It must have been an astonishing sight. Thousands of Jews – fishermen peddlers, mothers with their babies gathered on a small hill in Galilee, under a relentless Judean sun, waiting to hear the words of an itinerant preacher, who some said might be the messiah.

    The crowd had come to that hill that day totally unprepared – no shelter, little food. For the apostles, it was a situation that was likely to get out of control. For Christ, it was an opportunity to whisper a truth to us that, if we listen, we can hear two millennia later.

    He asked those frightened apostles to gather the few loaves and fishes the people had brought. Then, He took that meager offering, blessed it, and had the apostles re-distribute it to the crowd. Nobody went hungry that day.

    Before He fed the people’s spiritual hunger, he ministered to their physical needs. He asks us to follow Him. To serve as He serves. To love as He loves. And allow His example to transform us.

    This Love Rising Up To Serve Campaign is about strengthening the ability of Christ the King to feed the spiritual and the physical hunger of this congregation, of the surrounding community, and of the world beyond.

    It’s about trusting Him to take what we offer, bless it, and, in turn, multiply it to the glory of His Father.

    It’s about our love for God rising up to serve His people.

    It’s about five loaves and two fishes. And expecting nothing less than a miracle.

Our past as prelude.

A few short years ago, Christ The King accepted another call from Christ to greater serve Him and His people.

    After deep prayer and deliberation, the choice was made to build a new spiritual home. It was a bold step. It meant deep financial sacrifice from the entire congregation, and an even deeper faith that, with God’s help and guidance, we would accomplish what we set out to do.

    Step inside the doors of the church now and you will see and feel the result of the vision, deep commitment and ongoing love of this congregation.

    It is a magnificent, light-filled, spiritually-moving place to hear the