CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH | Your Weekly E-Newsletter - July 11, 2024 | |
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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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“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” -Ephesians 1:13-14
Kings and others of importance have used signet seals since ancient times. During the time of Saint Paul, they were still regularly used when sending letters. So what was the purpose of such seals, other than they looked really neat?
Well, they served a practical purpose, and they were used in a number of ways. First, it might seem to be the most obvious, seals were used when sending letters. Kings would use a signet ring and wax to seal a letter. It would ensure the letter was closed if it contained private information. But it also showed authenticity to the recipient. The recipient would know, based on the seal, who sent the letter.
Seals were also used to label possessions and show ownership. Growing up in Nebraska, I can remember ranchers branding their cattle. They do so to show that the cattle belong to them; they came from their ranch. At the beginning of every school year, I find myself labeling all my kids’ school supplies and belongings. If one of my kids loses his/her crayons or lunch box, we have a better chance of it being returned to us because of the label.
Seals were used as a means of protection. Pontius Pilate ordered the soldiers to seal the tomb where Jesus would be buried following his crucifixion and death. Pilate was trying to protect the tomb. It was sealed with the Roman imperial seal, so as to deter thieves from trying to steal Jesus’ body.
Paul says we are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, so what does that mean for us? It shows ownership. To whom do we belong? To Christ. It shows authenticity. We are genuinely God’s child. We have been marked with the cross of Christ in our baptism. You could say, we’ve been “branded” as God’s own child. And this seal offers us protection. We are sealed and marked by God, not with a visible sign, but a sign that shines through as we proclaim God’s love for others and live our lives in accordance with God’s will for us. God has given us a wonderful gift in his Holy Spirit.
Sola Worship Resource — Weekly Devotional © 2024, Sola Publishing
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Join us this Sunday for a special service! | |
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Polka Service - Sunday, July 14
9:00 a.m. service
Chris Dudzik and his dad John will be providing the music for a polka worship on Sunday July 14 at 9 a.m. It's an uplifting and joyful way to praise God during our liturgy!
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CELEBRATION RINGERS are hosting a 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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NEXT HYMN SING
Sunday, July 28th at 8:45 a.m.
Bring your favorite hymns to worship and join Nicole as we prepare for worship with song. Questions? Email Nicole at music@calvarylc.com.
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July Mission of the Month | |
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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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Mission Servant Ministry | | |
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JULY 4TH PARADE HOSPITALITY TENT
Thank you to everyone who helped by donating treats or water, setting up the tent and tables, or handing out the goodies to parade goers who stopped by.
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Our Little Library Needs Books
Did you know that we have a "Little Library" near our playground? It's definitely being used because there are very few books in it.
Do you have any gently-used books (kids, teens or young adults) that you'd like to donate to the Little Library? You can drop them off in the church office or take them directly to the library box by the playground.
Thank you in advance!
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8th Sunday after Pentecost
July 13-14, 2024
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PRESIDING MINISTER: Pastor Jerry Wittmus
ASSISTING MINISTER: Lee Tyne
GUEST MUSICIANS: Chris and John Dudzik (Sunday's Polka Service)
DEACONS:
Saturday: Ed Ramthun
Sunday: Lenny Graffin, Bill Graffin, Pat Foy, Andy Foy
ACOLYTE: Noah Ciszewski
LECTOR: Lenny Graffin
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Larry Bonier
USHERS: George Sedivec and Ed Ramthun
ALTAR GUILD: Jan Lukasik
GREETERS:
- Carol Roe
- Jonni Roush
- Judy Sayas
FLOWERS:
FELLOWSHIP TREATS: Calvary
POWERPOINT OPERATORS:
Saturday: Cindy Rooks
Sunday: Jessica Dudzik
LIVESTREAM OPERATOR: Sue Rowe
HYMNS THIS WEEKEND: Saturday night: "10,000 Reasons Bless the Lord", "Let There Be Peace on Earth", "Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" LBW #559
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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
New prayer requests: Sue Vollmar; Jack Banker (brother-in-law of Mary Lau); Dan Scruggs (cousin of Juanita Osowski)
Ongoing short-term prayer requests: Jessica Dudzik, Jon Sayas;Janet Zastrow; Judy DeBruine; Pat Treutelaar; Sue Dindorf; John Schwartz; Evelyn Ceci; Jonni Roush; Laura Burger; Sue Rowe; 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); Debbie and Karen (friends of Linda Thorpe); Diane Rutsch (friend of Mary Lau); Eric Dix (Linda Thorpe's son-in-law's brother); Mary Nelson (friend of Linda Thorpe); 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.
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; Bev Lawson; 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); Barb Anderson (friend of Lisa Grossman); 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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Lorna Reiter, 7/11
John Peters, 7/13
Alexis Peters, 7/15
Robert Zimmerman, 7/19
Lindsey Peters, 7/21
Sandie Rupnick, 7/21
Bill Clayton, 7/22
Emily Berger, 7/23
Barb Snyder, 7/23
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
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Jackson and Tiffany Schlieve, 7/12 (10 years)
Wayne and Bonnie Johnson, 7/15 (35 years)
Scott and Peggy Langelin, 7/18 (43 years)
Jerry and Nancy Wittmus, 7/18 (37 years)
Cable and Sarah Gall, 7/29 (18 years)
Keith and Karen Pierce, 7/30 (36 years)
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Sunday, July 21
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Calvary's Backyard
Water games, water relays, water balloons, Oh My!!
Come ready to get wet at our Summer Splash! This will be a wet and wild afternoon of family fun. Please wear clothing/swimsuit that can get wet, and bring a towel.
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
July 29- August 2, 2024
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Ahoy! We are going into an amazing undersea adventure where we will experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. At SCUBA VBS, kids will be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about! Each dive site is supervised by masters of their trade, leading fun-filled activities guaranteed to help kids dive deeper into their personal friendship with God!
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! If you can help, please sign up on the Registration Page.
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For more information, click HERE for details. Registration is now open!
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Women's Book Group
Monday, September 9, 2024
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, July 18
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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NALC Monthly Newsletter
Stay up to date on happenings in the NALC by reading their monthly newsletter, NALC News.
Click the link below to view the current issue.
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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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Do you need a new Church Directory? | |
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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