DECEMBER 2013
Christ Lutheran Church • Highlands Ranch, CO • Gathering † Gifting † Sending
It may be winter, but the g in p p o h S s a m t is r Ch with Scrip With the Christmas holidays approaching, please keep in mind that Scrip gift cards make wonderful Christmas gifts! We even have holiday gift card holders available for 25 cents! Order forms are available in the narthex, and you may pay by check or credit card. Orders take only 1 week or less to process. Darlene Dethlefs or Alison Jones are generally available to sell on-hand cards between the Sunday services. Or, please contact Sallie Burns in the church office or at sburns@clchr.org. Thanks for your support!
Urban Peak 2014 This is the time of year to start thinking about which month your family or small group would like to take a meal to Urban Peak in 2014. CLC takes meals to the shelter on the fourth Friday of every month, all year long. This is a wonderful opportunity, and we greatly encourage your participation. The teens at Urban Peak really appreciate a good meal. Please indicate your interest on the response sheet or contact Debby with any questions.
TREE OF LIFE is still blooming!
What is the TREE OF LIFE? The TREE OF LIFE is a beautiful display in our Narthex where you can permanently honor an anniversary, a birthday, a baptism, a confirmation, in memory of a loved one or anything else! It’s a beautiful way to remember and share something very important to you AND help CLC continue to retire our significant mortgage debt! Your contribution will have a meaningful impact on the financial health of our church and will continue to provide benefits long into the future. Your donation is totally tax deductible and payment can be made by check or credit card and a payment plan is also available. A donation now before Dec. 31st will positively impact your 2013 income taxes!
Contribution levels are: Bronze Leaf Silver Leaf Gold Leaf Oak Leaf Foot Stone
$250 $500 $1000 $2000 $3000
Brochures with the TREE OF LIFE program details including personalizing your message are located on the wall adjacent to the TREE OF LIFE and also online.
STAFF: Rev. Tom Shelly, Sr. Pastor pstrfstr@clchr.org
Pastor Tom’s Message
Rev. DJ Dent, Associate Pastor pastordent@clchr.org Debby Kinsella Director Outreach/Equipping dkinsella@clchr.org Gary Knutson Director of Youth & Family gknutson@clchr.org Deb Morgans Director of Preschool dmorgans@clchr.org Mary Behnke Administrative Manager mbehnke@clchr.org Sallie Burns Financial Secretary sburns@clchr.org Linda Holcombe Director of Music lindaholcombe64@gmail.com Nicholas Koltay Administrative Assistant nkoltay@clchr.org Carrie Mallery Principal Pianist Larry Scalfari Pianist Barbara Pierson Director Nursery Ministry Barbara.Pierson@comcast.net Meliha & Predrag Vajzovic Custodians CHURCH COUNCIL: Ken Kroneberger kenk@jcmh.org Lee Bergstrom lee_berg@yahoo.com Nancy Bauer nancybauer@q.com Rick Boyer safetyguy74@yahoo.com Julie Waggoner waggoners5@gmail.com Norm Beulke nbeulke@gmail.com Adrian Hafner backyardkids@hotmail.com Bret Sumner bretsumner@hotmail.com John Ringkob jer@dascoinc.com John Riley johnriley05@comcast.net All articles, photos and notices for the next issue of CrossWord are due by the 15th of the month. Send to mbehnke@clchr.org. Editor reserves the right to edit for content and space.
Child of Promise + Promise Fulfilled! For the four weeks of Advent preceding Christmas we have had the theme of the “Child of Promise” where we have heard about four different names of the promised child of Jesus by Isaiah’s Old Testament prophecy. Immanuel – God with us, Bar Shalom – Prince of Peace, Aarioch Nezer – Royal Branch and Yeshuah – Salvation. The highlight of our month of December comes with the celebration of the birth of Jesus – the Promise Fulfilled! Of all the ways God could have come to earth, he chose to come to us as a baby; a human child; a helpless child; Immanuel – God with us! The celebration of Christmas Eve, the birth of this child is simple, rich and mature in its meaning to us and the whole world! From the joy of childlike excitement and faith, to the depths of the life and teaching of this born child to grow into a man willing to give his life for others. From a wooden manger to a wooden cross, the Word made flesh wants to make us children of the Heavenly Father-Creator God! As the year of our Lord 2013 winds down, while winding up to Christmas and the change of the year of 2014 of our Lord in the celebration of New Year, may we again or for the first time celebrate the profound nature of following and believing in a Child; the Godly Child and the child of God! Come celebrate on Christmas Eve, the Promise Fulfilled + Jesus the Christ the babe of Mary! + Many Blessings + See You in Worship + Pastor Tom
Flowers for the Altar
We will be sending around the 2014 flower chart during service in the next couple of weeks. If you have a special occasion or someone you would like to honor, please sign up for a specific date on the chart. The flowers are $25.00 and we will place a bouquet on the Altar for every request we get for that date. Please feel free to take the flowers home with you after the 11:00 service on the weekend you choose, but please be sure to return the vase to the kitchen here at the church.
DYNAMITE
For the December meeting we will be Christmas caroling. December 15th we will start off with a chilli supper and then followed up with caroling at a nursing home and church members homes. We will start to eat by 5:00 pm and finish caroling around 8:00/8:30ish pm. Everyone in the family is invited to come eat and sing. Mr. Gary will drive the shuttle bus around and others can follow in a carpool. Bring warm clothes to wear. Watch the weather to make sure you will stay warm enough.
Food Drive for Interfaith Community Services We will be collecting food for Interfaith starting January 1st and ending on Souper Bowl Sunday, February 9th. Please bring your food in and place it in the blue bins in between the two entrance doors.
Pastor DJ’s Message One of my favorite Christmas stories I love to tell is the “Tale of Two Families.” In every family there are well established traditions, and I think that it is hard to get family traditions further apart than the Dents and the Quackenbushes (my wife’s maiden name). Christmas morning at the Dent household growing up was a rigorous thing. The five children were up long before the parents, and we offered them a brief rest before declaring that Christmas had come and Santa left plenty of presents to go around. Once Mom and Dad had their cups of coffee, the race was on. In a flurry of wrapping paper everyone tore into their gifts. Every now and then a rolled up ball of wrapping paper would go whizzing across someone’s face creating a distraction just long enough to roll up a paper ball of your own to wing it at someone else. It is a mad sprint to reach the end of the presents, and when all is said and done, you catch your breath and look around to see the damage. Paper is usually everywhere and people are tinkering with one of the many things they opened. It is a joyous, festive, and very vibrant time. Christmas morning in the Quackenbush household was quite different. I found this out the first year I was invited to attend. First off, there were chairs! All arranged in a circle. Everything was in neat order, and we sat in our chairs and each took turns telling stories from the year that got written down in a journal. Then when it was time for presents, someone played Santa and passed out one present to the youngest person. Everyone watched her open one present, and once she was finished it moved to the next child. One by one all of the presents under the tree were opened. I share these stories side by side because I think they teach that Christmas deserves both perspectives. It should be a time of unbridled joy and expectation and yet have a sincere reverence about it. We accept with great wonder the gift of Jesus Christ, God made flesh. And in that amazement we are left to stand with mouth agape as we try and ponder what on earth this all means. God’s blessings to you as you celebrate the mystery and magnificence of this Christmas. God’s Grace and Peace, Pastor DJ
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SCARF SALE Thanks to everyone who purchased a scarf, hat, baby blanket, washcloth or shawl from the Chicks with Sticks Annual Scarf Sale! We made a whopping $1110! We are already making plans to make items for next year! The remaining items will be traveling to Uganda, Tanzania, Peru or distributed locally by Women4WomenKnitting4Peace in their new program, Community Knits. Thanks to everyone who donated yarn, knitted items, crocheted items, sold items, helped set up or take down, and to all the fellow yarn workers who attend our meetings! We meet the first Saturday of every month from 9-11 in the Sonrise Room and All Are Welcome! We have hooks, needles, yarn and plenty of teachers if you would like to join our group. All we ask is that you use the yarn we have to make items for our church!
Who Are the OWLS? Who are OWLs? The OWLs (Older, Wiser Lutherans) are a group of seniors at CLC who meet every second Friday of the month at noon for a potluck luncheon followed by a program in the Fellowship Hall of the church. Our gatherings are mostly social but we also support and encourage each other in sad and difficult times. We have an annual fundraiser collecting monies to purchase animals, i.e. goats, rabbits, ducks, etc. that are given to needy families in other countries through the ELCA Barnyard Fund. Also, upon baptism, each infant or child receives a cuddly toy lamb from the OWLs. If you are interested in visiting or joining this group, please call Ingrid Hirst at 303-791-4394.
Everybody is welcome!
Happy Birthday Davin Anna 2-Dec Randy Hofmann 2-Dec Tyson Thomas Shelly 2-Dec Michael Fisbeck 3-Dec Susanne Freitag 3-Dec Jianna Valenti 3-Dec Travis Dull 4-Dec Tanner Mavis 4-Dec Paul McCulloch 4-Dec Alan Pearson 4-Dec Rick Shimonkevitz 4-Dec Dina Silverman 4-Dec Andrea Coe 6-Dec Carole Gullia 6-Dec John Hirst 6-Dec Randall Nylander 6-Dec Grant Schaedig 6-Dec Jennifer Schultz 6-Dec Scott Davis 7-Dec Paula Davis 7-Dec David Oscai 8-Dec John Wallrath 8-Dec Mallory Alexander 9-Dec Nicole Belin 9-Dec
Katie Pierce 9-Dec Will Snauwaert 9-Dec Joshua Waggoner 9-Dec Thomas Parsa 10-Dec Lisa Peterson 10-Dec Katie Yvars 10-Dec Christopher Black 11-Dec Kendall Folkerts 11-Dec Jason Kravitz 11-Dec James Viergutz 11-Dec Trevor Witkind 11-Dec Ken Buechler 12-Dec Tom Coates 12-Dec Lee Corns 12-Dec Tiffany DiGrappa 12-Dec Patricia Hansen 12-Dec Marcy Ongert 12-Dec Christie Tew 13-Dec Zell Cantrell 14-Dec Julie Folkerts 14-Dec Alexander Ridenour 14-Dec Blake Waggoner 14-Dec Allison Cartwright 15-Dec Ethan DiGrappa 15-Dec
Dave Kotta 15-Dec Anthony Valenti 15-Dec Logan Abraham 16-Dec Lenny Bates 16-Dec Kenny Mena Casa 16-Dec Karen Ramon 16-Dec Garrett Anderson 17-Dec Michelle Hinz 17-Dec Elizabeth Jones 17-Dec Jennifer Amoroso 18-Dec Caitlin Kroneberger 18-Dec Kaylyn Radtke 18-Dec Lydia Veeder 18-Dec Ryan Vogler 18-Dec Sue Buck 19-Dec Tracy Etten 19-Dec Maggie Green 19-Dec Karen Herdahl 19-Dec Jen Schrader 19-Dec Hailey Dull 20-Dec Lisa Friedenthal 20-Dec Tanya Hollowell 20-Dec Wendie Moses 20-Dec David Ornes 20-Dec
Gerry Rasel 20-Dec Adam Scheuerman 20-Dec Bruce Silkworth 20-Dec Bill White 20-Dec Lois Betthauser 21-Dec Jacob Christensen 21-Dec Todd Evans 21-Dec Greg Forge 21-Dec Nick Palazzo 21-Dec Mike Adams 22-Dec Ron Baca 22-Dec Steve Bohren 22-Dec Jeff Lynne 22-Dec Walt Melcher 22-Dec Alaina Oscai 22-Dec Christian Shimonkevitz 22-Dec Glenn Staub 22-Dec Beth Wilson 22-Dec Cheryl Dummitt 23-Dec Stefania Benner 24-Dec Carolee Weitzel 24-Dec Karrie Witkind 24-Dec Pete Koury 25-Dec
Kelly Connolly 26-Dec Madison Sain 26-Dec Amy Schulte 26-Dec Katie Zellner 26-Dec Mike Jewell 27-Dec Aidan Lambert 27-Dec Peggy Norris 27-Dec Nancy Sullivan 28-Dec Joseph Zorn 28-Dec Wayne Beck 29-Dec Sara Berg 29-Dec Kaipo Lau 29-Dec Holly Mena Casa 29-Dec Amy Mitchell 29-Dec Mark Russell 29-Dec Diane Schauer 29-Dec Bob Tronrud 29-Dec Cyndi Baca 30-Dec Leslie Grant 30-Dec Mary Johnston 30-Dec Aaron DeBoer 31-Dec Mike Williams 31-Dec
CALLING ALL WOMEN
Come join the Beth Moore:
Here and Now... There and Then Bible Study
Have you ever wanted to take a bible study class? Have you taken a break from bible study and want to get back into the scriptures? Do you want to learn more about all these stories within the bible? Are you looking to enhance your faith journey? Here's your chance to join other women for Beth Moore's bible study, Here and Now... There and Then: A Lecture Series on Revelation. On our first meeting we'll get our workbooks for the study and watch the opening lesson on DVD. You will then complete some homework (yes, homework!!) and at each session we'll spend some time discussing the homework and then watching the next lesson on DVD. We will meet on Mondays from 9:30am to 11:30am in the Sonrise room, starting January 27, 2014. This is an 11 session, video-driven bible study. The cost is $25. Childcare will be available. Please sign up no later than January 13, 2014. If you would like more information, or have specific questions, please feel free to contact Chris Schaeberle at 303794-3673 or schaeberle1@comcast.net. Here is a bit more information about Breaking Free and Beth Moore from www.lifeway.com: Here and Now... There and Then by Beth Moore is a lecture series on the book of Revelation. Beth presents many points of view, allowing women to decide for themselves when the interpretation varies among scholars. She teaches that God is as specific about what He does reveal as He is about what He does not reveal. Each of the 11 sessions is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. The set includes 11 DVDs and one listening guide with light homework. Known for presenting Scripture in living color, Christian speaker and Bible study author Beth Moore enjoys getting to serve women of every age and denomination, and she is passionate about women knowing and loving the Word of God. Beth's broad collection of LifeWay women Bible studies covers relevant topics from believing God to be Who He says He is to loving difficult people. Each in-depth study guides you on your faith journey. Beth and husband Keith praise God for over 30 years of marriage. They enjoy traveling, hiking, drinking coffee on the back porch, eating Mexican food, making each other laugh, walking their dogs, and being grandparents.
ELCA World Hunger
Stewardship and Thanksgiving
Hunger is a year-round problem for many across the globe. You can do your part to alleviate world hunger by signing up to donate $10.00 per month during 2013 through the ELCA World Hunger Campaign. All you have to do is drop a check into the offering plate made out to CLC with “ELCA World Hunger� written in the memo portion. If you prefer, you may pay a lump sum rather than every month. Our goal is to get 20 families to sign up and participate in this ministry. Please see Debby if you are interested or sign the response sheet.
In this season of thanksgiving, a sincere 'thank you' is in order to everyone who supports our congregation throughout the year with their attendance, service and regular financial contributions. For those of you who are interested, the church offers electronic giving options for making donations on a scheduled, automated basis. It's convenient for you and provides much-needed financial consistency for the church. Pick up an authorization form.
Christmas at CLC
Carols, Communion and Candlelight Come and join the joy and wonder of Christmas at one of our four Candlelight Christmas Eve Services on December 24th, 2013. 1:00pm Children and Family Service, Featuring the Carillon Ringers 3:00pm Children and Family Service, Featuring the Children’s Choirs 5:00pm Contemporary Service, Featuring the Crossroads Band and Praise Team 7:00pm Contemporary Service , Featuring the Crossroads Band 9:00pm Lessons & Carols, Featuring Celebration Choir Nursery Care will be available at the 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9pm services.
Advent/Christmas Decorating We will be decorating the church on Monday, Dec. 2nd at 9:00 am. We will put up Christmas trees and decorate them, hang garland and wreaths in the fellowship hall, narthex and Sanctuary. Please sign the response sheet if you are interested.
Christmas Worship Team Training There will be a short training on Sunday December 22nd after the 8:00 service and before the 9:30 service at 9:00 am for the Christmas Eve worship teams. Please come if at all possible to go over some of the different things we will be doing for Christmas.
Poinsettias If you would like to purchase a poinsettia for the altar on Christmas Eve in honor or memory of a very special person, please sign the response sheet and put a check in the offering plate for $16.00. We are putting together a list for the Christmas bulletin, so the sooner we get your information, the better. We also need people to help place Poinsettias around the altar on Monday, December 23rd at 9:00 am, and/or to water the flowers once a week for about 3 weeks. If you are interested in helping with either of these, please sign the response sheet.
Water Poinsettias
The poinsettias need to be watered twice a week from December 23rd to January 13th. If you are interested in helping with this please sign the response sheet.
Worship Teams for Christmas Eve We are starting to schedule Worship Teams for Christmas Eve services 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00 pm. If you would like to help usher or serve communion, please watch for the sign-up sheets in the Narthex and pick the service you want or sign the response sheet.
Set-up Team for Christmas Eve We are in need of a team to help us set up chairs in the Fellowship Hall for Christmas Eve on Monday December 23rd at 9:00 am We will also be setting out the poinsettias that day. If you can help us, please sign the response sheet or call Debby at 303-791-0803.
Nursery We will need volunteers to help in the nursery for the 1:00, 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00 Christmas Eve services. Please sign the response sheet if you can help.
Shuttle Bus for Christmas Eve We will be using our own bus to shuttle people from the AMC parking lot across from the Outback restaurant on Christmas Eve. The shuttle will start at 2:30 pm and go until 8:30 pm. Please remember to come a little early so you can take advantage of riding the bus. On a day when there are around 1600 people worshipping at CLC, we would like to encourage all members and regularly attending guests to ride the bus. Many people who only attend church once or twice a year will be here so let’s show them God’s love by letting them have a parking space.
Christmas Clean-Up December 27th at 10 am. Please sign the response sheet if you can help!
Sunday School
T ha nk YOU!
Sunday school has been amazing so far! A huge thank you to everyone who has either helped coordinate, taught, helped or been on the prep team! Without all of you none of this would be possible. Creative Christmas is up and going! Please bring in any creative items such as craft items, Legos, puzzles etc. as we send these to a church called Pueblo De Dios in Compton California. This is our third annual creative Christmas drive and it is amazing how many Children we can help.
We are also doing a family board game drive for project sanctuary, a nonprofit which helps reunite military families after a long deployment. These can be new or gently used to board games, cards, essentially any type of game a family can do together. Be sure to have your child fill out an act of kindness form. During this month of giving I have talked to the kids about how they can make a difference. Please share with us how your child is making a difference or have your child fill out a form at Sunday school!
DECEMBER SUNDAY
1:00 AM Worship Service 1 8:00am Worship/CC 9:30am Worship/SS 11:00am Worship/CC 12:15pm 1st Communion Class 12:15 PM Kids Christmas Musical Rehearsal 7:00pm AA Meeting
8:00am Worship/CC 9:30am Worship/SS 11:00am Worship/CC 11:00am Jubilation Choir 12:15pm Baptism Class 12:15pm Kids Christmas Musical Rehearsal 5:00pm Dynamite Youth 7:00pm AA Meeting
MONDAY
TUESDAY
8 6:30am Men's Breakfast
6:30am Men's Breakfast Group 8:30am Preschool 4:30pm Brownie Troop 7:00pm Boy Scouts
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Baskets 8:30am Preschool 9:00am Adult University 9:30am Program Practice 10:30am Program Practice 2:15pm Program Practice 7:00pm Celebration Choir
9:00am MOPS Mtg 10:30am Program Practice 11:00am Chapel 2:00pm Chapel 2:15pm Program Practice 4:30pm Kids Christmas Musical Rehearsal 5:30pm Carillon Ringers 7:00pm Wedding
SATURDAY 6 Harrington Christmas
Baskets 8:30am Preschool 9:00am Rejoice Circle 3:30pm Counseling 5:30pm Parent's Night Out
Baskets 9:00am Chicks w/Sticks 10:00am Youth Christmas Program Rehearsal 5:00pm Worship/CC
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10 8:30am Preschool
11 8:30am Preschool
12 8:30am Preschool
13 9:00am Parent's Day Out 14
16 8:30am Preschool
17 8:30am Preschool
18 8:30am Preschool
19 9:00am Rejoice Circle
20 10:0am Crossroads Band 21
CHRISTMAS EVE 24 CHRISTMAS OFFICE CLOSED OFFICE OPENS AT 11am 8:30am Preschool Christmas Break Break 1:00pm Christmas Eve service 3:00pm Christmas Eve service 5:00pm Christmas Eve service 7:00pm Christmas Eve service 11:00pm Christmas Eve service
25 8:30am Preschool
26 8:30am Preschool
27 7:00am General
8:00am Worship/CC 22 Christmas set-up in FH 23 9:00am Worship Team Training 6:30am Men's Breakfast Group 9:30 Worship/SS 8:30am Preschool Christmas 11:00am Worship/CC Break 11:00am Rehearsal-Kids Choir Christmas Eve 1:00pm Carillon Ringers 3:00pm Crossroads Band 7:00pm AA Meeting
8:00am Worship/CC 9:30 Worship/SS 11:00am Worship/CC 7:00pm AA Meeting
FRIDAY 5 Harrington Christmas
9 8:30am Preschool
Group 8:30am Preschool 9:30am Bible Study 5:00pm Counseling 6:00pm Boy Scouts Venture 7:00pm Boy Scouts 7:00pm Legacy & Endowment Mtg.
8:00am Worship/CC 15 9:30 Worship/SS 9:30am Youth Christmas Program-tentative 9:30am Youth Christmas Program 11:00am Worship/CC 11:00am Youth Christmas Program 5:00pm Christmas Caroling/ Supper 7:00pm AA Meeting
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 3 8:30am Preschool 4 Harrington Christmas
6:30am Men's Breakfast 2 8:30am Preschool Group 11:00am Chapel 8:30am Preschool 11:15am Staff Mtg. 9:30am Advent Decorating 2:00pm Chapel 9:30am Bible Study 4:00pm Funeral 7:00pm Boy Scouts 4:30pm Girl Scout Meeting 7:00pm Personnel Meeting 7:00pm BLAZE 7:00pm MOPS set-up
10:15am Storyteller 11:15am Staff Mtg. 2:00pm Storyteller 5:00pm Crossroads Band/ Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00pm BLAZE 7:00pm Council Mtg.
10:00am MOPS Steering 10:15am Storyteller 10:45am Program Practice 2:00pm Storyteller 2:30pm Program Practice 4:30pm Kids Christmas Musical Rehearsal 5:30pm Carillon Ringers 6:00pm Christmas Programs
11:15am Staff Mtg. 1:00pm Visiting Nurse Assoc. 4:00pm Staff Christmas 5:00pm Crossroads Band/ Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00pm BLAZE 8:00pm MOPS set-up
6:30am Men's Breakfast 30 8:30am Preschool 31 Christmas Break Group 8:30am Preschool Christmas 11:15am Staff Mtg. 5:00pm Crossroads Band/ Break Praise Team Rehearsal 7:00pm Boy Scouts 7:00pm BLAZE
9:00am MOPS Meeting 5:30pm Carillon Ringers
9:00am Adult University 9:30am Program Practice 1:30pm Program Practice 6:00pm Christmas Programs 7:30pm Celebration Choir
9:00am Adult University 7:00pm CLC Military Ministry 7:00pm Celebration Choir rehearsal
Christmas Break
12:00pm OWLS Luncheon
10:00am Youth Christmas Program Rehearsal 5:00pm Worship/CC
10:00am Preschool Inservice 11:00am Preschool Teacher Luncheon
Christmas Break
12:00pm Celebration Choir 5:00pm Worship/CC
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Maintenance 8:30am Preschool Christmas Break 5:00pm Worship/CC
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There’s a place for you! Outreach Ministries
Fair Trade Coffee Project ELCA World Hunger The Gathering Place Grant Avenue Street Reach Habitat for Humanity Harrington Elementary Lutheran Family Services Adult Mission Trips Outreach Uganda Urban Peak (MOPS) Mothers of Preschoolers
Music
Celebration Choir Crossroads Worship Band Confirmation Choir Jubilation Choir Joy Choir Carillon Ringers
Preschool
Caring Connection
Individual Care Team Confidential Prayer Tree Card Ministry New-Mother Ministry Prayer Shawl Knitters Chefs for Christ Pastoral Care and Counseling Chicks with Sticks Mission Quilters
Youth & Family Ministries
Sunday School Dynamite Youth Group (4th, 5th, 6th graders) Blaze (High School Youth) Sr. High Mission Trip Confirmation (7th & 8th graders) First Communion classes First Bible classes Baptism classes Family Nights