Christ the King Lutheran Church

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day to every hand that creates, builds, teaches, heals and serves! Thank you for all you do!

Reminder the church office is closed Monday.

09/06/2026

School opened this week (and our Preschool this coming Tuesday), and with new schedules and new classrooms came new relationships and sometimes complicated ones. A classmate says something hurtful. A friendship changes. Someone feels left out. A misunderstanding grows. Children learn early what adults keep learning all our lives: living with other people can be difficult.

This Sunday we begin our September series, Building Codes, with Jesus’ teaching about what to do when relationships are strained. Conflict is not necessarily a sign that a community has failed; sometimes it reveals where repair is needed.

Paul gives us the heart of the code: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another.” Love tells the truth, listens carefully, seeks reconciliation, and refuses to treat people as disposable.

We will also celebrate with the Batstone family as their daughter Affirms her faith, a reminder that growing in faith includes learning how to live faithfully with one another.

I hope you’ll join us Sunday as we consider how Christ teaches us to face complicated relationships with honesty, grace, and a love that seeks repair rather than victory.

Pastor Craig

09/01/2026

'Twas the night before school and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. The backpacks were hung by the front door with care, in hopes that the morning would soon be here. The children all tucked sweetly in their beds with visions of a new school year dancing in their heads.
We whisper this sweet prayer. A thank you for new beginning, new friends and challenges. May this school year be the best yet.

08/29/2026

This month I had a birthday and was blessed by an abundance of kindness—cards, gifts, well wishes, compliments, and loving care. I am grateful for every note, gift, and gesture.

Each one reminded me that love gives something of itself: time, attention, generosity, patience, or simply the willingness to notice another person.

Paul writes, “Let love be genuine.” Genuine love honors others, shares, welcomes, rejoices, weeps, and overcomes evil with good.

Jesus reminds us that following him sometimes carries a cost. Not every burden is a cross, but love can require sacrifice, inconvenience, forgiveness, and compassion.

And yet it is a worthy cost.

My birthday reminded me how much even a simple act of love can mean. We may never know the full effect of a card, a kind word, a meal, a gift, or simply showing up.

Thank you for the love you have shown me—and for the many ways you continue to share Christ’s love with one another. On Sunday we will continue the theme of being blessing when carrying the worthy weight of love in Christ's name.

See you Sunday!

Pastor Craig

08/29/2026

Salmon BBQ, Backpack blessing oh my! This SUNDAY 08/30. Come to one or both! Backpack Blessing during Worship at 10am. Salmon and Brisket BBQ at 4pm for games and 5pm for dinner!

08/26/2026

Exciting news from our Preschool! We’ve opened a second 3’s class and now have spots available!

If you or someone you know is looking for a wonderful preschool, we’d love to connect. Please share this post with your friends and family who may be interested!

Did you hear the good news!? We are opening a second 3's preschool class! This means we have more spaces for fall! Our Transition to Kindergarten class has a couple of seats left, but we expect both classes to fill up soon. Stop by our OPEN HOUSE September 3 at 11:30 am or schedule a tour today so you don't miss out!

08/22/2026

Jesus asks his disciples—and us—one of faith’s most important questions: "Who do you say that I am?"

Peter answers, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” It is a beautiful confession from a wonderfully imperfect disciple. Peter will stumble, misunderstand, and even deny Jesus. Yet Christ still calls him “rock” and promises, "I will build my church."

Every building needs something strong enough to bear the weight. For the church, that load-bearing strength is not our perfection, certainty, or competence. It is the faithfulness of Christ, who takes our varied gifts, imperfect lives, and sometimes-halting confessions and builds us into one body. This body is a visible alternative to the world as a community through which the life and reign of Christ become visible in the world.

This Sunday we gather again on that promise: Christ is our rock, and Christ is still building the church.

See you Sunday!

Pastor Craig

08/20/2026

Pray and let God Worry. - Martin Luther
God takes all our worries and calms the storms in our hearts. May God take every bit of fear and worry away from you.

08/15/2026

Little faith. Great faith. And a table with room for more.

This Sunday, Peter the insider and a Canaanite woman the outsider turn our expectations upside down. Isaiah names the promise beneath it all: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

Come hear how God’s mercy keeps widening the room—and why there is enough grace for all.

See you Sunday!

Pastor Craig