Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 9/12/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 9/13/2026 9:30 am.Patience is a virtue in short supply. Our Gospel reading (Matthew 18:21-35) finds Saint Peter, always the great stand in for all Christians, asking very pertinent questions for everyone. “Lord, how often will my brother sin…

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25 years ago today, Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School in Saginaw Mi. Our wonderful teachers and staff and myself gathered our children together in the sanctuary and we prayed. Our theme as we sought comfort came to be, “Fear…

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Christ the King Lutheran Church Labor Day Weekend Divine Service Saturday 9/5/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 9/6/2026 9:30 am. O people, rise and laborTo renovate the heartThat mankind’s mighty Savior,Whom God’s love set apartTo free you from all sin,May do the promised wonderAnd with his life and splendor,Victorious enter…

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Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 8/29 5:30 pm. Sunday 8/30 9:30 am. Dear Friend, you and I and all people have a big problem when it comes to our relationship with God. It is a problem that Saint Matthew illustrates beautifully in our Gospel (Matthew 16:21-30). One…

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Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 8/22/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 8/23/2026 9:30 am. Jesus asks at all times, “Who do you say that I am?” And the answer, provided solely by God in His Word, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Faith in Jesus…

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Christ the King Lutheran Church today and tomorrow we have the very delightful and important account of the Canaanite woman from Matthew’s Gospel. It is a story of great and persevering faith in Jesus Christ alone in the face of great opposition and derision. Faith like that can…

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It’s Independence Day weekend. At Christ the King Lutheran Church we thank God for the liberty and freedom that are the hallmarks of our nation. We will read the Declaration of Independence Saturday and Sunday for pre service. Yet, we at CTK are called by God to be…

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Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 6/6/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 6/7/2026 9:30 am. Our Gospel for this week centers around Jesus calling Saint Matthew the tax collector. Jesus says, “Follow me.” And so it is. The larger context of Jesus calling Matthew to be His Apostle and great…

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The Holy Trinity. Saturday 5/30 5:30 pm. Sunday 5/31 9:30 am. Christ the King Lutheran Church. Come and consider, confess, and thank God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for His great love and mercy in creation, salvation, and sanctification. A glorious tapestry of…

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Today is Ascension Day. 40 days after Easter, 10 day before Pentecost, the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is central in the Proclamation of Jesus Christ only Savior. It is His Death we preach, His Resurrection in which we rejoice, and His Ascension in which we glory…

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