Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

All Are Welcome!

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

2091 GORDON DRIVE KELOWNA, BC V1Y 3J2 CANADA 250.860.2447

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

2091 GORDON DRIVE KELOWNA, BC V1Y 3J2 CANADA 250.860.2447

(A member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada)

Welcome to Worship!

Blessings and Love to you and your “circle”!

Jesus Christ, the Light of the World, continues to shine brightly.

Please note:
Our worship time is at 10:00am until further notice

We hope to continue with indoor worship as allowed; please see schedule below.

Please note, as we transition to worshipping together:

We ask that you continue to wear a mask, as not everyone is fully vaccinated.
Registration is not necessary, but we still ask that waivers for worship (valid from June 1-December 31, 2021) be completed and signed by each attendee.
The Waiver Form and letter from our Covid-19 Safety Committee are available to read and download on our website here: https://christevangelicallutheran.com/newsletter
If you need a printed hard copy, they are in the envelope on the door of the church.

Sunday, September 26th - 10Uhr

In-house German service

English short service will be pre-recorded

Sunday, October 3rd- 10:00 a.m.

In-house English Service (Thanksgiving)

Sunday, October 10th - 10Uhr

In-house German service (Erntedankfest)

English short service will be pre-recorded

Sunday, October 17th - 10:00 a.m.

In-house English Service

Sunday, October 24th - 10:00 a.m.

BC Synod Convention Service - Livestreamed

(contact the office for the link)

Sunday, October 31st - 10Uhr

Reformation Sunday

TBA

November 2021 - to be announced

If we have a film crew, the services will be filmed and posted to our YouTube channel afterwards or livestreamed.

Words to the hymns will be in the video, and the scripture texts for reading along are here:

https://christevangelicallutheran.com/blog

To receive the direct live-stream link to follow along Sunday morning, please contact us.

Please continue to check this site for further developments.

If there is a PASTORAL EMERGENCY, please call the Church office: 250-860-2447, as messages are checked regularly.

Pastoral care is available via telephone call, or outdoors, socially distanced. In the event of emergency or end of life situations, the Pastor can obtain permission to visit at KGH and Kelowna Hospice.

Worship At Home / Gottesdienst zu Hause

The resources below are prepared for those who might wish to worship at home. This is a basic outline with readings and prayers for the upcoming Sundays. Please feel free to add or subtract as you wish. God bless you as you gather in God's name. - Pastor Patricia Giannelia

Worship Schedule

Blessings to you and thank you for visiting!

Due to the continuing issues around the COVID 19 Virus, decisions on how we move ahead are being made day by day.

At this time, the church office is open by appointment only to visitors, please call or email in advance. Phone calls will be answered, and messages checked regularly.

Sunday Worship Services will be pre-recorded and available on our YouTube Channel.

The Women's Bible Study and committee meetings happen monthly on zoom.

Worship Chorale, our outside groups/renters (CODA, etc.) do not meet in-house at this time.

If you know of someone who may not be on our mailing list, or email list, please have them call or email the church office with their information if they wish to be included and updated.

For links to online worship from Lutheran congregations across Canada, go to

http://elcic.ca/publichealth/livestreaming.cfm

For past sermons, and this Sunday's readings, click on 'Writings/Blog'.

Here is a series of Children's You tubes from a Lutheran Pastor in Kingston, Ont., Seth Perry.

Please share with your German speaking family and friends:

SUNDAY SERVICE – GERMAN TV on the Internet:

St. Mark’s Lutheran in Vancouver has invited us to join in with them for the summer. Here is the link to their website: http://www.stmarkschurch.ca/sermons.html and click on “Online Services”

Auf Deutsch gibt es auch einige Möglichkeiten, z.B. bei

https://www.bibeltv.de/live-gottesdienste/

und https://www.gottesdienst-tv.de/,

oder die regelmäßigen Gottendienste im ZDF, die auch später noch zu Verfügung stehen:

https://www.zdf.de/gesellschaft/gottesdienste/evangelischer-gottesdienst-378.html

Shaw TV – Deutsche Welle – Sonntagsfrüh um 7Uhr.

To keep the church operational, we ask that you please continue with your offering, as you are able. While we will do our best to cut costs, there are unfortunately certain expenses that are on-going and unchangeable. You may mail it in, call church office (Tuesday-Friday, 9am-noon) to confirm dropping it off, or if you would like to set up E-Transfer, or Pre-Authorized giving, please let us know, as we can assist you if needed.

(Pre-Authorized Form here)

We will do our best to keep you informed.

For updates:

Please, continue to check the website:

https://christevangelicallutheran.com

or sign up to our blog to be notified automatically: https://christevangelicallutheran.com/writings

and/or follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Christ.Evangelical.Lutheran.Church.Kelowna/

We look forward to welcoming you back at Christ Lutheran as soon as we are able!

Stay healthy. Blessings to you and yours!