LWR Personal Care Kits for People Around the World

Please help us meet our goal of assembling 150 Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief. We still need:

  • 122 Light-weight bath-size towels (between 20” x 40” and 52” x 27”), dark color
  • 209  Bath-size bars of soap equaling 8 to 9 oz., any brand, in original wrapping
  • 71  Metal nail clippers, remove packaging
  • 50 Sturdy combs, remove packaging

Drop off items in the narthex or the church office through Good Friday.

Church Tag Sale: April 30 at 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and May 1 at 8 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Tag Sale
April 30
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
May 1
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The annual Tag Sale at Christ the King  Church will take place Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 in the parish hall.

 

All proceeds will go to the Pastor Karin Liebster Children’s Ministry Fund
and the Luther League Fund.

We will collect items during church hours, NO MATTRESSES ARE ACCEPTED! Larger items and large volume donations can only be accepted in the parish hall on Thursday, April 28, and Friday, April 29.

All proceeds will go to the Pastor Karin Liebster Children’s Ministry Fund and the Luther League Fund.

Volunteers needed for Saturday of the Sale and help with clean up! Contact Deacon Ben for more info.

Pastoral Letter: March 17, 2020

Dear Members and Friends of Christ the King Lutheran Church,

After the counsel provided by our Synod Bishop, as well as medical and government authorities, and with the affirmation of the Christ the King Lutheran Church Congregation Council, we have decided that as of today, all public assemblies, including worship and smaller group meetings, are suspended until further notice. We are compelled by Christ’s command to love our neighbor as ourselves by joining in the effort to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus and to stop the pandemic. At the same time, we are a faith community dedicated to being A Healing Place, uniquely theologically centered in the Lutheran tradition which holds that the church exists where the Word is proclaimed and the Sacraments are rightly administered. For us to keep all this together in this unique time of crisis, we are taking the following steps.

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Pageant: Christmas Around the World: Dec. 15 at 10 a.m.

We celebrate Christmas (a bit early) with the pageant Christmas Around the World. All children join to sing and play the story of Jesus’ birth. On December 15, all children will meet at 9:30 a.m. in the parish hall to get ready. Bring the whole family and enjoy waffles baked by the Luther League until the doors open at 10 a.m. The youth will make sure to have plenty of waffles for the cast after the show. Dress rehearsal will be on December 14 at 10 a.m.

Brass Band Oktoberfest

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Sunday, October 2, 5:00 p.m. in the courtyard

The Houston Brass Band and Saengerbund conclude the first Leipzig in Houston Festival Week, presenting an Oktoberfest Konzert which will include a variety of polkas, marches, and German drinking songs, along with Strauss’ Wiener Philarmoniker Fanfare, Wagner’s Lohengrin, von Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture. Admission is free.

Luther League youth and parents will prepare and serve brats and beer after the concert. Please support our youth group with a generous donation toward their 2017 trip to Wittenberg, German and the Wittenberg Three Project of the congregation.