Family Ministry @ Calvary Lutheran  10.05.2007

Calvary Mission Statement

“We seek to be a loving and caring community in response to the love we have received from Jesus Christ.”

Family Ministry Mission Statement

Living to fulfill the above mission in our daily lives, “We work to equip members of households to exercise 4 Keys to nurture the Christian faith: Caring Conversation; Family Devotions; Family Service and Family Rituals.”*

*Based on model from Youth & Family Institute of Augsburg College

 

Pastor Mark Astrup coordinates Family Ministry.

 

Wednesday Suppers

Serving starts at 5:30pm and continues through 6:15pm.

During the school year (Sept. – Apr.)

Enjoy good food and great fellowship.

Oct. 10     Pizza

Oct. 17     No Supper

Oct. 24     Chicken Strips

Oct. 31     No Supper

 

Nov. 7       Corn Dogs & Broccoli/Cheese Soup

Nov. 14     Taco in a Bag

Nov. 21     No Supper

Nov. 28     Hot Dogs, Chili, Mac & Cheese

 

Dec. 5       Chicken Strips

Dec. 12     Pizza

Dec. 19     No Supper

Dec. 26     No Supper

 

Jan. 2       Taco in a Bag, Mac & Cheese

Jan. 9       Pizza

Jan. 16     Lasagna

Jan. 23     Corn Dogs, Broccoli/Cheese Soup

Jan. 30     Taco in a Bag

 

Feb. 6       Walleye Fingers, Mac & Cheese

Feb. 13     Chicken Strips

Feb. 20     Hot Cogs, Chili, Mac & Cheese

Feb. 27     Pizza

 

March 5    Taco in a Bag

March 12  Corn Dogs, Broccoli/Cheese Soup

March 19  Pizza

March 26  Chicken Strips

 

April 2      Lasagna

April 9      Pizza

April 16     Corn Dogs, Soup

April 23    Chicken Strips

 

Full Menus on Family Ministry Bulletin Board at Church

 

Opportunities & Programs

  • Supper & Program Activity: Wednesdays during school year, 5:30-7:15pm
  • Together in Faith Sessions: various Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15pm throughout school year. For parents and children in 3rd-6th grades. Session topics include: “Opening the Bible”, “Real Life Faith”, “The Apostles’ Creed”, “What’s Fair” and “The Ten Commandments”.
  • Outings: camping, swimming, canoeing, sledding…
  • Family times at Luther Crest Bible Camp: Advent Weekend (early December), Snowshoe Weekend (January), Pumpkin Carving (October)
  • Milestones: “Entrance to Sunday School” (September), “Baptism Birthday” (February) and others done in conjunction with Calvary’s Christian Education Program.
  • Baptism Class: 1st Tuesday each month
  • ALPHA (see link for this)

 

Opportunities for serving in Family Ministry

  • Family Ministry Team – brainstorms, plans, organizes
  • Wednesday Supper Helpers – prepare, serve, clean-up
  • Drivers and vehicles for activity car pooling
  • Family Ministry bulletin board decorators

 

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Calvary Family Ministry Page

 

Dear Friends in Christ,                                       February 2008

 

Each of you, I hope, has had the opportunity to meet our new Senior Pastor Dale Olson.  If you haven’t yet, make it your aim next time you come to church to greet Dale with a hearty, “I’m glad you’re here”, welcome.  I’ve been experiencing an awakening of activity and expectation for our common life and mission in Christ since Dale’s arrival.

 

The new Calvary Photo Directories should be here by April.  Thank you to the members of the Photo Directory Task Team who have spent hours working on this project.   

 

Name tags have been a hot topic of conversation around church lately as everyone was asked to wear one every time they were at church for worship service during January.  This effort started as a courtesy to Pastor Olson to help him identify names with faces.  Two Calvary members wore the same name tags made when Pastor Forrester was brand new.  We want you to have a permanent name badge.  Look for sign-up in the narthex or come by the church office.  We are asking each person to pay for the making of the name badge in advance.  The cost for each name badge is $3.  I urge you to look around, especially at worship and if you see some one you don’t know, introduce yourself.  Even if they have been a member for 15 years or longer (and this has happened), you will still do a bit to strengthen the bonds of Christian community at Calvary.

 

Lent begins February 6th.  After Ash Wednesday, this year at the 12:15pm Wednesday worship service we have 5 retired clergy that are Calvary members each assigned to a service and preaching on one of the 5 parts of Luther’s Small Catechism.  The Wednesday evening worship service will be at 7:00pm and will have as the “sermon” a drama written by Tim Strommen titled, “The Faith Dreams of Nellie”.  Note that there are meals before each of these Lenten services at 11:30am and 5:30pm in the basement Fellowship Hall.  

    

Pastor Mark Astrup

 

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES

Wednesday Suppers

5:30-6:15pm – served continuously

in Fellowship Hall

Feb. 6 – Lasagna

Feb. 13 – Chicken Strips

Feb. 20 – Hot Dogs and Chili and Mac & Cheese

Feb. 27 – Pizza

Menus on Family Board

& Calvary Web Page

 

 

Baptism Class

Tues., Feb. 5, 7:00pm

in the Library

 

 

Calvary Day @ Big Splash Waterpark

Join us for a happy time

of wet fun!!!

Sunday, Feb. 24 from 3:00-7:30pm at the Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center.  Cost is $10/person includes wristband for each attendee, use of towels, locker room facilities and pizza & pop for supper.  Information on the Family Ministry Bulletin Board.  For more information contact Pastor Astrup at 763-5178 or 759-1715.