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Dear faithful people of Chris the King Lutheran Church,

Every month, normally on the Monday after a congregation council meeting (the council normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month), we will include a bullet point digest of the council’s meeting and actions as you see it below as our Grace Notes. The next council meeting is November 4, so that report will be the Grace Note on Monday, November 10. In that way there will be little to no delay in the congregation’s knowledge about what the council is working on or on what has been decided.

Peace and Joy – and courage!

Mandy

Amandus J. Derr

Interim Senior Pastor

 

Congregation Council Meeting Notes

Worship & Music Updates

  • On November 1, 2025, at the Eve of All Saints Sunday, alcoholic wine will be reinstated as an option to the distribution of the Holy Communion.

  • Christmas services set as follows:  The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Eve at the Rice Boulevard Campus 2:00 p.m.; 4:00 p.m. (German-language service); and 9:00 p.m., and for commemorating The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day at the Rice Boulevard Campus to be at 11:00 a.m.

Contract & Property Updates

  • Parsonage sale approved by Council with up to $22,000 allocated for preparation (roof replacement, interior repairs)

  • Synod lease agreement for Memorial Drive Education Building nearing completion after lawyer review

  • Norwegian Seamen's Church lease to be signed October 15

  • Demolition beginning on adjacent Greenbriar building with revised plans to maintain church access

Staffing Updates

  • Interim Associate Pastor candidate referred by Bishop, met with Pastor Mandy and Executive Council

  • Personnel Committee drafting job descriptions for both Interim Associate Pastor and Property Manager positions

Congregational Business

  • Five Council candidates presented by Nominating Committee approved for congregational vote: Kellye Burke, Caroline Friberg, Gary Miertschin, Linda Murray, Irmi Willcockson

  • New members to be welcomed November 23: Claire Resnick, Adam Resnick, Joan Evelyn (Beasley) Welton

  • 2025 festival proceeds to be split evenly among 13 2025 mission partners

Upcoming Events

  • Informal congregational discussion: November 2 (Synod contract and parsonage sale)

  • Special Congregational Meetings: November 9 (official votes on both matters)

  • Congregational Budget Workshop: November 9

  • Part One of Annual Meeting to Vote on Budget and New Council Members: November 16

  • Discussion on worship attendance to be added to November agenda

Next Council Meeting

  • Tuesday, November 4, 7pm at Rice Village Campus (moved from November 11)

  • All future meetings to be held at Rice Village Campus