CTK Loves, Lives and Gives Like Jesus!

On Monday, May 15, Lynette Dick, Angel and Jan Ruiz, and Jeffrey Fuhrman delivered the large collection of

donated supplies. We met Marsha Carey, the Program Manager. She’s a young, vibrant and caring woman who

really cares about her residents. There are 45 rooms at the motel. Residents include homeless families,

homeless female veterans, and homeless persons needing respite care following a hospital stay. Currently, they

are remodeling a few rooms for handicap accessibility. The Family Motel is located in the old Aristocrat Motel

on West Colfax near Sheridan. Built in the 1950s, the rooms are small, and fit two twin beds, a dresser and

nightstand. They also have a nice outdoor gathering area with picnic tables, chairs and kid’s playground

equipment. CTK hopes to continue a relationship with them. In addition to donations, they look for groups to

make an evening meal for all of the residents once a month, and persons to adopt a room for new paint and

bedding.

Residents are given a continental breakfast. Snacks are available throughout the day. Vouchers are given for

other meals. Residents are assigned a social worker, who works with them to meet their immediate needs, as

well as help to find them a permanent residence. Their paid staff includes the Program Manager, two

housekeepers, and a maintenance person. Social workers are from local agencies. The rest are volunteers.

What a wonderful and meaningful service to our community!

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The CTK office is closed on Tuesdays and Fridays. Lynette also attends Abiding Hope’s staff meetings on Monday mornings from 9:30 a.m. until noon. If you have a pastoral need on Tuesday or Friday, please email the church office at ctklutherandenver@gmail.com or call Abiding Hope at 303-972-1283.

CTK Financial Update

January 1 to April 30, 2017

Income $48,180 Expenses ($43,268) Net $ 4,912

Happy

Birthday June

6 Duane Oak

13 Beckett Braun

18 Ted Breed

20 Anna Lisa Reynolds

22 Nancy Henning

28 Donna Olson

Karen Weissenbuehler

On May 9, Prime Timers visited Our Lady of Loreto Catholic Church to view the stained glass windows designed by Scott Parsons, son of Paul and Dolores Parsons. Following the tour, they enjoyed lunch at The Perfect Landing restaurant at Centennial Airport.

Everyone is invited to the Prime Timers June

get-together at CTK on Tuesday, June 13, at 12 noon. We will view the Rick Steves’ video, “Luther and the Reformation.” Lunch will be provided.

Please make reservations to the church office.

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The following people are prayed for during our Sunday prayers. Please keep them in your prayers:

Jean Appleyard Sarah Holland Dorothy VanDusen Gaylene Platt Alberta LaBere Sandee Brundige Jean Rein Karen Weissenbuehler Donna Olson David Wertz Justine Ager Larry Naylor Lisa Santangelo Jodi Hyatt Billie McKibbin

Rockies Faith Day Game

August 6, 2017

Come cheer on the Rockies as they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field. Then,

stay for the post-game concert by the Grammy-nominated Newsboys! Abiding Hope has group

tickets reserved at $18 each in section U331. Tickets must be paid when reserving. To reserve yours, please call the Abiding Hope office at 303-972-1283 or email jami@abidinghope.org. The deadline to reserve your tickets is July 10, 2017.

Vacation Bible

School at Abiding

Hope

Abiding Hope is inviting all Christ the King kids,

grandkids, neighbors, and friends to join them for Vacation Bible School, July 10-13, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. This year’s theme is Maker Fun Factory. Ages 3-5th Grade are welcome. (Please note that 3 year olds must be potty trained.)

They are offering Early Bird Registration until June 15, 2017 at $25 per child. Between June 16 and July 9, 2017 the fee is $30 per child. Walk-In Registrations are also taken for $35. Online registration is available at https://vbspro.events/p/events/abidinghope

To celebrate the end of VBS, everyone is invited for a Community BBQ Picnic on Thursday, July 13 from 6:00-8:00pm at Abiding Hope Church. If you have questions or need more information, contact Pastor Laura Bostrom at pastorlaura@abidinghope.org or 303-972-1283.

Community Ministry

Garden Planting, May 25

CTK Planters included: Daisy Masoner, Jan Ruiz, Mary Anne McKenzie and Pastor Joel

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Our food item for June is canned or dried

beans. Our food donations for April totaled 132 lbs. for a value of $258.72. Thanks for your generosity.

Please continue to bring the unclipped coupon inserts from the Sunday newspaper. The collection basket is above the coat rack outside of Fellowship Hall. Please make sure the coupons you bring are not expired. The coupon clippers, who meet every Monday morning at Brentwood Methodist, service a company that gives Community Ministry 5% of the value of the coupon (approximately $2000 per year). This is a free and easy way we can all help.

Community Ministry’s main restaurant fundraiser site is The Garlic Knot, 3200 S. Wadsworth Blvd. They give CM 15% of all food purchases dine-in or take out the entire day (the first Tuesday of each month). They usually make about $250-$300. The next day is Tuesday, June 6.

Thank You from Jean Rein Jean would like her CTK friends to know that she is very settled in and happy living at Someren Glen. She especially enjoys the visits of Pastoral Care Team members, Jan Ruiz and Anna Lisa Reynolds. She was blessed to be able to attend worship on Easter Sunday thanks to her family, Kathy and Ed Eaton. She loved seeing all of her CTK friends, and thanks everyone at CTK for remembering her in their prayers.

Community Ministry Bible School

Community Ministry is celebrating their 12th year of a collaborative Vacation Bible School from June 25-29. Unlike many VBS programs, theirs runs in the evening from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Community Ministry facility at 1755 S. Zuni St. The theme this year is “Fiesta”.

Helpers are needed as crew leaders, for set up and clean up. If you can help with any of these things, please call Joyce at 303-935-3428.

Monetary donations are also needed. Make checks payable to Garden Park Church VBS and give to Lynette in the church office.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

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Upcoming Church in Society

Projects

June:

Many of us are at the stage in life where we want to lighten the load and are ready to share accumulated items that we are no longer using or need. Lutheran Refugee Services is in need of household items for refugees arriving in our country with little but the clothes on their backs. We will collect items on Sundays, June 4 and 11 only. Gently-used items needed: dishes, silverware, glasses, mugs, pots and pans, bakeware, mixing and serving bowls, serving utensils, bath towels, hand towels, washcloths, sheets (twin, full or queen), and bed-sized blankets. July: We will again collect School supplies for Community Ministry. A list of items to be collected will be available in the July Herald.

Lutheran Family Services Older Adult & Caregiver Service offers free monthly telephone conferences, call Ask Your Care Manager, to answer your questions about aging. The next one is titled “Aging in Place: Pre-Planning is Crucial” and will be on June 14 from12:00-1:00pm MST. There are some important questions that need to be addressed to allow you to stay in your home as you age. To think through the answers to these questions, join us on this free call. Registration is required: sign up at www.lfsrm.org or contact 303-217-5864.

Congregational Meeting

A Christ the King Congregational Gathering will be held on Sunday, May 28, following worship, to approve the new CTK Guiding Statements and a plan for new staff development.

The Guiding Statements are:

Vision: Hope and purpose for all

Mission: Love, live and give like Jesus

Core Values: Radical Inclusion,

Relational Service, Infinite Compassion,

Abundant Generosity, Genuine

Community

We hope to add a full-time person to our staff beginning in August to help lead our continuing redevelopment process. That person is Joel Rothe, the current Pastoral Resident at Abiding Hope. With the

congregation’s approval, Joel will serve at CTK beginning mid-August while he completes his few remaining seminary courses and seeks approval for ordination. Pastor Judith Van Osdol from the Synod office and Pastor Doug Hill from Abiding Hope will be present for the congregational gathering to answer all questions.

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• This month, Lynette Dick will celebrate 15 years as CTK’s Office Assistant. We thank her for all of these years of service!

• Former CTK Pastor Jim Norlie is retiring as Student Chaplain at Oregon State University in Corvallis after 21 years. A retirement celebration will be held on Sunday, June 4, at Luther House at the University. You may email him at jameslowell@q.com or send a card to him at 1285 Ballard Dr. E., Monmouth, Oregon 97361.

• Abiding Hope honored military veterans on Sunday, April 30, with “Quilts of Valor”. CTK’s Bob Holmes was the World War II veteran honoree. All veterans were presented with a patriotic-themed quilt.

High School Julianna Peters, daughter of Pastor Jim and Patrice Peters, graduated from Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kansas. She

was an International Baccalaureate diploma candidate, in the top 1% of her graduating class of 445 with a 4.0 GPA, a Kansas Governor’s and Honors Scholar, and a member of the National Honor Society. Julianna will be attending the University of Nebraska this fall. She has been accepted into the University’s Honors Program and intends to major in biology to begin her undergraduate study in pre-physical therapy. She received the Nebraska Husker’s Honors Scholarship, the George Beetle Scholarship, and the Honor’s Textbook Scholarship. The Peters family will celebrate Julianna’s graduation on Sunday, June 25 here at CTK. The congregation is invited. Celebration details will follow in Sunday bulletins.

College Chelsea Reynolds graduated from Colorado State University Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science and Arts Degree. She was awarded Outstanding Senior

of the College of Health and Human Sciences and will be continuing her studies in the Applied Developmental Science Doctoral Program at CSU in the fall.

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CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

2300 South Patton Court

Denver, CO 80219

New CTK Guiding Statements Vision: Hope and Purpose for All

Mission:

Love, Live and Give Like Jesus Core Values:

Radical Inclusion Relational Service Infinite Compassion Abundant Generosity Genuine Community

Christ the King Herald

Published monthly by

Christ the King Lutheran Church

2300 South Patton Court

Denver, Colorado 80219

Telephone 303-935-4669

Email:

CTKLutheranDenver@gmail.com

www.ctkdenver.org

Editors: Paul & Dolores Parsons

CTK Staff

Pastor ........................................................ Abiding Hope Office Administrator ............................ Lynette Dick Music Coordinator/Organist ........... Sonja Naylor Caretakers ....................................... Juan and Aracely

Vision Team

Pastor Doug Hill .............................. .Abiding Hope Beth Leith ............................................................. CTK Marianne Law ..................................................... CTK David Holen .......................................................... CTK Ed Eaton ................................................................. CTK Randy Boyce ..................................... .Abiding Hope Doug Phelps ...................................... .Abiding Hope Judy Leidy .......................................... .Abiding Hope

Neighborhood Prayer Team: Jan Marie Belle..................................................... CTK Armando Rangel ............................. .Abiding Hope Staff Teams: CTK & Abiding Hope