Please note, this Sunday, June 12 is the last day of children / youth Sunday School classes on Zoom before taking a break for the summer months (with the exception that the high school class had already had its last day on June 5).
Content Note
Parents of Grades 3-5: We wanted to give you advance notice that this Sunday’s sermon passage deals with a sensitive subject, namely the beheading of John the Baptist (Mark 6:14-29 ESV). As usual, younger children aged 4 years to Grade 2 will be dismissed prior to the Scripture reading and so will not be present. For children in Grades 3-5 who might find this account unsettling or disturbing, parents are encouraged to talk with them about the passage in advance. For guidance, you might refer to the passage in the ICB translation (International Children’s Bible) with language targeted to the Grade 3 level.
Memorial Day
Please note, there will be no children / youth Sunday School classes on Sunday, May 29 (Memorial Day weekend). Classes will meet again on June 5 and 12 before taking a break for the summer months. There will be adult education on Memorial Day.
No Sunday school
Please note, there will not be Sunday school or Adult Ed this coming Sunday. Classes will resume on April 24th.
Songs for Holy Week
In preparation for CTK's Holy Week services, check out www.ctkcambridge.org/songs to find recordings of all of the congregational hymns we will be singing throughout the weekend. Join us in singing the story of Christ's death and resurrection!
New Hotline Number
If you need to get ahold of staff on a Sunday morning (i.e., if you are scheduled to volunteer on a Sunday and have to cancel at the last minute, or if you’re watching the livestream and are having an issue, or need to cancel your registration for the service), you can now text the church at 617-864-5464. This is the same number to call the church office and is listed on our webpage. The old “CTK Hotline” number is no longer active.
Resurrection Eggs
Resurrection Egg Kits available: Homemade Resurrection Egg Kits are egg cartons with plastic Easter eggs filled with 12 different objects and scripture verses to help explain the story of the Passover feast through Jesus's death on the cross leading up to the empty tomb on Easter morning. We have enough for one per family and if you have not received one, completed kits will be available this Sunday for families to pick up after the service. Please contact lara@ctkcambridge.org if you have any questions.
Sunday Childcare
CTK is looking for new paid childcare staff for the nursery during the worship service on Sunday mornings. If you know anyone who may be interested please contact lara@ctkcambridge.org.
Deacons' Fund
The January Deacons' Fund offering will be taken up (online) this Sunday, January 23, rather than the 30th. For information on giving to and disbursements from the Deacons' Fund in 2021, please see the year-end report here.
Sunday Livestream (Copy)
The Sunday livestream link is available by request only. If you need the link, please email laura@ctkcambridge.org by Saturday evening at 5pm.
Generous Justice
In the Adult education class, we have been pursuing the themes of Micah 6:8 - act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. During the summer, we went through Michael Card's wonderful study on Hesed. (mercy) Morgan Crago has led us through an insightful study of racism in the Presbyterian Church. In our current Adult Ed class, we are using Tim Keller's book Generous Justice to pursue what it means to act justly. In preparation, Pastor Clyde recommends this video from the Bible Project on the meaning of justice in the scriptures as well as this article on critical theory from Tim Keller.
Adult Ed (Pic)
Please note, there is no Adult Education this Sunday (9/5).
Adult Education will resume on Zoom on 9/12 with a new class: In continuation of our study of hesed, or God’s lovingkindness, and in preparation for our subsequent study on the theme of God’s justice, the Adult Ed class will be going through a 2-week study of US Presbyterian history, focusing on the history of our tradition’s response to issues of justice, particularly in the area of race and ethnicity. The class will look at teachings about race in the 20th century southern Presbyterian church, the role of African Americans in these churches, the cultural forces at play in the formation of the PCA in the 1970s, and more recent 21st-century denominational statements about race and corporate repentance.
Children's Worship
Children’s Worship is starting soon for children 4 and 5 years! Parents and children are invited to join us after the service on Sunday, September 12 for an Open House. Come tour the classroom in our newly renovated basement, preview our curriculum and familiarize yourself with the class schedule and procedures. Class will then open on Sunday, September 19 for up to 10 registered students (with a waitlist available). Kids will be dismissed from the service prior to the sermon and parents must escort children to class in order to check them in. Please contact Dana Russell with any questions.
Rides to Church
If you need a ride to church on Sunday mornings, or if you are able to give rides to others on Sunday mornings, please email laura@ctkcambridge.org to arrange a ride share!
Note from the Elders
A Note from the Elders for Young Families:
We want to express how happy we are that families are increasingly making the decision to join us in person at 99 Prospect Street. We realize that it is a complex decision for all of you. If it helps, we are all delighted to hear the sound of children again, joyful or otherwise. Please feel fully supported if you choose to worship as families. Grace is a wonderful gift when shared freely.
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read: ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?” - Matthew 21
No Sunday School/Adult Ed
Please note, there will be no Adult Education or children’s Sunday school Zoom meet-ups this coming Sunday, May 30.
Guest Preacher
PCA Unity Fund
In response to the recent murders in Atlanta, the elders of CTK have written this pastoral letter. A special offering will be collected on Easter Sunday to continue to support the PCA Unity Fund, which is a special fund to help raise up people of color as leaders for our churches.