GRACE NOTES
January 10 - 24, 2025
including
Sunday, January 12 and Sunday, January 29
CHOOSING CHURCH on SUNDAY, January 12
You can open, download, and print the print-out
for both worship services for
Sunday, January 12, HERE>>
You can choose to join us in person any Sunday morning at Christ the King (worship services with Holy Communion at 8:15 and 10:45 am,
Bible Class at 9:30 am)
or watch our services live or recorded
on our Facebook page ( Sundays at 8:15 am) HERE>>
or on our YouTube channel (Sundays at 10:45 am) HERE>>
CHOOSING CHURCH on SUNDAY, January 19
NO LIVESTREAMS OF WORSHIP SERVICES!
You're welcome to worship with the help of recent or archived worship videos on our Facebook page HERE>>
or on our YouTube channel HERE>>
Or, you can join us in person here at Christ the King, where worship services with Holy Communion will be led at 8:15 am and 10:45 am by Rev. Dale Huelsman. You're also invited to hang out with him during the 9:30 hour for Bible study and conversation.
On Sunday, January 19, Pastor Cahill and our Christ the King delegation will be attending the final worship service of the SELC District Convention before heading home from Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Lake Mary, Florida.
Livestreams will return January 26, 2025.
CHOOSING CHURCH
in December 2024
MORE CHOOSING CHURCH
in December 2024
STUDYING SCRIPTURE
Bible Studies this week and next
SUNDAY, January 12
Adult Bible Study at 9:30 AM
The Nicene Creed and God the Father
Sunday School at 9:30 AM
TUESDAY, January 14 &
WEDNESDAY, January 15
NO Women's Bible Studies
Women's Bible Studies will return January 21 (7 pm) and January 22 (9:30 am)
SUNDAY, January 19
Adult Bible Study at 9:30 AM
With guest Rev. Dale Huelsman
Sunday School at 9:30 AM
SEEKING SOLITUDE
The Epiphany season is
January 6 - March 2
SOLITUDE is different than loneliness.
As we enter the New Year, we leave behind the excitement and anticipation of December and Christmas. January can bring bright days with sunshine on fresh snow, but it can also bring days that are dreary and dark, when the snow gets dirty and the cold goes right through the bones. This can be a time for low energy, discouragement, even Seasonal Affective Disorder (a type of depression).
Dealing with depression can be scary and even lonely. In Isaiah 41:10, God makes a promise to be there during our toughest moments in life: “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Our faith is a powerful complement to tools like counseling and medication in finding help and healing.
Click the image below for "Faith Resources" that can help
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY
ON OUR "COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY" PAGE!
CLICK HERE>> TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN JANUARY FOR
- Our Christ the King Community: January Birthdays and events at Christ the King and among our friends!
- Our faith community partners: The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, SELC District, Lutheran Women's Missionary League's Website, LCEF (Lutheran Church Extension Fund)
- Our local community partners: Alcoholics Anonymous, The Matthew 25 Coalition, Medina County Office for Older Adults, and Feeding Medina County (with a link to a schedule of monthly food pantries and distributions), and the Oaks Family Care Center in Brunswick
- At Christ the King, we help our neighbors in need through our participation in the Matthew 25 Coalition of churches. You can find minutes and reports from the latest meeting HERE>>
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY -
The Sanctity of Life
The annual National March for Life takes place on January 24-25 this year in Washington DC. Members of our Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod will be taking part, including many congregational representatives and even LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison.
Here in Medina County, one of the "local missions" we support is the Oaks Family Care Center in Brunswick with their crisis-pregnancy, family support, and pro-life ministry (click the pic below). Here's how:
You can grab one of the empty baby bottles from the table in the Narthex, fill it with change*, and bring it back on Sunday, January 26
*or cash, or a check made payable to "Christ the King Lutheran Church" with "Oaks FCC" on the memo line
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY
THE SELC DISTRICT
Christ the King Lutheran Church is a member of the SELC District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (click the logo below!)
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At our sister church St. Matthew Ev. Lutheran Church, 5451 S Cleveland Massillon Rd, Norton, OH 44203 -
January 11 - Funeral Service of Pastor John Mashek
(Visitation 10 am - Noon, Worship service at noon, luncheon to follow; private interment at a later date)
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HERE>> is an updated post about how Christ the King Lutheran Church is preparing for the SELC District Convention in January 2025, including a a booklet of daily devotions for January 1-15 (also HERE>>)
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY
THE LUTHERAN WOMEN'S MISSIONARY LEAGUE
Click the LWML logo to go to the SELC District LWML website!
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SPECIAL DATE!
THE NEXT LWML "LET'S MEET"
BIBLE STUDY IS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025
AT 10:30 AM!
You can join us live and in person
at Christ the King, OR
ask us to email you a ZOOM link by emailing ctklutheranlodi@gmail.com
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY - Alcoholics Anonymous
At Christ the King, part of our “commitment to community” means that
for a number of years we have provided free meeting space in our Parish Hall
for Alcoholics Anonymous groups –
Sundays at 7 pm
Mondays at 7:30 pm
Tuesdays at 5 pm (for women).
Each meeting is one hour long.
For more information about these groups, see Pastor Cahill
or click the link above.
Featured this Month (January)
Podcasts, blogs, devotions, and more!
Featured blog
REMEDY LIVE is a mental health ministry based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Their website is full of great resources for self-care, and care of others.
Like this blog post titled "Only So Many Seats on the Train" from December 25, that reminds us of how Jesus used both the "Keystone Habits" of "Committing to Community" and "Seeking Solitude". You can read a bit of that post here:
“There are only so many seats on the train with you Lauren,” my friend says to me as I sip my drink across from him. “And either we’re intentional about who we give those seats to or… we’re not.” He takes a few swallows of his own beverage while I contemplate what’s just been said. He’s right. I know that. I can feel it in my bones. What he’s referring to is meaningful, close relationships. That inner circle of friends and/or family who are your tribe, your safe place, your people. Or at least, they should be. . . .
"Grace Notes - Recent Sermons"
If you miss one or more of our worship services and sermons, we invite you to go over to this new page in "Grace Notes." There you can find a sermon clip like the one below, a link to the sermon as a podcast episode, a link to the recorded 10:45 service on YouTube, and more (you might share these with a friend, too)
"Inside Christ the King"
NEW "Inside Christ the King" for January & February 2025!
See the bulletin board at church for "Inside Christ the King" for Winter 2025 - complete with active links and QR Codes!
Here's a hint: Try downloading
"Inside Christ the King" HERE>> to read it like a magazine! Pages include
- This is Home
- Welcome Home
- Our "Why"
- Our "How"
- Choosing Church - including "Coming in January and February" and "Coming in March and April"
- Choosing Church in December 2024
- Our "Keystone Habits"
- Giving
- Inside "Grace Notes"
Reminders
To know and to show the love of Christ
Our Mission
Why we're here
Our Values
What's important
Our Strategies
How we do it
Our Measures
How we know
Our Gifts
Scan or click the QR Code to learn about e-giving to Christ the King
Family Fun
Saint Nicholas' Day party, December 6
Thank you to everyone who helped un-decorate our church after worship on January 12
