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...

Shelter from the Storm July 21, 2018
When I lived in Oklahoma I had a friend who “chased” tornados. John tracked the storms carefully through radio contact with other chasers and local radar, trying to keep a safe distance while observing their destructive paths so he could report sudden changes to people in harm’s way. One day a funnel cloud changed course […]
Home Sweet Home July 20, 2018
“Why do we have to leave our home and move?” my son asked. It’s difficult to explain what a home is, especially to a five-year-old. We were leaving a house, but not our home, in the sense that home is where our loved ones are. It’s the place we long to go back after a […]
Through the Cross July 19, 2018
My coworker Tom keeps an 8” by 12” glass cross on his desk. His friend Phil, who like Tom is a cancer survivor, gave it to him to help him look at everything “through the cross.” The glass cross is a constant reminder of God’s love and good purposes for him. That’s a challenging idea […]
What’s Your Passion? July 18, 2018
One of the tellers at my bank has a photograph of a Shelby Cobra roadster on his window. (The Cobra is a high–performance automobile built by the Ford Motor Company.) One day, while transacting business at the bank, I asked him if that was his car. “No,” he replied, “that’s my passion, my reason to […]

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