STAFF GIFTS: Please consider thanking our CTR staff and showing our appreciation with a year-end Christmas bonus.  Please write “staff gifts” on the memo line of your check when making contributions. Deadline for the donations is December 25.

 

OFFERING ENVELOPES  for 2017 are ready for you to pick up at the south entrance. Please do not use these until January as your envelope number has changed.

 

CONGREGATIONAL REPORTS to be submitted for the meeting packet in January are due December 29 for the meeting to be held on January 22 following a potluck at noon. Please email them to Connie at the church office (connie.phillips@ctrtulsa.org).

 

ALTAR FLOWERS are needed for the new year. Please sign up at the south entrance.

 

CHURCH OFFICE will be closed on December 26 & 27.

 

MITE BOX SUNDAY  is next Sunday.

 

BRAILLE WORKSHOP  is January 9 at 9:00 at Our Savior.

 

SENIOR FRIENDS  will go to lunch on January 8 at First Watch (81st & Lewis).

 

RECEPTION  in honor of Kayla Kuehnert as she steps down as Director of Family & Children’s Ministry will be Sunday, January 8, at 9:30. All are invited to attend. There will be a basket for cards.

 

 

LWML SHOE MINISTRY:  Collection of gently used/new shoes is a new recycling project. This is an opportunity for you to clean out your closet. Baskets for the shoes can be found at the collection center near the south entrance and will continue through January.

 

TULSA OILERS PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM  will be having a Faith & Family Night on Friday, February 24. We are running a special on CTR group tickets for the church at $7 a ticket. For this special rate, please sign up at the table in the narthex. Tickets must be paid at the time you sign up and are non-refundable.

 
January 13-15, 2017– JOURNEY IN JANUARY: High School retreat at Camp Lutherhoma: What is Journey in January? Journey is a high school Christian retreat that is planned, orchestrated, and run by High School Youth from around the state of Oklahoma. Camp Lutherhoma has been running this event for 28 years and it has become an important faith development moment for all who attend. Register to attend with CTR by December 18th and pay only $110 to stay in either the Pine or Aspen retreat cabins! This price is good for both CTR members and friends they invite to attend! These cabins are the new retreat facilities at camp. Your linens, bedding and towels will be provided. Each cabin has full bathrooms with showers inside the cabin as well as a sitting area and fireplace! If space is still available after December 4th you may register up until December 18th for $130. Cost includes transportation, meals and housing for the weekend as well as all programming and a t-shirt. We will leave from CTR on Friday, January 13th at 6:30 PM and return on Sunday, January 15th at approx. 1:30 PM

 
January 27-29, 2017– JR HIGH RETREAT: For all confirmation and Jr High students and their friends in the retreat cabins at Camp Lutherhoma

All 5th-8th grade CTR students and friends are invited to our Winter Retreat at Camp Lutherhoma! We will be staying in the new retreat cabins so all bedding, linens and towels will be provided. This year’s theme is “The Power of Influence” and we will be doing Bible study, games, group building and more throughout the weekend. The cost is $65 per person and includes 2 nights at Lutherhoma and all meals, activities and a t-shirt!

 

July 2-7, 2017– COLORADO MISSION TRIP: For all youth completing 6th-12th grade in May 2017). Open to Jr. High and High School students at Lutheran Valley Retreat Center in Woodland Park, CO. The cost of the trip will be around $325-350 a person for stay at the retreat center, transportation, meals, work projects and a day trip event.
The tentative plan is to leave the morning of July 1 and stay in the Colorado Springs or Denver area and have a little free time on the 2^nd then check in at LVR on the 2^nd. Our time at LVR would go through breakfast on the 7^th and we would have the opportunity to do an event together that afternoon and stay the night at a local hotel. On the 8^th

we will pack up in the morning and drive home. Without stops, the drive straight to LVR is approximately 11 hours while the drive to Denver is just under 10 hours. More details and plans for the trip will come as we get a clearer picture how many youth are attending. I need to begin getting a verbal YES/NO if you would like to go. If you plan to attend, a non-refundable deposit to hold your spot of $50 is due by January 22, 2017.