Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday

Sunday, April 2 | 10:30 AM

Maundy Thursday

Thursday, April 6 | 7:00 PM

Good Friday

Friday, April 7

Stations of the Cross | 12 noon

Tenebrae Service | 8:00 PM

Easter Day

Sunday, April 9 | 10:30 AM

Easter Brunch follows the service.

Our new phone system, installed by Wyatt Communications, Inc., of Lafayette, IN, is installed and operational! You may now resume calling the church phone number and leave a message if the staff member you are trying to reach is unavailable. You will first hear an initial greeting when you dial the church number. Press 1 for Tom Dearchs or press 2 for Pastor Walker. If they are available, they will pick up the call. If not, you will be able to leave a voicemail.

There are public phones that may be used by members and friends of CLC located in the Office Work Room as well as the kitchen. Simply lift the handset and dial the number you are intending to call. The new phones are very easy to use. It is not necessary to choose a phone line before dialing the number. If you have any questions about the phones, please see Tom Dearchs.

In addition to our new phone system, we have signed the necessary paperwork to switch from AT&T to Comcast as our internet/phone provider. As Comcast needs to complete construction for this to take place, it will be approximately 3-6 months before this change occurs.

As of last evening, we now have video and audio doorbells located at all entrances to the building. Should you come to the church and need access to the building, (and don't have a key) press the button on the doorbell and a staff member will let you in (if they are available). Thank you to Josh Taylor for installing these for us! Thank you to the Memorial Committee for approving this purchase utilizing memorial funds.

As with any project, items arise that need to be addressed. With the installation of our new phone system, Koorsen Security Systems (our alarm monitoring company) had to install an Internet Communicator Device so that our security system would function without the need for a phone line. In doing this upgrade to our system, a function was enabled that causes a "chime" to occur when any of our exit doors are opened. This is quite a great feature as I can hear (from my office) when and which doors are being opened.

An Iowa native, Shayla Van Hal is a third-year doctoral candidate in organ performance at Indiana University, studying with Dr. Chris Young. She received her master's degrees in church music (organ) and music theory from the University of Kansas, studying with Drs. James Higdon, Michael Bauer, and Scott Murphy. Her BA in music is from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, working with organist Dr. Gregory Peterson.

Her interest in education brought her back to Luther College for the fall of 2019, where she served as Visiting Professor of Music and Interim College Organist while Dr. Peterson was on sabbatical. After a particularly French-focused education at KU, Ms. Van Hal has dedicated her academic and performance interests in her doctorate to under-performed organ music, particularly the music of Eastern Europe. Her future dissertation plans involve studying Polish organ music of the Communist era with hopes of spending a semester in Poland. She currently serves as an Associate Instructor for the Music Theory department at IU, as well as the Assistant Director of Music and Organist at First Christian Church, Bloomington. Shayla enjoys apartment life with her husband, Adam, and their cat, Snowboots.

Shayla will perform the music of Franck, Liszt, and Laurin. We hope you will join us!

Most Recent Financial Snapshot

3/9/23

Current Checkbook Balance: $59,556.21

Less Committed Expenses Pending: $ 2,186.22

Less Special Purpose Giving: $44,590.61

Money Available to pay routine bills: $12,590.61

Current Special Purpose Gifts:

Altar Flowers: $457

Eternal Candle: $75

Lutheran Magazine: $108

Fine Arts: $2,020

Food Pantry: $698

Mason Music Gifts: $15,546

Memorial Gifts: $7,311

WELCA: $845

Shiloh Salary/Benefits: $16,653*

Portico Optional Vision: $67

*Note: Shiloh very generously gifted Christ their 2023 projected portion of Pastor Sharon's Salary and Retirement expenses before their formal close. This gift is reserved specifically for that purpose.

Current Remaining Mortgage Balance: $29,129.11

Mortgage Burning Celebration: January 2024! 

Easter Flower forms are located on the Welcome Table in the Narthex. The Easter flowers are used to adorn the sanctuary on Easter Sunday. Any amount may be contributed. The deadline to contribute is April 2nd. Worship Ministry will order flowers; all you have to do is donate. Thanks!

For those who donate and wish to take a plant home, the flowers will be available for pick-up after worship on Sunday, April 16th. They will be located in the Narthex.

A number of folks expressed interest in holding an Easter Brunch following worship on Easter Sunday, April 9th. A sign-up form for various items, ie., breakfast casseroles, fruit, coffee cakes, juice, etc., is located on the bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign-up on Sunday! There is also a need for several to help with set-up and clean-up. Thanks for your participation!

The 40 days of Lent are a season to reflect and remember, to look forward and ahead. These are not easy times for many of us. Yet Lent reminds us that God is not yet through with us or our world. We know by faith that God is at work, drawing us toward the resurrection and restoration of the world. Connect to the church’s global work to end hunger and poverty during ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving, which begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22. Visit ELCA.org/40Days for resources including a devotional calendar, a study guide, an action guide and a Lenten email series.

President: Dee Ann Daniels (2024)

e: [email protected] | c: (574) 702-1921

Vice President: Jill Howell (2025)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 860-7949

Secretary: Amy Russell (2025)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 480-4241

Dan Macaluso (2023)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 438-9385

Elaine Newman (2023)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 437-2954

Rudy Obermeyer (2025)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 480-5871

Nadine Owens (2023)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 860-1441

Financial Secretary: Bob Howell (appointed)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 860-8446

Treasurer: Peter Kane (appointed)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 513-5075

Rev. Sharon Walker (ex officio)

e: [email protected] | c: (765) 427-4618

The Church Council Members and Parish Staff would be happy to talk with you at any time regarding Christ Lutheran Church and its mission in the world.

Christ Speaks, We Listen, We Share

The printer of our offering envelopes has a delay in processing our envelope order for 2023. They will most likely not be available until late February or early March. 

Please click the purple-colored button below for the Worship Assistant Schedule for March. If you are unable to serve, please obtain a substitute and notify the church office. Thanks!

Do you like seeing the beautiful flowers on the Altar each Sunday? If so, we need you to sign-up today! There are many weeks remaining this year that need a sponsor. The flower cost is $20 per vase or two for $40. Two people may sign-up on a Sunday if you would like to share the cost. Please sign-up today!

Please note that we will not have flowers adorning the Altar if there is no sponsor for a particular week.

The 2023 flower chart has arrived and is hanging in the Narthex. The flower cost is $20 per vase or two for $40. Please sign-up today. Eternal Candles remain at $18 per month.

There is a 2023 calendar located on the counter in the Office Work Room. Please list events, meetings, etc., on this calendar so that scheduling of events can take place and conflicts do not occur. You will notice a "red" checkmark beside the events to indicate that they have been transferred to Tom's calendar as well as the churchwide calendar. Thank you for your assistance.

Christ Lutheran Church

3401 S. Dixon Road

Kokomo, IN 46902

Phone: 765.453.6183

Pastor's Cell: 765.427.4618

christlutherankokomo.org