

Some great moments of the trip… by Dan Elholm

The whole group:

Climbing Bear Butte and learning about the Lakota religion and tradi-tions.

Eating ice cream at Armadillo's and going to Dinosaur park and watching a storm roll across the Black Hills.

Watching a Lakota dance ceremony with amazing drumming and costumes!

Walking through Jewel Cave and seeing Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse.

My work group (Cassidy, Elijah, and another group of kids from a different church):

Favorite moment for me personally...

We were instructed to visit with the homeless people and learn their names at the small shelter where we were serving the soup that we had made. Apparently, many homeless people go weeks without even hear-ing their name! The larger shelters that serve the homeless in the area typically just cycle them through like cattle- as quick as possible. We were also told to invite them to the community barbecue that we were having the next day. I knew Cassidy would have no problem talking to the home-less (picture attached), however, I thought Elijah would just sit in a corner and not say a word. Much to my surprise, as I was serving soup in the kitchen, I looked out and saw Elijah sitting at a table talking to a homeless man - just the two of them! They talked for at least 45 minutes while he ate. Elijah found out that his name was "Dave" and he invited him to the barbecue.

The next day, "Dave" shows up the barbecue and gets in the long line. On his own, Elijah walked over and waited in line beside him and also gave him a gift card to the nearby Hardees. After the event was over and most of the community people were leaving and we were cleaning up, I saw "Dave" searching through the crowd. He was looking for Elijah! When he found him, he reached into his tattered gym bag and pulled out a hard cover novel (a used library book) and gave it to Elijah. They shook hands and went there separate ways.

That night, when we were ranking our day from 1-10 (Elijah had been 3's and 4's all week), he ranked his day as a "9!" His "high" for the day was meeting "Dave" and his low was wondering if "Dave" was going to be okay! It brought Laura and I to tears because we were really not sure if Elijah was really "getting it."

We left the next morning and who was waiting in the parking lot to say goodbye to Elijah? You guessed it, "Dave!"

Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to spend a week with the CTK youth. What a great bunch of kids! - Dan

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TRADITIONAL SVC.

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TOPS 6 P

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Bread Min. 7 A

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TRADITIONAL SVC. 9:00 A

Communion

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OFFICE CLOSED

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Worship Team 6:30 P

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TOPS 6 P

Wedding Rehearsal 6 :30 P

Property Team 7 P Fellowship Team 7P

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Bread Min. 7 A

King’s House Band 9 A

Burback/Lane Wedding

4 P

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PRAISE SVC. 9:00 A

Yang Baptism

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Admin./Finance 7:00 P

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CYE Team 6:30 P

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TOPS 6 P

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Bread Min. 7 A King’s House Band

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TRADITIONAL SVC. 9:00 A

Communion

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Council Mtg. 6:30 P

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TOPS 6 P

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Wedding Rehearsal 6:30 P

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Bread Min. 7 A King’s House Band

9 A Wedding

3:30 P

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PRAISE SVC. 9:00 A

COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

4 - 7 P

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TOPS 6 P

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Bread Min. 7 A King’s House Band

9:00 A

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TRADITIONAL SVC. 9:00 A

Communion Baptism

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TOPS 6 P

Property Team 7P

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Bread Min. 7 A King’s House Band

9 A

2nd Harvest 5:30 - 7:30 P

Family Shelter 5 - 7:15 P

Worship on The Farm Barn Bash

6:30 pm

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Bell Choir 6:30 P King’s Choir 7:45 P

Bell Choir 6:30 P King’s Choir 7:45 P

Bell Choir 6:30 P King’s Choir 7:45 P

Bell Choir 6:30 P King’s Choir 7:45 P

Sunday School Orientation 10:15 A

Sunday School 10:15 A

Bell Choir 6:30 P King’s Choir 7:45 P

Sunday School 10:15 A

Sunday School 10:15 A

Cherub Choir Practice 11:00 A

Confirmation Orientation 6:30 P

Christ the King Lutheran Church 1660 Birch Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Phone: 651-429-4828 • Fax: 651-429-1464 • Email: office@ctkwbl.org • www.ctkwbl.org

Office Hours: Mon - Thu. 9:00 - 4:30

Organist

Betsy Murray

Office Manager

Mary Roos

office@ctkwbl.org

King’s House Band

Lynette Campbell

King’s Choir Director

Lynette Campbell

Children’s Choir

Elida Olson

Custodian

Joe Johnson

STAFF

Audio versions of Pastor Jen’s sermons are up on the website!

You’ll find “Listen to Sermons” on the drop-down menu under “Worship” on the front page. Or you can click here:

http://ctkwbl.org/worship/listen-to-sermons/

The Trumpet Christ The King Lutheran Church

1660 Birch Lake Avenue

White Bear Lake, MN 55110

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Join us on Sundays

for Worship at 9:00 am

September 2017

Pastor

Rev. Jennifer Hackbarth

pastorjennifer@ctkwbl.org