Thrift Shop

Thrift Shop – HELP – HELP needed – can you volunteer a few hours a month to help staff the Thrift Shop?? With summer on its way – vacations – holidays, etc., staffing...

Pastoral Relations Team

Pastoral Relations Team is now organized and meeting on a quarterly basis – January, April, June , October and is prepared to enhance the effectiveness of the Church’ s mission and ministry. Any...

Deacon’s Corner

Greetings from the Deacons Team! There is a flower sign up sheet located on the door of the Deacons closet. You may sign up to provide flowers for the altar in memory of...

Stewardship

Summer is finally here and along with the warm weather may come vacations from work and school, family trips, barbecues, and, hopefully, time to relax. The Stewardship Team will also be taking some...

Trustee’s Corner

Parsonage Update The Trustee team and friends have been working on the routine work of cleaning and maintaining the church properties. Almost a Dozen ‘Delightful Volunteers’ came to the several Saturday work sessions...

A Note From CNK Preschool

It is hard to believe another school year is coming to an end. It has been a phenomenal year due to the wonderful and talented teaching staff, the Board of Director members, parents...

Stephen Ministry

The simple sentence, “I understand” has great power and comfort when we give care to people who are hurting. Stephen Ministers’ continuing education continues this month as we read The Promise of Hope...

Christian Education

Christian Education Activities: It’s hard to believe that the school year is drawing to a close and we are in our last few weeks of Sunday School! We celebrated both First Communion of...

Church Council

The Church Council has decided to tackle updating the church by-laws over the next several months. The council has formed a sub-committee of Nancy Karstunen, Adrienne Robatsek and Paul Bosworth to start the...

Summer Bible Story Time – Bible Flannel Board Stories

We are so pleased to announce that we will be having a Summer Bible Story Time – Bible Flannel Board Stories. July 9-13 from 10:00 to 11:30. Geared for children ages 4-12 but...

Mission Update

Thank you to everyone for making our Mother’s Day/ Blanket Sunday a success. Blessings to all who received a scripture stone. We are so pleased that on Pentecost and Baptism Sunday everyone received...

Top three benefits of paying your offering online

Summer is right around the corner and traditionally we have seen a drop off in pledged income over the summer months as people take time to travel or spend time with family. This...

Many Beautiful Things September 25, 2018
Just before her death, artist and missionary Lilias Trotter looked out of the window and saw a vision of a heavenly chariot. According to her biographer, a friend asked, “Are you seeing many beautiful things?” She answered, “Yes, many, many beautiful things.” Trotter’s final words reflect God’s work in her life. Not only in death, […]
Walking God’s Way September 24, 2018
“We’re going this way,” I said as I touched my son’s shoulder and redirected him through the crowd to follow his mom and sisters in front of us. I’d done this more often as the day wore on at the amusement park our family was visiting. He was getting tired, so it didn’t take much […]
Listening to Your Brother September 23, 2018
“You need to listen to me, I’m your brother!” The plea came from a concerned older brother in my neighborhood and was directed to a younger sibling who was moving farther away and faster than the older child was comfortable with. Clearly the older child was better able to judge what was best in the […]
The Blessing of Encouragers September 22, 2018
The 2010 movie, The King’s Speech, tells the story of England’s King George VI, who unexpectedly became monarch when his brother abandoned the throne. With the country on the brink of World War II, government officials wanted a well-spoken leader because of the increasingly influential role of the radio. King George VI, however, struggled with […]

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