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News for the week of October 19, 2025
Adult Forum Series: Great Cloud of Witnesses: Stories of Faith & Resilience: Love your Enemies with Rev. Toby Darrah October 26 We will listen to and discuss Rev. Toby Darrah’s sermon on Loving Your Enemies. Rev. Darrah is the Curate at St Clare’s Episcopal Church in Ann
Arbor, Michigan.
ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Our congregation will meet Sunday November 9, 2025 at 9:20am in the Sanctuary for our Annual Meeting, gathering for prayer, conversation, and discussion. Join us as we hear stories of the impact of our year in ministry, thank
our Council leadership, and elect our leaders for the coming year. Copies of our Annual
Report will be available soon in the Gathering Space. Questions can be directed to
Angela Wehner, Council President, or Pastor Tim. See you November 9!
All are welcome to attend We Make Indiana housing update and next steps
on October 28th 6:30-8:00 at Christ Lutheran Church. In the
last month, over 115 neighbors joined us for 7 housing forums—sharing stories, exploring how zoning shapes our communities, and asking: Who gets to live here?
On Tuesday, Oct. 28th we're coming together to reflect on what we’ve learned, hear updates on zoning reform in Valparaiso, and take the next step: exploring a statewide housing campaign by meeting with our state legislators this fall. Let’s turn momentum into action. Please join
us!
Getting to Know CLC Curious how God changes lives in and with this congregation? Join us to for our “Getting to
Know CLC” series as we explore Christ Lutheran's ministry, history, and teaching. We'll gather for a 3-week series during the Formation Hour on Sundays (9:20am-10:20) October 26 and November 2 in the Sanctuary, followed by an opportunity to formally stand with the congregation, confess our faith together, and declare that "Yes! God has something for me here." Register for our series via the link below. New Member Welcome on Sunday, November 9. https://clcvalpo.churchcenter.com/groups/seasonal-classes/getting-to-know-clc-fall-2025
October Altar Gifts Holy Communion
Marilyn McGawn ~ In Memory of Malcolm Altar Candles Given to the Glory of God Eternal Lamp Cheryl Watson ~ In Memory of Ken
South Shore Brass Band presents
a ‘Side-By-Side Concert’ Sunday, November 2 at 5 pm Christ Lutheran Church 2610 Campbell
St. Valpo, IN Adults $10 ~ Seniors $8 ~ Students $5 ~ Preschool Free
The CLC Youth will be holding a silent auction November 2-23. If you have any objects or services you can offer to the auction, please drop them off during the month of October to the church hall. Please mark the item with your name, valued amount, and suggested minimum bid. Questions can be directed to Amy Knauff, 219-242-7448 or amyknauff@gmail.com.
CIRCLE Dinner Providers Needed
Meals are needed for the high school youth group. Circle meets every Sunday from 6-8pm, with a meal
to start at 6:00. Would you be willing to cook a meal and share it with the kids? You would be cooking for about 15 people and are welcome to stay for fellowship. If you are interested, please sign up here or scan the QR
code:
Christ Lutheran Church offers a Grief Support Group every other week on Wednesdays from 9:30 - 11 am in the
Conference Room. (209). The group serves adults who have experienced a loss of a spouse, parent, child, friend, or neighbor. Come when you can. Coffee and Kleenex available. The group is facilitated by Cheryl Slack, a Stephen Minister. You may contact her at 219-241-0677 or one of the pastors if you have any questions. Upcoming dates are October 29; November 12 and 26; December 10 and 31; January 14, 2026 All persons experiencing grief are welcome to attend.
October 2025 CLC Mission Endowment Fund Corner “Give it your all.” You’ve probably heard that from a coach, mentor or loved one sometime in your life. But when it comes to planning your estate, you don’t have to take an all-or-nothing approach. You may have many people and causes you love—and wonder how you can possibly take care of them all
after you’re gone. Here’s the solution: Harness the power of percentages and divide your “estate pie” so everyone and everything you care about gets a slice. Here’s how: 1. Take inventory of your estate. It’s likely larger than you think. Assets such as real estate, life
insurance, and investment and retirement accounts can quickly add up. 2. Determine which people and causes you’d like to benefit and in what percentages. You can provide for loved ones and still make a big difference with 10%, 5%—even 1%.
You don’t need a fortune to make an impact. 3. Create or update your will or update your beneficiaries to align with your percentages. Contact your estate planning attorney or use an online planning tool for your will. Adding
or changing beneficiaries for accounts such as IRAs or life insurance is as simple as filling out a paper or online form. One more advantage of giving percentages of your estate: Your gift automatically adjusts in proportion to the size of your estate. That means that each beneficiary’s share will remain aligned with your intentions no matter what. We’re Here for You Scan our QR code to contact your regional
ELCA gift planner for a no-obligation discussion about creating a legacy that will share God’s grace and the love of Christ for years to come.
CLC Social Ministry and Mission Social Ministry Emphasis for October. The focus this month is to provide volunteer time and monetary support for Lutheran World Relief www.lwr.org and ELCA World Hunger/Disaster
Response www.elca.org/hunger and www.elca.org/disaster Lutheran World Relief is affirming God’s love for all people, working
with Lutherans and partners around the world to end poverty, injustice, and human suffering. LWR vision is to be empowered by God’s unconditional love in Jesus Christ, envisioning a world in which each person, every community and all generations live in justice, dignity, and peace. Also, here is a volunteer opportunity in October: helping with the annual northern Indiana Lutheran congregations in-gathering collection day at CLC (Sat. afternoon Oct. 18, 2-5pm) - loading a
semi-truckload of items to be delivered to LWR for shipment overseas. Many items come from CLC: quilts and baby/fabric/personal/school kits. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Becky Fry at justplainbecky@gmail.com ELCA World Hunger/Disaster Response two hunger/disaster response programs (plus Lutheran World Relief) work closely
together on world humanitarian issues, providing relief and hunger assistance, as well as providing opportunities for hunger education and advocacy activities. 79% of funds are used around the world, 12% in the U.S., and 9% for education and advocacy. Help achieve our goal of $2500 in October (over and above giving combined with CLC’s $1200 budgeted amount). By achieving our goal CLC will help Luth. World Relief and ELCA Hunger/Disaster Relief continue
mutual support and service activities that are crucial to effective ministry. Use your weekly worship giving mailed in check to CLC and indicate “LWR/ELCA Hunger” or contribute through Subsplash on the CLC website https://clcvalpo.org via the “Give” button and choose Monthly Social Ministry
Emphasis. Thank you to members for supporting monthly social ministry emphases.
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QUILTS Quilts Completed: BABY CARE KIT PROJECT 2026 Goal-500 October needs are boy and girl pants, jackets, sleepers, shirts, tops, and 4 ounce bars of white Dial soap.
FABRIC KIT PROJECT 2026 Goal-150 Kits completed- October needs are 3 yard lengths of
cotton fabric in solid and print patterns.
PERSONAL CARE KIT PROJECT Kits complete— October need is cash to buy needed items in bulk. Buying in bulk allows us to make our funds purchase more items. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. NOTE: PLEASE WHEN COLLECTING AND DONATING CANS PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE TRASH. THE LWR ALUMINUM CAN PROJECT IS FOR CANS ONLY.
THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
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