Christ the King Needs Statement

Christ the King Lutheran Church in Lapeer exists in order that all may know the love of God in Jesus Christ. We strive to make this happen by sharing the good news of Jesus in our homes, our communities, and the world. Through your mission partnership, we have been able to move ahead with boldness in living out this mission and who God has called us to be. It is because of support from fellow Christians like you that we have outgrown our current worship space multiple times and are now planning for a third worship opportunity that will begin in January. We are overjoyed by the challenge that this growth poses, but we need special support in not only accommodating the growth, but also fostering and encouraging it to continue. For this reason, we ask you to consider the following simple three ways that you can help.

1. Prayers
Please pray for us and with us. Prayer is the fuel that drives the engine of the church’s growth. Specifically, we invite you to join with us in our three-part prayer for the establishment of a mission center on the land that Christ the King has purchased, because we realize that this project would be pointless without seeking the direction and power of God. First, we pray that God’s will would be done in the establishment of the mission center. Second, we pray that we continue to have unity behind the vision of establishing a mission center where people can gather to experience God’s love and be equipped to go out and share that love with others. Third, we pray that the financial resources needed to build the mission center are made available. Please pray with us in this endeavor not to “build a church”, but to establish a mission center where the church can gather for ministry.

2. Worship (Special Music) Support
Stretching always takes place during healthy growth, and in church life this can be experienced in a stretching of ministers and resources. Consequently, it has become challenging to raise up new leaders as fast as new people enter our community. Therefore, we need people with special musical gifts to join us in worship for one Sunday and share that gift with our community. We have been deeply inspired in our worship of God by guests playing a wide range of music. At Christ the King, we have enjoyed barbershop quartets, jazz trumpets, handbells, solo singers, and string quartets. If the music inspires us to worship God, it works. Please share with us the wonderful musical gifts that God has provided the church through your congregation.

3. Financial Support
God is changing lives for the better in the Lapeer area through Christ the King Lutheran Church and we invite you to invest financially in what God is doing through our community. As our community expands, we have assumed much greater financially responsibility through an increase in staff and programming. We have also increased our need for more space, which in the short-term will be provided through more worship opportunities, but in the long-term will be provided through the construction of a mission center. We have already conducted a capital campaign and those worshiping at Christ the King are responding wonderfully, but we are still in need of more resources to advance the project. Specifically, if you know someone who can provide us with a geothermal system, an engineered septic system, or other type of site prep for a reduced cost, please let us know. Also, we are in need of around $90,000 to further our goal. Even though things have not been wonderful economically, we know that now is the time to build, because now is when construction costs are lower. Please help us take advantage of this advantageous time to build a mission center by adding Christ the King to your congregational or personal budget.

We thank you for the many ways that you already support Christ the King Lutheran Church, and we ask that you prayerfully consider one, two, or three of the above ways to support what God is doing through our community. Please feel free to contact Pastor Nik Schillack at anytime at 810-358-2492 or at pastor@christthekinglapeer.org. As a gift to you, if you ever need a guest speaker, specifically on the topic of evangelism, please let us know. We would be thrilled to come to your congregation and share what we have learned, both the good and bad lessons, about encouraging congregations to grow.