This post comes from Roger and Trish Blomquist, Christ the King's short-term missionaries in Tanzania. This posts talks about the ordination of nine pastors on Feb. 5.

The following post comes from our short-term missionaries, Roger and Trish Blomquist, who are serving for three months in Tanzania. Please read on to experience worship in Tanzania through our traveler's eyes.

Thanks to all of the congregation members, staff and volunteers who made our first Super Spirit Worship a great success. Special thanks goes out to our commentators, Ray Ensrud, and Aaron Larson. Click here to see more photos from Sunday, including the kick off of our Get Out of the Boat sign ups, Pack 106's pancake breakfast and the annual meeting.

The following post comes to Christ the King from Roger and Trish Blomquist. The Blomquists are serving for three months in Tanzania. Please check back often for more updates from the Blomquists and continue to offer your prayers for them, Tanzania, and the Nduli Parish.

It’s hard to believe that we have been here a little over a month as time has flown by.  We have had very busy schedules with lots of people here from the St. Paul Area Synod and we have reconnected with so many of our Tanzanian friends that we have met over the years.

Pr. Hannah and I have a friendly agreement for Super Spirit worship this weekend.

A new idea is unfolding at Christ the King called Christian Life Groups.  This idea is being launched this month as we begin our all church book study:  If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat. A famous scientist once said that the best way to launch an idea is to wrap it in a person. Perhaps it is better to toss it out of a boat.

Have you noticed the canoe in the narthex lately?  Does it make you wonder what it is all about? We really want you to know, and to join the whole congregation in taking the boat ride of your life!

I have a confession to make: I’m afraid of joining a Bible study/Christian Life Group.

As we gear up to start this all-church book study in Christian Life Groups it’s important for all of us to confront those things that might  hold us back for fully participating.

1. You will feel more connected.
The Bible encourages us to love one another, encourage one another and pray for one another. Christian Life Groups will help you feel more connected to the Church, its people and God.

Christ the King member Marilyn Riege forwarded me the following e-mail about church bulletin bloopers earlier this week and I thought I would share it with you.  My favorite is "A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow. " I'm adding one of my own that nearly ran in the Herald. (Special thanks to the talented proofreaders who caught it before publication.) Can you find it? Let me know in the comments!

The following post comes to Christ the King from Roger and Trish Blomquist. The Blomquists are serving for three months in Tanzania. Please check back often for more updates from the Blomquists and continue to offer your prayers for them, Tanzania, and the Nduli Parish.

My office has a tendency to turn into a paper tornado. Each day we creep closer to Thanksadventversarymas (Yeah, I just made up a word.) the stack gets higher.

We don’t exist for ourselves. We exist to be Christ in the world: Real people offering efforts of compassion and kindness to one another. People willing to know each others lives, not just observe them,” Pr. Deb Birkeland.

Pr. Deb. preached about what it means to be "rich" at church on Sunday, saying, "To those to whom our Father has given stewardship over His vineyard, much is expected.  The vineyard of God’s creation is blessed to be a blessing.  It is not given to be consumed and hoarded."

While searching for blog posts about how to write blog posts, I ran across the following video from Luther Seminary's (and apparently a Christ the King member, according to Dawn) Rollie Martinson.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Carrie. I started at CtK about three weeks ago as the first person in the position of "Communications Coordinator."