Open Positions at Covenant Christian Academy Covenant Christian Academy, a Christian and Classical private school located in Peabody, has experienced tremendous growth this year and has many full-time and part-time job openings available for next school year including teaching positions, assistants, and in athletics. You can view the complete list of openings and detailed job descriptions on Covenant's website. Questions may be forwarded to office@ccamail.org.
Looking for Housing
A Christian woman (friend of CTK member) is moving to Boston and looking for housing. She recently finished her graduate degree in NY and is moving here to work downtown. She prioritizes lower rent and is willing to share a room if need be. If you know of any possibilities, email Ella (tgs55@cornell.edu).
Men's Ministry
Men, this one's for you! Join us for a men's ministry hangout on Saturday, May 22 from 2-4pm at Tyler Holley's home in Wakefield. Lawn games will abound (feel free to bring one to share!) Please sign up for a time slot and get other information on this google spreadsheet. The sign up is intended to make sure the event stays within state guidelines. Hope to see you there!
Rick & T
An update on Rick & T: Rick has taken a year-long position as the “stated supply” (that’s PCA-talk for “he’ll be preaching”) at a church in South Carolina. He recently started down there, and while he and T are away, Clyde and Valerie will be living in their home in Cambridge. Rick & T would be glad to hear from folks and have visitors: their address is 13 Muirfield Dr. Okatie, SC 29909.
Pentecostal Tabernacle
On Pentecost Sunday, May 23, at 2pm, one of the churches in our area, Pentecostal Tabernacle, will be holding a short outdoor worship service and time of fellowship at Dana Park (70 Magazine St., Cambridge). Members of other congregations are welcome to join! Email elder Rick Olson (rickeolson@gmail.com) if you want to join a group of people from CTK who are planning to attend.
Women's Ministry Leadership Meeting
There will be a women's ministry planning meeting on Sunday, May 23 at 3:30p to plan for women's ministry items this summer and fall. If you are interested in learning more about or becoming involved with women's ministry leadership, please contact Laura Martin to get more information about this planning meeting or women's ministry leadership in general.
Restarting Childrens Programming
PARENTS AND ALL MEMBERS: The last day of kids' Zoom classes will be on Sunday, June 13. Sunday School will take the summer off as we work towards putting all of our energy into gearing up for those classes and Children’s Worship to begin again in-person in the fall. In order to do this, we need to build a team of 20-25 teachers who can help plan and teach our kids for the next school year. If you have any interest and especially for those who are not plugged back into serving yet, please contact Dana (dana@ctkcambridge.org). Parents, please mark the evening of June 6 on your calendars for a parent discussion on Zoom about restarting programs in the fall. (Nursery families, Lara will be in touch in the coming weeks about plans to get a nursery up and running over the summer.)
Volunteer Appreciation
May is Volunteer Appreciation Month at CTK. And while this last year has looked much different than any in recent memory, our volunteers are still serving the body of Christ faithfully - some in very visible ways, and some behind the scenes. Please check out the CTK Reader each week for a note of thanks from the staff.
Housemate needed
A CTK member is looking for a female Christian roommate to join her and her other 2 housemates, starting September 1. The apartment is located in Cambridge (Riverside) and is 10 minutes from the Central Square T stop. Anyone who's interested can contact Morgan (mcrago@bu.edu) for more information!
Congregational Survey
Last week, staff sent out a survey asking about your plans and comfort levels on returning to in-person worship. If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes to complete that survey. Please join us in continuing to pray that God would make his name great in our city, that he would be honored in our worship, and that he would turn many hearts to him.
Hyojin & Tim
Congratulations! Hyojin Yoon and Timothy Kim are the proud new parents of their daughter Lisa Sujin Kim, born April 11th. If you would like to bring them a meal, please reach out to our meals coordinator, Erin Ward, at meals@ctkcambridge.org.
LCA Event May 17-20
Lexington Christian Academy is hosting Cultivating Spaces, a week of virtual gatherings to help parents navigate these uncharted waters of parenting teenagers in 2021 and beyond. Each night will have different topics and speakers. You can find out more about this free event in May and pre register here: https://www.lca.edu/cultivating
Softball Team
The CTK Cicadas' first softball game will be held on June 5th at 10am at the Roberto Clemente Field, located in Boston's Back Bay Fens. We have a final t-shirt design, made by CTK's Eric Robinson. If anyone was unable to join the roster but is interested in seeing and/or owning a jersey, check out the link here, and please feel free to join the group order. Contact Rosemary Boyle for more details on ordering.
Women's Ministry Backyard Gatherings (pic)
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Women's Ministry will be hosting another round of backyard gatherings on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, May 2 for casual fellowship and (hopefully) spring sunshine - this time in the yards of Katie Jentoft and Martha Olson. Please sign up in advance for a time slot. Email office@ctkcambridge.org for the sign up sheet. The sign up is intended to make sure the events stay within city/state guidelines. See you in the yard(s)!
Guest Preacher
Softball
Keep your eyes peeled in the Reader for an announcement this week about a new CTK softball team that will be participating in the Boston Church softball league. Ben Hoover is in charge of recruitment and Rosemary Boyle and Rachel Price are the co-captains. Appropriate COVID precautions will be taken. Games start in June.
Easter Times & Services
In light of how many people would like to attend in person this Easter, the CTK staff has decided for this Sunday to have two services. However, to accommodate the schedules of the volunteers who will be serving this Sunday, we'll be changing our service time so as to have two morning services.
We will have a 9 am worship service and an 11:15 am worship service this Sunday. Registration is full for the 9am service, though you can sign up for the waiting list. There are still some spots left at the 11:15am service.
The livestream will be at 9am. We will return to our regular 10:30am service next week (Sunday, April 11th).
Here are the links for this week’s services. Please join us as we celebrate and reflect on the death and resurrection of our Lord:
Good Friday, 7:30p: Watch on YouTube || Order of Service
Sunrise Service, 6:15a: Watch on Zoom || Order of Service
9am Easter Livestream In-Person and on YouTube || Order of Service
11:15am Easter Service In-Person || Order of Service
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.
Building Update
The sanctuary renovations are finishing up this week. You can see pictures of their progress, from February til now, in this Google Photos album. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped remove and then bring back the pews. And special thanks to Joe Buckley and Katy Carter for all their work in the planning and execution of these renovations. We are a grateful congregation!
Henry Porter Dicks
Sarah and Nathan Dicks are the proud parents of their son Henry Porter Dicks, born on March 25. He was 7 lbs. 12 oz. and 20.5 inches at birth.