PT Holy Saturday

The Saturday before Easter (April 16), Pentecostal Tabernacle will be holding an Easter community event and a food pantry at the Washington Elms neighborhood. The PT outreach coordinator has invited folks from CTK to help with the preparations, distribution of food, and hosting of craft and game stations. This is a good opportunity to serve the community alongside fellow Christians in Cambridge! Sign-up information is here--there are options for Friday evening and Saturday morning and afternoon.

HS

High Schoolers are invited to an event called City-Wide which gathers youth from several churches in the Cambridge/Boston area. The location rotates between different churches and this month will be hosted by Aletheia Church in Central Square. The worship event is Friday, March 25 from 7:30-9:30p and the group will meet at CTK at 7:15p to walk over . We will walk back to CTK afterward so pick up will be at CTK at around 9:45p. Additionally, you may meet at church at 6:30p for a BYO picnic dinner.

MS

Next Sunday, March 27th, the Middle School Youth Group will be hosting an Arts and Crafts event in the Social Hall starting right after church. They' have some fun projects with clay planned! It will last at least an hour so please have your middle schooler bring a lunch with them. Please RSVP by emailing Ariana (ariana@ctkcambridge.org) so they know how many to expect.

Housing Need

Housing Needed: Samuel Spencer is a missionary kid from Malawi. He and his Malawian friend are moving to Cambridge in a few months for school and are looking for apartments or rooms to rent. They are both enrolled in graduate programs that start in June/July in Cambridge. If you know of any housing opportunities, please reach out to Samuel at samuellspencer1024@gmail.com or 479-215-9754.

Discovering CTK

Interested in learning more about CTK? Want to consider becoming a member? Please attend our online Discovering CTK class starting on March 6th. The class will run for six weeks on Sunday mornings from 9-9:45a . You can register for the class here. If you have any questions, please contact laura@ctkcambridge.org.

Cards for Drakes

Over the next few weeks, we would like to show our support for the Drake family as they grieve the loss of Esther’s mom. One way we’d like to do this is to collect cards from the congregation that we can then send to the Drakes over these next several weeks. People are encouraged to write personal cards, cards from their families, or cards from their community groups. We’ll then collect cards on Sundays and mail them as they come in. Though many in the congregation don’t yet have an established relationship with Travis or Esther, we can still communicate to them that we are their community, regardless of how short a time we’ve known them, and that we mourn with them in their grief.

housing for Hawaii family

Housing Needed: The Neikirk family will be moving from Hawaii to Cambridge this August. Richard Neikirk is currently in the Marine Corps and will be doing a fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School from August till May. They are a reformed-faith family, and are planning to attend CTK when they arrive in Massachusetts. They are looking to rent a 2-bedroom apartment, condo, or townhouse in the Cambridge area from early August till the end of May 2023. They have no pets and do not need it furnished. If you know of any housing opportunities, please contact Viann Neikirk at neikirkv@gmail.com.

young scholar from Bratislava

Short-term Housing Needed: Friends of Mike Edsall (i.e. Rachel Thrasher’s dad) are looking for short-term housing for a Slovak scholar who will be in Cambridge from April until June/July as a visiting scholar to BU. If you know of any housing opportunities or have space for this young woman, please contact Rachel Thrasher (racheldenae@gmail.com).

Calling All Singers

Calling All Singers! We are putting together a choir to sing selections at the upcoming Good Friday (4/15) and Easter Sunday (4/17) services. The next rehearsal will be Saturday, April 2 at 10:30 am. If you are interested in lending your voice, please contact amanda@ctkcambridge.org.

Women's Ministry Event Coordinator

Are you a gal? A gal who likes to plan events for fellowship and edification? (Think: picnics, hiking, speakers, workshops, etc.) Then we need you! Women’s Ministry is looking for an event planning volunteer. Please reach out to Martha Olson at MarthaBWOlson@gmail.com or 203-605-9898.

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.

Prattville Gallery

Rosemary Boyle is hosting an exhibit of recent work by Adrian Johnston, Boston Fellows Arts Cohort Alum and member of Park Street Church. The CTK community is invited to join in celebrating art-making and arts patronage. Please join on Saturday, March 12, from 6:30-8:30pm at Rosemary's home in Chelsea for an evening of art and hospitality. There will be refreshments, and a facilitated discussion at 7:00pm. Address is 42 Nichols St, Chelsea MA. Plentiful free on-street parking.

New Registration

Good news! This past Sunday, we had the most people in attendance since March of 2020! We are so excited to be gathering in larger numbers again. As our attendance numbers rise, we do ask that whether you choose open seating or distanced, please register to attend the service by Saturday evening. Registering lets staff know if we have the right proportion of seats allotted for open and distanced seats.

To make the process just a touch easier, we’ve now set up registrations so that you can register for one month at a time — simply select which Sundays you plan to attend and then fill out the number of attendees for each Sunday. If you need to cancel your registration, please email Laura at laura@ctkcambridge.org.

When registering for the service, you may also register children for nursery (ages 6 months - 3 years) or children’s worship (age 4 through Grade 2). Space is limited, but wait lists are available.

Travis Family Update

As Pastor Clyde announced on Sunday, we received some heartbreaking news from the Drake family last week, that Esther’s mother Jan was in a very serious car accident, and is not expected to survive her injuries. Travis is thankful for the congregation’s prayers in all this, and would ask for your continued prayers during this season of grief. The family was able to gather at the hospital to say goodbye to Jan on Sunday, and are now waiting for her to be with the Lord.

Travis’s Presbytery meeting is still scheduled for March 5th and after prayerful conversations with the elders, he has expressed his desire to still preach for us on March 6th. Travis and Esther will be coming up to Boston without the boys, and see it as a chance to get away as a couple. They are in a very sensitive stage of the grieving process and have asked that those present at the service on Sunday not talk with them about Esther’s mother. There will be other ways for us to express our condolences and care for them — the church will send flowers for Jan’s service and congregants are welcome to write sympathy cards.

The Presbytery exam is scheduled for 9am on Saturday, March 5th on Zoom. Though it is no longer in person, congregants are still welcome to be present at the meeting. You can email laura@ctkcambridge.org for the zoom link.

HR Coordinator

Job Opportunity: Auxilio is looking to hire a part-time HR Coordinator to manage its hiring process, execute payroll and benefits, assist with client payroll and HR, and contribute to developing a team-oriented culture. Contact Bob Sawyer at bob@auxilio.partners for more details.

Building Fund Updates

In a recent financial update for members, the elders reported on the upcoming renovation needs for the building at 99 Prospect Street. To that end, they have created a building fund for those who would donate specifically to these needs. There will be monthly updates in the Reader about goals and progress on this front.