Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Ephesians 5:14

We who follow Jesus are called to wake up … be woke, if you will. That’s a loaded word these days. But here it is in our sacred text. “Live as children of light,” wake up. Jesus healed a man who lived his entire life in blind darkness. What is our blindness? What darkness keeps us from waking up? Come, see, and worship the Son of Man.

Worship beings at 10:30 a.m. Zoom “doors” open at 10 a.m. Click the button below to join us on Zoom.

Do Justice, Love Kindness, Walk Humbly With God. Tell one person where you go on Sundays! Invite them to join you, online or in person. Tell them why you gather with fellow travelers for worship and praise. No great theological discourse is necessary, just invite them to “Come and See.” Lent is an especially good time to invite others along as we reflect on our need for forgiveness and grace.

March 26 Is New Member Welcome Sunday. Do you know anyone who is looking for a community of believers who are creative, innovative, and unique? Well, here we are! Invite your friends to come and see what we are all about. Are you ready to become a member of this faith community? Contact Pastor Dorothy to learn more about what it means to become part a faith community.

Official welcome will be made during the 10:30 English worship service on March 26, followed by a casual reception in the Narthex. It may remind you of the coffee hour of old, with a little twist. Come and See!

Holy Week at CTK

Plan Ahead. Holy Week is coming! All services are hybrid using the same Zoom link as Sunday mornings.

• April 2, 10:30 a.m. Palm/Passion Sunday moves from a triumphant entry to the beginning of the end.
• April 6, 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday with Holy Communion and Stripping the Altar
• April 7, 7 p.m. Good Friday with Passion according to John. Bilingual worship.
• April 8, Bonus Podcast Episode imagining the Passover and Sabbath waiting of the disciples.
• April 9, Christ Is Risen! (10:30 a.m. English, 5 p.m. español)

The Grace Johnson Library. Are you aware of our Diversity Reading Nook in the Narthex? This is an annex to our larger library which is adjacent to the Rainbow Room. Please feel free to sit down in this cozy corner and explore the brand-new books which address racial equality and LGBTQIA themes. Find a book to take home with you to read! Check out is simple. Find the clipboard on the bookshelf. Write the date, the title of the book, and your name on the clipboard. When you return the book a few weeks later, simply draw a line through your writing on the clipboard. There is a treasure trove of good books here waiting to be discovered! —Ruth Cooley

A New Way to Contribute to Christ the King. We are now registered with Fred Meyer as a charitable organization and eligible to receive contributions from the Fred Meyer Foundation. Every time you shop at Fred Meyer and use your loyalty card, your purchase amount will be recorded. Every three months Fred Meyer will send a check to Christ the King based on the amount assigned to our account. Instructions to take advantage of this opportunity follow.

If you have a Fred Meyer loyalty card, just visit www.fredmeyer.com. Log in to your account. Click on Savings. Then on Community Rewards and sign up for Christ the King. Find us by entering JD309 in the search box. (JD309 is our non-profit organization number for Fred Meyer.)

Call Ruthanne Rusnak at 503-701-2462 with questions or for help signing up.

Bonaventure Senior Living. Thanks to an invitation by our soon-to-be new members, Don and Judy Peterson, Pastor Dorothy and two Tigard pastor colleagues will begin offering Protestant Chapel for the residents of Bonaventure Tigard. If you know someone who lives at Bonaventure, invite them to participate in this weekly ecumenical service.

Social Media Update. The church’s front door is no longer limited to the fixed-address, brick and mortar door. The “real” front door of the church is virtual. We are long overdue launching into this virtual world. The response to the Advent podcast bears this out. But, we need assistance. We are looking for someone who is able to coach us in the use of social media. If you know someone who is social-media-savvy, or interested in becoming social-media-savvy, ask them to call Pastor Dorothy. It is one of the 21st-century methods of “go and tell.”

Book of Faith: Matthew—Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Anti-Racism Conversation: Acting Against Racism is on hiatus until after Easter (April 9).

Cristo Rey Misa. Hermanos y hermanas, ven a celebrar la misa bilingüe el segundo y el cuarto domingo de cada mes a las 5 p.m. Gracias a Dios! Brothers and sisters, worship at bilingual mass the second and fourth Sundays of every month at 5 p.m. You don’t have to speak Spanish. The service is printed in both languages. Come, live in the light! ¡Ven a vivir en la luz!

• Viernes Santo, sin comunión, la Pasión según Juan bilingüe, 7 p.m.
• Domingo de Pascua, ¡Cristo ha resucitado! con comunión, 5 p.m.

Prayer Requests. We continue to pray for one another. When you have a prayer request, there are several ways you can communicate that with us. Please call the church office (503-639-2789), send an email to [email protected], call Pastor Dorothy’s cell phone (503-849-6383), or visit tigardlutherans.com and click on the Communication tab.

Giving. There are several ways to share your tithes and offerings:

• Place your offering in the plate on Sunday morning.
• Mail a check to the church office (11305 SW Bull Mountain Rd., Tigard, OR 97224).
• Use your bank’s online bill-pay service.
• Set up a recurring or single payment through our third-party giving platform, Vanco, by clicking here.

If you are in need of prayers or pastoral presence, please contact one of us at [email protected], [email protected], or call Pastor Dorothy (503-849-6383).

Welcome one another, 
therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you,
for the glory of God. Romans 15:7

Christ the King Lutheran Church/Cristo Rey Iglesia Luterana is a community of children of God who are seeking to know God by following the teachings of Jesus Christ, who welcomed all.

This community of faith is enriched and strengthened by diversity. We welcome all to share in the life and ministries of worship, sacraments, responsibilities, leadership, and blessings of participation in this congregation. We are committed to the work of racial equity.

Believing that God’s unbounded love and grace are offered to all and meant to be shared and celebrated by all, we embrace differences of age, race, ethnicity, language, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental abilities, appearance, economic status, marital status, and family situation.

No matter what your life experience is or has been,
you are a child of God and you are welcome here.

Reconciling in Christ

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