Upcoming Events

Just a couple notes about upcoming events.
We are taking a break from youth nights through out the busy season of Advent and Christmas. Youth nights will resume in the New Year.
Our annual Christmas play will take place on December 18th at 6pm. The Church will be providing a free dinner for all. Please come out and enjoy our Christmas gift to you!
Mid-night Mass will begin at 10:30p.m. December 24th, With light snacks and fellowship beginning around 9p.m. Please bring a snack and come enjoy the fellowship with Christmas Eve Mass afterwards. (Subject to change in the event of winter weather.)
We hope to see you there!!

Saint Nicholas Day and Advent Cleaning

Advent cleaning is a tradition in our church which generally takes place on the last Saturday before the first Sunday of Advent. Those of us who can make it to the church come and do a deep cleaning and spruce the place up for the coming of Christ our King on Christmas Day. Just as Advent is a time to prepare and clean up our hearts to welcome our Savior we also prepare the church for the coming of this grand event when God became man. This year we did our Advent cleaning on Saint Nicholas Day, December 6th. We met mid-afternoon and cleaned til dinner time. At which time we finished up our work and shared in a soup supper provided by the church. Once supper was complete we continued with evening prayer and Christmas play practice. It was a wonderful day with a lot accomplished. Here are some pictures from the day. :)

Our selection of greenery!

If you need any windows cleaned these are the ones to call! They did an excellent job cleaning windows inside and out!

Take it from Ez cleaning the toilet is the best part!

The stalwart brass cleaning crew!

The finished result!!

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out! Y'all did a great job!!

Missionary Society of Saint John Assembly 2018

My how time has flown! Only a month ago we were preparing for the Assembly with great anticipation of what was to come. Now as I write this post I realize that we are marching head on into November with Thanksgiving only a few weeks away. October 25th, 26th, and 27th members of the MSJ (Missionary Society of Saint John) gathered together for the annual assembly at Christ the King. Our topic of study this year was base on and around our patron, Saint John. Each day of the Assembly the congregation prayed the daily offices together as well as attending Mass on Friday, listened to teaching sessions, and enjoyed fellowship with one another. This year we introduced what we hope will become a long standing tradition, following the service of Compline Friday evening we had Benediction. I really can't think of a better way to end the Assembly than in adoration of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament! It was simply breathtaking and beautiful!! Well I could spend days talking about the Assembly. But instead I will go ahead and post some long anticipated pictures of the event.

If you would like more information about the MSJ or would like to attend the Assembly next year please contact Fr. Bob Lemmon, MSJ.

Clean up day at Christ the King!

This past Saturday the youth group met at the Church in order to work on cleaning up outside in preparation for the coming MSJ Assembly October 25th-27th. On the agenda was cleaning up the prayer walk as well as the walk down to the waterfall. Oh, and did I mention, building up a pile for the annual bonfire! The group worked for several hours before agreeing that the walks were in good order and the pile was sufficiently stacked up to a reasonable height.

The boys got a little carried away while building up the bonfire pile. ;)

Our youngest helper of the day!

"But look, it's the perfect place to make a fort!"

And our pile is complete!!

Saint Michael's Day Weekend Trip

This past weekend our church youth group took a trip to Tullahoma, Tennessee to participate in a weekend retreat with others who attend the annual Saint Michael's Conference Midwest. The group drove down Friday afternoon and drove home Sunday afternoon after attending Mass. It was a weekend packed with prayer, fun, and a little bit of work. Over the course of the weekend they attended Benediction, Evensong for St. Michael and All Angels Day, Compline both evenings, as well as Mass on Sunday. Saturday they helped with cleaning the church they were visiting, and went to a fall festival. The youth group as a whole voted it was a weekend well spent and look forward to the coming Saint Michael's Conference Midwest 2019! For more information on the Conference contact Fr. Bob Lemmon and he will get you in touch with someone from the conference.

Confirmation Sunday!

Bishop Ilgenfritz visited us today in order to Confirm 9 people from our congregation. Following the service we enjoyed a potluck dinner and some fellowship with the Bishop.

From left to right we have:
Top row: Mr. and Mrs. Follman, and Fr. Bob. Middle row: Susanna Dunlap, Jonathan Dunlap, Bp. Ilgenfritz, Josiah Follman, Samuel Lemmon and Lauren Follman. Front row: Conrad Martin and Maggie Hussey.

Defend, O Lord, these thy Children with thy heavenly grace; that they may continue thine forever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until they come into thy everlasting kingdom. Amen.
(Copied from the service for Confirmation in the BCP.)

Surprise!

This past youth night we had a surprise birthday party for one of the boys. It was big hit among the youth... with pizza, cake and ice cream how could it not be a success! Of course a fire always tops the night off here in Kentucky. So we decided to test our burn pile size in preparation for the MSJ meeting in October. :)

The verdict was, even though you could feel the heat up by the church doors, it wasn't quite big enough. And perhaps we should add a few larger logs so that it will burn longer....

Once the fire had died down a bit the rest of our evening was spent playing games outside in the semi darkness using glow sticks to help identify the players.

....Now to get our pile built back up for October!!! :)

The Happy Family

Silas, Savannah and Aurora Stoner.

Holy Baptism

Silas and Savannah Stoner presented Aurora Shyanne Stoner to Fr. Bob Lemmon for the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. Aurora, who is their first child, was born this past July. We welcomed her into the household of faith on the 14th Sunday after Trinity, September 2nd, 2018.

ALASKA!!!

Alaska here we come!! Fr. Bob is currently in Alaska visiting his son, Joel, who is stationed in Alaska til 2020. He is accompanied by his 12 year old son Samuel. Please keep them all in your prayers as they explore the beauty and wonder of Alaska. We are looking for their return August 15th. Mass will be said this week by our visiting priest from Bardstown Kentucky, Fr. Rickey Brown.

Saint Hubert (656-727AD)

To read more about Saint Hubert check out : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertus

Fellowship of St. Hubert

The Fellowship of St. Hubert met on July 28th at Christ the King. Saint Hubert's was created as a time for hunters to hone their archery skills and to encourage moral and upright hunting among each other. Besides practicing archery Saint Hubert's Fellowship provides a time to strengthen and build lasting friendships among fellow comrades in the sport. Our church was gifted a relic of Saint Hubert, which has been instrumental in the forming of this Fellowship. As Saint Hubert is the patron saint of hunters this Fellowship was built under his patronage. The group looks to meet once a month. Notices of the next meeting will be posted in the church bulletin.

Mary Grace Lemmon Takes Her Postulant Vow

On St. Benedict's Day July 11th, 2018 Mary Grace Lemmon entered her postulancy at St. Benedict's Abbey, Peoria Illinois. This is her second step on her way to becoming a Benedictine nun. Mary Grace has dreamed of becoming nun since she was 11 years old and is delighted beyond measure to finally be taking the first steps towards fulfilling her vocation.