King of Kings Lutheran Church

  Braydan Pastucha, godson and nephew of Pastor Jan and Jeanine, is helping lead a mission trip with LAMP to Gin g olx, a northern community in BC. This mission includes building a relationship with the community, hosting a 1-week VBS each summer, and a variety of evening community events during the same week for at least five years. They are hoping to raise $5000/year for supplies to support the mission. Braydan also asks that King of Kings to join in prayer for the team as they embark on this mission July 12-21.  If you are interested in donating, there are two methods:  Cheques made out to Trinity Lutheran Church - Richmond, with “LAMP Donation” written in the memo line and mailed to 7100 Granville Ave, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N8 E-transfer to lamptrip@tlc-lcc.ca , please include in the message “LAMP Donation”, along with your full name, address, and email. All donations above $20 made by these methods will receive tax-deductible charitable donation receipts mailed out at the end of year.

  The Never-Children Are His Always Children 07/02/24 One still-born baby is one baby too much for a mother. Their unrealized futures, like the Northern Lights, forever a wonder, forever beyond reach. The mother carries the child around in her mind, never abandoning the baby. Yet there is a blank space. Where is the child crying for her, looking up at her? There is only  putu , as the Inuits say, a hole. There is weeping. The earned sorrow of it. Grief sifting through mother-life and father-life. Still-born babies are never-children.  “And so, the Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man was made into a living soul” (Gen. 2:7,  trans. mine ). Our children come from the earth. From out of the earth. We don’t need to frack, God will dig them up. Every whittled cell, all the flaky platelets, and each carved limb is in his imagination before he speaks and his words dredge children into existence. But many children are born wearing

 Pastor Brad Schollenberg (Peace Lutheran Church, Winnipeg) continues to recover from double lung transplant. He is improving after a minor setback earlier this week. He is in good spirits (with minor pain from laughs shared with Pastor Jan) and ever so grateful for this gift. As we continue to give thanks to God for Pastor Brad's successful surgery and continued recovery, we also remember that another family mourns the death of a loved with the donation of their lungs. For Families of Donors Generous God, we give thanks for the life of the person, who was willing to donate their lungs and to give the gift of life to another. We thank you for the courage of their family, who support this decision. We pray with thanksgiving and glory to you that Pastor Brad may rejoice in the continued gift of life, with hope in your love. In Jesus’ name, we pray.   Amen. * Pastor Brad and Pastor Jan were colleagues in Winnipeg. Pastor Brad, Pastor Rudy Pastucha and Pastor Jan all gr

 Sunday June 9th at 5:00pm at The Crown and Tower Pub. If you plan to attend, please let Pastor Jan know ASAP. He plans to reserve some tables in the event there is a hockey game that night.

  As we get deeper into planning, I will have a list of items people can lend us, purchase for us (like food etc) and a list of other ways that people can support VBS.  We will need a Snack crew, often well suited to people who want to help but who don't want to work directly with the children.  They would come every morning and prepare the snacks each day.  The bulk of that work is in the first half of the morning.  The curriculum contains all the information on what to prepare and how.                                                                                Scuba VBS at Riverbend Lutheran Church July 29-August 2nd  from 9 am-noon! Registration is now OPEN! Sign up your children and join us as a volunteer as we take a deep dive into God's word this summer.    Register your children on the website:   http://vbspro.events/p/rlc2024 Or use the QR code We also need 30-40 volunteers, serving in a wide range of roles and positions.  If you'd like to volunteer this year, pl

 May 26 - Congregational Meeting after worship SAVE THE DATES SAVE THE DATE! Group’s SCUBA VBS July 29 – August 2 Riverbend Lutheran Church (mornings) VBS is for children ages 4 to Grade 6. Registration will open in May. We are also planning a Youth (teens) VBS in the afternoons. We will need 30-40 volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering contact Deacon  Kathy Congregational Picnic - Saturday July 13