Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

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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.

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Sunday, May 16th will be ‘Live-Streamed’ on our YouTube Channel at 11:00am.
Here is the direct link:

https://youtu.be/3MNIWDD8lkQ

You may join at 10:45am to enjoy Gladys playing and prepare your hearts and minds for worship at 11:00am.

We will have a special guest!

The service will be saved to be able to watch later.

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

https://christevangelicallutheran.com/blog

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PLEASE NOTE: Online services will continue until further notice.

Services are pre-recorded to be posted here on our YouTube channel early on Sunday morning, and

each day through Holy Week.

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 at Home Resource" ~ April 25 to June 13, 2021 (pdf)

Download

"Gottesdienst zu Hause" ~ 25.April - 13.Juni 2021 (pdf)

Download

Notice of Annual General Meeting

LETTER FROM COUNCIL re: April 18, 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Click here for Letter from our Council Chairperson

HOW TO: JOIN A ZOOM MEETING BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET

LETTER FROM COUNCIL re: April 18, 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

CLICK HERE FOR EASY, STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS, WRITTEN BY A NON-TECHIE

NOTICE OF MEETING

The Annual General Meeting

of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kelowna,

is Sunday, April 18th at 1:00 p.m. on Zoom

All members of Christ Lutheran are invited to participate, and all baptized members of Christ Lutheran, age 16 and older, are eligible to vote and stand for Church Council. Proxy and absentee votes are not permitted. Quorum is 40.

On the agenda will be a review of 2020, election of Church Council, approval of the budget for 2021, a Bylaw Amendment regarding electronic meetings, and items from members.

A practice session for Zoom will be take place on Sunday, March 28th at 2:00 p.m. Those without internet access are encouraged to gather with someone in their bubble who does, who can then assist with their participation in the meeting.

Annual Reports will available for pickup on March 27th; one only per household please, or can be mailed upon request. Electronic copies are available upon request.

Notice

NOTICE OF MEETING

Das jährliche Gemeindetreffen der Christusgemeinde, Kelowna

Wird stattfinden am Sonntag, den 18. April, 2021 um 13Uhr, durch Zoom

Alle Gemeindemitglieder die getauft und abwärts von 16 Jahre alt sind dürfen wählen, und sich für den Kirchvortstand melden. Stimmrechtsvertreter sind verboten. Beschlussfähige Anzahl für das Treffen ist 40.

Auf der Agenda ist ein Rückblick auf 2020, die Wahl unseres neuen Kirchenvorstandes, die Ratifizierung des Budgets für 2021, und eine Satzungsänderung wegen elektronischen Treffen, und mögliche Vorschläge von Mitglieder.

Ein Uebungstreffen für Zoom wird am 28. März um 14Uhr stattfinden.

Diejenigen ohne Internet sind ermutigt, sich mit jemandem in ihrem Kreise der Internet hat, zu treffen damit Sie einander helfen können.

Der jährliche Bericht wird am 27. März bereit sein, eins pro Haushalt, bitte. Sie können eine Kopie von der Kirche abholen, oder eine kann Ihnen geliefert werden. Eine elektronische Kopie des Berichts kann Ihnen auch geschickt werden.

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!