October 2023 – In Other News
Worship Information
Sunday, 9:30 AM – IN PERSON & LIVE STREAM
We hope you’ll join us in the CtK Sanctuary and online. All are welcome!
Wednesday “Behold!” 6:00PM – IN PERSON – CtK Community Hall
We are having dinner before Behold! Come and join us for food and fellowship @ 5:26pm prior to the Wednesday evening service.
Thank you for your help in making in-person worship a safe experience for all. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Tim or Deacon Mandy.
News You Can Use
We are calling on everyone to prayerfully consider how you might use your time and talents to help propel CtK forward in this new hybrid in-person/techno-based way of doing church. We have the technology. Now, we need YOU! Currently, we are seeking to fill ALL categories of worship volunteers:
- Altar Guild Assistants
- Worship Assistants
- Ushers
- Readers
- Communion assistants
- Soundboard/camera operators
- Presentation computer operators
- Online church host. This person would be basically acting as a “virtual greeter/online chat person” for worship services.
If you feel you might be interested in any of these volunteer positions and/or if you have any questions, please give Deacon Mandy a call (970-247-5310) or touch base with her during the week. Training will be provided for all volunteers. Thanks for your consideration.
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The Chancel Choir is filling the Sanctuary with their melodious voices. The choir meets for rehearsals on Monday evenings from 6:30pm – 7:30pm.
Please contact Jared Wright, Choir Director if you would like to sing. Jared can be reached at 970-759-1834 or email chancelchoir@ctkdurango.org – All are welcome!
The CtK Handbell Ensemble is ringing out the good news and praises!
This group practices on Sunday mornings @ 8:30am. Please contact Jared Wright, Choir/Music Director or Anita Ashby if you would like to ring. Jared can be reached at the church office or email chancelchoir@ctkdurango.org – All are welcome!
The noisy offering partner for August is: Bread for the World
Save the Dates – October
Sunday, October 1 – Birthday Sunday! Be sure to join us as we celebrate our CtK members who have birthdays in September! Join us for fellowship and cake! Amen!
Sunday, October 1 – Leaf Peeping! Be sure to join us after our 9:30am worship service as we journey to Oxbow Park and check out the fall colors. We will carpool from CtK. Leafy Adventures-Woohoo!
Sunday, October 8th & 15th – CtK Piecemakers Quilt and Crafts SALE! Don’t miss out! Hurry Hurry Hurry! Get them before they’re gone! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Check out all the cool quilts and holiday items that the Piecemakers have been hard at work to create. Directly after our 9:30am Worship Services. See you at the sale!
For all events and activities, please check the CtK website for the most current updates.
October 2023 – Fellowship Group News
CtK Piecemaker Quilters
The CtK Piecemakers group meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 10:00am in the Community Hall. We make baptism and prayer quilts for members of our congregation as they are needed. We also make quilts for our local nursing homes and the Navajo Nation through NELM. Our Annual Quilt & Craft Sale will take place on October 8th and 15th, directly after the Sunday morning worship services. Be sure to come and check out the awesome quilts and crafts! These make great gifts for the holidays! The money that we make from the sale is used to buy batting and fabric for next year’s quilts.
If you would like to quilt, but don’t know how, join us and we will teach you. For other questions, you can contact Judy Olson at (651)303-8450 or judy_olson@yahoo.com.
CtK Book Club
Our book club is currently meeting via Zoom on the second Thursday of the month at 3:00 P.M. This month we are reading “Lightning Strike” by William Kent Krueger.
In the following months, we will be reading:
November Horse by Geraldine Brooks
December *Christmas Lunch*
2024
January Hello Beautiful by Ann Napilatano
February Mad Honey by Jodi Piccoult
If you have any questions, contact Judy Olson at (651-303-8450) or judy_olson@yahoo.com.
October 2023 – Bible Studies
Circle of Contemplative Prayer
The Circle of Contemplative Prayer meets the 1st, 3rd, and (if applicable) 5th Monday at 5:30pm. Silent meditation and prayer sessions are followed by a book discussion. Currently, the discussion topics delve into the ways the contemplative path calls us to connect our inner search for transformational growth with the external realities of how we live and act, what we eat and wear, etc.
NOTE: Meetings are currently being held via Zoom. For the Zoom link and other pertinent information, please text Sharyn Butler at 970-759-6355. Thank you.
Great Ol’ Broads of God (GoBoGs)
GoBoGs invites you to join them in study and fellowship each Monday from 4:00-5:30 pm. We are currently reading & discussing “The Book of Hope” by Jane Goodall. Share the Care, GoBoGs’ outreach mission, is addressed upon requests. For more information contact: Sharyn Butler csharynb@yahoo.com and/or Dian Jenkins jenkdian@gmail.com
*NOTE: We are currently conferencing via Zoom at 592-847-8387; the password for this meeting is Testify. The Zoom meeting ID is 966-5642-4190. Please join them for study sessions that are deeply rewarding. For more information, contact Kayla Hefner at 970-759-1636.
Midweek (Thursday) Bible Study led by Pastor Tim & Deacon Mandy
Bible Study class meets on Thursdays from 12:00-1:15 PM. Attendees can choose to meet for class in-person OR via Zoom. The link to access these meetings via Zoom is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83113251991
If you ever misplace this link, you can also find it on our website at:
https://www.ctkdurango.org/worship
The “regular password” is needed to access the meeting via Zoom. If you need the password, contact the church office at 970-247-5310. We gladly invite and welcome all to join the class. I look forward to seeing each of you!!!
Khuvara (“Circle of Friends”)
We are a group of ladies that meet every Thursday at 1:15. We are currently meeting on Zoom but hope to meet in person soon. We begin by going around and sharing anything that is concerning us about ourselves, our family or friends, etc. We then have a prayer for people in need in our families, our congregation and friends. We always have a book that we are discussing. Right now we are discussing Finding God In Unexpected Places by Phillip Yancy. If you would like to join us or have any questions, please contact me at 651-303-8450 or Judy_olson@yahoo.com.
Spiritual Study Group (SSG)
Our group meets on Thursdays at 3:00pm in the Chapel. For more information, or the Zoom link, contact Aurora Rose. (970-382-1848)
October 2023 — Social Ministry News
Anyone who is interested in accompanying the Christ the King group to Guatemala next June needs to have their refundable deposit of $250 in by the second week of October.
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Christ the King – Mission Endowment Fund
Grant Application Deadline! = 15 December, 2023
What is the Mission Endowment Fund?
The fund was designed to support Christ the King Lutheran Church in its mission. The Fund receives unrestricted gifts and bequests from congregation members and their families, and friends of Christ the King.
This is a permanent endowment fund that is separate and distinct from the everyday operating funds of the church. The assets are held by the ELCA Endowment Fund Trust to provide for their long-term stability and growth, so donors can be confident that their gifts will endure to continue God’s work within our congregation, the community of Durango, and the world.
How do I apply for a Mission Endowment Fund Grant?
Applications can be made at any time of the year, but the Board meets once a year, in January, to review all applications that were received prior to December 15st of the previous year.
The application form can be found on the Christ the King website at ctkdurango.org/learn-more/documents in a fillable PDF format.
To submit it, you may email to mef@ctkdurango.org.
Or it can be mailed to the church at
Mission Endowment Fund
Christ the King Lutheran Church
495 Florida Road
Durango, Colorado 81301-4730
If you have questions about filling out the application, or what kinds of projects or agencies might be appropriate, feel free to contact the board at mef@ctkdurango.org. Or, of course, you may talk with any of us at church.
Yours in Christ,
The MEF Board
John Condie, Lynn Mitzlaff, Megan Reid, Renate Widder, and Gary Rollstin
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Ctk’s Noisy Offering began years ago during a time of uncertainty with the church’s budget. Tithing was down, and in the absence of knowing just how much financial gifts the church would receive each month, the Social Ministry budget was cut. This meant that local, necessary, and beloved organizations like Manna, the Food Bank, VOA of SW CO, and others would not receive monies they previously counted on. So the Noisy Offering at CTK was born. Metal cans were passed after the Offering plate, so that coins – change – placed in the buckets would not only make a joyful noise, but the change itself represented the change it was making in the receiving organization and the greater community. The joyful noise of the noisy offering reminds us that giving is much more than a duty. Your regular tithe goes to CtK operating costs and to her ministries, which do include the noisy offering recipients through the social Ministry budget – because giving is a duty and a joy!
CTk’s Noisy Offering is also a way we teach our children the importance of giving and serving. Often our children are passing the noisy offering can, and that’s by design. So especially when a tiny hand passes you the can, remember a tiny face is watching – so joyfully plunk in your change and let the noise ring out!
If you have a non-profit that you want to see included as a Noisy offering recipient, put your suggestion in the box on the credenza in the Welcome Center.
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