December 20 - 28, 2024
including
Sunday, December 22
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
GRACE NOTES
Ending December 25!
RED LETTER ADVENT
Our special Red Letter Advent website has everything you'll need to know to get started, and have a great Advent season!
Click the button below
Red Letter Advent
The Gift of LOVE
Think about trying one or more of these, even if you don't have the Red Letter Advent book
Advent wreath
If you made an Advent wreath, light one candle each time you read a Red Letter devotion together (then blow it out when you're done!)
"LOVE" begins
Day 20 / Dec. 20
More about this on Friday, December 20!
Day 24
Christmas Eve!
Join us for Candlelight worship
7:30 pm
Day 25
Christmas Day!
Join us for worship
with Holy Communion
9:30 am
KEYSTONE HABITS
The "Being Challenge" encouraged us to imitate Jesus by developing the habits He Himself used to hold together his life and ministry on earth, like the keystones still do for these arches on a Roman aqueduct at Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
The "Keystone Habits" (in the order you'll see them below) are
1Choosing Church
2Studying Scripture
3Prioritizing Prayer
4Seeking Solitude
5Committing to Community
GRACE NOTES
December 20 - 28, 2024
including
Sunday, December 22
Christmas Eve, December 24
Christmas Day, December 25
CHOOSING CHURCH this DECEMBER
Every Sunday and Wednesday!
CHOOSING CHURCH on SUNDAY, December 22
You can open, download, and print the print-out
for both worship services for
Sunday, December 22, 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
By the way - you can also join us for worship on Christmas Eve at 7:30 pm and / or on Christmas Day at 9:30 am
HERE>> is the printout for the Christmas Eve candlelight service
HERE>> is the printout for the Christmas Day service with Holy Communion
We hope to livestream both services on our Facebook page HERE>>
and we hope to publish both services later our YouTube channel HERE>>
STUDYING SCRIPTURE
Red Letter Advent
Bible Studies this week
SUNDAY
Adult Bible Study at 9:30 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM
TUESDAY
CHRISTMAS EVE
Worship 7:30 pm
NO Women's Bible Study
WEDNESDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY
Worship 9:30 am
NO Bible Studies
SEEKING SOLITUDE
The Advent season is
December 1-24
SOLITUDE is different than loneliness. Loneliness can be associated with depression, discouragement, a feeling of "nobody loves me or cares about me." Solitude can be calming, like a stroll in the quiet woods or curling up with a Red Letter Advent devotion in the evening (or morning).
As the busy-ness and excitement of the holidays ramps up, try to make some time as often as possible to be alone with our loving God as possible. Maybe check out Christ the King's page on the YouVersion Bible app HERE>>, and our
featured plan this month, "The Healing Jesus" (a Red Letter reading plan, but not part of the Red Letter Advent series)
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY
ON OUR "COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY" PAGE!
CLICK HERE>> TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT'S COMING IN DECEMBER FOR
- Our Christ the King Community: December Anniversaries, December and January Birthdays, and December events at Christ the King and among our friends!
COMMITTING TO COMMUNITY
THE SELC DISTRICT
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.
The Tuesday evening women's AA group celebrated their one-year anniversary of meeting at Christ the King last Monday, December 9!
God bless them - and all the groups that meet here!
Featured this Month (December)
Podcasts, blogs, devotions, and more!
NEW page in "Grace Notes - Recent Sermons"
If you miss one or more of these Red Letter Advent services and sermons this season, we invite you to go over to this new page in "Grace Notes", where 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"
See the bulletin board at church for the NEW "Inside Christ the King" for December 2024 - complete with active links and QR Codes! - HERE>>
Here's a hint: Try downloading
"Inside Christ the King" to read it like a magazine! Pages include
- This is Home
- Welcome Home
- Our "Why"
- Our "How"
- Choosing Church
- Choosing Church in Advent
- Choosing Church at Christmas
- Our "Keystone Habits"
- Giving
- Saint Nicholas Day Party Dec 6
- Inside "Grace Notes"
Coming Soon!
This week and beyond
December 20-31
RED LETTER ADVENT Days 20-25 - LOVE
SUNDAY, December 22 - The Fourth Sunday in Advent / RED LETTER ADVENT Day 22
- Worship including Holy Communion, 8:15 am
- Sunday School / Bible Class 9:30 am
- Worship including Holy Communion, 10:45 am
- Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 pm
MONDAY, December 23 (Red Letter Advent Day 23)
- 7:30 pm - Alcoholics Anonymous in the Parish Hall
TUESDAY, December 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE (Red Letter Advent Day 24)
- 5 pm - Alcoholics Anonymous (Women only) in the Parish Hall
- 7:30 pm - Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship
WEDNESDAY, December 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY (Red Letter Advent Day 25)
- 9:30 am - Christmas Day Worship with Holy Communion
SUNDAY, December 29 - The First Sunday after Christmas
- Worship including Holy Communion, 8:15 am
- Sunday School / Bible Class 9:30 am
- Worship including Holy Communion, 10:45 am
- Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 pm
NEW! TUESDAY, December 31 - New Year's Eve
- 7 pm - Worship with Holy Communion
Join Pastor Cahill and our brothers and sisters in Christ at St. Matthew Ev. Lutheran Church, 5451 S Cleveland Massillon Rd, Norton, OH 44203, USA, for this worship service with Holy Communion on the last evening of the Year of our Lord 2024
COMING IN JANUARY - and later!
- January 16-19 - SELC District Convention, Lake Mary FL
- Sunday, January 29 - Guest pastor Rev Dale Huelsman
- Janury 26 - Church Council - Noon
- March 5 - Ash Wednesday
- April 13 - Palm Sunday
- April 17 - Maundy Thursday
- April 18 - Good Friday
- April 20 - Easter Sunday
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