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CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

Public Church: Suicide Prevention

Back to school, back to work, back to routine. And, for some

a return to the stressors that lead to depression, illness and

thoughts of suicide. September is suicide

prevention/awareness month in the United States. This subject, as with most

of the ELCA Social Statements and Messages is an uncomfortable topic to

talk about.

Even when it’s difficult, we “As a church that believes God calls us into the

world together, the ELCA is committed to addressing life in society in a

variety of ways”.1 We live out the gospel when we acknowledge that we

are finite creatures of a merciful and loving God who has created us to be

in relationship with God, one another and all of creation. We live out the

gospel of Jesus in the middle of all the messiness and brokenness of the

world, confident that Jesus walks beside us. Suicide is a manifestation of our

brokenness that must be addressed with God’s grace and mercy.

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. It is the 2nd

leading cause among those ages 10 to 34 (2017 statistics according to the National Institutes of Mental Health).

More than 30,000 persons take their own lives each year and nearly 500,000 people make a suicide attempt serious

enough to require emergency treatment (1999 numbers). The ELCA wrote the Message on Suicide Prevention in

1999. Since then, suicide rates have increased by approximately 30%.

Suicide is a testimony to life’s tragic brokenness. We believe that life is God’s precious gift to us and we

acknowledge that for some, even for ourselves, life can feel like a hopeless torment. It is often easier to ignore or

shy away from people who are living in the midst of despair. The gospel of Jesus Christ calls us into the midst of

despair to tell the good news of God’s “boundless love in Jesus Christ”2 that leaves no one alone or abandoned.

The Apostle Paul reminds us that we are to “bear one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2).

This Message encourages all members and congregations to learn more about suicide and suicide prevention by

reflecting on this public health crisis. What can we do and how can we work with others to prevent suicide? There

are several steps we can all take. First, become aware of who is statistically most at risk. Second, check our

attitudes and cultural attitudes about suicide. Third, research the myths and discover the truth about suicide. Finally,

if you or someone you know is at risk, speak up.

There is no shame in feeling dejected, depressed or hopeless. Talking about suicide does not cause suicide. Not

talking about it ignores God’s blessing on all of God’s creation.

The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace. (Number 6:24-26)

We are not alone, abandoned, or without hope. The Lord’s name is “Emmanuel, God is with us” (Matthew 1:23)

Peace be with you. Pastor Dorothy

You can read the entire Message here (or in the church library):

https://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Social-Messages/Suicide-Prevention

Copyright © 2003, 1999 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 1 Addressing Social Concerns”. A document produced by ELCA to accompany the Social Messages and Statements of the ELCA 2 A Message on Suicide Prevention. Adopted by the Church Council of the ELCA, November 14, 1999.


September 2019 Volume 19 Issue 9

JAZZ VESPERS & BBQ

Farewell to Craig

September 22nd

5 pm

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Living in the Word: September 2019

Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) or Semi-continuous Lectionary?

The RCL is a three-year series of readings for Sunday worship and festivals beginning with the season of

Advent, culminating on The Reign of Christ Sunday. Each year focuses on one of the synoptic gospels

(Matthew, Mark and Luke) with bits and pieces from the Gospel of John added. Each Sunday and/or

festival we hear three readings and a psalm.

We continue hearing the less frequently used semi-continuous pattern of Old Testament readings.

Included in this newsletter is a handy chart of the Semi-Continuous Lectionary. You are invited to use this

in your daily scripture reading and meditation. Note especially the coupling of the Old Testament

Lesson with the appointed Psalm. Blessings on your meditation and study.

Lectionary C Texts – Pentecost 2 (Lect. 12) 2019 to Pentecost 17 2019 (Lect. 27)

Semi-Continuous Readings

September 1 Jeremiah 2:4-13 Psalm 81:1, 10-16 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14

God calls Israel to repent Hospitality to strangers Humility and Hospitality

Lectionary 22 (Pentecost 12)

September 8 Jeremiah 18:1-11 Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33

Potter makes changes The slave Onesimus Cost of discipleship


September 15 Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 Psalm 14 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-10

The people are foolish Grace and mercy Lost sheep, lost coin


September 22 Jeremiah 8:18 – 9:1 Psalm 79:1-9 Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13

The Prophet mourns Pray for earthly leaders Cost of discipleship


September 29 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16 1 Timothy 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31

The Prophet buys land The love of money Rich man and Lazarus


October 6 Lamentations 1:1-6 Lamentations 3:19-26 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10

Jerusalem is destroyed Encouragement and thanks It’s my job!

Lectionary 27 (Pentecost 17) Or Psalm 137

October 13 Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7 Psalm 66:1-12 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Luke 17:11-19

Israel plants gardens in exile We will live with Christ One leper gives thanks


October 20 Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:97-104 2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:5 Luke 18:1-8

A new covenant Christ the Judge A widow begs for justice


Invite your friends to follow Christ the King on Facebook where we are reading through the

Gospel according to Luke. Daily readings are posted there.

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DISCIPLESHIP LEARNING

Wednesdays: Book of Faith study of the Gospel according to Luke

continues, 7pm in the Rainbow Room.

Sundays: Inquirer’s class, Sundays, September 22, 29 and October 6,

9am, Library. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in learning

about the Lutheran Church, Christ the King in particular, please

contact Pastor Dorothy.

AND SOME OTHER THINGS…

EMANUEL: The Documentary Pr. Dorothy has pre-ordered a copy of this powerful documentary. Six of

us viewed it on June 17th, the 4th anniversary of the shooting at Historic

Mother Emanuel AME Church, Charleston, SC. The Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America, at its churchwide assembly last month “adopted a

resolution to commemorate June 17th as a day of repentance in the

ELCA for the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9”. Watch for opportunities to

view the documentary here at Christ the King.

Churchwide Assembly Report

The ELCA representatives re-elected Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton

on the first ballot. You may read a synopsis of all the actions taken by

the assembly here:

https://search.elca.org/Pages/Results.aspx?k=Churchwide+Assembly

Mark Your Calendars

Saturday, September 7th: God’s Work. Our Hands Sunday is

September 8, 2019. We will once again be joining with other Tigard

churches in a Prayer Booth at the Tigard Street Fair on Saturday,

September 7. Please come along, spend some time sitting in the

booth praying with and for the people in our community.

Sunday, September 22nd: Cap off the summer at Jazz Vespers

and BBQ.

Sunday, October 6th is “Bring Your Pet to Church Day”. In

commemoration of Saint Francis of Assisi, we will bless your pets following worship. Weather permitting,

we will bless them on the front courtyard, or in the narthex. Please invite your neighbors and friends to

bring their pets. Pastor Dorothy will bless each pet, even unusual pets.

Sunday, October 13th we will welcome new members in worship and at the first potluck of the

season. Bring a dish to share and welcome the new members.

Farewell and Godspeed

Sunday, September 22 we bid farewell to Director of Music, Craig Jones. The BBQ

following the Jazz Vespers is our opportunity to send him on his way with our love. Plan

to attend Vespers. Bring a side dish and story about Craig to share at the BBQ.

Director of Music Update

A wise person once said “don’t expect them to fill the other’s shoes, let them bring their own”. The

Director of Music Search team is receiving resumes and interviewing candidates to fill this vital position.

We cannot expect anyone to “fill” Craig’s shoes and we are looking for the very best “shoes” we can

find.

SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1 Patti Risdal

2 Joel Stollberg

5 Nicholas McNaught

6 Sydney Clifton

8 Elise Martz

9 Betty Epps

10 Peggy Noles

13 Chris Frazee

15 Suzanne Metcalf

16 Sherie Knutsen

17 Barb Coufal

20 Hilde Konarzewski

20 Ernie Coufal

23 Ed Maggio

23 Bob Brink

25 Leanne Klein

26 Sam Fusick

27 Brian Liebenstein

28 Lauren Livengood

30 Mary Brown

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO:

1 Sherman & Mary Case

5 Bill & Gaynelle Dressel

6 Don & Sherie Knutsen

11 Eric & Noelle Martz

12 Carl & Pastor Dorothy Cottingham

21 William & Judy Potts

Please call the church office if your

birthday or anniversary date is not

listed or is incorrect.

https://search.elca.org/Pages/Results.aspx?k=Churchwide+Assembly

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Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you! Thanks to the hard – and quick –

work of members and friends,

on Sunday, August 11th the

sanctuary, the narthex and the

offices were cleared out to

make way for the carpet layers

to come in on August 12th – 14th

and lay the new carpet. The

sanctuary and narthex are

pretty much back to normal.

Continue reading for an update

on the offices.

Christ the King

Renovation Update I want to thank Valerie Briggs

for the carpet selection and

overseeing its installation. It looks

great.

We have new carpet in the

Sanctuary and Narthex, but not

the offices. We ran into a

problem we could not solve

without outside specialists. We

have known for some time the

original building built in the

1960s likely had asbestos laden

vinyl tile. We planned to do like

they did back in 1996. Not

disturb it and just lay carpet

over the tile. However, when the

installers started removing the

carpet in the Pastor's office the

tile came too, in small chunks.

By law, they are required to stop

and have it tested for asbestos

and if so call in certified

Asbestos Abatement

professionals. We did call in an

inspector who took six samples

and sent them off to a testing

lab. The results came back as

expected, the tile was 5%

asbestos and mastic used to

glue it down also contained

asbestos.

By the time you read this we

will have contracted with a

certified Abatement company

and will likely be in

the DEQ required

10 day waiting

period before the

removal process

can start. The

carpet and tile will

all be removed

under controlled conditions

beginning September 23rd

and should take no more

than a couple of days

which will put us

somewhere around the

end of September.

Then the carpet

installers will come in

again to finish. Most

certainly by late

September.

That's where we are

at the end of August.

CTK Renovation Team

MORE THANK YOU’S

A special

thank you

goes out to

some

awesome

volunteers

who have

recently

spent many

hours taking

care of jobs

around the church and

grounds. They have spent long

hours working hard to make our

building and property look

great. They have painted walls

and parking lot curbs, rebuilt

altar risers, painted concrete

bricks, moved furniture, power

washed concrete, cleaned up

flower beds, hauled away

debris, and polished chairs and

furniture. Please let these

people know how much we

appreciate all the work they

have done:

Steve

Larsen,

George

Klein, Mark

Gohlke,

Gail Barzee,

Dick

Renken,

Brian

Liebenstein

and Pastor Dorothy, and of

course all the volunteers who

helped clear the spaces for the

new carpets.

SANCTUARY BEFORE CARPET REMOVED

FURNITURE STORED IN HALLWAY

PASTOR DOROTHY'S TEMPORARY

OFFICE IN RAINBOW ROOM

NARTHEX WAITING FOR NEW CARPET

NEW CARPET IN NARTHEX

NEW CARPET AT ALTAR

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CTK PRESCHOOL NEWS We're ready to start our 16th

year at Christ the King

Preschool. We are excited

about the new afternoon Pre K

class this Fall! We are full in our

morning classes, but still have

room in the afternoons! For

information or to schedule a

tour, please contact Heidi at

503-333-5331.

We had a lot of fun in our

Summer Camps this summer,

and a highlight was

walking with the

children to see the

rainbow of colors that

are growing in the

community garden!

No family has ever

been denied attending

CTK Preschool for lack

of tuition money

because of the

generosity of CTK

Lutheran church

members. Checks can

be made to CTK

Preschool and if you are a

Thrivent Member you can

choose Christ the King Preschool

for your Choice Dollars. Also,

please “like” us on Facebook

(Christ the King Preschool -

Tigard) to see what we are up

to throughout the school year.

Save the date! Sunday,

October 20, we will have our

annual Ice Cream Social and

Art Show!

LIVING LUTHERAN MAGAZINE

Filled with stories of God’s

people living their faith, Living

Lutheran is the primary way to

stay connected to the wider

community of ELCA Lutherans.

As a member of Christ the King

Lutheran, you are entitled to a

special subscription rate of 3-

years for $36 or 1-year from

$14.95. Visit

LivingLutheran.org/subscribe

and enter promo code: King or

call 800-328-4648, expires

10/31/2019.

Open Forums Is there a topic that you want to

know more about? Pr. Dorothy is

inviting suggestions on topics for

discussion at our monthly

potlucks. She is already

engaging some guest speakers

for the fall and is looking for

more ideas. Here are some

options to get you thinking:

Funeral planning, it’s not just for

the dying. Advance Directive

and POLST – it’s not just for the

sick. Having fun with Lutheran

liturgy and hymns. Just

Compassion, Love Inc., Safe

Parking Initiative, Mid-Willamette

Valley Latino Ministry and

Oregon Synod Latino Ministry

Table . . . there are so many

exciting opportunities to

engage with our neighborhood.

What do you want to know?

Who do you know? Who knows

what may come of these

community engagements?

PORTLAND TO COAST

RELAY WALK TEAM

August 23rd and 24th Kathleen

Carney, a friend Rosalie and

Pastor Dorothy walked with the

team from St. James Lutheran,

Portland. The 12 members of the

team took turns walking 3–7 mile

stretches of the 129-mile, 30-

hour course from downtown

Portland to Seaside. Thank you

for your support of Lutheran

Community Services through the

walking team “Lutheran

Ligaments”.

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SEPTEMBER 2019

ARE YOU FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK? Go to Christ the King Lutheran Church and click on the “follow” and/or

“like” button.

ELECTRONIC GIVING - Go to the CTK website www.tigardlutherans.com and under donate click on the link to

Vanco. It’s quick, it’s easy and it’s convenient.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 9am Vineyard Worship

10:30 CTK Worship

2 Labor Day OFFICE CLOSED

3

4 9-11:30am Quilting Noon Gather Study 7pm Book of Faith

5 Preschool Begins

6 Preschool Begins 2-7:30 pm Red Cross Blood Drive

7 Tigard Street Fair 11am-6pm

8 9am Vineyard Worship

9am Choir Practice 10:30 CTK Worship

9 8:30-3:30 Preschool

10 8:30-3:30 Preschool 7pm Council 7pm Vineyard

11

8:30-3:30 Preschool 7pm Book of Faith


13 8:30-11:30 Preschool 2-7:30 pm Red Cross Blood Drive

14

1-5pm Pinochle Group

15

9am Vineyard Worship 9am Choir

10:30 CTK Worship


17

8:30-3:30 Preschool 7pm Vineyard

18

8:30-3:30 Preschool 9-11:30am Quilting 7pm Book of Faith

19

8:30-3:30 Preschool

20

8:30-11:30 Preschool 2-7:30 pm Red Cross Blood Drive

21

22 9am Vineyard Worship 9am Inquirer’s Class 9am Choir Practice

10:30 CTK Worship 5pm Jazz Vespers & BBQ Farewell to Craig


7pm Vineyard Small Group

24 8:30-3:30 Preschool 7pm Vineyard

25

8:30-3:30 Preschool 7pm Book of Faith


27 8:30-11:30 Preschool 2-7:30 pm Red Cross Blood Drive

28

29

9am Vineyard Worship 9am Inquirer’s Class

10:30 CTK Worship


CTK OFFICE HOURS

MONDAY-FRIDAY

8:30 AM TO 12:30 PM

http://www.tigardlutherans.com/

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11305 SW BULL MOUNTAIN ROAD

TIGARD, OR 97224

Church Staff Sunday Service

Dorothy Cottingham, Pastor 10:30 am Worship

Craig Jones, Music Director Nursery Provided

Linda Wesolowski, Business Administrator

Heidi Livingston, CTK Preschool Director

Phone 503.639.2789 Fax 503.620.2583

www.tigardlutherans.com [email protected]

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Christ the King

Lutheran Church is to:

WELCOME

All people with God’s unconditional love

CELEBRATE Jesus Christ and each other

GROW

In faith through the Holy Spirit

SERVE Human and community needs

http://www.tigardlutherans.com/

mailto:[email protected]

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