Education & Fellowship - Adults


 Fellowship

 


Summer Hikes Two additional family hikes have been planned. The first one is Wednesday, August 11 at Hylebos Park (411 S. 348th St., Federal Way). We will have another hike at Dash Point State Park (5700 SW Dash Pt. Road, Federal Way) on August 25. Both hikes begin at 6:30 p.m. Meet at the park, bring a sack lunch, if you want. Lace up your hiking boots, and join us!


Coffee House Enjoyed by All on June 18

Jason shares a song Great crowd
Elizabeth plays her flute Youth present skit about healing by the pool of Bethesda

 


Women Enjoy Retreat

On April 30-May 1 twenty-six women from Calvary enjoyed a retreat. We explored the friendships of women, in the Bible and in our lives.

Women celebrate friendships Studying women of the Bible

 

 

Calvary Women’s Spring Retreat 2011Falls Creek Retreat Center
 

 

May 20-22, 2011
Falls Creek Retreat Center
(near) Raymond, WA

Jan Olson has personally enjoyed this facility and is excited for our group to experience it.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Calvary Women Take Action
At the spring retreat, several Calvary women studied about biblical women who exhibited twelve qualities of women's friendships. Maybe you saw their portraits hanging in the Social Hall during May.

As part of our retreat, we decorated boxes which the women are using to save change in order to make our offerings available in the form of micro-loans to extend our hands in Christian friendship to women living in poverty in the global community. Our goal is to fund a number of these micro-loans through an agency or agencies who make the loans available.

Thousands of women have borrowed as little as $25 to begin businesses that lift them and their families up to stable and sustainable standards of living, making it possible to feed, clothe and educate themselves and their children, thereby creating a healthier and more peaceful world. They have a remarkable record of repaying these loans in full and on time. The money is then made available to other women.

On Saturday, September 11, at 10:00 A.M. in Learning Center #1. We will re-gather to count our money and decide how to spend it; i.e., which agency or agencies we will use to distribute our offering.

All women of Calvary are invited to join those of us who were on the retreat in this effort. Choose a container and start saving your change. Mark your calendar now to come on September 11, add your contributions, help count the money and participate in the decision as to how we will make it available to our sisters around the world who need only a little help from us. Our dollars can empower women to do what women everywhere can do so well, work hard to create the best possible quality of life for their families.


Nursery Substitute
Would you be willing to occasionally serve as a substitute caregiver in Calvary’s nursery on Sunday mornings? Contact the church office.


Calvary Care Connection One of the functions of the Calvary Care Connection is to make personal connections between those with a need and finding help on a short-term basis. It may be a home maintenance task, a meal for someone following illness or surgery, transportation, or making a phone call to check on someone. If you would like to serve others, this team would love your help. Our next meeting is August 12 at 10:30 a.m. in the Social Hall.


Discovering My Gifts  

You have an opportunity to discover the specific gifts that God has given to you in a fun, informative way. Contact Sharon Stenersen.

 

 


Memorial/Funeral Reception Team
The Memorial/Funeral Reception Team are asking members of Calvary to participate in their ministry. They provide food (cookies, bars, sweet breads, open-faced sandwiches, etc.) for receptions following memorial services.

They keep a roster of people who are willing to help with these receptions on an occasional basis, when called.

Here are some ways you can help:

  • Provide food

  • Help set up tables and chairs in the morning before the service

  • Help during the reception

If you would like to serve on the Memorial/Funeral Reception Team, contact the church office.


Prayer Chain

 

You are invited to participate in Calvary's prayer chain. Contact the church office. You may pray for others or submit your own prayer requests.

 

 

 


 

Prayer Shawl MinistrySharon Stenersen presents a Calvary graduate with a prayer shawl



 

We are a group who lovingly knit or crochet shawls for those in need of God’s love and comfort in difficult times as well as times of celebration. If you have a person on your heart and mind that you feel needs to be surrounded with God’s peace and love woven into a prayer shawl, please contact Deanna Kaasa through the church office.

 

Our next meeting will be in September.

 

 


L.E.G.S.

(Lutherans Exploring Great Sites)

Next meeting: Wednesday, August 11
7:00 P.M., Learning Center #1

For more information contact Neal Cook through the church office.
 


 

Education

 


Daily Bible Reading

Do you have good intentions for daily Bible reading, but could use some suggestions for a place to start? Each week you may get a list of suggested Bible readings for each day. The readings for Monday through Wednesday reflect upon the scripture from the previous Sunday. The readings for Thursday through Saturday prepare you for the upcoming Sunday.

 

Here are the readings for this week:

Wednesday, July 28

Sunday, August 1

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23

Psalm 49:1-12

Colossians 3:1-11

Luke 12:13-21

 

Monday, August 2

Psalm 127

Ecclesiastes 2:1-17

Colossians 3:18 - 4:1

 

Tuesday, August 3

Psalm 127

Ecclesiastes 3:16 - 4:8

Colossians 4:2-6

Psalm 55:16-23

Esther 7:7 - 8:17

Matthew 5:43-48

 

Thursday, July 29

Psalm 49:1-12

Proverbs 23:1-11

Romans 11:33-36

 

Friday, July 30

Psalm 49:1-12

Proverbs 24:1-12

Ephesians 4:17-24

 

Saturday, July 31

Psalm 49:1-12

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Colossians 3:18 - 4:1

 

Daily Devotionals to Your Email
During Lent, many of you enjoyed your daily devotionals arriving by email. Here are two similar resources available to you:

God Pause Short, meaningful reflections on the following Sunday’s lessons and gospel. These are written by Luther Seminary alumni/ae.

Daily Texts Prepared by the Moravian Church in North America, these daily texts also include a prayer.


Beginning September 12

Making Sense of Scripture: Big Questions about the Book of Faith
The Book of Faith initiative invites the whole church to become more fluent in the first language of faith, the language of Scripture, in order that we might live into our calling as a people renewed, enlivened, empowered, and sent by the Word. This is an initiative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.




Naomi
Circle
 

We are on a break for the summer. See you again this fall for Bible Study, service projects, and warm, Christian fellowship.

Circle Representative: Yvonne Eagan
 

Elizabeth Circle
Elizabeth Circle is enjoying a summer vacation. We hope you will join us this fall. We meet on the first Thursday morning of each month at 10:30 a.m. in Learning Center #1.
Circle Representative:
Joann Jones


Book Club
August 24, 7:00 P.M., Church Office

Discussing Three Bags Full
by Leoni Swann

Come join us!
 

Calvary Lutheran Church
2415 S. 320th St.
Federal Way, WA 98003
(253) 839-0344

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