Week of September 21, 2014

CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
In This Issue…….
Week of September 21
SUNDAY
Sept 21
8:30 am Worship—Outdoor Chapel
9:30 am Fellowship Time
10:00 am Sunday School
11:00 pm Worship
2:30 pm Adventure Camp Week 1 Reunion
4:00 pm To the Castle Rehearsal
5:00 pm Calvary Chimes
5:30 pm Speaker– JC Boone-Youth & Cong.
6:00 pm Genesis Ringers
MONDAY
Sept 22
9:30 am Lydia’s Quilters
2:00 pm Staff Meeting
5:30 pm Centering Prayer
7:00 pm Cub/Boy Scouts
TUESDAY
Sept 23
Sept 24
12:00 pm Lunch and Talk
6:30 pm Calvary Carillon
7:30 pm Chancel Choir
THURSDAY
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Sept 25
9:00 am Men’s Prayer Group
6:00 pm Eat and Meet
6:30 pm Sr. Youth Small Group
7:00 pm Dove Ensemble
FRIDAY
Weekly Calendar / Upcoming Events
Weekly Announcements
Special Prayers / Family & Friends Prayer
Requests / Gospel in Review
4. Sunday Ministers / Attendance / Finances
5. Happy Birthday / Prayer Families / Social Ministry
Survey / Morning of Silence
6. Come to the Castle / Social Ministry-September /
CROP Walk / CVAN Needs
7. Neighbor Ministry / Sanctuary Ceiling Problem
8. Contemplative Outreach / College Student
Addresses / Chili & Cornbread on Corban
9. Agape / Kure Beach Upcoming Events
10. All Kinds of Gifts
UPCOMING EVENTS
10:00 am Centering Prayer
7:00 pm Calvary Neighbor’s Ministry
WEDNESDAY
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Calvary Neighbor’s Lunch: Sept 23—Noon
Discovering Your Gifts Lunch / Workshop: Sept
28—12:30 pm
Tutor Training: Sept 28—4:00 pm
All Kinds of Gifts Brunch: Oct 5—9:30 am
To the Castle: Oct 11—6:00 pm
Youthquake: Oct 11
Salvation Army Night Shelter: Oct 19-25
NOTEWORTHY
 Outdoor Worship: The 8:30 Worship Service will be
Sept 26
SATURDAY
Sept 27
Youth High Ropes Course / Lock-In
held in the Steere Outdoor Chapel on Sunday, Sept .
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 J. C. Boone: Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 to
hear well known author J. C. Boone. See write-up on
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CALVARY LUTHERAN
3RD ANNUAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE: Cabarrus
Memorial Gardens is inviting the public to their
3rd Annual Butterfly Release on Saturday,
September 27 at 11:00 a.m. You can reflect and
honor your loved one by releasing a butterfly in
their name. Admission is free. To participate
with a butterfly, butterflies are $10 each. RSVP
by Tuesday, September 23. 704-782-0008.
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CALVARY'S FOOD PANTRY IN NEW LOCATION
Thank you Ken Glace and George Clemons for
installing shelving to prepare the new spot for
Calvary's food pantry. Thanks to Karen Wright
who will now coordinate our food pantry.
She is providing the initial set-up of the pantry,
will organize new food donated by congregation
members in the pantry, and will pre-pack bags
for us to hand out to those who come by Calvary
in need of food.
Our new spot for the food pantry is in the last
closet on the left outside the fellowship hall.
Thank you to youth ministry for sharing this
space with us. Calvary disciples, you are always
welcome to remember the hungry by bringing a
can of food to church. Our collection site is in
the coat closet in the narthex. Look for the red
box with the Calvary Food Pantry sign under it.
CHANGES: If you have a change of address,
phone number, or email, please contact the
church office 704-782-6923 or
[email protected] with your updated
information. This helps us to keep our contact
information current and to insure that you
receive communications from the church. Thank J. C. BOONE: Calvary Youth Ministry presents
J. C. Boone on Sunday, September 21 at 5:30
you!
pm. The Congregation is invited. His interest in
SOCIAL MINISTRY SURVEY: Please take a few the Third Reich peaked while serving in the army
moments to read through and fill out the social and stationed in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
ministry survey that you find at the link provided Ultimately he was named Director of Publicity
here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ for the Armed Forces Recreation Center,
KXRHH7V Our social ministry committee will be headquartered in Berchtesgaden, and he began
using this information to consider God’s call to an extensive study of the Nazi activities in the
us at this time, how best to live into this call, and area-especially at the Obersalzberg. His research
areas that may need attention or further study led him to interview Paula Hitler (Hitler's sister),
related to Calvary’s social ministries. This is the Johann Langwieder (Hitler's immediate superior
last week for you to complete the survey, don’t in World War I), and Hans Baur (Hitler's personal
wait!
pilot from 1932-945). While in the army, his
COLLEGE STUDENTS: Requests for addresses of articles were broadly published in American
our college students are often received in the newspapers throughout Germany and
church office. People wanting to send a card to specialized magazines in the states.
say hello, that they are praying for them, just to
let them know that we care. If you have a
student in college, please send their address to
the church office so we can publish a list of
addresses in Rejoice. Thank you!
CALVARY LUTHERAN
FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER REQUESTS
Susan Allman, friend of Joe and Shelby Varnadore ●
Chip Horton, brother-in-law of Linda Austin ● Renae
Aycock, sister of Stephanie Blackburn ● Alex Crisp,
friend of Sue Ireland ● Dianne Palmer, sister of Jan
Young ● Charles Moretz, brother of Phyllis Remkus ●
James Wood, friend of Sherry Crawford ● Katherine
Harwood, sister of Mary Milikin ● Linda White, mother
of Stephanie Blackburn ● April Roberts, granddaughter
of Angie Graeber ● Angie Blashaus, sister-in-law of
Donya Yost ● Don Holt, father of Mike Holt ● Janice
Bellamy, Alison Bledmon, Lucy Davidson, Carla Cozzen,
Saeed Family, friends of Andrea Correll, Rhoda and
Grace Rillorta ● Jeanne Castor and family, friends of Jean
Scarbrough ● Julia McCombs, sister of Jan Price ● Ellen
Cline, sister of Larry Stancil ● Pat Allen, mother of Sue
Blackshear ● Marjorie Bell, mother of George Clemons ●
Mary Ada Amick, mother of Vivian Howard ● Robert
and Sheila Rudisell, friends of Ken and Jan Young ●
Leslie Engels, friend of Mary Milikin ● Rebecca
Reynolds, cousin of Abbey Markley ● Rick Blisard,
friend of Andy Howard ● Howard Scarborough, friend
of Linda Stancil ● Jackie Linker, co-worker of Ann
Morris ● James Herron, friend of Judie Jones ● Ron
Bankett, friend of George and Barbara Clemons ● Brenda
Anderson, friend of Michael Kelly ● Marie and Brad
Grochoske ● Holly Young Mann, daughter of Ken and
Jan Young ● Barbara Motley, cousin of Martha Hatley ●
Robin Finley, sister of George Clemons ● Al Kolmos,
father of Alicia Greve ● Stephanie King, friend of the
SPECIAL PRAYER NEEDS
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Larry Stancil | Marilene Stirewalt
Joe Varnadore | Alex Cruse
Bob and Kathy Moderow
Lynnette Novobilski | Bobby Cloninger
David Hinson | Norlan Retalic
Hilda Petty | Erin Harbaugh
Barbara Ferguson | Kathi Hissong
Sharon Crawford
Barbara Flynn | Rhoda Rillorta
Robbin Findley, sister of George Clemons
Rande Caldwell, Carol Cline, friends of
Judie Jones
 Lori Jones, Tamara Twiggs, friend and
sister of Deb Fritz
 The Family of Faye Beutler, mother of Deb
Allen
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Hunkele Family ● Alex Crisp, friend of Sue Ireland ●
Holly and CJ Moody, Tim and Becky Williams, friends
of the Michael Kelly family ● Rodney Nilson, friends of
Dave Hunkele ● Michael Hatley, son of Danny and Doris
Hatley ● Pam Furr, sister of Patty Tadlock ● Tom Sikes,
friend of Brad and Kathy Schiele ● Rose Hurtado, cousin
of Marion Bish ● Chris Spain, nephew of Jim and Jean
Scarbrough ● Norma Smith, mother of Deanna Teuschler
● A.L. Vickers, brother-in-law of Nancy Haney ● Bob
Boswell, father of Donae Yoos ● Casey Sanders and
Perkins Family, friends of Rick Grochoske ● Carol Cline,
friend of Judie Jones ● J.D., Beth, Cole, and Spencer
Ramseur ● Pat Allen, cousin of Jo Plummer ● Carol
Cline, friend of Judie Jones ● Dalton Wise, friend of
Terry and Linda Austin ● Wade Moretz, father of Phyllis
Remkus ● Fran Fowler, mother of David Fowler ● Patti
and Keith Poole, friends of Deb Fritz ● Barbara Jones,
friend of Shelby Varnadore ● Frances White, cousin of
Patty Tadlock ● Jane Mills, cousin of Peggy Cormier ●
Faye Beutler, mother of Deb Allen ● Muriel Heffner,
friend of Jane Bost ● Sarah Penninger, aunt of Mike Holt
● F. Keith Stirewalt, son of Moses Stirewalt ● Chuck
Orlando, uncle of Greg Bove ● George and Susan
Cannon, parents of Erin Kelly ● Phyllis Dillinger, friend
of Michael, Zaiden, and Dawysn Boozer ● Shirley
Jackson & Family, friends of Ann Ridenhour ● Claire
Hunsucker, friend of Linda Spencer ● Michael Hatley,
son of Danny and Doris Hatley ● Irene Lowder, sister of
Robert Lowder ● Shanna, Dale, and Randy Benson,
friends of Harold and Jean Smith
THIS WEEK’S
GOSPEL IN
REVIEW
Each week we will feature the
Thursday Men’s Prayer
Group’s reflections on this
week’s Gospel lesson.
Matthew 20:1-16
Parable of Workers in the Vineyard
The landowner paid the workers the same
money whether they worked all day or just the
last hour. “God’s grace and mercy transcended
all human ideas of fairness.” “So the last will
be first and the first will be last.” Amen!
CALVARY LUTHERAN
SUNDAY
MINISTERS
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21-September
28-September
Marissa Bové
Needed
Marion Bish
Walter Friday
Marissa Bové
Needed
Marion Bish
Walter Friday
Walter Friday / Carolyn Mauney
Walter Friday / Carolyn Mauney
Ushers
Nursery
Fellowship Time
Kevin and Cindy Webber
T.J. DePaulis
Jason and Alisha Fain
Ramona Miller / Emily Horn
Sarah Grippe
Dick and Barb Flynn
11:00 WORSHIP
Acolyte
Crucifer
Greeters
Welcome Center
Lector
Worship Assistant
Carson Kelly / Tyler Diep
Raina Meyer
Bob and JoAnn Carlson
Phyllis Jessup
Hunkele
David Smith
Carson Kelly / Tyler Diep
Raina Meyer
George and Barbara Clemons
Todd and Sheila Smith
Hunkele
David Smith
Communion Assistants
David Smith / Starr Black
David Smith / Starr Black
Needed
Needed
Emily Huff / Leslie McSheehan
Shelby Varnadore / Leta Schieber
Needed / Needed
Needed / Needed
Carolyn Mauney / Starr Black
Carolyn Mauney / Starr Black
Teresa Bové / Cassie Dixon
Teresa Bové / Cassie Dixon
JoAnn Carlson / Nancy Haney
Nancy Haney /
Jo Ellen Johnson
Marge Berg
Laurie Czoka
Bette Parnell
8:30 WORSHIP
Acolyte
Welcome Center
Lector
Worship Assistant
Communion Assistants
Ushers
Nursery
Soundboard/Lights
8:30 / 11:00
GENERAL
Council Person/Teller
Altar Guild
Monday Tellers
Care and Concern
Care and Concern Visit
ATTENDANCE
SEP 14
YEAR AGO
8:30 Worship
62
69
Our Offerings for the Work of God to Date
$298,800
Sunday School
83
88
Offerings Needed for the Work of God to Date
$314,800
11:00 Worship
106
143
Average Offerings for the Work of God
$8,100
Average Offerings Needed for the Work of God
$8,500
FINANCIAL RECAP
CALVARY LUTHERAN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
21-Sep
Bobby Cloninger
22-Sep
Hayden Link
Shelby Varnadore
24-Sep
Andy Yoos
25-Sep
Lynda Boyd
26-Sep
Andy Howard
Luke Niekamp
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PRAYER FAMILIES
Generous God, you claim us as
your own in Baptism, and your
people declare your greatness
through lives devoted to you.
Make all who serve you unified in the one
fellowship that we share. Strengthen Calvary in
compassionate relationships through Christ,
faith, and service, so that we may fulfill the
calling you have entrusted to us. Give our
prayer families for this week your grace and
peace that they may walk in your presence
now and forever: Andy, Donae, Drew, and
Lauren Yoos, Hope Yost, Mark, Donya, and Jake
Yost, Ken and Jan Young, Terry and Connie
Young. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great.
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SURVEY
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Please take a few moments to read
through and fill out the social ministry survey
that you find at the link provided here: https://
www.surveymonkey.com/s/KXRHH7V
Our social ministry committee will be
using this information to consider God’s call to
us at this time, how best to live into this call,
and areas that may need attention or further
study related to Calvary’s social ministries.
If you would like to hear what our
congregation said about social ministry in our
2013 visioning, you may check out our ministry
priorities at this link: http://
www.clconcord.org/ministries-and-groups/
ministry-priorities
You are invited to The Fall Morning of
Silence.
Morning of Silence
Saturday, September 20, 2014
10:00am to 12:00pm
The Sanctuary
South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church
8601 Bryant Farms Road
Charlotte, NC 28277
Map
Two 30 minute periods of Centering Prayer
Taize Songs
Silent Contemplative Walk
Registration is not required.
Please come.
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COME, COME, “TO THE CASTLE”
Please join us in the final weeks of preparation for “To the Castle”.
This congregational musical is part of Calvary’s fall stewardship emphasis for 2014, and it tells
how everyone in the castle responds when the long-absent monarch is about to return and
expects a report from each person of how they have fulfilled their responsibilities. The musical
was written by Jay Beech, a Lutheran composer, and the new director of The Center for Worship
& Music Studies which is being formed by a partnership of synods of the ELCA to create a first-ofits-kind worship and music institute.
If you would like to participate in the musical, rehearsals are:
 Sunday, September 21, and 28 at 4pm
 Sunday October 5
ITEMS FOR CVAN:
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PAPER PRODUCTS, GALLON SIZE ZIPLOC
BAGS, 30-GAL BLACK & KITCHEN SIZE BAGS
CLEANING SUPPLIES
MR CLEAN, SPIC N SPAN, TOILET BOWL
CLEANER, SCRUBBING BUBBLES
PAPER TOWELS
PERSONAL CARE ITEMS
BASIC MEDICINES
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, LINENS, TWIN & FULL
SIZE BLANKETS
PANTRY FOOD ITEMS
POTS & PANS SETS
DRINKING GLASSES, PLATE SETS
GIFT CARDS FOR DISCOUNT & GROCERY
STORES
BATH TOWELS & WASHCLOTHS
60 WATT EQUIVALENT COMPACT
FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS
To learn more about CVAN, click here: http://
www.cvan.org/
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SOCIAL MINISTRY EMPHASIS
FOR SEPTEMBER
CROP: Serve the hungry in our community
and the world by sponsoring a CROP walk
participant.
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CVAN:
Serve domestic violence victims by
learning more about CVAN this month and
how to support its efforts
Cabarrus County CROP Hunger Walk
Sunday, October 19th
We all care about hungry people, but what can
one person do? You can join in the Cabarrus
County CROP Hunger Walk to raise your voice
against hunger and raise funds to help hungry
people around the world and here in our own
area (25% of what you raise stays right here in
Cabarrus County)! See Ken Glace to sign up to
walk or for information about sponsorship.
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DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
CALVARY’S NEIGHBOR MINISTRY?
Our evangelism committee is kicking off this new ministry
on September 23, Noon-2pm, in the picnic shelter. We are
inviting those who work in local businesses near our church to
lunch on that day at the shelter. This is to introduce them to us
and to our location, so that they can then come back and enjoy their lunch break at the shelter
whenever they like. This is a way for our neighbors to get some quiet time away from the office
during lunch and to enjoy God’s creation. It is also a great way for us to be neighbors and to share
the gifts that have been entrusted to us.
This week, Pastor Debbie and a member of the evangelism committee delivered invitations
to 25 businesses around the church. We will be taking another group of invitations out next week.
We were very well received by all the businesses. People thanked us for thinking of them. They
shared that they really don’t have anywhere to go close by for lunch in an outdoor setting. As
well, one woman shared: “Some days, I eat my lunch in my car. Thank you for this, she said.”
Want to help out on the 23 or help deliver invitations next week? All are welcome to
participate. Simply speak to Pastor Debbie or Joe Varnadore, Calvary’s Evangelism Chair.
SANCTUARY CEILING
Many may have noticed the ceiling problem in the Sanctuary. You may also be wondering if it
safe and what is being done about it. First let us put some rumors to rest, the ceiling is not in danger
of falling. We have had a company look at the problem and they have said it is a “paint peel”. They
feel the peel is cosmetic and a result of a much larger problem, that being a roof that is near the end
of its lifespan.
Moisture from leaks that have occurred over the past couple of years have migrated through
the sheetrock joint to the paint layer. Once there, the moisture has caused the paint to peel away
from the sheetrock. Presently the leaks have been eliminated. Property committee members
examine the roof at each work day and replace missing shingles. Moses and Brad also check the attic
after each rain event for any sign of a leak. The crew will take to the roof once again on the October
18 workday.
To fix the cosmetic problem inside one needs to address the root of the problem outside. That
being replacement of the shingles on the entire roof. The roof is approximately 15 ½ years old which
is about 78% of its expected life. Property has a ball park figure on re-roofing the church-a hail storm
sure would be nice about now.
If we were to just fix the cosmetic portion of the problem it would cost the church
approximately $27,000 and no guarantee that it would not happen again. Calvary does not have that
amount of money to possibly waste on something that may not work.
The old church on Lake Concord Road suffered from roof leaks. Had the church not been sold
to the hospital a new roof was just around the corner.
Property just wants the congregation to know that they are addressing the problem. A quick
fix may not be the correct solution. Rest assured the sky is not falling.
Property Committee
CALVARY LUTHERAN
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To learn contemplative practice is to learn what we need
so as to live truthfully and honestly and lovingly.
Rt Rvd Rowan Williams
Retired Archbishop of Canterbury
Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop
Saturday, October 4, 2014 : 10 AM to 4 PM
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church
292 Munn Road E, Fort Mill, SC
Cost: $30
Centering Prayer is a form of Christian silent meditation where one lets go of thoughts
during periods of prayer typically lasting 20 minutes. It is rooted in the self-emptying love that
forms the heart of Jesus' teaching and life. The effect on those who practice it is an everincreasing awareness of God's action and presence in the course of ordinary life.
At the Workshop, you will receive instruction on the prayer, as well as two opportunities to
practice it. Lunch will be provided. Please share this invitation with your friends who might feel
the call to silence and stillness.
Registrations must be received by September 26.
Click here for more information and to register
COLLEGE STUDENTS
Chili & Cornbread on Corban
Requests for addresses of our college
students are often received in the church
office. People wanting to send a card to say
hello, that they are praying for them, just to let
them know that we care.
If you have a student in college, please
send their address to the church office so we
can publish a list of addresses in Rejoice.
Thank you!
[email protected]
Opportunity House invites you to come have
lunch and tour the new facility!
* Market Place with items to purchase and
raffle items in courtyard.
When: Sunday, October 12, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Where: 72 Corban Avenue SW, Concord, NC
28025
Cost: Love Offerings Accepted at the Door
A Christian Ministry working with the
homeless, jobless and those living on the
fringe in Cabarrus County!
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All Kinds of Gifts
The gifts that he gave were that some would be apostles, some
prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the
saints for the work of ministry, for building up the Body of Christ, until all
of us come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of
God, to maturity, to the full stature of Christ. Ephesians 4: 11-13
This list of gifts is far from a complete list of the gifts God has given to his church to enrich our
lives and to expand his mission into all parts of the world. Join Calvary’s stewardship ministry in
learning more about your God-given gifts through our fall stewardship emphasis and offer
yourself to God anew on Consecration Sunday, October 19.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW
FOR THESE STEWARDSHIP EVENTS
September 28
Join us for a “Discovering your Gifts” workshop after 11:00 am worship. A light lunch will be
provided. RSVP on your communication card by September 21.
October 5
Join us following 8:30 am worship for an “All Kinds of Gifts” Coffee and Congregation Celebration.
Let’s celebrate how all kinds of gifts are being brought together at Calvary to enrich our life
together and to further God’s mission in and through us. We will invite you to consider: “How do
I fit in to God’s amazing work?”
October 11
Join us at 6:00 pm for dinner and “To the Castle”. Enjoy a meal with friends in Christ and let God
speak to you through the music and words of “To the Castle”. RSVP on your communication card
by October 5.
October 19
Come to worship at 8:30 am or 11:00 am on Consecration Sunday, renew the promises of your
baptism, and offer your time, talent, and financial gifts to God’s service for the coming year.