> 11-16-09: Hispanic Holy Spirit Seminar this Saturday

> 11-16-09: Women needed to join CTK's Elizabeth Ministry

> 11-16-09: Updated prayer meeting schedule

> 11-5-09: Flu precautions implemented at liturgies

> 10-23-09: Attention Business Owners!

> 10-23-09: RCIA talks now on homilies Web site

Hispanic Holy Spirit Seminar this Saturday An Hispanic Holy Spirit Seminar will take place Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Christ the King Parish Center. This seminar is a time to set aside and renew what it means to have eternal life with God. It is a time to focus on and grow in our relationship with God. There will be teachings and a time for personal prayer to receive more of the anointing the Holy Spirit and His spiritual gifts. Lunch included (donation accepted). Plan to attend the seminar; it will deepen your spiritual life. Click to download a registration form and a flier (both in Spanish). For registration or more information, please call Olga (734) 426-5514 or email ortiz4519@earthlink.net.

Women needed to join CTK's Elizabeth Ministry The Elizabeth Ministry at Christ the King is a ministry of women serving other women and their families in special times of need arising from a life-changing event, such as childbirth, illness, death or a family crisis. Typically, volunteers help with short-term practical needs, such as providing meals, transportation or childcare, or doing laundry or grocery shopping. We also try to provide support, understanding, or friendship for women experiencing special challenges in their life, such as a difficult pregnancy, miscarriage, raising children with special needs, or the loss of a loved one. We are not professional counselors, but simply sisters in the Lord who may have experienced a similar trial and can offer some personal support in a difficult time.

Please prayerfully consider if you might be willing and able to join others in the parish in providing this needed service. Your commitment can be as small as providing a meal or going grocery shopping once or twice a year to making meals on a weekly or monthly basis. The more volunteers we have available, the more families we can serve. We are also compiling a list of names of people who might be able to assist in providing a food item for or serving at funeral luncheons as needed. Recently, we sent out an e-mail to all the women of the parish, so if you have already responded, we will be in contact with you soon. If you never received this e-mail, or haven’t responded yet, please now consider serving. Please contact either Susan Sammour (734-485-2847) or Karen Mitzel (734-316-2089) or email ctkem@yahoo.com. Thank you!

Updated prayer meeting schedule There may be a chill in the air, but the fire of the Holy Spirit is in our hearts! Come join us at one of our charismatic prayer meetings as we praise and worship the King of Kings!

• Life Teen Prayer Meetings Most Tuesdays, year-round. Praise and worship in the Church 8:15-9:30 p.m. Optional discussion groups and social time, including basketball in the gym, is available before the prayer meeting from 7:00-8:15 p.m. We also offer Adoration on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 7:45 - 8:15. It is a GREAT time to meet new people and to hangout with fun and good Christian teens! Come on down!!
• All-Parish Prayer Meetings Second and fourth Fridays of the month, 7:30-9:00 p.m. in Room 4 of the Parish Center. The next prayer meeting will be Friday, Dec. 11. (There will be no prayer meeting Thanksgiving weekend.) Join us as we lift our hearts to the Lord!
• Women's Prayer Meetings First Tuesday of the month, 7:30-9:00 p.m., in Parish Center Room 4. Women of all ages, mark your calendars to join us for this very blessed time to come together to praise and worship the Lord!

Flu precautions implemented at liturgies Colds and flu are rapidly spreading in our area, to the extent that one local Catholic school closed in early November because of the number of children who were sick. Therefore, effective immediately, we are implementing the following precautions at the liturgies at Christ the King:

• Any physical expression of greeting at the opening of the Sunday Masses and during the sign of peace at all our Masses is suspended.
• The reception of the Precious Blood is suspended. (If you or a member of your family is unable to receive the Sacred Body and only receives the Precious Blood, please let Becky know as soon as possible [bbenjamin@ctkcc.net] so that we are able to meet that need.)
• The reception of Communion on the tongue is suspended.
• Baptismal and Holy Water fonts have been emptied.
• Liturgy of the Word for Children is suspended.

We encourage those who are sick to stay home from Mass, both for your own sake and as an act of charity to your fellow parishioners. Remember, the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is lifted for those who are sick or caring for the sick. Those who are unable to attend Mass may want to read the readings for the day, available in both text and audio format at the U.S. Bishops' Web site, www.usccb.org/nab. Another traditional devotional practice when unable to receive the Lord Jesus sacramentally is to make an Act of Spiritual Communion, such as this prayer available on the EWTN Web site.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation with these precautions. Please pray for those who are sick, that the Lord Jesus will quickly restore them to health, according to His perfect will.

Attention Business Owners! Christ the King has recently become an affiliate of CatholicBusinessPages.com, the new online Catholic business directory. For every business that signs up to advertise through our Web site, Christ the King receives a substantial donation, which is tax deductible to your business. Advertisers on CatholicBusinessPages.com support and endorse these three important tenets:

• I respect the Catholic Faith and its moral principles.
• I support efforts to protect human life from conception to natural death.
• I desire to connect with Catholics in my community and pledge to provide them with fair, honest and reliable service.

For more information or to sign up, just click on the link shown above. Thank you for your support!

RCIA talks now on homilies Web site The talks that are being given to the RCIA class are now available on the Christ the King homilies Web site. Just go to ctkcc.libsyn.com and click on the "RCIA" category on the right side of the page. You can also sign up to be notified whenever a new homily or other talk is posted to the site by clicking on the "RSS" box under the list of categories. Be sure to check it out soon!

Committed adorers needed! Christ the King is tremendously blessed to host a Perpetual Adoration Chapel. We need many committed adorers in order to keep the Chapel open 24/7.

We currently have many openings. Please prayerfully consider becoming a committed adorer; you do not need to be a registered member of Christ the King. To sign up for adoration, please call Susan Randolph, 734-622-8144.

Grow in your faith while supporting Christ the King! By subscribing to the Lighthouse Catholic Media CD of the Month Club, you can receive an exciting talk each month by one of the great Catholic speakers of our time, such as Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. John Corapi, Jeff Cavins, Abp. Fulton Sheen, and many others. Plus each subscription entered through our Web site earns money for Christ the King! All money earned from the subscriptions will go toward the Space Needs Fund. For more information or to subscribe, click on the Lighthouse logo or go to www.lighthousecatholicmedia.com/cdclub/refer/79754.

Earn money for Christ the King by shopping and searching online! Did you know you can earn money for the parish just by searching and shopping on the Internet? Just go to www.goodsearch.com and select Christ the King as your cause. Then search the Internet as usual. Then search the Internet as usual. Since January 2007, Christ the King parishioners and friends have earned the parish over $445!

If shopping online, click the "GoodShop" box in the lower part of the GoodSearch screen. Then access the online store of your choice through the GoodShop Web site and shop as usual. The store will donate a portion of your purchase to Christ the King. Over 700 stores and services are now available, including such popular sites as 1-800-Flowers, Amazon, eBay, Expedia, Lands' End, Overstock, Priceline, and Travelocity, with more being added all the time. At an average donation of 3% per vendor, the donations can add up fast. Be sure to check it out!

Songs In His Presence publishes music from Christ the King! Order CDs and songbooks at SongsInHisPresence.com.

I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts.--Blessed Teresa of Calcutta