About Us

Creator Lutheran Church has been a presence in the Clackamas community since fall of 1987. It is an open and welcoming community of believers working to fulfill Christ's calling for ministry and justice in a broken world. The people of Creator worship, study, play and work together in a spirit of celebration of God's gifts to us, working to bring about God's work with our hands.

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Worship at Creator Lutheran

Sunday Morning Worship at Creator

8:50 a.m. Creator Praise (praise songs as people are arriving)

9:00 a.m. Worship

Weekly worship is central to the life of the Creator Community. We gather each Sunday morning at 8:50 a.m. to sing praise before we begin 9:00 a.m. worship. Communion is shared each week. All baptized people are welcome to take communion.

Creator uses a liturgical form of worship which includes confession, praise, readings, Gospel, a sermon, prayer, offering, communion and benediction. While the form of the worship is similar, week-to-week, the music varies greatly each week.

During the seasons of Advent and Lent a 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening worship, preceeded at 6:15 p.m. by a soup and bread supper, gives the community an opportunity for a quiet and contempletive worship service about a half-hour in length.

Sunday worship includes education time for children ages 3 through 5th grade. These children participate in the first part of the service, leave during sermon time for Sunday School and return during the offering so they may participate with their families in Communion.

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Confirmation

This is a time to explore the Lutheran faith, and build relationships with one another. It is a time of fellowship, a time to be together with peers through devotion, Bible study, games, laughter, music, skits, servant projects, and more. Youth are also encouraged to attend Confirmation Camp at Camp Lutherwood in the summer.

Confirmation classes for middle school youth focus on learning Luther's Small Catechism including baptism, holy communion, the creeds, the ten commandments, and more.

Confirmation classes are on the first and third Sunday each month, following worship. Parents participate with their confirmands.

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Creator's Year of Hospitality

In 2011, Creator's Congregation will be focusing on hospitality to others, not only within the Creator community but reaching out into the wider community.

In our process of becoming a Reconciling in Christ congregation it was clear that Creator becomes energized when we expand our welcome. At its December meeting the council approved a plan called Creator’s Year of Hospitality. Hospitality certainly is Creator’s gift and during this year we will devote time and attention to the giving and receiving of that gift.

The ELCA states “God’s work, our hands”. Those simple, direct words are inspiring. They are not only about doing God’s work with our hands but receiving God’s work, as a gift, with our hands. Our ministry at Creator is captured in the words “Singing God’s song, Sharing God’s love, Serving God’s people”. It is self-evident how a year focusing on hospitality would promote “Sharing God’s love” and “Serving God’s people” but I didn’t appreciate how it directly served “Singing God’s song” until watching the “Living The Questions” study on Prayer in Adult Education. There was a powerful story about how we all participate in singing God’s song. It concluded with the thought that, as a church, we not only sing our part but we also learn each others’ songs so we can sing at moments when someone can’t until they are able sing again. A focus on hospitality can help us learn those parts.

Look for this Year of Hospitality focus throughout the year during services and monthly Adult Education sessions.

2011: Creator’s Year of

HOSPITALITY

How we work, day in and day out

to make people feel welcome.

MONTH
Jan	C	Children	Learn the name of a child in the congregation each week this month. Greet those children by name every time you come to church. Start developing a supportive relationship.
Feb	R	Receiving each other	Make it a point to introduce yourself to at least one or two people that you don’t recognize in church each Sunday. How can you help new comers feel welcome at Creator?
March	E	Engaging Community	It’s Mardi Gras! Find one way to help engage our community – how can we help the community know that Creator is here?
April	A	Advocacy	How do we help “make the rubber hit the road” with issues of social justice? What can we do – as individuals, families, and a congregation – help create room in our society for the disenfranchised?
May	T	Talent for hospitality	Determine your gifts and strengths for hospitality – what do you do well that provides welcome and acceptance for other people?
June	O	Outside the Church	How many times this month, can you let someone in your community know that you attend Creator? Can you mention a particular ministry of the church relevant to the community?
July	R	Re(member)ing	Re-acquaint yourself with people in the congregation who you don’t know well. Consider who you have been missing at Creator and initiate contact. Is there something they need from us?
Aug	S	Signs	What are the visible signs of our welcome at Creator? Can you come up with another way to make our welcome more visible to the community around us and to the guests who walks in our doors?
Sept	G	Gift	What gift can we provide as a tangible sign of welcome to people who come in to our church as guests? What can you help create as a small token of hospitality?
Oct	I	Inviting	Invite someone you know to attend Creator this month and/or invite yourself to a community event as a representative of Creator.
Nov	F	Fellowship	Attend a non-worship church gathering this month – expand your fellowship connections. Who needs to be connected in fellowship and how can we facilitate those connections?
Dec	T	Telling Stories	Let’s talk to each other about our Year of Hospitality. What stretched us? What was hard – and why? What more can we be doing?