NEW for March 25-31, 2023
You can sponsor EASTER LILIES for our altar for Easter Sunday. Cost is $8.50 per plant, due by April 2 to Trudy Ryncarz. Please make checks payable to "Trudy Ryncarz" and memo "Easter Lilies."
WORSHIP SERVICES - Printouts, videos, and more
Sunday, March 26 - You can open, download, and print the printout for BOTH worship services (8:15 am and 10:45 am) HERE>>, and watch them live or later on our Facebook page HERE>> or our YouTube channel HERE>>. + + + + + Wednesday Lent worship services are livestreamed and recorded to our Facebook page HERE>> (PS If you weren't here Wednesday, you missed a sermon about how important Pontius Pilate is to the Christian story - watch it HERE>> ALSO COMING IN MARCH
March 26 (Sunday) - Christ the King Church Council, Noon |
If you have an LWML "Mite Box" at home, please bring it to the church soon - you can put it in the large LWML "Mite Box" on the bench in the Narthex.
+ + + + NEW DOWNLOADS You can download and print the March Prayer Calendar from Wycliffe Bible Translators HERE>> Check out page 9 of this "Joy of Medina County" Magazine HERE>> to see our own "Chairman of the Mixing Board" Patrick Olah pictured at his "side hustle." + + + + + Wednesdays in Lent
(March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29) Worship 11 am Soup and salad lunch Noon Maundy Thursday April 6 Worship with Holy Communion 11 am & 7:30 pm Soup and salad lunch Noon Good Friday April 7 Worship at 11 am & 7:30 pm The Season of Easter Easter Sunday April 9 |
Bulletin Board . . .
EVERY WEEK -
SUNDAYS Worship with Holy Communion 8:15 am & 10:45 AM
TUESDAYS - Ladies' Bible Study, 7 pm WEDNESDAYS
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NEW PROJECTS IN A NEW YEAR
Several new projects are under way here at Christ the King that will update and enhance our building, particularly the main entryway, coat closet, kitchen and rest rooms. Many of you have already responded generously to cover the costs of these projects (THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFTS!), and our "remodel team" has already made a lot of headway - you can see some of their progress |
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PRAYERS
Find the Christ the King prayer list at our updated prayer website HERE>> Download the MARCH prayer calendar "The Finish Line" from Wycliffe Bible Translators HERE>>. 
Christ the King Lutheran Church has a Meal Train page for the Gogolin family. They've said they can use help with meals, and that the meals you bring are truly appreciated.
NEW!! Please DO NOT just show up at anybody's house unannounced with a meal! PLEASE DO use the Meal Train site HERE>> to sign up to bring meals (that way they're not overwhelmed with too many meals at once, or multiple editions of the same meal)! Thanks for all your help! |
Here are several recent articles from the Lutheran Foundation of Fort Wayne on the topic of "cutting" and self-harm which you can share with those in your community or school who may have a family member or friend dealing with this issue:
Article>> from Focus on the Family: “Truth from the Bible for Cutters: When Feelings for Self-Harm are Strong” Article>> from Focus on the Family “Why do People Cut Themselves?” Article>> from Focus on the Family “Cutting is a Call for Help” Article>> from Soulshepherding.org “Caring for People Who Cut Themselves (Help for Self-Injury) |
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RECOVERY
Two Alcoholics Anonymous groups meet in the Christ the King Parish Hall each week - one on Sundays at 7 pm, the other on Mondays at 7:30 pm.. Both are open groups, so if you think you might like to know what AA is all about, you're welcome to attend either meeting! The Mental Health and Recovery Board of Ashland County has a nice YouTube channel HERE>> 
CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
The next meeting of the Matthew 25 Coalition of churches will be Thursday, April 13, 2023, at our very own Christ the King Lutheran Church! NEW You can read the reports and minutes from the March 9 meeting HERE>>, and you can find out more about the Coalition at their website HERE>>. Meetings are open to anyone interested (free breakfast is included!). |
The Matthew 25 Coalition of Medina County and the Matthew 25 Outreach Center of Ashland / Richland Counties are announcing
FREE MONTHLY PRODUCE DISTRIBUTIONS at the Cloverleaf Elementary School 8337 Friendsville Road
Distribution 10 am – 1 pm; Volunteers needed 8 am – 2 pm Questions? 419-961-0110, or visit this website www.m25oc.org |
Christ the King Lutheran Church is a member of the SELC District of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Our District has a weekly online newsletter called The Beacon - you can view or download the latest edition HERE>> to read about activities in other congregations of our District, and articles of interest from some of our pastors.
DISTRICT NOTES Please continue to pray for our friends and fellow believers at Grace Lutheran Church in Lakewood, Ohio, and at Calvary Lutheran Church in Parma, Ohio. Both churches are in the prayerful process of seeking the Lord's will about their next pastors. |
LWML ZOOM Bible Studies will meet the third Thursday of each month at 10:30 EDT - next one is April 20. All these will be at Christ the King, but also on ZOOM (if you can't make it to the church, ask us to email you the link). Please feel free to ask a friend to join us. We will be doing the next Bible Study in the Lutheran Women’s Quarterly, Winter 2022. If you don’t get the Quarterly, please let us know and we will get you a printable copy of the Bible Study.
In Christ, Pam Reece and Betty Olah |
Notes from Our Pastor |
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