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Bulletin

announcements

are due every

Wednesday by

8:30 a.m.

Please e-mail

your entries to

clcs@clc-s.org

Access our monthly calendar online at clc-s.org by clicking on Get the Picture.

Contact Kristie in the church office to reserve your meeting space.

OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, SHARE AND SERVE THIS WEEK: DEC. 17 - DEC. 23

Sunday:

8:15 a.m. Worship with Communion

9:45 a.m. Bible Classes for all ages

11:00 a.m. Worship

Monday:

7:00 p.m. Board of Church Properties Meeting

Tuesday:

6:00 a.m. Men’s Bible study

6:30 p.m. Cub Scouts

Wednesday:

Bulletin Announcements Due

7:00 p.m. Worship

8:00 p.m. Choir

Thursday:

9:30 a.m. Bible Class

7:00 p.m. Bell Choir

7:00 p.m. Gambler’s Anonymous

Friday:

7:00 p.m. Gambler’s Anonymous

Saturday:

9:00 a.m. Cribbage Club

7:30 p.m. AA & Al-Anon

Attendance Last Sunday 12/10 Worship: 8:15 a.m. - 103 11:00 a.m. - 88 Offering - $9,291.00

Sunday School:

Adults - 46

Youth - 8

Children - 7

Nursery - 2

Offering - $49.00

CHURCH & SCHOOL INFORMATION

Contact the church office for information

regarding: Membership, Baptism,

Marriage, Funerals, Confirmation, Holy

Communion, Donations, or with any

other questions.

HOSPITALIZATION: Please notify the

Church office when you are ill or

hospitalized.

YOUTH MINISTRY: JOY, 6th- 8th & CLY,

9th-12th grades

MUSIC MINISTRY:

Choral & Handbell choirs, Contact Beth

Shroff (505) 797-2303

WOMEN’S GUILD & LWML: Several

different groups meet during the month.

Contact Debbie Yocky (505) 822—0767

LIBRARY: Located in the Parish Hall.

Open every Sunday, 9:30 – 11 a.m.

Videos for children and family viewing,

Materials for Bible Study, a variety of

books in all categories.

LAY MINISTERS: Marty Rasmussen,

Kelley Burmeister, James Gruetzner,

Matt Helge, Tim Klein, Jerry Shroff

CHRIST LUTHERAN SCHOOL

Providing a quality Christian education

to children as young as 2 years old -

eighth grade

Preschool classes include 2, 3, and

5-day programs which meet from

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Pre-Kindergarten,

Kindergarten and 1st through 8th grades

meet from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Extended care is available at 7 a.m. and

ends at 6 p.m. on school days

Contact the school office at 884-3876,

ext. 100 for more info.

Buy your Gift Cards from

Christ Lutheran Church and School and

Earn Money on Every Purchase!

Scrip / Gift Cards are available every

Sunday before both services and after the

8:15 service, or during the week in the

school office.

Choose from our in stock inventory of gift

cards or you may special order and receive

your scrip by Thursday, in plenty of time

for weekend gift giving or shopping.

Last Week’s Scrip Gift Card Statistics:

Total Sales: $5,874.90

Total Rebate: $287.58

Participants: 33

At least half of your scrip rebate will go

toward our Technology Fund. You decide

how to distribute the other half. For a

breakdown of distributions refer to our

monthly newsletter the Christ Chronicle.

Help increase our Scrip statistics and

purchase your gift cards from our Scrip

representatives!

There are many ways to obtain your Scrip

Gift Cards:

You can order online at

shopwithscrip.com. Have your scr ip

available on your phone or print out gift

cards at home by signing up for Presto Pay,

and/or visit the Scrip counter in the

narthex (on Sunday mornings) or our

school office (weekdays)!

For more information regarding this

program, contact Karen Kolke

(505) 206-0906.

Low denomination cards are available for a

limited time. Order $5 cards from: Starbucks,

Panera Bread, & Barnes & Noble. Order $10

cards from Albertson's, Amazon, Olive Garden,

The Home Depot, I-Hop, Regal, Target, and

Walmart.

Contact our staff at:

Rev. Neal Groeling

Ext. 121 /

pastor@clcsabq.com

Kim Rasmussen

Principal/Preschool

Director: Ext. 109 /

Princessk321@

hotmail.com

Beth Shroff

Director of Music:

Ext. 140 /

j.shroff10@

comcast.net

Kristie Naber

Church Secretary:

Ext. 120 /

clcs@clc-s.org

Jennifer Hurt

School Secretary:

Ext. 100 /

Jennilyn70@

hotmail.com

Julie Henderson,

Bookkeeper:

Ext. 124 /

julie.henderson@

hotmail.com

Website maintained

by Phil Pelzman:

www.clc-s.org Christmas Eve Service with

God Cares About You

Pastor Groeling will be leading the

Christmas Eve service for

God Cares About You.

Toys will be given out after the

service to children in need.

The service begins at 2:00 p.m. and

will be held at East Central Ministries

(126 Vermont NE)

Christmas Eve

Services

10:00 a.m. - Worship

with Communion

Candlelight Worship

4:00 p.m.

and

7:00 p.m.

Christmas Day

Service

10:00 a.m. - Worship

with Communion

Today is the last day to order a poinsettia for

Christmas, and the last day for The Lutheran Witness

renewal and new subscriptions. All forms will

be removed from the narthex today. Thank you to

all who have ordered poinsettias, and highlighted their name or subscribed to

The Lutheran Witness.

“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be

made known to God.” Philippians 4:6

FOR OUR HOMEBOUND MEMBERS

Lee Ackermann, Alida Schnedler, Yvonne Damerow, June Powell, Emily Shroer, Ruth Slick

FOR STRENGTH AND HEALING

Especially Bob Willman, Tara Bond, Don & Charlene Mantay, Carole Mumford, Emery Postenrieder, Lee Ackermann

FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM CANCER

Especially Donna Muenster, Bill Larsen, Kyle Schneider, Sally Goar

FOR OUR MISSIONARIES

for Benjamin Helge in the Czech Republic

for Tim Matzke in the Solomon Islands

All those volunteering & serving in East Albuquerque with “God Cares About You”

FOR GOD’S CONTINUED PROTECTION

For all our men and women who serve our country faithfully in the Armed Forces, especially 2d Lt. Erin Oetting, Specialist Cameron Reilly, PFC Peter Kolke, Sr. Airman Aaron Saavedra

Please call, email or write to the church office to have a name added or removed from the prayer list in this bulletin.

If you’d like a request on the Prayer Chain (individuals who address requests during their private prayer time) contact Betty Swanger at 294-6752.

YOUTH CORNER

CLY – Christ Lutheran Youth

(9th – 12th Graders) Up-Coming

Events: Sun. Dec. 24th: Set up

luminarias at church at 4:30.

Mon. Jan. 12th: Help with Mid-

dle School Event-Game Night @

7:00 – 9:30. (Adult helpers Sarah

Nixon and Thomas Hinrichs).

Watch for future events.

Teacher for High School

Bible Class: Al Koschmann or

Bill Vering

JOY - Jesus and You with nOth-

ing in-between (6th-8th graders)

Up-Coming Events: Sun. Dec.

24th: Set up luminar ias at

church at 4:30. Mon. Jan. 12th:

Middle School Event-Game

Night @ 7:00 – 9:30. (Adult

helpers Sarah Nixon and Thomas

Hinrichs). Watch for future

events .

Teacher for Middle School

Bible Class: Doug Rickers

For more information regarding

Youth Events email the Youth

Board:

clcyouthgroup@outlook.com

Doughnut Pickup:

Barbara Gunderlach

FELLOWSHIP MEALS WILL NOT TAKE PLACE THIS WEDNESDAY

OR NEXT WEDNESDAY

The 2017 Fellowship Meal year has come to an end. What a fun year for

Fellowship Meals! Thank you to everyone who sponsored a meal, and to all who attended the meals.

Many delicious dinners, and fun

were had in 2017.

Fellowship Meals will resume on January 3, 2018.

Karen and Linaya Kolke will be hosting this first Fellowship Meal

of the New Year!

There are still three slots available in January to host a meal. Sign up on

the poster in the narthex if you

would like to host.

A Note from the Altar Guild: We are in need of more volunteers to help maintain our beautiful altar. The Altar Guild has lost a number of members this year for different reasons and those members are greatly missed. With the new year upon us we are praying for a few more volunteers. This is an amazing way to serve our Lord and our congregation. It is also a wonderfully spiritual time with God. Time requirements are approximately 30 minutes per week, 1 or 2 months out of the year. The more members we have, the less work there is to do for everyone and volunteer time will decrease.

To become a member of the Altar Guild, or for more information contact D’Lorah Gothard (505) 463-0583 or by email at richdeerich@comcast.net

Attend Our Stephen Ministry

Introductory Workshop With so many needs for care all around us, there is a real demand for

trained Stephen Ministers to walk with hurting people. In fact, as more

people learn about the value of Stephen Ministry, the demand is likely to

keep growing.

If you have thought about the possibility of becoming a Stephen Minister

and would like to know more, mark January 27, 2018 on your calendar.

That is when Christ Lutheran Church will host a Stephen Ministry

Introductory Workshop. This workshop will describe what Stephen

Ministry is and will offer a sample of Stephen Minister training. Members of

Christ Lutheran are welcome to attend at no cost. The Workshop begins at

9:00 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Check-in starts at 8:00

a.m. Feel free to share the information with friends in other congregations,

as well as Christ Lutheran members you know who might be good Ste-

phen Ministers. Talk to a Stephen Leader for registration instructions.

If you would like to receive care from a Stephen Minister, talk to Pastor

Groeling or one of our Stephen Leaders. If you know someone who would

benefit from a Stephen Minister’s care, encourage that person to request a

Stephen Minister from our Pastor or Stephen Leaders, or ask for his or her

permission to make the request yourself.

To sign up, or for more information, contact any

of our current Stephen Leaders:

Sue Dragan 505-615-4862

Cheryl Frazine 575-430-7166

Leslie Helge 505-280-4283

Jerry Shroff 505-463-2447

David Yocky 505-280-0455

Pastor Groeling 505-884-3876

We are still in need of a volunteer to fill our Head Usher

vacancy, and a volunteer to coordinate the usher

schedule each month. We would like to have both

positions filled by the end of December.

Please contact the church office for more information.

Thank you in advance for prayerfully

considering these opportunities.

STAFF GIFTS It is our tradition here at Christ Lutheran Church and

School to present our staff with

gifts for Christmas. In order to

continue this Christmas custom,

we ask our members for assistance.

If you would like to contribute to

this tradition, we request that all

monetary gifts be given to a Lay

Minister by Wednesday, December

20th. Your generosity is greatly

appreciated. We will present these

gifts to our staff on Christmas Eve morning. Thank you.

Pick up your copy of the new Portals of Prayer.

Located in the narthex.

2018 FLOWER CHART

The new flower chart for 2018 is here and

ready for flower dedications. Thank you

to everyone who dedicates altar

flowers each week.

From the Board of

Human Care

Thank you to all who have helped the Board of Human

Care collect items for God Cares About You. Knit tops will be distributed on Tuesday, December 19 to adults who are participating in the Back to Work Program.

Stockings with coloring books, hygiene items, soccer balls, blankets, and sweat shirts will be given out at the Children’s Program on Friday, December 22. Those who attend the Christmas Eve afternoon service will select toys and clothing following the service. If you would like to contribute toys and/or clothing for the Christmas Eve service, please bring the items to church by next Sunday morning (December 24) , or come to

the service at 2:00 p.m. and bring them with you.

2018 Offering Envelopes

are here and may be

collected in the narthex.

After today envelopes will be re-

located to your church mailbox.