Welcome to Christ the King!

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH

1925 Pelham Road, Greenville SC 29615

Church Phone: 234-5647

We are happy you are visiting our website and hope you will consider making Christ the King your church home! Christ the King Lutheran Church is a small, friendly church located on Pelham Road in Greenville, South Carolina. We have a wonderful, lectionary based Sunday School for all ages at 8:45am, a time for followship at 9:45am, and a varied and interesting worship service at 10:00am. Please join us!

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From the Pastor's Desk...

CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
Making Christ Known

The Red Thread

Connecting Sunday's Scriptures to Everyday Life

March 31, 2008 Volume 9 Number 13

The Red Thread
Tying Sunday Scripture to Everyday Life

THE HABITAT HABIT

Spring is here and a new build is in the works! We returned our little house banks once again and with those gifts we were able to give $715.75 toward a giving deserving family a new home. Not bad for a little church like us!
Calvin is hard at work with the Habitat Golden Strip Coalition and he provided us with a work forms, maps to the new build, a schedule, and a ‘Wish List’ for the new family.
The new family is Lorita Mattison and her two sons. She is a single parent and is really looking forward to this new event in their lives.
Our church is responsible for landscaping the new home and providing two meals for the workers. If you would like to help in this great endeavor, you must be 18 or over and have a willing heart and hands. Expert skills are certainly helpful, but not needed. The Big Saturday when things really get rolling is April 19, from 7:30am until 5pm. Landscaping will come along on May 10th. Dedication of the new home will be on May 18th.
Items on the Wish List are blinds for the windows, ceiling fans, a lawn mower, a dining room set, a living room set, pots, pans, and dishes for the kitchen, linen for the bedrooms, and a carpet cleaner. Any of these items may donated. If you have questions about the build or Habitat for Humanity and the excellent work they do, please contact the Harmon’s, Calvin or Laura at 270-1940.

Pastor Marilyn

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Announcements...

New Neighbor Welcome Project
We have new brochures in the little boxes on the credenza The CTK brochures are sorted by zip code with address labels on the back. Choose one or more from your zip code and simply go and greet your neighbor. Take a loaf of bread or plant if you wish and just offer the gift and brochure. Responses have been very positive so far, we thank you for reaching out to new faces.

APRIL KAIROS WEEKEND
Coming up very soon is the time when Mona and Jan are serving on the team for the next Women’s Kairos Weekend, April 24-27 at Leath Correctional in Greenwood. YOU can help:
Prayer—please sign the prayer list on the table in the Narthex. Just pray wherever you are.
Placemats and cards—children can make colorful placemats to use. You may include the first name and age of the child. Adults and children can write letters of encouragement. Do not seal.
Toiletries—some women inmates cannot afford the toiletries they need. During April, we will collect plain, standard size toiletries—shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, body lotion, and deodorant (stick, no aerosol.)
Money—It costs $150 for each inmate that attends the weekend. Each team member is asked to sponsor one inmate. Jan and Mona must raise $300. If you would like to help, you may write a check (payable to Kairos of SC) or put cash in an envelope labeled Kairos with your name & address. Place in offering plate. Gifts are tax-deductible and you will receive a receipt.
COOKIES! - We will need many, many dozen cookies for the April weekend. The sign-up sheet for this will follow later in April.

CTK YARD SALE
Just in time for spring cleaning we are having a spring yard sale on Saturday, May 3rd. All items that are in working order, gently used clothing, toys, home and décor items, books, ect. are great. Please bring your donations to the church beginning this Sunday, April 6th—May 2nd. We will offer baked
goodies, too! (Please bring those May 2nd) The proceeds from this sale will support the ministry at Christ the King and give you spanking clean closets and
cupboards in your home. After all one person’s trash . . . . .

Dining Diva’s—Birds, Flowers, & April Showers
Our divine Dining Diva’s will meeting tonight, Monday of March, the 31st, at 6:30PM, at the church. Polly and Neva are planning a meal that will dazzle and delight! Polly is planning a demonstration on planting a spring container and will share stories about her beloved birds. The entry is turning into a stunning Garden of Eden that sings with Spring. If you didn’t sign up and still want to attend, the more the merrier. All ladies, Don’t miss this!

WELCA FOOTHILLS CONFERENCE
Our Foothills Conference of WELCA will soon meet at Holy Trinity Lutheran in Anderson. All ladies are invited to attend. Our Mona Turner is going and would love to have you go along. If you would like, call her at 963-9411.

Thank You Rex and George!
While Pastor Marilyn and David were away in Florida on a much deserved vacation, our little congregation was in able hands. Rex gave a great sermon on reminding us that while things may not seem to be going our way and we are being held back like those logs kept separate, sometimes ours is not to know and our very separation has a purpose and meaning known only to God. Be faithful and patient, keep believing, and one day you will know and see. George handled the service with grace and skill and we appreciate the efforts these faithful men made on our behalf. Pastor Marilyn will return to the office tomorrow.

A Wedding in Spartanburg
The Gillespie’s are delighted to announce that their daughter, Jennifer
Manning Gillespie, will be married Saturday evening, April 5th, to Taylor Rae
Ingram. Taylor is originally from Beaufort SC, and is the son of Craig and Carole Ingram. The happy couple lives in Charleston, much to the delight of Michael and Carey who love to visit! Thank you to all for the good wishes
and prayers from everyone. Pray for good weather!

OUR STAFF

Pastor: Marilyn Crosby

Pastoral Hours: Tue-Thu 9:00-3:00

Administrative Assistant: Carey Gillespie

Congregation Council:
Rex Weinbender, David Camp, George Schmidt, Gale Pemberton, Dave Williamson, Randy Petersen, and
Laura Harmon

DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER

Items of note for publication in the newsletter and/or weekly bulletin are always welcome. Please submit items by 10am Monday for the newsletter or by 10am Friday for the bulletin. See our Contact page for our address and telephone number. If you have items to submit to the website, please click here to email us. Thank you!