CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH | Your Weekly E-Newsletter - July 25, 2024 | |
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NALC Continental Youth Gathering Recap
Join Bishop Dan Selbo as he recaps the North American Lutheran Church's first-ever Continental Youth Gathering held at St. John Lutheran Church in Boerne, Texas. This video highlights the spirit-filled event that brought together 176 youth and nearly 100 adult leaders from across North America.
Can you spot our youth and leaders in the video?
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Hymn Sing This Sunday at 8:45 a.m.
Join us this Sunday at 8:45 a.m. to prepare for worship singing some of your favorite hymns. Nicole will play your requests from the Lutheran Book of Worship, the Hymnal Supplement or With One Voice.
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Delegates are Needed For
Annual NALC Convocation
Friday, August 9
5:00 -8:00 p.m. CST
We are seeking two members to participate as delegates of Calvary Lutheran Church for this year’s NALC Online Mission Convocation. More than 500 delegates are expected to participate online in the Convocation and Zoom access will be required.
You’ll be able to hear from Bishop Dan Selbo, participate in elections and voting, and listen to updates from across the NALC. There is no cost to you to serve one of our two delegates.
If you are interested, please contact Chris Dudzik at (414) 364-5948.
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This Week's Devotional - Listening for the Promise
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“I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.” -Genesis 9:13-15
In September 2019 much of the Great Plains experienced terrible flooding. At the time I was serving two congregations in South Dakota. The smaller of the two is a country church, located six miles south of the town in which I lived and where I served the larger congregation. Our Savior’s Lutheran (a church building made from river rock) is located right along the Jim River. That year, some of the dams had broken, and we were told that the river level would rise to the point of flooding. People from all over the community gathered down by the little stone church to sandbag and create a levee in the hopes of keeping the flood waters from completely flooding the building and causing damage.
My three kids (ages 7, 5, and 1 at the time) and I went down to the stone church to see what was taking place. We witnessed neighbors and friends working together, putting their talents and gifts to great use. I felt a bit like the people of Noah’s time, in disbelief that the river waters could actually reach all the way up to the church building. But as I walked around and saw neighbors scurrying, working quickly and diligently in the short amount of time they had before the waters would begin to leave the riverbank, it hit me. This was going to happen. The engineers knew what they were talking about. And we didn’t have much time to protect and shield the little church from devastation.
As I was driving home from what I’d just witnessed, I felt a lot of emotions rush over me. That church is where my five-year-old daughter took her first steps at a council meeting one evening. I had presided over weddings, funerals, and countless worship services. I could feel the tears welling in my eyes, much likes the waters of the Jim River. And then I heard my five-year old speak up with excitement! “Look, Mommy! Look at all the colors!” she exclaimed with such amazement. I looked out the passenger window, and there it was: a bright and brilliant rainbow. I pulled off on a little gravel road to snap a quick picture, and then the tears spilled over—not out of fear of what might happen to the little church; rather, they were tears of gratitude. God had reminded us of his promise that he had made to Noah and his seven family members centuries ago.
Regardless of what might happen to the little church building, God would always be with us. It took a five-year-old girl to proclaim God’s promise to me and remind me of his goodness, mercy, and unfailing love. May we all be reminded of this precious covenant we have with our heavenly Father.
Sola Worship Resource — Weekly Devotional © 2024, Sola Publishing
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10th Sunday after Pentecost
July 27-28, 2024
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PRESIDING MINISTER: Pastor Jeanette Thorp
ASSISTING MINISTER: Mike Bennett
DEACONS:
Saturday: Ed Ramthun
Sunday: George Sedivec, Lenny Graffin, Bill Graffin
ACOLYTE: Noah Ciszewski and Sean Moritz
LECTOR: Jon Sayas
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Angie Schatz
USHERS: Brad Meyer and Jon Sayas
ALTAR GUILD: Marge Tyne/Shirley Brodell
GREETERS:
- Bill and Lenny Graffin
- Linda Thorpe
- Judy DeBruine
FLOWERS: Keith and Karen Pierce in celebration of their 36th anniversary
FELLOWSHIP TREATS: Diane and Joe Grundman
POWERPOINT OPERATORS:
Saturday: Cindy Rooks
Sunday: Jessica Dudzik
LIVESTREAM OPERATOR: Chris Dudzik
HYMNS THIS WEEKEND: WOV #741 "Thy Holy Wings", "Turn your Eyes Upon Jesus" (YouTube), "Our God Will Come Before Us" CCLI #7218329 (YouTube) or Spotify for both
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CELEBRATION RINGERS are hosting Summer Training Sessions through August 18! This opportunity is open to kids 7+, young people and folks of all ages. Mini-workshops will be held after Sunday worship for about 10-15 minutes and we will focus on basic technique and accompanying a familiar hymn. Experienced ringers will come alongside to help and demonstrate techniques. If you’ve ever wanted to ring and wondered where to start, seize the opportunity to make a joyful noise!
HEY KIDS! The organist, Nicole, occasionally needs an assistant. Her legs are too short to reach the random chime button (AKA the Zimbelstern). If you can sit by the organ and hit the button when I nod, you’re hired! Additionally, I need someone to turn the page while I’m playing the postlude. Please text me and let me know if your child is willing to volunteer to be the Organist’s Assistant, and I will communicate the days I need help. Thanks so much!
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New prayer requests or any updates to this current list should be directed to Cindy Zilske in the Church office - office@calvarylc.com
Prayers of sympathy and God's peace to: the family of Julie Matthes upon the passing of her mother and Calvary member Beverly Lawson on July 16. Private services will be held.
New prayer requests: None
Ongoing short-term prayer requests: Sue Vollmar; Jessica Dudzik; Jon Sayas; Janet Zastrow; Pat Treutelaar; Sue Dindorf; John Schwartz; Evelyn Ceci; Jonni Roush; Laura Burger; Sue Rowe; Jack Banker (brother-in-law of Mary Lau); Dan Scruggs (cousin of Juanita Osowski); Sheila Funk (sister of George Rooney); Jeff Edwards (friend of Ernie Kretschmann); Zander Crowe (great-grandson of Janet Zastrow); Brian Nowak (cousin of Ernie Kretschmann's niece); Diane Rutsch (friend of Mary Lau); Creig Moritz (brother of Bryant Moritz); Taylor (granddaughter of Lenny Graffin); Edward Hermann (son of Marilyn Hermann); Larry Larsen (brother of Kris Larsen); John Kretschmann (brother of Ernie Kretschmann); Jean (friend of Linda Thorpe); Sandy (friend of Linda Thorpe); Matti Beilfuss (friend of Rick Kegel); Lou Dangler (friend of Evelyn Ceci); Paul Mahn (son of Shirley Mahn); Amy Clark (friend of Megan Scott)
Please continue to pray for:
God’s guidance and support for our Call Committee, and that the Holy Spirit is working in the heart of the pastor He wishes to call as the next pastor of Calvary.
The Hindi-speaking Yadav Hindus in India, who have limited or no access to the Gospel, with our partners at the World Mission Prayer League
Serving in the Military: ITC Agustin Juarez (son-in-law of Ken Miller, serving in the U.S. Navy); Kevin Butler (son of Heidi Powers, serving in the U.S. Army); Ben DeYoung (son-in-law of George and Kay Sedivec, serving in the U.S. Air Force); Alex Olson (U.S. Air Force, grandchild of Ardath Olson); Kyle Pierce (son of Karen and Keith Pierce, serving in the U.S. Army); Nicole Wahlgren (serving in the U.S. Army National Guard); all military chaplains; and all veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder.
For All Men and Women Serving: Police Officers, Firefighters, EMT's; Health Care workers and First Responders.
Serving in the mission field: Our NALC missionaries and missionaries everywhere bringing the gospel to the ends of the Earth.
Long-term prayer list:
Calvary members: Jan Chesner; Pat Corcoran; Wayne Dieck; Shirley Mahn; Nadine Schuelke; Jan Tschetter
Non-members: Kathy (friend of Judy Sayas' sister); Christine (cousin of Judy Sayas); Jan Sperry (friend of Judy Sayas); Drake Ferber (Judy Sayas' neighbor's son); Ron Parker (brother of Linda Thorpe); Lauren (granddaughter of Scott and Peggy Langelin); Dennis Reich (friend of John and Mary Lau); Curt (friend of Larry Bonier); Pastor Mark Gehrke (son of Lois Gehrke); Monica Barchus (niece of Ernie Kretschmann); Michael Rossa (Lucy Dallman's son); Karen (friend of Lydia Trudell); Susan Petropoulos (sister of Wayne Johnson); Tom Dallman (husband of Lucy Dallman); Laura Lynn (friend of Pastor Jerry and Nancy Wittmus)
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Scott Grossman, 7/25
Helga Miedtke 7/25
Marty Altmin, 7/26
Landon Peters, 7/27
Chuck Giuliani, 7/29
Melissa Griese, 7/29
Harriet Polzin, 7/30
Megan Schatz, 7/30
RJ Budnick 7/31
Karla Zimmerman, 8/2
Evelyn Ceci, 8/5
Helga Willett, 8/6
Donna Schroeder, 8/6
Linda Berger, 8/7
Sophia Peters, 8/7
Deron Anderson, 8/9
Noah Ciszewski, 8/9
Darrel Schwenn, 8/9
Donna Siderits, 8/9
Wayne Wegner, 8/9
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Cable and Sarah Gall, 7/29 (18 years)
Keith and Karen Pierce, 7/30 (36 years)
Brad and Sue Meyer, 8/3 (22 years)
Doug and Sue Ranger, 8/3 (5 years)
Curtis and Judy Klade, 8/4 (62 years)
Philip and Jill Voss, 8/4 (12 years)
Josh and Emily Brooks, 8/9 (10 years)
Matt and Heidi Powers, 8/10 (5 years)
Lucy and Thomas Dallman, 8/16 (55 years)
Hugh and Jane Taufner, 8/16 (55 years)
Jim and Nancy Marsho, 8/17 (56 years)
Larry and Susie Bonier, 8/18 (51 years)
John and Lindsey Peters, 8/22 (15 years)
Bob and Mary Smith, 8/22 (54 years)
Gerhard and Sallie Schulz, 8/23 (49 years)
Carol and Ed Witzke, 8/24 (56 years)
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL IS NEXT WEEK!
9:00 a.m. - 2 p.m.
VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED!
If you can help for any part of the day next week, please contact Angie Schatz at youthdirector@calvarylc.com.
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BACKYARD CAMPOUT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16-17
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Bring your tent and sleeping bag for a night under the stars. We will be camping in the Calvary backyard.
Yard games, campfire and lots of laughs - you are in for a night to remember!
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JULY MISSION OF THE MONTH
HOPE STREET MINISTRY
a Greenhouse for People on 26th and Capitol
Hope Street Ministry helps broken men, women and children cultivate hope and provides protection from the outside elements, and most importantly, supports growth together in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Hope Street Ministry is home to about 40 men, women and children whose lives have been profoundly affected by the toxic environment they grew up in, their own poor choices, or drug and alcohol abuse.
Empowered by the active Grace of Christ, the staff, volunteers, and members create a nurturing community for people to live, learn and develop new habits to flourish.
Their programs include:
- Integrative Wellness: Improving diet, sleep, exercise and managing stress
- Addiction support with AODA counselors and group work
- Forgiveness
- Education with GED assessment and tutoring
- Family Dynamics - relational boundaries and parenting skills
- Life Skills and Job Preparedness
- Healing from Trauma-including sexual abuse
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To support this important Mission of the Month, you may include it in your weekly offering envelope (designate donation next to Mission of the Month) or select the donation as "Mission of the Month" in your online giving.
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As part of our commitment to the World Mission Prayer League, we have vowed to pray for populations with limited or no access to the Gospel. We have been assigned the Hindi-speaking Yadav Hindus in India, and here is a little about this people group:
- There are 40.9 million Hindi-speaking Yadav Hindus in the country of India
- There are 0.01% recorded Christian adherents among this people group.
- The complete Bible is in Hindi and there are many print, audio and video resources
- They have expertise in oral traditions and group singing in praise of the god Vishnu, Krishna, or one of the many other gods that they worship
- Yadav need to hear about the way of salvation. Almost all Yadav die never hearing the name of Jesus even once!
Here are a few points from WMPL to guide your prayers:
- Pray that the Lord will send harvest workers among the Yadav in India to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed
- Pray that the Lord will soften the hearts of the Yadav Hindus to hear the Gospel and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord
- Pray for Hindi-speaking Yadav families to prosper spiritually and phpysically as they experience a relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Pray for Yadav culture to be renewed and enhanced by the work of the Holy Spirit to be shaped into a God-centered and God-honoring activity and mold.
Thank you for your prayers for the Hindi-speaking Yadav of India.
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Women's Book Group
Monday, September 9
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Media Room
"A Fever in the Heartland"
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Copies of the book are available in the church office. If you'd like to borrow one, please sign it out on the sheet next to the books.
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The Roaring Twenties--the Jazz Age--has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson.
Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he’d become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows – their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman – Madge Oberholtzer – who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees.
"A Fever in the Heartland" marries a propulsive drama to a powerful and page-turning reckoning with one of the darkest threads in American history.
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Weekly Men's Breakfast
Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m.
Maxim's Restaurant
18025 W. Capitol Drive
Brookfield
All men are invited to attend!
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Monthly Men's Gathering
Fellowship Hall
Thursday, August 15
6:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact Ernie Kretschmann at erniekretschmann@gmail.com
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Worship Attendance and Giving | |
Live Stream Attendance Link | |
If you watch our services via the Live Stream, please take a minute to let us know. There is now a link called "Online Worship Attendance" on the page where you access each week's service.
We appreciate your taking the time to complete this each week. It helps us know that our Live Stream is being viewed.
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Online giving provides options!
While cash and checks are always welcome, the “Give Online” button on the Calvary Lutheran Church website provides another option. And, with the expansion of our vendor’s software, the options are now expanded and customized. In addition to giving to the General Operating Fund, Building Fund and Mission of the Month, you can now specify contributions for Altar Flowers, Sunday Morning Fellowship Treats, NALC, etc.
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Please note that contributions to the Mission of the Month are allocated to the organization for the month in which the donation is made
If you have any questions or would like to make a pledge, please contact Cindy Rooks, Finance Secretary, via email at
finance@calvarylc.com or (262) 786-4010.
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Giving to the NALC Campaign | Just a reminder that contributions to the NALC's 20/20 Vision Campaign need to be designated as "NALC" either on your giving envelope or on your check. If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Rooks at finance@calvarylc.com. | |
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Your 2024 Board of Deacons
Front row (l-r) Lenny Graffin, Sue Rowe, Darlene Louison, Joanne Schultz, George Sedivec
Back row (l-r); Ed Ramthun, Judy Kestly, Andy Foy, Pat Foy, Ruth Brostowitz and Bill Graffin.
Not pictured: Everett Lambert
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Your 2024 Church Council
Front row (l-r) Joanne Schultz, Peggy Langelin, Jan Lukasik
Back row (l-r); Ernie Kretschmann, Andy Schatz, Scott Langelin, Pat Dieck, Keith Pierce
Not pictured: Chris Dudzik
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Facing tough times?
Need a Christian Friend?
Stephen Ministry is here to help.
Free -- just like God's love.
Stephen Ministers are congregation members trained by Stephen Leaders to offer high-quality, one-to-one Christian care to people going through tough times. A Stephen Minister usually provides care to one person at a time, meeting with that person once a week for about an hour.
If you, or someone you know, could benefit from this important ministry, please contact Scott or Peggy Langelin at 262.853.0018.
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The Calvary Church Directory is available electronically or in paper format. If you'd like an electronic copy, please send an email to Sue Rowe at communications@calvarylc.com.
There are also printed copies available in the church office.
If there are any changes to your phone, email or address, please advise the Church office. Any updates should be submitted to Cindy Zilske at office@calvarylc.com.
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Sanctuary Flowers
A wonderful way to celebrate a special occasion or remember a loved one is by sponsoring flowers at our altar. The cost is $35 and you may take them home following the Sunday morning worship.
The 2024 sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board in the Narthex, near the door to Fellowship Hall.
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We invite you to provide
Hospitality Treats on Sunday
We invite you to stay after worship on Sunday mornings and enjoy fellowship time and a treat/cup of coffee in Fellowship Hall.
If you'd like to provide treats (donuts, bagels, etc.) for Sunday hospitality time, there is a sheet on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall. You may bring the treats (six dozen) and drop them off in the kitchen, or simply add a “P” behind your name, pay $30 to the church office and the treats will be purchased for you.
The sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board. Thank you for your support!
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The right side of the Sanctuary (as you face the altar) is equipped with a hearing loop system which transmits an audio signal directly into a hearing aid via a magnetic field. This greatly reduces background noise, competing sounds, reverberation and other acoustic distortions that reduce clarity of sound.
Most hearing aids are equipped with a t-coil and connecting to this system is an easy switch on the hearing aid. If you need assistance during worship with this system, please reach out to an usher or any staff member.
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The church office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until noon. The door that is closest to the office (NW corner) will be open during those hours.
Please check in with the office staff so we know you are in the building.
The office phone number is (262) 786-4010. Feel free to leave a message if you call after hours and we will contact you the next day.
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