Worship With Us Online
Sunday 9:30 a.m.
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Pastor Reggie
Preaching This Sunday
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"Being Part of the Blessed"
Second Sunday in Easter
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Passing of the Peace From...
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Join us on our YouTube channel at 12:05 p.m. on Thursday for a brief devotional by Pastor Reggie! We will be offering this devotional every Thursday during this age of social distancing. If you have any questions, contact
Pastor Reggie
or
Pastor Laura
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Wednesday Evening Prayer Service
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Join us each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. for a livestream evening worship. Join via our website at
www.crownofglory.org
and click on the YouTube icon. Be sure to download the worship outline found
here
.
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Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and Turn on Notifications
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If you would like to be notified of when we are “live” or when we post a new video on our YouTube page, make sure you click on the “Subscribe” button on the Crown of Glory Chaska MN YouTube homepage, as well as clicking on the “bell” icon and select “All” to receive notifications whenever we publish a new video! If you have any questions, contact
Pastor Laura
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Offering and Electronic Giving
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Please consider continuing your weekly offering during these times when we are not gathering, as our congregation will still have our regular financial obligations. Thank you for considering one of the following ways:
- Mailing your offering to our address at 1141 Cardinal Street Chaska, MN 55318.
- Getting signed up for Simply Giving, an automated giving option, by filling out this form and sending it to our Director of Finance, Ashley Pederson.
- Trying “Text to Give” by sending a text to our secure account at 833-497-3991.
Please scan our QR code to be taken to our giving page or
click here
to learn more.
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Word of Thanks! Financial Commitment YTD Update
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We offer a heartfelt word of thanks and appreciation for all gifts given towards the Sustaining Fund and our mission at Crown of Glory. Our year to date giving through March 2020 has been very good and our congregation continues to be on course to cover our monthly expenses and financial responsibilities. Thank you for your support during challenging these times!
Sustaining Fund Summary - Year through March 31, 2020:
- Expenses: $191,621
- Revenue: $191,343
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National Lutheran Choir Virtual Gathering
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This Sunday, April 19, at 4:00 p.m., the National Lutheran Choir is having a Virtual Gathering called “How Can I Keep from Singing?” It’s just a half hour long, just enough for a breath of fresh air. You can join them at either
www.nlca.com
or
www.facebook.com/NLChoir
.
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Christ is risen! Alleluia! As we live into the liturgy of Easter, here are some ways to guide us to pray with our bodies at home as we practice living resurrection:
- This week Praying in Color! Grab a hand full of color: crayons, colored pencils or markers and a piece of paper. Let each colors represent a different feeling. Notice what is on your heart and mind. Draw a heart in the middle of the page and in the heart write a word or two to describe the feeling or thought. You can write difficult or happy feelings in your heart because they are already there. 1. Think about what troubles your heart, who is touched by that trouble? Write their name and draw a heart or another shape around their name and decorate it as you think about them and what you want for them in your coloring prayer. Draw a line back to your first heart to connect them. Keep adding names and coloring around them, connecting them to your first heart. 2. Think about what comforts or gives you joy. What are you grateful for? Write that and draw a heart around it. Decorate it joyfully! Who are the people who bring you joy or who you want to share joy with? Write those names on your page and decorate with shapes and squiggles and connect them to this heart. Doodle your way through the prayer until it feels complete. You can’t do it wrong. In the mix of all that troubles you and give you joy, may God meet you there and give you peace.
- We can practice trusting in a generous God to meet our needs in an abundant creation as we give to others! Practice generosity by extending yourself to meet the needs of others. Giving a phone call or sending a card to someone is a way to act generously by sharing who you are and who that person is for you. You could participate in the Beacon Rally for Home by just showing up on line demonstrating you want to participate and shape a generous community where all people have a home. There are other examples in this newsletter of how you can practice generosity. What other ways can you be generous? Enjoy exploring the possibilities and notice how God meets your generous spirit as you do!
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The Spark lesson for Sunday, April 19, is on Doubting Thomas. Thomas doubted the other disciples had really seen Jesus risen from the dead. He wanted proof. Jesus gave him more than proof; Thomas got experience. Jesus came to Thomas in the midst of his doubt. Thomas experienced the crucified and risen Jesus in the midst of the gathered community of disciples. Jesus gives us experiences in faith community as well; experiences that transform our doubt into trusting in God’s presence with us!
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VBS registration is available
online
! Our theme this year is Generation to Generation! Gather with friends old and new as we worship, play, craft, and share faith conversations June 15-19, 2020! Staff from Green Lake Lutheran Ministries will guide us. Full and Half Day registration available. Youth volunteers, adult volunteers, and host homes are needed. Contact
Gretchen
to participate or to learn more.
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Confirmation Continues: Distance Learning Class Sessions!
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Confirmation Students and Parents
Even though we are not able to gather together for the remainder of our calendar year, we invite you to logon to our website at
www.crownofglory.org
and click on the YouTube icon for our final 3 class sessions. Each session will be pre-recorded and can be watched anytime you choose. The class sessions will be led by Pastor Reggie and Pastor Laura and will include a downloadable PDF outline. Once you finished the session, each student is asked to complete an online “worship note”, with the TITLE of the class in the heading. Confirmation class sessions will be available starting Wednesday, April 22
nd
at 3:00 p.m. and each Wednesday following at 3:00 p.m. Our last class session will be Wednesday May 6
th
. Please log on with your family and enjoy your final 3 Confirmation class sessions of the year!
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Beacon Rally for Home (From Home!)
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Thursday, April 16 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it is how crucial it is to have a place to call home so that we can “shelter in place”. Also, our own health and well-being is integrally tied to the health and well-being of everyone in our community. Home is a basic structure that effects health in community. We who are healthy and housed can act boldly today while building toward tomorrow to support
everyone
in our communities having a place to call home.
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative is a group of committed staff and volunteers working to end homelessness. The proposed development of Prairie Point in Shakopee is a way to serve families experiencing homelessness in Scott and Carver County by creating
50 homes with onsite support services for families.
This online rally will be an informative and important preparation for your participation in Beacon’s newest family supportive housing. O
ur elected officials want to see and hear from you! They will follow our lead in creating community that will "point the way home", for families experiencing homelessness! This rally will be groundwork for the Shakopee Planning Commission Vote scheduled for Thursday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. Register
here
for these events! Instructions for how to access this virtual meeting will come in your registration confirmation email.
Crown of Glory is a partner with Beacon and is forming a Beacon Leadership Team as an expression of our faith and love toward our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Contact
Pastor Reggie
,
Pastor Laura
or
Gretchen Pierskalla
to learn ways to be part of this movement.
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Here are a couple ways you can support families experiencing homelessness in Scott and Carver county through Beacon’s Families Moving Forward program:
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- Health and hygiene supplies for families: We’re running low on things like diapers and personal care items. We’ve created a registry so that those who are able to can purchase items that will be delivered to our program center. Please share this link with others who might be interested.
- Masks: For sewers able to make cloth masks, our shelter guests, staff and residents need them. The CDC has information about masks and a couple tutorials for making them. Masks can be shipped to or dropped off at our program centers on Mondays and Wednesdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
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Building Use:
- In response to the Governor’s most recent extension of the “Shelter in Place” order, Crown of Glory is extending the closure of our church building, and all in-person worship and ministries until May 4 or until further notice. Thank you for your support during these times.
Carver County
Resources:
- COVID-19 Website: www.co.carver.mn.us/covid-19
- Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@CarverCounty) for daily updates
- County’s Community Resource Response - Link to resources such as employment, business support, child care, transportation, food access, domestic violence, housing, mental health and more:
Pastors:
- Pastors will be available by phone in case of an emergency or for any other pastoral care needs. To reach one of our pastors directly please call the church office at 952-448-3230 and select the appropriate extension. The office phone system will forward the call directly to the pastor’s personal cell phone every time you call.
Online Worship:
- To join online worship, go to our website at www.crownofglory.org and click on the “YouTube: Watch Video” link. Invite your friends and neighbors to join the live stream as well!
- A Worship Outline is available and is packed with songs, prayers and the full order of worship for you and your family. You can access the “Worship Outline” by clicking the red icon on our homepage; then download it and print at home!
- A Children’s Message will be offered during online worship on Sundays! Gather your children around the screen and tune in.
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The Fare for All program has arrived at the difficult decision to cancel regular operations through May 1. The FFA team would like to thank all of the volunteers for their time and dedication. They wish everyone health and safety during this time and deeply appreciate your patience, flexibility and understanding.
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April 9, 2020
6:30 p.m.: 64 Live Views
Next Day Totals: 302 Views
April 10, 2020
6:30 p.m.: 62 Live Views
Next Day Totals: 199 Views
April 12, 2020
9:30 a.m.: 180 Live Views
Next Day Totals: 320 Views
April 15, 2020
6:30 a.m.: 37 Live Views
Next Day Totals: 66 Views
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Prayer Requests
Please E-mail
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"Where Family and Friends
Grow Together in Faith"
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