Vacation Bible School 2013 - God's Backyard Bible Camp!

CtK's Vacation Bible School begins on Monday, July 29th and runs through August 2nd. This year we're trying something a little different, and VBS will be in the evening, from 5:45-7:45pm each night. Children age 4 years  - entering 5th grade this fall are invited to attend and have a great time! We'll sing, learn, play and have a great time serving!

Registration forms are available online at the CtK website: www.ctkbozeman.org Please fill out one per child and bring it with you on Monday evening.

Have questions? Contact the church office at 587-4131.

Here am I... Send Me!

The 2013 Middle School Service Plunge ended a week ago today. I have almost recovered. :)

Twenty-eight middle school students, led by adults from Christ the King Lutheran Church, Hope Lutheran Church and First Presbyterian Church, spent the week serving, learning, playing lots of games, and doing some wacky art projects.

Weeding @ Family Promise

Organizing the garage @ Family Promise



Food Bank

The theme verse this year, Isaiah 6:8: "Here am I... Send me!" reminds us that God is always calling people to do God's work in the world. We learned about Abraham, Samuel, Isaiah, Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene - each called by God to do something (often a HARD something). And God continues to call us. When we answer that call, we can change the world.

Very creative cell phone collection boxes

This year youth served at the Family Promise Day Center (weeding, cleaning, organizing), with Gallatin Valley Land Trust (maintaining trails at Bozeman Pond - lots of shoveling, wheel-barrowing and raking of gravel!), at ROC Wheels (building TWO wheel chairs), the Gallatin Valley Food Bank (bagging food), and HAVEN (decorating cell-phone collection boxes).



Building a wheel chair @ ROC Wheels

One of two chairs completed

GVLT trail work in the sun

On Friday the crew headed down to Rockhaven Camp and hiked and did the high ropes course. A good time was had by all!

Thanks for the HELP!

Ian and Courtney playing some Beatles: "Help."

Many thanks to the musicians, volunteers, and concert-goers who made the Help! Concert last Saturday night a success. Over $1000 was raised for CtK's Good Samaritan Fund, and an absolutely gorgeous evening on the lawn was enjoyed by all. There's even been talk suggesting that this was the "first annual" such concert. Not a bad idea!

There was a little cotton candy left over after the concert...

HELP! Concert on the Lawn

Courtney Yovich, Ian Anderson and some of their musical friends will be performing on the lawn at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Saturday, June 15th at 7 pm to benefit the congregation's Good Samaritan fund.

Bring your blankets, bring your lawn chairs, and your friends. Food and beverage will be available for purchase beginning at 6pm. A great family idea for Father’s Day!   

 Tickets are $10 per person or $20 per family and are available at the door (or lawn, actually)or at Christ the King and other Bozeman locations. Call CTK at 587-4131 for further information and ticket locations. 

This is gonna be FUN! And there's going to be cotton candy...

NEW Small Group

A NEW small group of CtK members and friends begins THIS FRIDAY MORNING, May 31st, at 7am, and YOU are invited to participate!
The group will gather at Clark's Fork restaurant, at Oak & 19th. The hope is it's early enough that working folks can grab some breakfast (or just coffee or whatever) and join in on the way to work. The group will meet every other Friday, so in the near future, plan to come 5/31, 6/14 and 6/28.
The first topic/book/series has yet to be decided - it'll be up for discussion this week. Plan to be there and throw in your $0.02.
Questions? Contact Pastor Lindean in the church office, 406-587-4131.

HELP Concert June 15th

Courtney Yovich, Ian Anderson and some of their musical friends will be performing on the lawn of Christ the King June 15th at 7 pm.

Courtney Yovich is an accomplished singer songwriter on her way to Nashville. Ian Anderson used to roam Montana with the Clintons.

This concert is entitled "HELP." Proceeds will help support the Good Samaritan Fund at Christ the King, which helps people seeking assistance in time of personal crisis.

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and friends. Food and beverage will be available for purchase beginning at 6 pm.

Tickets are $10 per person or $20 per family and are available on the day of the event or at Christ the King during regular business hours.

Help for Oklahoma Tornado Victims

It's tornado season. Again.
Lives have been shattered. Homes and neighborhoods devastated.
And we have many ways to help.
  - Prayer is the best first place to go - prayer for those who lost loved ones, who've lost homes, who don't know when, or if, they'll rebuild or move on. We can pray, too, for those who help, and who will help, with recovery efforts.
  - We can give. Right now cash is the best gift. Gifts-in-kind may be appropriate in the future, but for now transportation, storage and distribution of goods are all issues that take away from first responses.
  - Eventually, perhaps a group from CtK can go to Oklahoma, or another tornado/extreme weather stricken part of the country, to help rebuild.

From Lutheran Disaster Response:

May 21, 2013
  
U.S. Tornadoes

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Dear sisters and brothers in Christ,

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1).

Yesterday, a two-mile-wide tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., claiming many lives and leaving behind a devastating trail of destruction. Plaza Towers Elementary School stood right in the path of the storm's 166-200 mph winds.

Many Oklahoma residents already were recovering from storms even before Monday's tornado hit -- hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed this weekend as 28 tornadoes touched down throughout Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Illinois and Iowa. As strong winds and warm fronts continue to move across the nation, the threat for future tornado outbreaks is looming.

Your help is needed to bring hope to our sisters and brothers in need. Lutheran Disaster Response affiliates are already on the ground, assessing the immediate and long-term needs of those affected by the tornadoes. We already know it will be a long road to recovery, and your gifts are needed now to begin coordinating volunteers, rebuilding homes and offering spiritual and emotional care to those in need.

Checks or money orders should be sent to:

Lutheran Disaster Response
39330 Treasury Center
Chicago, IL 60694-9300

Write "U.S. Tornadoes" on your check memo line.
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Give by phone at 800-638-3522 or online.