Dear Friends,
2009 was quite a year for Christ the King Lutheran Church!

If you stuck with the Daily Bible Reading Schedule, you finished reading the whole Bible!  (If you didn’t quite make it, 2010 is a new year.  Pick up a copy of the January schedule in the narthex or download it from our web site at church@ctk-nola.org  .  By reading just three chapters each day, beginning January 1st,  you will complete all 1189 chapters of the Bible on  Christmas Day.)   By the way, if you completed this year’s, please let me know ASAP.  Congratulations!

Our members aren’t always aware of the help our church provides. 
So here’s a recap of 2009:

we gave $8,000 in support to missionaries Andy & Barb Hinderlie in Madagascar;
we gave $1,000 to the Chaplain’s Fund at Fort Hood, TX to assist families of the tragedy there;
we helped a neighbor last month with his $180 utility bill;
we assisted a member family with rent and another with a mortgage payment;
we gave out over $1,500 in assistance to strangers for gasoline, prescriptions, utilities, food, rent, etc. All of this was in addition to contributions to the Kenner Food Bank, Walter Reed Hospital, special door offerings, and almost $30,000 in benevolence to our denomination.

We can be sure there will be more opportunities to help people in 2010.

We’ll get a fuller report from each of our committees and determine upon our new budget at the congregational meeting on Sunday, January 31st, after the 10:30 worship.  That’s also when we’ll thank retiring Council members Linnea Savoie, Brenda Bastone, Karen Marchal, Audrey Borde and Ed Dusang.

May God bless you richly this new year!

Ron