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10550 Georgetown Pike • Great Falls, Virginia 22066 • 703-759-6068 • 703-759-7918 fax

Worship with Holy Communion: Saturdays, 6:00 p.m.; Sundays, 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m.

 

 

 

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The Season of Pentecost

at Christ the King

Amen, Come Holy Spirit.

 

Our Mission Statement

As a committed body of Christ, we will gather for worship,

grow in faith, evangelize the Gospel, serve others,

and care for one another in authentic community.

Calendar for the Week of July 6 - 12

wednesday

Stephen Ministry - Fellowship Hall

 

Saturday

Worship Service

6:00 pm

 

Great Falls AA Group - Luther’s Lounge

7:00 pm

Sunday

Great Falls AA Group - Luther’s Lounge

7:00 pm

 

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.

 

 

YOUH and Family Ministry

SUMMER TRIP PAYMENTS DUE!

 

†  Evangelizing the Gospel

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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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