Calvary Memorial Church - January 16-22 Newsletter

January 16-22 Newsletter

Posted on January 20, 2012

The Messenger

God is still speaking….

January 16 – January 22, 2012

Dear Calvary Memorial,

Called to Live Differently!

Being a Christian should have an enormous impact on our daily life. Our lives should be marked with interactions that are full of compassion and grace. As followers of Jesus, WE are called to imitate his actions of reaching out to those people who need encouragement.

God baptized Jesus with love and Jesus baptized others with his love. During the sermon, I asked, “How do we baptize one another?” Do we baptize people with anger, with joy, with ridicule or with grace? Do we scandalize the church by creating drama or by turning people away from the church with gossip? Do we volunteer and offer our gifts and talents thereby baptizing the world with our talents?

We are called to be the light of Jesus Christ.

“Click Here to View Pastor Lorrie’s Sermon”

HEARING GOD’S CALL

Have you Heard God’s Call?

Were You Called to Action this Week?

Click on the link below, view Pastor Lorrie’s sermon, and share your calling!

“Click Here to Share your Call to Action”

CALVARY KIDZ

In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday we talked this week about our birthdays and our DREAMS! Our children have wonderful futures in store for them if they follow their dreams. We will have singers, pianists, veterinarians, police, and even a mermaid!

PSALM 23

During the next several months, the children will be learning a few verses a week of Psalm 23 and how we can call on it when our souls are in need of comfort and calm. God is our shepherd and we are his sheep and if we trust in him, surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives!

CONFIRMATION

We will have confirmation class every Sunday after Church until the students are confirmed in May.

These are some of the things we learned last week:

The Church Season: The Church has several seasons and each season has a color.

Advent is blue (4 weeks before Christmas)

Christmas (White)

Epiphany (White)

Season after Epiphany (Green)

Lent (Purple)

Good Friday (Red)

Easter (White)

Pentecost (Red)

Season after Pentecost (Green)

The altar of the church is wood because Protestants remember the last supper and the table of the last supper was wood.

The altar of the church faces the East because the sun rises in the east and Jesus is the Son of God and because Jerusalem is east.

The initials on the altar are Latin and they mean Jesus, the King of the Jews. These initials were inscribed over the cross of Jesus.

RESERVING ROOMS IN THE CHURCH

If you are interested in reserving a room at church (fellowship hall, meeting rooms, kitchen, etc.) please see George Cooper. This will help us to avoid having two events scheduled at the same time for the same place. Thanks you.

GIVING STATEMENTS & ENVELOPES

If you haven’t already picked up your 2011 Giving Statements and 2012 Offertory Envelopes, please do so as soon as possible. Please contact the office if you would like to make special arrangements to get you statement and envelopes.

Your 2012 Envelopes will be placed in your mailboxes this Sunday. Please see John Schroeder to pick up your 2011 Giving Statements.

ATTENDANCE REGISTRATION

Another way to go paperless! We would like to discontinue using the attendance registration forms you see in the little red book at the end of your pew. We will use up whatever registration forms we have left and then discontinue their use. Our ushers count each week the number of people who attend our worship services and our “Welcome Table” volunteers are doing a great job greeting visitors and obtaining contact information for follow up.

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES

We are working with Olan Mills to put the final touches on our new Member Pictorial Directory. In the meantime, since we have had so many new members since our last update, Member Directories are available in the fellowship hall for you to take home.

If you change any of your directory information in the future, please contact the church office. We will be adding an area to our weekly newsletter to update you on any member changes to keep your records current.

FRIENDSHIP CLUB

I’m sorry that I cancelled the breakfast as soon as I did. If the weathermen would have been right, I would not have wanted to put anyone in danger of driving on slippery roads.

We will try again next month, February 9th, same time, same place.

- Hilda