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The Fifth Sunday in Pentecost
July 5
Bulletin Highlights
Welcome to Christ the King Lutheran Church. If you are visiting
today, a warm welcome to you! We hope you will stop by our “Welcome
Center” in the narthex and share with us your name, address, and phone
number. We’d like to stay in touch! To help us get to know one
another better, members and guests are asked to pick up a name tag and
wear it.
On this July 4th weekend as we celebrate our country’s
233rd birthday, we focus on our second lesson from Romans
13:1-7. It’s the finest teaching about government in the Bible. Paul
was a Roman citizen, and was appreciative for the Roman government. Are
we appreciative citizens? Do we let the light of Christ shine through
us? After focusing on this passage from Romans, let’s focus on
AMERICA. Why not take the word “America” and think of something you
appreciate about our country using each of the letters in “America.”
Many thanks to all those who helped with the July 4th
worship, picnic, and welcoming of those who gathered on our front lawn
to watch the fireworks! Continue to enjoy and celebrate God’s great
gifts to us!
† Gathering for
Worship
† Growing in
Faith
Sunday School Leader
The Learning Team is looking
for a volunteer to lead the Pre-K through 2nd grade Sunday School for
the 2009-2010 school year. Responsibilities include: recruitment of
teachers; communicating regularly with the teachers; assisting with
Rally Day (1st day of Sunday School); setting up rooms before Sunday
School begins each fall & seeing that each room has the needed
supplies. On Sunday mornings: put out sign in/sign out sheets, take
attendance, collect offering, tally attendance and offering and put in
Church vault, tally numbers and deliver to snack team, fill in when
needed in classrooms, "close-down" Sunday School classroom areas.
Attend monthly Learning Team meetings and provide feedback; and act as a
liaison between teachers and parents/children.
2009 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL NEWS - UPDATED
August 3-7 at Christ the King
Becky Zeiller is our new VBS Director!
Vacation Bible School planning is well underway and it’s time to start
thinking about how you can be involved with this incredible ministry.
We are looking for eager volunteers and helpers to fulfill the following
lead coordinating roles. Please check the Response Sheet if you are
interested in one of the following roles. Each one of these roles will
need to be ‘on-site’ during the week of VBS.
VBS Assistant Direcor, Snack
Coordinator, Music Assistant, Lead Teachers, Nursery
Registration is online at
www.GreatFallsLutheran.org
-- Click on the Discovery Canyon Logo
Adults - Movie Night at the Parsonage
Wednesday, July 29th, at 7:00pm you are invited to gather at the Dogwood
Farm Parsonage to see the movie “Cool Hand Luke” starring Paul Newman.
This 1967 movie will provide viewers an opportunity to look at Luke’s
views of death and his relationship with God. We’ll look at his
relationship with his father (did he even know him?) and his mother (as
he sings a song about a plastic Jesus and the Virgin Mary). Bring a few
refreshments to share. If you are coming, email
pastor.gysan@verizon.net,
call the parsonage at 703-757-7207, or sign the Response form in the
bulletin.
YOU H
and Family Ministry
SUMMER TRIP PAYMENTS DUE!
† Evangelizing
the Gospel
Christ the King is on Facebook!
Come check out Christ the King’s Facebook page under groups!
Invite your friends to join our online community!
Facebook Page
New Member Orientation Class
Interested in joining Christ the King? We will
soon have a new member orientation class. These 3 classes look at the
doctrine of the Lutheran Church, worship life, and vision and mission of
Christ the King. If you are interested in joining, please sign the
Response Sheet or contact Pastor Gysan.
† Serving Others
Back Pack Project
Once
again this summer, the Service Committee is joining forces with Reston
Interfaith to help provide backpacks for schoolchildren in need in our
area. There will be a donation box in the Narthex collecting backpacks
from now until August 6th. If you are able to provide 1 or more new
backpacks (no corporate logos or wheels), it will help a child that
could not otherwise afford one. For any questions, contact Linda
McMillen at 703-406-4745 or
Lmcmillen@medstaffer.com. Thanks for your support! Backpacks can
be placed in the box in the narthex.
Camp Fraser Ice Cream Social
CTK will be hosting an Ice Cream Social for the children
at Camp Fraser on Wednesday, July 15th, at 7:30pm. We will serve ice
cream and toppings to the young campers before their "movie night".
Camp Fraser serves inner city children from Washington, DC, and is
located in Great Falls at the end of Springvale Road. If you would like
to attend the social, please sign up on the bulletin response sheet. We
thank Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for providing the funds for this
project.
Rising 4th - 7th Graders - Service
Project
The
Service Team at Christ The King is excited about a possible "Servant
Field Trip" for rising 4th - 7th graders and their parents to the
VOLUNTEER FARM in Woodstock, VA, on or around August 19th. We would
leave CTK around 7:15am, travel by car to the VOLUNTEER FARM, where we
would learn about the farm - how it is run by volunteers and that all
crops grown are harvested and sent to various soup kitchens and shelters
to feed the hungry and homeless, with a special emphasis on caring for
needy children. We would join this mission to serve others by working
on the farm from 9am to noon. The farm expects that our work would be
mainly harvesting okra and muskmelons! Sound like fun? There's more!
After completing our work on the VOLUNTEER FARM, we would travel to
nearby Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp for a picnic lunch and an
afternoon of swimming and hiking along the creek. We would return to
Great Falls in the late afternoon. We need to get an idea of how many
volunteers we might expect for this "Servant Field Trip" as soon as
possible. Please mark the response sheet if your child(ren) would be
interested and if you would be able to join us as a parent
volunteer/driver. If you have any questions, please contact Tracey
Shenk at Tracey@shenkfamily.com
or Pastor Gysan.
† Community Life
Fellowship Committee '09-'10
The
Fellowship Committee has wrapped up this year's activities with the
Church picnic. We will be meeting to review our past activities and
plan for the year ahead. We are looking for a Fellowship Committee
Chair for the '09-'10 Church year who can take over this very important
ministry (with training and support) and is available to start with this
planning meeting so you can be in on the ground floor! Anyone who will
enjoy lots of fun and fellowship with other CTK members should contact
Donna Kiffe at MDKiffe@aol.com or
Amy Swineford at
aswineford@gulickgroup.com (or call Amy at 703-481-6488) any time
through May.
Summer Concert Series
Smith
Chapel (11321 Beach Mill Rd), Great Falls, invites you to attend their
summer concert series. The concerts will be held each second Saturday
through September. July 11 (Chrissie Dalton from Winchester - 7 pm),
August 8 (Bob Bennett from Costa Mesa, CA - 6:30pm), September 12 (Songs
for Danny (4:30pm with food & song). For tickets check the website at
www.SmithChapelUMC.com, or
email SmithChapel@verizon.net.
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