January 2022 — By the Numbers

by | Jan 1, 2022 | By The Numbers

Our Gifts Blessing Others:

Please note:  CtK contribution statements are emailed quarterly from fin.sec@ctkdurango.org.   Email churchadmin@ctkdurango.org with questions, corrections, or if you need a paper statement mailed.  Thank you.

Synod $  2,197
World Hunger $     425
Social Ministry $  1,667
Total Benevolence $  4,289
Synod $ 19,969
World Hunger $ 14,658
Social Ministry $ 21,398
Total Benevolence $ 56,025

 

Financial Update:

 

Gifts Received $ 31,710
Facility Donations $      —
Rental Income $      833
Expenses $ 31,936
Net Operating Income $      608

 

 

Gifts Received $    286,915
Facility Donations $            590
Rental Income $        9,167
Expenses $    312,167
Net Operating  Income $     (15,484)
Endowment Fund Balance $    203,055
Building Fund Balance $       12,949
Love Fund Balance $       26,265

 

 

Worship Attendance:

 

Date Wed. 6pm Sun. 9am
December 1
 4 P + 5 D
December 5
 67 P + 38 D
December 8 9 P + 2 D 
December 12 75 P + 38 D
December 15 0 P + 4 D
December 19
 64 P + 29 D
December 22 0 P + 3 D
December 24 (5pm)
   75 P + 53 D
December 24 (7pm)
   16 P
December 26 37 P + 37 D
December 29 0 P + 3 D  
Monthly Totals 13 P + 17 D 334 P + 195 D

Note:    P = the number of People attending in-person worship at CtK.

              D = the number of Devices signed into Zoom or Livestream, NOT the number of individuals (since more than one person can watch service on a single device.)

January 2022 — Worship Assistants

January 2022 — Worship Assistants

by | Jan 1, 2022 | Worship Assistants

To sign up for this or any of our volunteer opportunities, be sure to visit: https://www.ctkdurango.org/signup/

Thank You!

Sunday Worship Assistants

9:00 am Inside Sanctuary unless otherwise noted.

Usher

Usher

Reader
Jan 2 – 9:00am John Condie Wanda Ellingson Eryn Orlowski
Jan 9 – 9:00am Carla Gonneville
  David Smith
 John Condie 
Jan 16 – 9:00am John Condie  Wanda Ellingson  Karen Rosenberger
Jan 23 – 9:00am Catherine Hawk Carla Gonneville Eryn Orlowski
Jan 30 – 9:00am John Condie  Wanda Ellingson   Amy Wendland

January 2022 – Youth Group News

January 2022 – Youth Group News

by | Jan 1, 2022 | Youth

Fun comes quickly in 2022.

All are welcome to join the CtK Youth on Sunday, January 2nd, after worship (about 10:30am) for a welcome to 2022 party! We’ll eat and play games and see Garrett (he’s been away at boarding school) and we’ll talk about the Youth Group schedule for 2022. And we’ll relax and just hang out. It’ll be super fun – see you there!

January 2022 – Faith Formation

January 2022 – Faith Formation

by | Jan 1, 2022 | Faith Formation

What was your favorite Christmas gift?

Often, mine is one I gave. Growing up, I loved messing with my greedy little sister. One year she wanted a fan brush for her oil paints. So I got one for her and put it in a GIANT box and wrapped it up. Then I took a pencil and taped hair procured from my hairbrush into the shape of a fan at the end of the pencil. Then I wrapped it very obviously in the shape of a fan brush. Both the “brush” and the real brush in the giant box went under the tree. Christmas morning, with nary a greeting, she raced to the tree, grabbed the obviously wrapped brush, and yanked off the wrapping. When she saw it was nasty hair taped to a pencil… well, she was mad. And she threw it across the room. That’s when I decided: I’m never going to ask for particular gifts ever again, because I never want to seem that selfish and greedy. You can ask my dear daughter Maggie the nightmare of wanting to give her mother a gift but having to pay attention to who I am to find just the right thing. Which, she knows, also isn’t necessary – I just want time with her. I don’t want things.

But, I must say, child nailed it with the most lovely, most thoughtful, most time-together-reading-this gift I have ever received. As you can see from the picture above, the a book by Charlie Mackesy titled The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. It is glorious. The text, the pictures…glorious. I bet they have it down at Maria’s or Y.E.S.S. The Book Hutch. Go grab a copy for yourself, your parents, your kids, your aunt, your uncle, your friend, your hairdresser, your whomever. And that’s all I have to say about that.

January 2022 — Pastor Tim’s Thoughts

January 2022 — Pastor Tim’s Thoughts

by | Jan 1, 2022 | Pastor Tim's Thoughts

NOTE: Pastor Tim will be on his Renewal Leave from June 6 – September 19, 2022.

One day in the middle of the COVID era, Micah and I had a day to ourselves. The weather that day was rainy and incredibly smokey due to the fires in Pacific Northwest. At a loss of what to do for a whole day given that scenario, we decided to pull out a book that had been given to us by a family friend. It is called “Adventure Challenge: Family Edition.” (I highly recommend this activity book; find out more about it at www.theadventurechallenge.com.) The premise of the book is that you choose an adventure knowing nothing about it other than the title and a few generic details (e.g., do this activity outside / inside; you’ll need a car to do this activity; this activity may cost some money; etc.). But, importantly, you don’t know the details of the adventure until you pick one and scratch off the square with the description and rules. Once you scratch off the square, you are committed. You have to do that activity.

The activity that Micah chose that day directed us to get $10 in quarters then to drive around to find at least three different places with claw machines and take turns trying to nab a toy. I hadn’t played with one of those claw machines in years. They were always such a waste of money in my estimation. But this adventure demanded that we do it. So, we did. And that adventure turned out to be SO MUCH FUN! Not so much because we actually did win a couple times, but because it was an adventure that we got to do together. We got to hunt for claw machines in and near Durango. We got to chat with random people around town about their experience with claw machines, and whether they knew where to find one. We got to drive around town, listening to music of our choosing and singing along loudly and dramatically. And, of course, we got to actually play with these machines and watch with disbelief as it dragged a toy out of the pile of stuffed animals! It was great!

One of the things that I am looking forward to most about my Renewal Leave is all of the time that I don’t have scheduled and pre-planned. As procrastinator-y as I am, I have to admit that most of my life is pretty scheduled. I have definite patterns and routines that I follow most days. My calendar is a Godsend, helping me to know where to be and when. So, for these upcoming fifteen weeks of Renewal Leave, I’m looking forward to more impromptu adventures and exploring and learning. I’m looking forward to more adventures like the one that I had with Micah, that are unexpected and gloriously refreshing. Those are experiences, I have found, that refresh my spirit.

If you’d like to know more about my upcoming Renewal Leave and how you might use the same time as a way to rejuvenate and renew your spirit, please come talk to me. I’d love to share more details with you.

Peace,

Pastor Tim