The Kings Messenger Christ the King Lutheran Church

Church Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday—

8:00am to 4:00pm

Friday—

8:00am to 2:00pm

Saturday & Sunday—

By Appointment

March 2017

Vo lume , I s s ue

Inside This Issue:

Missio Dei

Hilltoppers

Chile Mission Trip

Volunteer

Opportunity

Art Exhibit

Movie Showing

Altar Guild

Reformation 500

B3 Classes

CTK Youth

Announcements

Green Lake Bible

Camp and Summer

Opportunities

CTK Kids

March Calendar

Lenten Worship

In celebration of Reformation 500, this year’s midweek Lenten services will focus

on the various parts of Luther’s Small Catechism. The Greek word katecho means

to sound again or from above, and this type of Christian instruction (“repeat after

me”) was already being used in the earliest days of the Christian church. Luther

used various parts of the catechism in his preaching even before the Reformation,

and began to write the Small and Large Catechisms in the late 1520s as a response

to the “spiritual distress” observed in many parishes. Consider the Catechism as

an introduction to Scripture. During Lent, we will be hearing again and learning

the 5 essential parts of the Small Catechism: 10 Commandments, Apostles Creed,

Lord’s Prayer and the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion. Once again,

we will be worshipping using Holden Evening Prayer, and welcoming visiting

pastors from our sister churches of Bethlehem, Grace, Messiah, Epiphany (Eagle

Lake) and Redeemer (Good Thunder). Services will be at 5:00 and 6:00pm begin-

ning on Ash Wednesday, March 1.

All those wishing to become members of Christ the King are encouraged to attend

our New Member Orientation on Thursday, March 30 at 6:00pm. We will receive

new members into our congregation on Palm Sunday, April 9 at the 8:15am

worship service. Registration will be available online. Please contact Membership

Ambassador, Amy Olsen if you have questions.

New Member Orientation—Spring 2017

Spring Hymn Festival

Christ the King will host a hymn festival on Friday, April 7. The festival will

begin in the Worship Center with Evensong at 4:45pm, followed by a table

talk dinner, and concluding with performances featuring guest organist

David Cherwien and the CTK Worship Choir. More details to come!

The Annual Ash Wednesday Soup Supper will be

held on Wednesday, March 1 from 5:00-6:00pm!

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Missio Dei by Pastor Trish

Community

Do you ever wonder why church is a part of your life? We know that for many who say they believe,

church is no longer something in which they participate. So “why church”?

While many would like to think that church is optional for a life of faith, many more would disagree,

including the apostle Paul. We’ve just wrapped up a sermon series on Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians,

and in this letter as well as many others, Paul strives to impress upon his hearers the importance of

community. And when you scrape away the layers of building and institution and structure, in the end,

church is about being in community with one another. The fact of the matter is this: we cannot be people

of faith by ourselves. We need one another to be people of faith. We need community. Our God is a

communal God, and God’s presence is best known within gathered community.

In his book “Living Together,” Dietrich Bonhoeffer says, “It is by God’s grace that a congregation is

permitted to gather visibly around God’s word and sacrament in this world. Not all Christians partake of

this grace.” Community is a gift of God; but how often do we think about it in this way? In speaking

about community as gift, Bonhoeffer tells us that we need each other for the sake of Jesus Christ. We

cannot be made holy on our own, or live by our own resources. Nor can we hear the Word of God on

our own. Hearing and discerning scripture is also a communal activity; we need others to speak God’s

Word to us and they need us to speak to them.

We also come to one another through Jesus Christ, another communal activity, as we come into

relationship with one another. Christ binds us together. Without Christ as our mediator, there is discord

between God and humanity and between one another. The only way we come to know one another is by

being in relationship with one another – and relationships come through community; especially, a

community built on the foundation of Jesus Christ.

Finally, Bonhoeffer says that we need Christian community because we have been chosen by Christ.

We are in him, and where he is we are too – we are a part of the incarnation, the cross, the resurrection.

Paul says it this way – “so let no one boast about human leaders – for all things are yours, whether Paul

or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future – all belong to you, and

you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.”

What’s it all mean? It means that we need community, each other, to find Christ and to see Christ and

to be Christ with one another. In other words, we need one another in order to live into our own faith.

And community is also where we come to be fed, not just by God’s Word, but through song and the

sacraments as well. And once we are fed and strengthened by community, by one another, we can then

go out and share God’s grace with others – to those who need a word of encouragement, to those who

do not know Christ, to those who say they no longer believe. Why church? Why community? Because

you need others, and others need you. This is a gift from God, and this is where God’s presence dwells

mightily; in the gathered community of believers.

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Announcements

Hilltoppers On Tuesday, March 21, Hilltoppers will welcome Ken Ziegler who will share a program on early Mankato

history. The program begins at 11:00am with a potluck lunch to follow. Please sign up on the bulletin board

in the hallway.

Mission Trip to Chile

A trip to visit the missionary we sponsor in Chile is scheduled for Thanksgiving break. Missionary Karen

Anderson (originally from Owatonna) started a medical mission to provide health care and education to

poor women and children in Chile in 1982. We will accompany others from Trinity Lutheran in Owatonna

from November 17-26 to learn more about this ministry and the Chilean culture primarily in Santiago and

Conception. An informational meeting will be held in the Fireside Room at 9:30AM on Sunday, March 5.

For more information, please see Pastor Patrick or Nancy Patterson from the Justice & Peace Commission.

Martin Luther Movie

Altar Guild is looking for people to help prepare communion for Saturday and Sunday services. If

you’re able to help, please call Marlys Jorgensen at 507-388-1025.

Special Art Exhibit Christ the King is fortunate to be able to host a display of a stained glass piece, “Last Supper” during the

coming Lenten and Easter season. The piece is by Northfield artist Lucky Rimpila and will be on

display beginning February 22nd. It’s beauty is sure to enhance our worship space. Lucky offers us this

opportunity to enjoy his art free of charge. Thanks to Matt Norland for pursuing this opportunity for us.

Altar Guild

CTK is sponsoring Lunch for $1 at Crossroads Campus Ministry on Tuesday, March 14. This is a weekly

outreach ministry of Crossroads to MSU students where congregations bring and serve the food. Chef Renee

will prepare the food but we could use some volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up between 11:30am

and 1:30PM on the 14th. Make some millennial friends and share God’s love with these hungry students.

Please see Pastor Patrick if available. You can also text him at 507-779-4991 or email

patrickp@ctkmankato.org.

Lunch for $1 Help Needed

All are welcome to the showing of Martin Luther: The Idea That Changed the World hosted by Thrivent

Financial on Monday, March 6. There will be a social hour at Hooligan’s Bar and Grill from 5:30-6:15pm

and then the movie will be shown at 6:30pm at Cinemark Movies 8 (In the River Hills Mall). Please RSVP

by March 1 by contacting Chris Hvinden at 507-327-3893 or Christopher.hvinden@thrivent.com.

Reformation 500—Women and the Reformation

“I am prepared to lose everything, even life or limb. May God stand by me.” Argula von Grumbach.

Protestant principles inspired women just like men to reengage Christian faith and find renewed spiritual

meaning in their daily vocations. For women, the reform offered mixed results. While women lost the

monastic option as convents were closed in Protestant areas, they benefitted significantly from the

education provided even for peasant girls. At the same time, women were forbidden to preach or teach in

public. Motherhood was presented to women as the holiest of callings, on a par with that of apostles and

bishops. So women used creativity in embracing their domestic calling and the authority it brought along.

Women leaders included Katharine Schütz Zell, a widely published lay author who had no children of her

own, but identified herself with a calling of a “church mother.” She exercised pastoral authority by the side

of her pastor-husband in Strasbourg, even daring to preach at funerals. Her scintillating writings in defense

of marriage may have caused an uproar, yet her pastoral texts and a hymnbook demonstrate her desire to

promote ecumenical unity and to empower Christians to sing the gospel with new voices.

Duchess Elisabeth von Braunschweig used her authority as the “mother of the people in her land” to

implement Lutheran faith through legislation. Her advice to her son, whom she groomed as a Lutheran

ruler, was that he should obey God, the emperor, and his mother.

Of all the Reformation mothers, the most fa­mous is Luther’s beloved Katharina von Bora. She won the

heart and admiration of Luther, who had orchestrated the escape of Katharina and eleven other nuns from

their con­vent. As his equal “partner in calamity,” Katharina mothered their six children and managed the in

­tricate finances and other affairs of their bustling household. Luther admitted that next to the Holy Spirit,

he obeyed his wife-“lord,” Katharina.

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Announcements

Easter Flowers

Christ the King again invites you to donate an Easter flower in honor or in memory of a loved one. Names of

those honored or memorialized will be printed in our Easter bulletins on Easter Sunday. You are invited to

take a plant home with you after the 11:00am Easter service. Plants left at the church after Tuesday, April 18

will be used to help beautify our church grounds throughout the summer. Cost is $15.00. Please fill out the

form below and send or drop it off in the church office no later than Wednesday, April 12.

Given in memory or honor of… (circle one choice)

___________________________________________________________

From_____________________________________________

. Phone Number_____________________________________

B3 Classes B3 Classes in March will be held in the Rainbow Room at 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 19th and at

10:45am on Sunday, March 22nd. Come for one, some, or all – no registration necessary. Themes relate

to Jesus blessing and healing the children. All children birth through age 3 and their parents are welcome;

older siblings may join us as well to make it a family activity – talk to Wendy or Pastor Trish for more

information.

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Announcements

Children’s Book Fair

Join us for a book fair from March 19 to April 2, held in the Rainbow Room, featuring books from

Sparkhouse Family Publishers. Come and browse board books, picture books, and activity books featuring a

variety of Bible stories, including the Easter story. Books are targeted for children from birth-age 8. Place

your order between 9:30-10:30am on Sundays or between 5:00-6:00pm on Wednesdays. You’ll receive a

discounted price and free shipping. There will also be an opportunity to sign up for a chance at a cash prize!

Summer Youth Events

Mark your calendars for the following events coming up this summer.

Wacky-doodle: This summer, Wacky-doodle will have a new look! In-

stead of 6 days throughout the summer, we are introducing a Wacky-

doodle week from June 5-8! A week of amazing and fun field trip adven-

tures. Cost will be $75 per student (Must have completed grade 1-6) Registration will open online March 6.

Vacation Bible School: This year’s Vacation Bible School theme is Victory! A

brand new VBS experience from Go Fish. The ultimate Pep Rally that teaches

who God is, what He has done, and what He promises to do. Join us the week

of July 24-28 from 9:00am-2:00pm (9-11:30am for Pre-K). Registration begins

Monday, April 3rd.

Summer Kids Musical: This year’s Christ the King Kids’ Summer Musical will be held from

August 7 – 11 with presentations on August 12 & 13. The August musical will be “Martin and the Doors”,

all about Martin Luther and the theology behind the Reformation, as told by children. This is particularly

pertinent this year as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Each summer young adults who have a commitment to following Jesus and loving campers serve at Luther-

an Outdoor Ministries all across the nation. Opportunities are available for students and young adults ages

16 and older. Serving on a summer ministry team is more than just a job, it is an opportunity to make a dif-

ference! Spend time in creation and community, walking alongside campers in their faith journeys, or be part

of a support team, making new friends while growing deeper in your faith. Our synod has two Bible camps

in the area: Green Lake Lutheran Ministries (http://www.gllm.org/employment.html) and Good Earth Vil-

lage (http://goodearthvillage.org/employment/). If you are interested in spending time farther from home,

. check out other ELCA Outdoor Ministries (http://www.elca.org/)

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Announcements

Summer Employment Opportunities

This summer, students in grades 9-12 will have the opportunity to take part in a mission trip to Denver,

Colorado from July 30 to August 4, 2017. An immersion trip, unlike many mission trips, offers participants

an opportunity to learn about issues that contribute to poverty and injustice, to serve those affected and to

take what we learn back home to our own community. Throughout the week we will be visiting different

non-profits and hearing stories from both advocates and participants about their lives and their work. Add

in some time for service work as well as time to reflect and to worship together and it will be a trip you’ll

be glad you took. Click here to register and please contact Pastor Trish if you have any questions.

Summer Mission Trip (Sr. High)

Green Lake Lutheran Ministries

Did you know that in addition to the camp opportunities we offer our CLUB kids every year (Camp week

is June 11-16 this year!) there are camping opportunities for the whole family? Check out the options at

Green Lake’s website: http://www.gllm.org/. Children who have completed 1st grade are eligible to head

off to camp for just a couple days or up to a week. Or try family camp, grandparent and grandchild camp,

or a specialty camp, like fishing, or music and drama. Senior high youth – we’d love to have a “TIM

Team” from CTK at Green Lake this year as well – talk to Isaac or Pastor Trish for more details. Come

to camp!

Green Lake Bible Camp

Students in grades 7-9 are invited to spend a week at Green Lake Bible Camp from June 11-16. A week at

camp is full of discovery and adventure- breathing fresh air, boating/swimming, sitting around the campfire,

making friends & being nurtured in faith.

A $125 non-refundable registration fee includes programming, all meals and lodging. The remainder of the

camp cost ($315) will be earned by various fundraisers CTK provides. Register for Green Lake Bible Camp

online at ctkmankato.org. There are many other weeks and program options are available. Please

contact Mandy if you have questions or if this doesn't work in your summer schedule.

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Baptized Recently: Charlie Marie Janzen, daughter of Patrick and

Chelsey, was baptized on February 26.

Sympathy to: Kurt Snaza, upon the passing of his brother,

Mark, on January 5.

Owen Viker and family, upon the passing of his brother, Loren, on February 1.

Clayton Tiede, upon the passing of his wife, Eunice, on February 4.

Parish News

Jan-17 Month Actual Month Budget Difference YTD Actual YTD Budget Difference

Income $56,961 $66,670 $(9,709) $557,694 $565,850 $(8,156)

Expenses $81,074 $77,520 $(3,554) $546,054 $541,405 $4,649

Net Income $(24,114) $(10,850) $(13,264) $11,639 $24,445 $(12,806)

Looking Ahead at the Lessons… (listed 1st lesson/2nd lesson/Gospel)

March 5—Lent 1—Pastor Trish

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 / Romans 5:12-19 / Matthew 4:1-11

March 12—Lent 2—Pastor Patrick

Genesis 12:1-4a / Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 / John 3:1-17

March 19—Lent 3—Pastor Patrick

Exodus 17:1-7 / Romans 5:1-11 / John 4:5-42

March 26—Lent 4—Pastor Trish

I Samuel 16:1-13 / Ephesians 5:8-14 / John 9:1-41

With Jesus in the Prayer Gym: Our Relationship with the

Sovereign God

Have you ever entered a classroom and observed that the instructor was in a different mood … not a bad mood … but different. That’s what happened today at the Prayer Gym. We could all see that our Personal Prayer Trainer was, as it were, almost in a different world. But someone was brave enough to ask a question. “You mentioned earlier that in order to have a healthy prayer life, we need to know where we are in relation to the Supreme God of the universe. Tell us more about that relationship?” Our PPT seemed to suddenly come out of that mood we had all observed. “That question opens the door to my mood you no doubt have observed. This month you are entering what you call the season of Lent. You will hear much of what hap-pened the last days of my life. You will learn that I chose the way of the cross to accomplish what could not be done any other way. My apostle Paul said it well: ‘Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross.’ That sameness Paul mentions defines your relationship with the Sovereign God.” Pastor Donohue Sarff

If you like meeting new people, or if you want to share the joy of a certain ministry with which you are in-

volved at CTK, please contact Justine to volunteer for the New Member Mission Team. The mission

team will be a self-directed group discovering ways to engage new members in the life of our congregation.

Aside from attending a planning meeting or two and welcoming new members at orientation, there is no

designated time commitment. Please reach out to members of the Servant Commission if interested.

New Member Mission Teams

From the Desk of Opportunity Coordinator Justine Carlson justinec@ctkmankato.org / 345-5056 ext. 38

Serving Christ’s Church in March

Greeters:

5 Denny & Karen Wahlstrom 12 Dave & Marilyn Mathiason 19 Don & Marla Larsen 26 Dorothy Redding

Lectors: Listed as 5:30; 8:15/9:30

4/5 Jennifer Olseth; Gary Rudolf/Morrie Borglum 11/12 Jeri Retzlaff; Dianne Wagner/Sarah Person 18/19 Randy Rose; Jim Hatleli/NONE NEEDED 25/26 Becky Rose; Jan Meier/Sean Sletten

Prayer Chapel: 8:15/9:30

5 Jodie Wallschlaeger/Kathy Sallstrom 12 Ken & Dianne Wagner/Becky Moe 19 Tammy Fienen/Marilyn Sarff 26 Sue Browne/Chuck Dahline

Communion Preparers

4/5 LaVonne Rohn & Marlys Jorgenson 18/19 Bob & Jan Meier

Communion Servers: 1st/3rd/5th Weekends

Council

Weekend Ushers:

8:15 Chris Carroll/John Frey/Denny Schuetz/ Armin Schull/Dave Raasch 9:30 Dane Ecker/Todd Lundquist/ Phil Patterson/Mark Rieber/Jay Thompson Community Supper Servers CLUB Group: 1 CLUB 6 8 David: Aaron, Brody, Isaac, Jack 15 Sander: Andrew, Brandon, Carter, Sander, Will 22 Shelly: Alex, Benjamin, Carter, Fletcher 29 Chad: Brendan, Daniel, Layten, Wyant CLUB Group: 1 CLUB 6 8 Jake: Ben, Griffin, Jacob, Jett, Matt 15 Shannon: Desirae, Hannah, Katelynne, Keira,

Rachel 22 Angie: Ava, Erin, Jenna, Kylie, Lauren 29 Chris & Ryan: Brandon, Brendan, CJ, Jacob, Kendrick, Logan

The B3s will meet next on Sunday, March 19 at 10:45am and Wednesday, March

22 at 5pm. Join us in the Rainbow Room for a time to gather with other families

of children ages birth to 3.

THE LAST SUPPER Rotation

During his last meal with his disciples, now known as the Last

Supper, Jesus gave new meaning to the bread and wine and

instituted what we today know as Holy Communion. This

rotation continues to the end of March.

The next Faith in Motion worship service is

on Sunday, March 19th (JAM and Rainbow

Rm sing). There will be no Faith in Motion

worship on Wednesdays during Lent.

These worship services are for KIDS of all ages, and they are a wrap-up of the

rotation the kids have just been studying.

It’s a perfect time for families to worship

together so please join us!

Wendy: 345-5056, ext 20, 382-2125, wendyp@ctkmankato.org and Justine: 420-4393, justinec@ctkmankato.org

The next-and final-

rotation for this

year, Pentecost,

begins March 26th.

PARENTS:

Please be sure to

check the Volunteer

Schedules on the

back of this page.

There have been

some changes!

First Communion Class will be held on Sunday, March 26 from 10:30am-12:30pm. Children (and parents) will learn about the sacrament and what it means for them. Children will also bake bread and paint a chalice to be used at the First Communion worship service on Maundy Thursday, April 13 @ 7:00pm. Please register for this class online—space is limited.

SUNDAY JAM VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE @ 9:15

ROTATION DATE GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADES 4 and 5

THE LAST SUPPER

3/5 3/12

Ryder Anderson

Teegan Mullikin Marco Jakovich

Trevor Wilson Kaia Austin

PENTECOST 3/26 4/2 4/9

Kaitlyn Maes Isaac Brand

Gavin Brown Eliana Rickbeil Avery Matejeck Quinn Swanson

WEDNESDAY KIDS KLUB VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE @ 5:00

ROTATION DATE GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3

THE LAST SUPPER

3/8 3/15

Emma Hueltsnitz Addie Lurken

PENTECOST 3/29 4/5 4/19

Kelsey Andresen Claire Huettl

WEDNESDAY KIDS KLUB VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE @ 6:30

ROTATION DATE GRADE 1 GRADE 2 GRADE 3 GRADE 4 GRADE 5

THE LAST SUPPER

3/8 3/15

Avery Aguillon

Robert Hughes Tagen DeWitte

Evan Verly Evan Maes

Griffin Wagner Ava Dahl

PENTECOST 3/29 4/5 4/19

Mackenzie Lewandowski

Maleah Grunst Tagen DeWitte

Nora Javens Abby Satre

Mika Haessly Ethan Wiens

Wilson Magers

SUNDAY RAINBOW ROOM @9:15

DATE Craft Leader Story Leader Shepherds: 2017

Kian Rickbeil Bliss/Vance

Valvick Emilea Maes

Margo Nessler Nolan Kent

Amelia Luethmers

3 Yr: Jen Peterson / Jessica Kube 4 Yr: Danielle Senn / Robb Wempen Allison LeBrun / Kari Gernentz Kind: Barbie Doyle / Mandi Nohner

3/5 3/12

3/26

Wednesday RAINBOW ROOM @ 5:00

DATE Family #1 Family #2 Family #3

3/8 3/15 3/29

Kale Bleck “ “

Brecken Weerts “

Owen Brozik

Noah Wenk “

Noah/Hattie Dahms

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Mankato, MN 56001

Contact the Staff Christ the King’s Phone Number: 507-345-5056

Pastor Patrick Patterson: ext. 23 / patrickp@ctkmankato.org

Pastor Trish Reedstrom: ext. 26 / trishr@ctkmankato.org

Pastor John Petersen: ext. 24 / johnp@ctkmankato.org

Al Lee, Technology Arts Director: ext. 36 / all@ctkmankato.org

Amy Olsen, Administrative Assistant: ext. 21 / amyo@ctkmankato.org

Chris Thompson, Financial Administrator: ext. 22 / christinet@ctkmankato.org

Chuck Hoogland, Organist: ext. 25 / chuckh@ctkmankato.org

Devin Rubink, Communications Specialist, ext. 18 / devinr@ctkmankato.org

Garrett Steinberg, Director of Creative Arts: ext. 37 garretts@ctkmankato.org

Isaac Patterson, Director of Sr. High Youth: ext. 34 isaacp@ctkmankato.org

Justine Carlson, Opportunity Coordinator: ext. 38 / justinec@ctkmankato.org

Mandy Rubink, Director of Middle School Ministries:

ext. 19 / mandyr@ctkmankato.org

Rick Weber, Property Manager: rickw@ctkmankato.org

Robin Hughes, Choir Director: robinh@ctkmankato.org

Wendy Paulson, Director of Children’s Ministries:

ext. 20 / wendyp@ctkmankato.org

222 Pfau Street

Mankato, MN 56001

Deadline for Newsletter Articles Next Month: Monday, March 20th.

Worship services are

broadcast on

Charter channel 181

and

Consolidated

Communications

channel 7

Sundays at 3:00pm

and Tuesdays at

10:00am.

Phone: 507-345-5056

Fax: 507-345-6115

Address Service Requested

CTK Lutheran Church is a caring community

committed to empower all people to know Christ and

to make Christ known.

Weekly Worship

Schedule

Wednesdays 5&6pm

Saturdays 5:30pm

Sundays* 8:15am & 9:30am

*Communion on 1st,

3rd and 5th weekend

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