Who Invented Christ the King?

Well, we've decided to put a couple adds in the newspaper again to let people know that we're still out there and to notify them about the fact that we're meeting at the Rec Center now.

Once again, the only call I've received about it was from a woman from Christ the King Lutheran Church who was incredibly upset about our name. I've listened to the message so many times that I almost have it memorized. My favorite part is, "40 years ago, we had a picnic and came up with our name--we made it up. I want you to know you have stolen our name and I resent that very much!"

I'm not sure what to really make of all this. Besides that fact that a large percentage of Lutheran churches are called, Christ the King--and many of them "made their names up" 80 to 100 years ago, it pains me to think that this would be such an issue for some people. I could see if a church had a name like, "Sacred River Blood of the Lamb" and we used the same name, there might be some frustration--coming up with a relevant and unique name for a church and having it copied would be a bummer.

In the end, I have to be glad that only a few people seem to be really hung up on this name thing and the people of influence at CTK Lutheran who I've talked to were not only generous with their name, but loving people bent on the cause of Christ.

I'm almost looking forward to this coming Sunday when our next add comes out to see if I get another message!

Roller Coaster

Snapshot of CTK Durango

I love it when someone in our church says something that reflects exactly what we are trying to accomplish as a community. Last night in our Farmington small group, someone was describing a co-worker who is a real character and a little "out there". The comment was something along the lines of, "I've never been to a church that I would be willing to invite ________________ to until now."

She gets it! How about that, a church where you can invite the people in your life who you would probably not be accepted anywhere else!