About two years ago, Pastor Nate came up to me and said, “You know, I think you should go to Lay School”. It was completely out of the...

A few months ago, during a staff meeting, Pastor Nate asked us each what our favorite church season was. I wrestled in my head for awhile...

We hear these words shared at the Ash Wednesday service: As disciples of Jesus, we are called to a discipline that contend against evil...

1. Generous Giving & Cash Flow You will not be surprised, your CtK Finance Manager, Aubrey, keeps an accurate cash flow statement and we...

I Celebrate! Rejoice! Give Thanks! for all who attended the CtK annual meeting. I have learned through the years that when I attend an...

This motto applies to many areas of life, if you want to do anything well and grow in such endeavors, you have to practice! You learn...

The holiday parties have come to an end. Christmas vacation is over. We’re back at work and school. There are long hours of darkness....

As fellowship is coming to close on Sunday mornings, I love to see the Sunday school children coming from class. This past week many of...

My time in Italy came to an end, and it was time to travel to Mexico. However, I couldn’t travel directly to Mexico as we had planned our...

Many of you know that during the months of November and December, I traveled to Italy for an orchestral conducting competition, and to...

The start of a new year is a wonderful time for reflection of the past but also to look to what we want for the future. If you are like...

Advent has been a great season of preparation for Christ’s birth! Throughout this season Isaiah has shown us the “Way to go.” “Way to...

Both Mary and I were pregnant at this time 58 years ago - she with her second child, I with our first. Even though my sister-in-law was...

People often ask what we learn in Seminary when it comes to Youth Ministry, and to be transparent, we have one required class in our 3...

when we find our calendars getting filled with cookie decorating, ugly sweater parties, shopping for gifts, school programs, and...

Be the Church Quotes “We will never change the world by going to church. We will only change the world by being the church.”–Unknown...

We’ve all done it in the classroom or on the playground to break into groups or teams. We hear the count off “1, 2, 1, 2, oneeeeee, 2....

Last week I noticed through my office window the golden leaves on the trees letting go and floating to the ground into a pile below the...

Those changes also impact Christ the King. For instance, we have levels of inflation not seen in the last 40 years. Things ebb and flow,...