Christ Lutheran Church

1245 W. Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA  18102                                      Telephone No:  610-433-4271

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A Congregation of the ELCA



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The NE Pennsylvania Synod



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Pastor Maxon
Senior Pastor

 
We recently celebrat

ated the 30th Anniversary season of 12th Night.  Everyone was great and the crowds seemed to appreciate our efforts.  The children were very cute and new and old actors were faithful to their parts.  It is a play about THE story of Jesus and all that has grown up around the Story.  The 12th Night Festival is a way to remind us that we are always part of a story.  From the stories we learn as we are growing up, the families we are a part of, the different kinds of work we have done, funny and sad things we do, are all part of our stories.

What is always important for us as Christians is to see how God's story and our story weave together.  Our story and the stories of those who around us, weave together into a novel

 

that is marvelous and complex.  It becomes difficult after a while, to see where one story begins and another ends.  Memories of the past and hopes of the future are part of the weaving too.

At Christ Church we are very fortunate to have the fantastic weaving that is our past, present and future.  It is the faces of those who have grown up here and who have come to be a part of us here.  It is St. Stephen and all the other congregations where people have come from to be a part of our weaving.  Babies, the elderly, young faces, older faces make up the color and design of who we are coming to be.

Sometimes when we have an Annual Meeting like we did last week, it is possible to see ourselves as the sum total of a financial report or a committee report.  We are much more than that.  We are
 

the weaving of bright colors that startle people and help people to dream.  We are the weaving that changes lives of children in our neighborhood.  It is part of our design to change adults from our neighborhood and every neighborhood around the world.  Our designs and colors change us and all of those around us.

So if you did not have a chance, take a look at the Annual Report.  See yourself in that story.  Remember all those people whose memories are still an important part of that story.  See the new things that are starting to change in to that new design and color that God wants us to be.  We need everyone to be part of our weaving and design.  Without you, we are incomplete, less colorful and in need of design.  Patch yourself in, these if plenty of room.
Parking lot available across the street from church building on Sundays

Office Hours:  Mon-Fri  8 a.m. -4 p.m.; Closed 1/2 hr. for lunch
E-mail Address:  info@christ-atown.org