• December 20 - 28, 2024

    including

    Sunday, December 22

    Christmas Eve

    Christmas Day

    GRACE NOTES

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    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
    1

    Choosing Church

    2

    Studying Scripture

    3

    Prioritizing Prayer

    4

    Seeking Solitude

    5

    Committing to Community

  • GRACE NOTES

    December 20 - 28, 2024

    including

    Sunday, December 22

    Christmas Eve, December 24

    Christmas Day, December 25

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    CHOOSING CHURCH this DECEMBER

    Every Sunday and Wednesday!
    Good morning

    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>>

     

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    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>>
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    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
     
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    PRIORITIZING PRAYER

    Our prayer website is regularly updated with new prayer requests, added weekly.
    You can find it HERE>>

     

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    You might also try downloading this nice prayer app HERE>>, that provides gentle pathways to pray God's Word every day.
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    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!
    • 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),
    • 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>>
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    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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    You can learn about how Christ the King Lutheran Church is preparing for the SELC District Convention in January 2025 HERE>> and HERE>>

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    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

     

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    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)
    Pastor Cahill and Mr Jim Hurst

    "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 
  • Reminders

    To know and to show the love of Christ

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    Why we're here

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    Our Measures

    How we know

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