A Message from the Pastor
As I child I would spend hours pouring over the baseball boxscores in the local newspaper memorizing the names of the players for all the major league teams. To this day I can still name the starting lineup for the 1969 Philadelphia Phillies. I realized later on how important our name was to our identity and to our sense of belonging in the kingdom of God. One of the practices I developed over the years was calling people by their first name when they came to Holy Communion. Having been in my former congregation for so many years I was able to add new names quickly into my memory bank.
However, for the last nine months it has been driving me crazy not knowing all your names. I’ve been your pastor long enough to recognize faces and to have conversation with most of the folks here at Christ the King. But I don’t have names connected to all the faces. And I feel badly about that (although it’s not for lack of trying). Now one possibility to help me is to wear your name tag provided to you by the church office. For those who are visiting or are contemplating becoming members of Christ the King, please take the time to talk with me on Sunday morning. It’s a busy time, but I’m always more than happy to talk.
Our names are incredibly important to identify who we are. It also is a key to our faith to know that our Lord has uniquely created each and every one of us, and He calls us by name. As your pastor it is my goal to call each one of you by name, but I need your help.
