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Reclaiming and Blessing Ceremony
Held May 22
On March 17th our church was the
site of a violent act that took the life of Carol Parsons. Our
whole community was stunned and heartbroken. Since then,
Carol’s family and our congregation have received many kind
words, and prayers of support and comfort as we work through
the grief and sense of violation.
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Cornell leads the service. |
On Saturday, May 22, about 70 people gathered at Calvary to
reclaim the Lutheran Counseling Network site as a place of
peace and hope. We joined with others in the community to seek
to turn “swords into ploughshares” and honor and welcome our
city’s first responders, city officials, and others who
represent the hope we now reclaim publicly.
Blood Drive Please consider
saving a life this summer. Blood donations are needed
urgently. Summer months are very difficult for blood centers -
folks go on vacation and blood needs increase. Cascade
Regional Blood Services will be hosting a blood drive on
August 22nd, at Calvary Lutheran Church, 9:30-11:30 A.M.
Please contact the church office to sign up or sign up in the
main church lobby. Someone from CRBS will be available in the
lobby and/or outside the Great Room on Sunday, August 8th from
9:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M. to answer questions about donating blood.
Remember to eat a meal, be well hydrated, and bring ID when
you donate blood. Bring a friend and together we can save
lives in our community.
Blood Drive
Sunday, August 22
9:30—11:30 A.M.
Relief for
Haiti If you are looking for a good place to support the
Haitian people following the earthquake disaster, Food for the
Poor is a good place. Pastor Ron Starenko has preached at our
church, and has indicated that all the work they have been doing
in Haiti will continue to be needed—providing for the basic
needs of the Haitian poor. Contribute at www.foodforthepoor.org.
Another opportunity to contribute is through Thrivent Financial.
Members who want to partner with Thrivent in responding to this
disaster may make donations at www.thrivent.com/helpinghaiti or
by calling (800) 236-3736 between 7 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. Central
time, Monday through Friday. When prompted, say "directory" and
enter ext. 83003.
Thrivent Financial will add $1 for every $2 members donate for
“Helping Haiti.” Members may choose which of the four relief
agencies they want their contribution to support, with Thrivent
Financial adding up to $250 per member contribution.
Habitat for Humanity/Apostles Build
Calvary is pleased to donate our
Easter offering to Apostles Build. In addition, we at Calvary
are once again joining with Habitat for Humanity in a home
building project. For any who don’t know, Habitat for Humanity
is a Christian-based, non-profit housing ministry making home
ownership possible by drawing together people of all faiths and
backgrounds to build affordable homes in partnership with those
in need. Two years ago we worked on and contributed to the
renovation of several homes in the Westway neighborhood of
Federal Way as part of the Thrivent Builds program. This year we
will be supporting a new program called Apostles Build. This is
a partnership that provides for twelve (more or less) churches
to join together to build and fund a home for a local family.
The house will be built in Pacific on land purchased by Habitat
for Humanity. Construction is expected to begin in late July. We
invite you to get involved either through donations or through
actual work on the project. Persons over age 16 of all skill levels
are welcome. Calvary’s Easter offering ($1,415) has been donated
to Apostles’ Build. Calvary has made a financial commitment to
this project. If you would
like to contribute, please make your check out to Calvary and
note “Apostles’ Build” in the memo line. Your donation may be
placed in the offering plate or mailed to the church office.
For more information, contact Phil Sell through the
church office.
Mobile Medical Van Helps Calvary’s Guests
If you are homeless, it may be hard to get transportation to
local health care. You may not have insurance. You may not trust
large institutions to serve you.
With this in mind, the South King County Medical Project began a
pilot program for mobile medical service in South King County in
November. The van services several sites, partnering with
programs that attract chronically homeless people to regularly
scheduled events, like the Community Supper at Calvary.
The van serves in Calvary’s parking lot on the third Thursday of
each month. Caring staff provide walk-up access to medical
triage and acute care, in addition to counseling in ways for the
guests to get additional help. They help folks navigate the way
to accessing housing, ongoing primary medical and dental care,
mental health and/or substance abuse treatment, health care
coverage, and other services.
This is a pilot program. There is hope to expand the service to
other sites throughout South King County and rotate among sites
according to a regular and widely-publicized schedule. Public
and private investments in this project will be needed to
sustain it beyond its pilot phase.
For more information, contact
John Gilvar
King County Mobile Medical
Project Coordinator
401 5th Ave., Ste. 1000
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 369-3489
Haircutting
If you are dealing with unemployment or a related financial
hardship, a local hair salon is offering free or reduced prices
on haircuts.
Pollyanna Woods
Hair & Facial Designs
1720 So. 372nd Place
Federal Way, WA 98003
(253) 569-0554 / (253) 661-6370
Reach Out Program Calvary is
part of a local ministry called Reach Out. We were blessed in providing this ministry during
the cold winter months. Find out more about
Reach Out at Calvary.
 Food
for the Poor, Inc.
Pastor Ron Starenko preached at Calvary
on July 5th and shared with us the gospel and information on a
ministry providing direct relief to the poor throughout Latin
America and the Caribbean. Pastor Starenko shared what he has
witnessed about Food For The Poor’s mission to care for the
destitute as a means of living out the Gospel mandate to love
one another. Pastor Starenko was ordained in 1955 for the
Florida-Bahamas Synod. For more information contact him at (800)
568-8124 or visit
http://www.foodforthepoor.org.
Living Stones Ministry
Pastor Wangen-Hoch introduced us to
Living Stones, an ELCA congregation within the walls of the WA
Corrections Center in Shelton.
Pastor Wangen-Hoch has been our guest preacher in the past. We
traveled as a group to worship with this congregation again on
March 14, 2009.
We welcomed Pastor Wangen-Hoch to Calvary again on July 25, 2010 and we will go to worship
with the inmates on August 14, 2010. We will participate in a
Holy Spirit driven worship service that will amaze, inspire and
lift you to new heights of praise, worship and love for our
Savior, Jesus Christ.
We will share fellowship before and after the service, partake of Holy
Communion (with the elements), and join in joyous song with
their Praise Band. As always, a message from Pastor Eric Wangen-Hoch
provides insight to our Savior and its application in our lives.
Our visitors can share a brief introduction, testimony or
scripture. You must be at least 18 years old. Contact the
church office soon to register and obtain a security
clearance.
Red Wagon
The Red Wagon is truly a wagon which is rolled through worship
on the second Sunday of each month. The Red Wagon will roll
again on August 8th collecting school supplies, since the need
is so great.
Emergency Food
Calvary serves as a drop-off facility for the Emergency Feeding
Program. People in need can go to several locations (one being
the Federal Way Multi-Service Center) to sign up for the
program. They will receive an order card, which they bring to
Calvary and then receive the food.
Sack Lunch
Ministry
Our neighbors who are hungry can come to
Calvary Monday through
Thursday and receive a free sack lunch between 11:00 a.m.—1:00
p.m.
Read more
information about our
Sack
Lunch Ministry.
Would you help hand out these lunches? Help is especially
needed on Wednesdays or Thursdays. You could help each week,
occasionally, or as a substitute. If you would like to help distribute these lunches, please
contact the
church
office.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
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.
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. Care Connection
specializes in creative use of resources within our church and
our community. If you have a need and aren’t sure where to turn
… call us!! We can be contacted through the
church office. 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.
Community Supper
Calvary is a host church for the Thursday night Community
Supper. Come and enjoy a hot, home-cooked meal. Volunteers are
also available to direct you to assistance you may need.
If you would like to help with the Community Supper contact
Heather Parker.
We currently need people to help with registration, cleanup, and
serving.
How you can help
our guests in need The SOS Program of the Federal Way
Community Caregivers Network has a table at the Community Supper
held weekly at Calvary in which they distribute goods and
information to our guests in need. You may help by donating the
following items:
SOS Table Items Needed
Our SOS table equips our guests at the Community Supper with
necessary items, in addition to providing them with information
on community services. If you can help replenish these supplies,
please label them SOS and leave them in the church
office. Thanks so much!
You Can Make Placemats The
Thursday Community Supper has lost the services of a long time
volunteer group from the Mormon church who have been making
table centerpieces for all of our holiday meals. We are looking
for a creative person(s) who would like to take on this ministry
that brings a lot of joy to our guests. Each holiday requires
12-14 centerpieces delivered to the church by the Thursday the
meal is served. There are some supplies, so it wouldn't be
starting from scratch. The holidays we look for decorations are:
Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Our
Leaning in Motion students recently made placemats and the
guests enjoyed them immensely. For
more information, contact the
church office.
You Can Help Prepare Meat
What: Cutting and prepping frozen meat
When: Occasional Wednesdays
Where: Calvary’s kitchen
Requirements: Ability to stand to do work
Perks:
You will never be alone, Jan Olson or Phyllis Dirks will be
there with you.
Use your skills for the Community Supper
Contact
Phyllis or Jan for more information.
You Can Donate Socks We are
collecting new men’s socks to give to our Community Supper
guests. Please leave your donation of socks in the church office
and mark it “SOS”. We will collect more items for SOS in
January, but your immediate help with socks will help conserve
funds we have left for this special project.
Do you Shop at Albertson's?
Food Lifeline, the area food distribution center that supports
the Federal Way Community Caregiving Network's Community
Suppers, including the Thursday Supper served at Calvary every
week, is a "Community Partner" with Albertson's grocery stores.
If you shop at Albertson's and use their Preferred Savings card,
the store will send a small percentage of purchase prices to
Food Lifeline! All you have to do is take your card to a store
and have a clerk register it to link to the agency. The Food
Lifeline's Community Partner ID # is 4900010144290. It won't
cost you an extra penny and whatever is contributed helps feed
the poor in our local communities.
Donate Plastic Containers We
like to send our guests home with leftovers on Thursday nights.
If you have pint or quart sized plastic containers that you will
donate, please mark them “Community Supper” and leave them in
the church kitchen.
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