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Message From Father Karl


Everyone is invited to join in the upcoming Holy Week services. Below are the details for each event. These services provide a chance to connect with the core aspects of our faith's story. Participating in them enhances the joy of the resurrection.





Maundy Thursday

April 17, 2025

7 pm Holy Eucharist

 

Good Friday

April 18, 2025

12 Noon

 

Easter Sunday

April 20, 2025

9:15 am Festive Holy Eucharist

Choir, Organ, and Trumpet

Trumpeter: Barbara Prugh

Festive Coffee Hour & Easter Egg Hunt

Bring the kids! Bring the grandkids! Bring your neighbors!

All welcome!


All services will be livestreamed. Use the link below to access.

christchurchithan.org/live


Looking forward to welcoming you at each service.

Fr. Karl

During Lent, our liturgy is deeply reflective and penitential, designed to guide us through a spiritual journey of preparation that leads up to Easter. Decorations in the church are minimal, and the predominant color of vestments and the altar is purple, the color of repentance. 


If you worship online, we want you to feel included and cared for. If you would like a paper copy of the Worship Pamphlet so that you may follow along, please know that Nancy in our church office at 610-688-1110 is here to support you. She will gladly send you a paper copy. 

This Week's Schedule

Sunday, April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday


9:15 am Holy Eucharist

Link for all livestream services: christchurchithan.org/live

The Church office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 am – 1:00 pm. 



In the case of a pastoral emergency, Father Karl Krueger may be reached at 610-209-6193 (Cellphone).

Can You Pitch In On Saturday?

Our church looks especially beautiful at Easter. Would you be available to help us decorate on Saturday, April 19, at 10:00 a.m.? 

We need to hang wreaths, put flowers into baskets for the windows, and set out flowers at the altar and steps. It usually takes about one hour. No need to sign up; show up. Thank you!


From Our Rector's Warden

Each month, the diocese highlights one church. This month, it is the Free Church of St. John and the Rev. Jose Luis Memba. I'm currently working with him on the Sacred Ask Study Committee and find him to be remarkably caring, thoughtful, and open-minded. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Italian, Father Memba has a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Seminary Saint Jose Palencia, Spain; a Bachelor's Degree in Theology from the Urbanian University of Rome; and he completed a Master's Degree and a Ph.D. in Canon Law from the Lateran University of Rome. Father Memba is also a Licensed Practical Nurse and a Registered Nurse. Please view this short video on the Free Church of St. John and the work it is doing in its community.



Jacqui North 

What Would You Do?

If it's needed, what should you do with an AED machine? CCI now has one thanks to a donation from the Radnor Township Police Department. It hangs on the wall on the right as you enter Ithan Hall, and we have a trauma nurse who is going to give us a short training session on how to use it. Yes, it will talk you through what to do, but wouldn't we all feel more comfortable with knowledge of what we are supposed to do in a crisis?

Sunday, April 27th, following the worship service, there will be a 10-15 minute session in Ithan Hall. Come to worship, stay for hospitality, and attend and learn how to use an AED machine.

Veterans in the Diocese

For more information and to RSVP, e-mail Canon Toneh Smyth at tsmyth@diopa.org or call 267-592-9938.