Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God's grace makes you happy, joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace. - Martin Luther


Sunday, April 12, 2009

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!


Alleluia! It feels good to break out that word of praise again, to remember that death doesn't win and that God is indeed for us.
Thank you upon thank you to all who helped make today such a wonderful celebration of hope, grace and love here at CtK: the musicians, the folks who got communion ready, those who moved all the pews to get ready for this season, all the worship helpers, the brunch cooks, the servers... Thanks to those who did the good work of set up, clean up, greeting others, extending a welcome, helping with the egg hunt, etc. Thanks to those who donated - flowers, food, the paschal candle, etc. And if I've forgotten anyone - THANKS!!

If you visited CtK for the first time on this Easter Sunday, we hope the service of worship was a blessing to you and that you felt welcomed in our community. Please know that we look forward to getting to know you better and walking together in faith with you. If you have any questions about the Christian faith, about Lutherans in particular, or about this congregation, please don't hesitate to ask! Leave a comment here and we'll reply - perhaps someone else has the same question!
May God bless us all with faith and hope during this season (remember, it lasts for 50 days!!) of new life and the promise of the resurrection! We'll see you on Wednesday night for BLAST (dinner from 6-6:30pm, worship at 6:30, and classes and activities from 7-8pm) and next Sunday for worship at 8:30 & 11am!!

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