Lent & Easter at Calvary

 

He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

Here are some pictures from Holy Week at Calvary

Holy Week at

Calvary

2010

Easter Breakfast

Easter Sunday Children's message

Parents cook for Easter Breakfast

Cross on Good Friday

Easter Vigil began outside

 

Easter Play & Eggstravaganza April 11

Craig tries his hand at egg decorating Egg rolling contest
Egg Toss Youth present Easter Play

Unbinding Your Heart Report & Feedback
What was successful:
12 small groups met with a trained facilitator for 6 weeks
2/3 of the way through Lent, facilitators met to discuss highs/lows and give feedback
102 people signed up
100 people completed
Learning in Motion spent the six weeks building an altar for home prayer
Confirmation Youth focused on prayer and devotions
77% of worshipping community completed the journey


“Likes” as expressed by feedback:
people enjoyed the opportunity to share their faith and listen to others’ faith stories
small group experience
sermon, chapter and prayer journal intertwined weekly
others were doing the same exercises during the week (we were all on the same page)
provided a way to make mobile through CD
they were equipped rather than instructed (examples of dinner table use, taking walks with children)


“Wants” as expressed by feedback:
continue small groups that equip
continue adult faith formation
continue sharing of faith stories in small groups and /or during services
continue focused/themed prayer


What we need to do still…
figure out how to continue the forward momentum
form an evangelism team that focuses on prayer and adult faith formation
provide opportunities for small groups and faith sharing [one possibility, Martha Grace Reese’s next book: Unbinding the Soul]
equip ourselves in prayer and faith sharing, and practice amongst ourselves so we can move forward
realize this process will take time
realize we all progress at different speeds


What we accomplished…
created opportunities for people to talk about their faith
created opportunities for people to look at/examine their faith life
opened the door for a look at the new evangelism (sharing faith stories)
filled a void (social as well as faith based) people needed this--as shows in the numbers


Paula Fowler,
Lenten Event Coordinator
 

 

 

 


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

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