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C OR N E R ST ON E
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
1505 S. F ORD STREET, REDLANDS, CA 92373
(909) 793-5703
ctkredlands.org
MESSAGE FROM PASTOR SMITH
F EBRUARY 2015
Dearly beloved of Christ the King;
The Lord be with you.
I have a little TMJ problem. TMJ is an acronym for
our “temporomandibular joint” which is the joint in the
jaw. M ine is a little bit out of alignment. After a little
dance with the medical community I ended up at the
physical therapist. Thanks be to God for the medical
community – I love doctors.
My physical therapist is an affable young lad; very
personable and certainly a qualified individual who
genuinely helps people a great deal. After a brief
conversation regarding my circumstance, he sizes me
up, looks me in the eye and sincerely says: “There is no
cure for old.”
Now, I was born in 1963 which does not make me a
contemporary of Justin Bieber but it doesn’t exactly
make me ancient either. There is no cure for old. Well,
thank you for that bit of wisdom, sonny. I’ll just get my
walker and be on my way.
But he is right. A bit on the cold end of the
“bedside manner,” but that little gem is bang on.
Mostly. Days march on in an unrelenting fashion.
Time evaporates like a mist. We do not have access to a
stainless steel DeLorean (yes, the panels were stainless
steel) in which we can drive back to the 50’s. Old is
old. There is no cure for old.
The world is old. Old with violence. Old with
depravity. Islam butchers innocents in the streets of
Paris. A father threw his five year old daughter off a
bridge into Tampa Bay. Abortion is the well funded
law of the land. We are old. There is no cure.
But God wills to bring a new creation. The story of
Christianity can be reduced to a two sentence
dichotomy. There is nothing that God has given to
humanity that we haven’t jacked up. There is nothing
that we have jacked up that God doesn’t restore…
including our very selves.
“Behold, I am making all things new.” That is a
quote from the book of Revelation. In the movie “The
Passion of the Christ,” Jesus is seen bearing His cross to
Calvary. In one scene He falls beneath the weight of
His burden. M ary, His mother, rushes to His side,
obviously grieved. Jesus comforts her. He unveils the
purpose which lies beneath His suffering and says:
“Behold, I am making all things new.”
The episode is not biblical but it makes a sound
theological point. The Lord Christ came to recreate, to
bring in a new creation by death and resurrection. The
Son of God ventured into this “old” world to bear the
violence, the depravity, the enormity of sin’s unholy
weight in His divine flesh.
On the holy cross, Jesus becomes humanity reduced
to one. He stands in our stead and suffers the
punishment that each of has earned by virtue of our
personal iniquity. “Behold, I am making all things
new.”
He takes all that is old into Himself and bears it
away in His death. Lust, greed, deceit, idolatry, murder,
and perverted pride; He bore it all. “God made him
who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
That is God’s plan of salvation; this is a “blessed
exchange.”
In this exchange the Lord takes all that which is old
into Himself. Sin, disease, death – He shoulders it
completely. And the second part of the exchange is
what He gives to us in return. Forgiveness, life,
salvation; He makes us new.
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The
old has gone; the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
No cure for old… don’t believe it. People go to church
because they have been cured. People go to church
because they are a part of a new creation… now, even
while this old creation haunts and plagues us.
Jesus healed the sick, cleansed the leprous, gave
sight to the blind, and He raised the dead. In these
miracles He gives us an epiphany of the effect of His
recreating work accomplished by cross and empty tomb.
Behold, I am making all things new.
Peace be with you,
Pastor Smith
To our dear ones at Christ the King,
Peace be with you. You are in our thoughts and
prayers.
Pastor’s full-quarter classes—The Mission
Nature of the Church, New T estament Paradigms for
Mission, and Seminar in Missiology—resumed after
several weeks of holiday break. I am given to
understand that he is making you proud, doing a
swell job. His one-week intensive class on Mission
in T he Book of the T welve (Minor Prophets) runs the
last week of January.
We enjoyed visits from our children 3. Matt
arrived from T X and had his first look at our Ft.
Wayne home with floors to walk on. (You may
remember he was in Ft. Wayne for “ demolition” and
painting.) Joshua and Bei travelled to China with the
purpose of introducing Joshua to Bei’s extended
family. They arrived in IN on Christmas Eve.
Pastor and I have joined the choir at St. Paul.
Our organist, Kevin Hildebrand, is the current
Kantor at the Seminary. Our choir director is the
previous Kantor at the Seminary. With this
combination our choir sounds terrific!
You may be interested to note that Ft. Wayne
hosts one of the largest pro-life events in the U.S.
Both St. Paul’s and the Seminary are active. I joined
with many Lutheran women for a breakfast featuring
a Lutheran, OB-GYN as speaker. After that, Pastor
joined me to walk in the streets of Ft. Wayne. There
were thousands of folks walking either silently or in
prayer.
This week (January 19th) the Seminary is
hosting the 30 th Annual Symposium on Exegetical
Theology and the 38 th Annual Symposium on The
Lutheran Confessions. T he Seminary swells with
people from around the U.S. and around the world.
We were looking forward to one very special guest,
Pastor Smith from CA!! We had a blessed time with
him on T uesday and Wednesday evenings and
received a wonderful update on our brothers and
sisters at Christ the King.
{Renée has left to visit her family in
Jacksonville, FL for a time. As I send this off on our
behalf, it has been snowing now for nearly 7 hours
straight! Beautiful! But could be a little messy when
I head out to my intensive tomorrow that starts at
7:15AM. Nevertheless, I look forward to tomorrow
morning and a blessed beginning of considering
God’s mission in the Minor Prophets … taught by
none other than Rev. Dr. R. Reed Lessing, who has
written commentaries on Isaiah, Amos, and Jonah in
the Concordia Commentary series.}
(Pastor &) Renée Wiley
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February 2015
Christ the King – Missions
We a t Christ the King support numerous missions locall y and a round the world.
December 2014 Mission S upport
Pacific Southwest District LCMS
$200.00
LCMS World Mission, Rev. Jeff Horn in Paua New Guinea
$250.00
LCMS World Relief and Human Care
$200.00
San Bernardino Pregnancy & Resource Center
$150.00
Lutherans for Life
$200.00
Concordia T heological Seminary—Ft Wayne, IN
$200.00
T ian Shan Mission Society—Kyrgyzstan
$200.00
Total Cash Contributions
$1,400.00
Pre School “Mission of the Month”
December —Toys for Tots: Over 300 toys were donated by school parents
CTK DECEMBER 2013 TREASURE’S REPO RT
Ordinary Income /Expense
Income
400.00 GENERAL OFFERINGS
OT HER OPERAT ING INCOME
Total Income
Expe nse
500.00 ACT IVIT IES
520.00 ADMINIST RATION
525.00 BANK FEES
530.00 MAINT ENANCE
540.00 MISSIONS
550.00 SALARIE S AND WAGES
560.00 PAYROLL EXPENSES/BENEFIT S
570.00 PROPERT Y AND EQUIPMENT
580.00 WORSHIP
800.00 CAPIT AL EXPENDIT URE RESERVE
Total Expense
Net O rdinary Income
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De c 2014
Jan-Dec 2014
28,330
2,766
31,096
301,948
30,305
332,253
1,348
3,881
1
1,078
2,135
12,830
3,465
447
1,001
0
26,186
4,910
18,220
33,265
33
18,849
19,075
127,548
38,210
3,645
7,581
40,000
306,426
25,827
February 2015
LWML NEWS-February 2015 Cornerstone
The Nomi na ng Commi ee is diligentl y working on a slate of officers for the up-coming yea r (beginning Jul y 1,
2015). Please remember them in your pra yers for guidance in filling the officer va ca ncies. AND-i f asked,
pra yerfull y ask God’s guidance as you consider the posi on offered you, or, perhaps another office. Yes ,
certain pa rts of the year can be bus y, but serving God in these capa ci es is very rewa rdi ng.
Four of our gals will be going to the Dis tri ct Retrea t in Onta rio (in our own back ya rd) Februa ry 6-8. This will be
an exci ng and firs t me experience for three of them and I know all four will enjoy Bible Study, fellowship,
pra yer me a nd rest. Remember them in your pra yers as they a re drawn closer to God.
February 15th – Undie Sunday has been replaced by Gifts from the Heart Ingathering. Instead of Orphan Grain
Train’s Undie Sunday, this year, we will be collecting back packs and school supplies. Any school supplies you
donate should not be put in the back packs. A box is in the overflow of the church for the collections.
Februa ry 21st is the da te of our All Na ons Congrega onal Potluck. The progra m is the Irish da ncers from
Redlands who ha ve won many awa rds. So remember the da te (21st), then plan wha t food you will prepare and
wha t na on tha t food comes from. Then come for fellowship, food, fun and entertainment. See you there!
Lucy Becker,
LWML President
Remember that mites are collected each month, on
the 3rd Sunday, or any time your mite box is full.
ZONE ANNOUNCEMENT
Zone 16 LWM L for this area is looking for a woman who would be interested in attending the National LWM L
Convention in DesM oines, Iowa, June 25-28. It will be a wonderful experience and the Zone has $300.00
available for this. Some other money might be found to help reduce your expenses. If interested, please call
M arianne Anderson at 909-793-3906 for details. Thank you.
You are cordially invited to YouthHope’s
4th Annual
YouthHope’s
Mission
Benefit Dinner & Evening of Awareness
Friday, February 27, 2015
Awareness Hour: 6:00 pm
Dinner & Program: 7:00 pm
“To build confidence and promote
self-sufficiency for
homeless, runaway,
and at-risk youth
by providing trust,
hope, support, and
educa on.”
In the Mitten Building’s Summerbell Room
345 N. 5th S treet, Redlands
$75 per individual or $500 per table (seats 8)
CTK would like to get enough folks to reserve 2 tables! Sign-up in the overflow.
YouthHope is a non-profit organization based in Redlands, 1175 W. Redlands Blvd., that serves youth
ages 14-24. Our goal is to take youth from the street to employment to becoming self-sufficient adults.
For more information, please contact Lorrie Hinkleman at (909) 384-2444.
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February 2015
CTK February 2015 Events
COUPLES BIBLE STUDY
FRIDAY at 7:30pm, February 6th
Join us in Pastor Smith’s home for an
enlightening time as we study God’s Word
and in the light of God’s gift of marriage, followed by
choice desserts. Hope to see you there
2015 LEN TEN THEME
T H E P A SS I O N O F O U R L OR D
D R A W N F R OM T H E F O U R G O S P E L S
W EDNESDAY , F EBRUARY 18TH
Join us for food and
fun from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
on Friday, February 13th, in the Youth Room.
Bring a friend! All are welcomed.
ASH Wednesday
W EDNESDAY , F EBRUARY 25TH
The Lord’s Supper
W EDNESDAY , M ARCH 4TH
CTK WOMEN’S COFFEE FELLOWSHIP
3 RD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 th AT 9AM
Set aside an hour to have to enjoy some sisterly
fellowship and café refreshments at the ESRI
Café, located at 380 New York Street in
Redlands (south of the post office). Hope to see you there.
Gethsemane
W EDNESDAY , M ARCH 11TH
The Palace of the High Priest
W EDNESDAY , M ARCH 18TH
The Praetorium
W EDNESDAY , M ARCH 25TH
Calvary
STARTING W EDNEDAY, F EBRUARY 25TH
W EDNESDAYS DURING LENT
SOUP/SALAD SUPPERS
02/21 Thomas & Donna Crowley
Preceding the Lenten Vesper
Services will be a soup/salad dinner @ 6:00PM.
Please come and join us for food and fellowship
Please sign-up in the church overflow to bring
a soup, salad, bread, or dessert. Thank you
02/02
02/02
02/07
02/07
02/07
02/09
02/10
02/13
02/13
02/13
WEDNESDAY MORNING BIBLE S TUDY
Please join us for on Wednesday
mornings at 9:30am in St John the
Evangelist Hall. Everyone is welcomed.
NOTE: No morning bible study on February 18th or 25th.
Please join us for Ash Wednesday and Vespers at 7pm.
02/15
02/15
02/18
02/20
02/21
02/22
02/25
02/25
02/27
Dwayne Danielson
Ezra Woodside
Renee Murphy
Kaye Deen
Jiggs Gallagher
Larry Woolace
Patricia Dawley
Doris Herzberger
Brian Romberg
If your special date did not appear or is incorrect, please
contact Cindy Currier at the church office 909-793-5703.
With Deacon Russ in the Church Office
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Emily Crowley
Justin Davidson
Virginia Bender
Ricky Gross
Sierra Scott
Jeff Egeland
Caylee Reeves
Don Krahn
Don Krahn
Diane Ronchetto
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February 2015
CTK February 2015 Events
Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
9:00 AM
Divine Ser vice
10:30 AM
Adult Bible Study &
Sunday School
11:30 AM
Jr. Confirmation Class
9:00 PM Luther an
Braille Wor kers
9:00 PM
Lutheran Braille
Wor kers
6:00 PM
Evangelism Committee Meeting
9:30 AM
Adult Bible Study
with Pastor Smith
7:00 PM
Stewards hip Meeting
8
9
16
9:00 AM
Divine Ser vice
10:30 AM
Adult Bible Study &
Sunday School
11:30 AM
Jr. Confirmation Class
CTK Cornerstone
8:00 AM
Bible Study with
Deacon Russ
10
11
7:00 PM
School Board
Meeting
9:30 AM
Adult Bible Study
with Pastor Smith
12
17
18
13
14
8:00 AM
Bible Study with
Deacon Russ
6:30 PM
Middle & High
School
Youth Group
19
20
21
8:00 AM
Bible Study with
Deacon Russ
9:00 AM
Women's
Coffee
Fellows hip
7:00 PM
Elder Meeting
23
9:00 AM
Divine Ser vice
10:30 AM
Adult Bible Study &
Sunday School
11:30 AM
Jr. Confirmation Class
March 1
Women’s Retreat
6th thru 8th
7:30 PM
Couples Bible Study
6:30 PM
Choir Practice
9:00 AM
Divine Ser vice
10:30 AM
Adult Bible Study &
Sunday School
11:30 AM
Jr. Confirmation Class
22
Saturday
7
6:30 PM
Choir Practice
9:00 AM
Divine Ser vice
10:30 AM
Adult Bible Study &
Sunday School
11:30 AM
Jr. Confirmation Class
15
Friday
6
2
7:00 PM
Ash Wednes day
Divine Ser vice
24
25
7:00 PM
Church Council
Meeting
6:00 PM
Soup Supper
7:00 PM
Mid-Week
Lenten Ser vice
8:00 PM
Choir Practice
3
4
6:00 PM
Soup Supper
7:00 PM
Mid-Week
Lenten Ser vice
8:00 PM
Choir Practice
7
5:00 PM
All Nations
Congregational
Potluc k
26
27
28
8:00 AM
Bible Study with
Deacon Russ
5
6
7
8:00 AM
Bible Study with
Deacon Russ
February 2015
Christ the King Lutheran Church
1505 S. Ford Street
Redlands, CA 92373
S e r v ant s fo r F e br uar y 2015
DATE
ACOLYTES
ALTAR
ELDERS
Feb. 1
Samuel Smith & Luke Woodside
Judy Alder
Vic Haynes
Feb. 8
Dustin Hogue & Duncan Marshall
Marianne Anderson
Roger Loewecke
Feb. 15 & 18
Benjamin Whittier & Joshua Torrance Joy Phillips
John Hinkleman, Sr.
Feb. 22 & 25
Sophie Haarala & Sierra Scott
Kathy Beliew
Tim Reiman
DATE
FLOWERS
DATE
FINANCE
Feb. 1
Bobbe Monk
Feb. 1
Sharen Ross & Jeff Reeves
Feb. 8
Jeffrey & Allyson Reeves
Feb. 8 & 15
Robert Arnold & Ricky Gross
Feb. 15
Rev. Eugene & Gloria Paulus
Feb. 22 & Mar. 1
Joe Vasquez & John Hinkleman Jr.
Feb. 22
Tom & Donna Crowley
DATE
USHERS
Feb. 1, & 8
Mike Bush & James Wilson
Feb. 15 & 22
To Be Determined