Hits: 0On Saturday, January 6, 2024, the Olmsted family, along with Sandburg Gymnastics, will be hosting The Erin Olmsted Memorial Gymnastics Invitational. All monies raised from ticket sales to this event will support the Erin E. Olmsted Scholarships as well as the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists. ► If you would like to make a donation […]
Hits: 1If you would like to buy a poinsettia plant (or plants) to help decorate the churchon Christmas, a sign up and payment envelopes are available in the narthex. PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME ON THE LIST WHEN YOU ORDER! Please return payment envelopes via the offering basket or the Church Office front desk. Each plant […]
Hits: 4On Wednesday, December 20, Christ Choir will be caroling at Victorian Village Senior Community. We will meet at 5:45 at Victorian Village, 12600 W. Renaissance Circle, Homer Glen (red roof building). We will sing at this building before moving to the building with the green roof. Everyone is invited to join us! For more […]
Hits: 4EVERYONE is invited to join us on Sunday, December 17, as we go sing Christmas Carols to our homebound and shut-ins! We will meet in the gym at 12:00 and depart from there. This is an outdoor event, so please dress for the weather.
Hits: 4The final Voters’ Meeting for 2023 will be held on Sunday, December 10, at 11:15. Parish officers will be elected and other congregational business will be addressed. All communicant members of Christ Lutheran, 18 years of age and older, are eligible and encouraged to vote. The Elders will meet on Sunday, December 3, at […]
Hits: 5Christmas Door/Love Offerings will be received during the month of December to support the ministry of St. Matthew Lutheran in the Pilsen neighborhood and its El Comedor Popular Soup Kitchen. Please make checks payable to Christ Lutheran Church and earmarked: St. Matthews Soup Kitchen. Volunteers are needed to help package and distribute the Christmas […]
Hits: 5This year’s Sunday School Christmas Program, “C is for Christmas”, will be held on Sunday, December 10, at the 10:00 a.m. service. PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO REGULAR WORSHIP AT 8:00a THAT DAY. A regular worship service willbe held on Saturday, December 9, at 5:00.
Hits: 2Golden Bridges is in need of help delivering Christmas gifts and visiting with our homebound members during the holidays. If you are interested in helping, please contact Pastor Chuck.
Hits: 3MUSICHORALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT Join Musichorale for their 75th GalaNoel, Celebratethe Joy, on Sunday, December 10, at 3:20. The concert will be held at Richards High SchoolPerforming Arts Center in Oak Lawn. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Please seeJudy Venkus or Dean Porzel if you would like to purchase tickets […]
Hits: 3The final Voters’ Meeting for 2023 will be held on Sunday,December 10, at 11:15. Parish officers will be elected and other congregational business will beaddressed. All communicant members of Christ Lutheran, 18 years of age and older, are eligibleand encouraged to vote. Church Council will meet on Tuesday, December 5, at 6:30.
Hits: 4THE SEASON OF ADVENT begins the new Church Year on Sunday, December 3. Advent is afour-week time of preparation for Christmas and helps the faithful to receive the promised Christ.“Hark, the Glad Sound,” a special series of weekday Advent Communion services, will be held onWednesdays, December 6, 13, and 20, at 11:00 a.m. A […]
Hits: 2CHRISTMAS EVE YOUTH ORCHESTRA Hey kids (5th grade through college)! Sign up to playfor the Christmas Eve Family Service, Saturday, December 24, at 3:00. Practice will be onSaturday, December 16, at 10:00. Please sign-up on the bulletin board by the gym or contactSandy Knopp at (708) 349-0431, x227.
Hits: 11THE QUILTERS are in need of an ironing board and several irons. If you have either of theseitems you would like to donate, please bring them to the Church Office.
Hits: 3 Jill, mother of Jason (Jennifer) Herrmann, died on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Visitation Sunday 12-4 P.M. at Lawn Funeral Home 7909 State Rd., Burbank. Visitation Monday 10:00 A.M. until time of Funeral Service 10:30 A.M. at Christ Lutheran Church, Orland Park.
Hits: 21We are in need of THREE or FOUR MORE handbell ringers! Our next rehearsal is Tuesday, September 19, at 6:00 in the sanctuary. If you are interested, please contact Sandy Knopp at 708-349-0431,x227, or at sandraknopp@yahoo.com.
Hits: 26On Thursday, September 14, following Alan Moravec’s SeniorInformation Seminar at 10:00, the OWLS will have their meeting. Everyone is welcome to come,member or not, and enjoy delicioso Burrito Bowls with us! OWLS please note that there will beno brunch on Sunday, September 17.
Hits: 39On Wednesday, August 30, at 6:00, confirmation students and parents will meet in the gym for an informational meeting. Schedule, requirements, and fees will be on the agenda for information. Confirmation classes begin with all students entering the 7th grade and continues through 8th grade with Rite of Confirmation on Palm Sunday. If you […]
Hits: 27Under the direction of Sandra Knopp, you are invitedto join one of the Christ Lutheran music programs: Christ Choir, Youth Choir, Cherub Choir, Joy& Praise, Handbell Choir, Jr. Chimers, Youth Orchestra, or Special Music for worship. MusicAppreciation Sunday will be held on Sunday, August 20. Make your life a song to God. Forinformation or […]
Hits: 8Items grown in our garden have been picked and are available on theupstairs kitchen counter or in the upstairs refrigerator. HELP YOURSELF! Also, everyone iswelcome to pick from the garden at any time (except for the spaghetti squash; it is not ripe yet!).
Hits: 40Anyone interested in singing and/or playing aninstrument for our worship services during the summer season, contact SandyKnopp to sign up. Sandy can be emailed at sandraknopp@yahoo.com or in theChurch Office at 708-349-0431, x227.
Hits: 14Messages have been received by a number of our CLC family from both Pastor Chuck Johnsonand Pastor Matt Dubensky. These messages are urgent requests for gift cards to be purchasedto aid in helping others. This is a SCAM. Please do not in any way acknowledge these messagesand DELETE them. Any time you are unsure […]
Hits: 18 Loaves & Fishes is our monthly effort to collect non-perishable food for area food pantries.Each month we will focus on collecting specific items, howeverANY DONATION CAN BE BROUGHT IN.During the month of SEPTEMBER, our focus will be BACK TO SCHOOL!Peanut butter, jelly, canned tuna, individually wrapped snacks, fruit chews,single-serve fruit cups, granola bars […]
Hits: 57LADIES AID / LWML NEEDS YOU! All women of the church are invited to join the Ladies Aid /LWML. Please consider joining us at our next meeting on Wednesday, August 2, at 1:00, in theoffice conference room, to find out what we’re all about. We meet four times a year and wouldlove for you […]
Hits: 14HOLY GARDENERS NEED YOUR HELP On Sunday, April 30, following the 10:00 service, theHoly Gardeners are looking for volunteers to help prepare the garden for this year. Bring yourshovels, rakes, garden gloves, wheelbarrows, etc. and plan to get dirty! Services hours areavailable for students. We hope you will join us!
Hits: 58VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ALTAR GUILD Altar Guild is a lay ministry toserve God in His house by preparing the Sanctuary for worship, maintainingand caring for the communion ware, altar linens, paraments, and serving theclergy and the parish. Altar Guild also changes the banners in the sanctuaryand handles the arrangement of flowers. If you would […]
Hits: 22BIBLE STUDY ON FORGIVENESS continues this Sunday, March 5, at 9:00 in the officeconference room. We are starting Chapter 5 in our book, Called to Forgive, by Rev. AnthonyThompson.
Hits: 18➢ The Golden Bridges Committee would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to the congregation fortheir donations of items needed for the food pantry closet for our Golden Bridges recipients.We appreciate your generosity!➢ Thank you to the generous congregation we are a part of here at Christ Lutheran Church! TheVoyagers & Lytes Superbowl […]
Hits: 33As stewards, we believe that God gives us all that we need for this life and that we manage, ratherthan own, our earthly blessings. Please pray about God’s gifts and decide in your heart what youwill return to the Lord.We offer a number of ways you can support CELC on an ongoing basis: CLC […]
Hits: 18FAMILY MINISTRIES is still collecting new or gently used Legos, family/kids board games, pop-itsand fidget toys for future events. Donations can be dropped in the designated box in the FiresideRoom.
Hits: 8ARE YOU GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME? Stephen Ministers are members of ourcongregation who listen, care, encourage, and provide emotion and spiritual support to peoplewho are facing a crisis or going through tough times. The care you’ll receive is confidential, free,and very helpful. To learn how you – or a friend, neighbor, coworker, or […]