Advent Worship

Sunday Mornings
November 28, December 5, and 19
9:30 AM Worship with Holy Communion
12 PM Cristo Rey Servicio en Espanol

Wednesday Evenings
December 1, 8, and 15
6 PM Holden Evening Prayer 
(In-person and on Zoom)

Advent Rejoice
December 12
9:30 AM Intergenerational Pageant Worship

Blue Christmas
December 21 
6:30 PM Longest Night Service 
at Atonement Lutheran Church

Christmas Eve
December 24
4 PM Family-Engaging Worship
7 & 9 PM Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion

Christmas Day
December 25
9:30 AM Worship with Holy Communion

Advent Devotionals

CtK Advent Devotional

CtK's Advent Devotional will be updated each week throughout Advent.

Music to Accompany Our Devotional

CtK's Advent Devotional will utilize music to help us center our focus on Christ as we journey towards the manger.

JOINT DEVOTIONS 2021 from Churches Beyond Borders

16 Devotions inspired by the annual 16 days of activism against gender based-violence

CtK Family and Intergenerational Advent Opportunities

Project Manger

Sunday, Nov 28 after worship
&
Wednesday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 (following Holden Evening Prayer)

Come to church and build a manger to take home OR come by church and pick up supplies and directions and build at home.

As this is a fair-sized manger with wood, you will need to bring a hammer, tape measure, and pencil. Parents will need to be there with their kids to help out. ALL are invited. All supplies are precut for you and directions are provided.

Please let Deb know if you’re planning on making one so we can make sure we have enough supplies.

More details about what we're collecting for the Community Support Center is found under Giving on this page.

Advent Calendar

Families can pick up advent calendars/books beginning after our Thanksgiving service.

Advent Rejoice!

Sunday, December 12 at 9:30 AM

This year’s intergenerational Christmas pageant will explore the story of Jesus’ birth through the eyes of the animals who accompanied Mary and Joseph on their journey to the manger.

We’ll hear from the donkey who carried Mary to Bethlehem, and from the cows who witnessed the birth in the stable. There will be sheep and doves singing our favorite Christmas carols.

Families and musicians are working hard to prepare this worship service and are excited to share the story of Christmas with all of you!

Advent Giving

Alternative Christmas Gifts

Christ the King’s Global Mission Team is selling Alternative Christmas Gifts again this year. 
Give a gift to our African partners in faith and you will receive a specially crafted Christmas ornament and card, made by GM team members, to share with a loved one of your choice.
 
Our new gift this year is called Seeds for Food in Madagascar. In September our guest speaker, Jason Bergmann, talked about the severe food shortage caused by drought in Madagascar. Some people eat cactus leaves as their only meal of the day. We have helped feed school lunches to students in southern Madagascar through our partnership with Operation Bootstrap Africa.
 
Now our Seeds for Food packets will also give them seeds for plants that grow well in their area’s soil and require minimal water to thrive, giving families hope for a better future. 
 
We offer 13 different gifts. Your contribution funds the gifts listed on the order form to be given to our partners, where they impact people’s lives in many ways: education, health services, economic improvement, and worship and faith.
 
This year we are offering Sunday morning sales in the narthex on November 28, December 5, 12, and 19, before and after our worship services. Stop by to see samples of our gifts and pick up an order form. Global Mission team members can help you fill your order in person.
 
You can also place an order online by clicking the button below. Global Mission team members will fill your order and send it to you by U.S. Postal Service. (Thanks to a supporter’s generosity, there will be no charge to you for packing and shipping.)
 
Thank you for your support this Christmas season!

Project Manger: Supporting Our Neighbors

On Sunday mornings during Advent we will sing these words in worship: “If in your heart you
make a manger for his birth, then God will once again become a child on earth.”

​You are invited to make your own manger in Advent and fill it with items that will be donated to our local service agency, the Community Support Center (CSC), which serves a number of families in our community. As we pray for God to make a place in our hearts for Jesus to be born again this Advent, we also hold that space for our neighbors in need.
Donated items can be brought to church to fill our manger in the Sanctuary on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings:

Week One: diapers of any size and baby wipes

Week Two: shampoo, condition, body soap, hand/body lotion *CURRENT WEEK*

Week Three: gift cards to Target, Walmart, and grocery stores

Week Four: household cleaning supplies

The Community Support Center also gladly excepts cash donations. Checks can be made out directly to the CSC and sent to their office:

Community Support Center
1600 Silver Lake Rd NW, New Brighton, MN 55112

Community Advent Events

Order Advent Poinsettias

Deadline to order: December 1.