Announcements
Be Involved! Youngsters and adults are warmly invited to offer your time to one of the church’s many service opportunities. Find a rich and varied "menu" of options to Be Involved! here on our website and in the newsletter.
First Communion Instruction will be offered in September. Pastor Diehl will lead First Communion Instruction in the Parish Hall on Thursday evenings at 7:00, September 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th. Instruction in “First Communion” helps young children understand this Sacrament prior to receiving their first communion. Contact Pastor Diehl for more information and/or to enroll your child in this program.
Mount Calvary’s “Prayer with the Pastor” ministry begins this month. “Prayer with the Pastor” is a simple and caring ministry. Prior to Sunday morning worship (10:40 to 10:45), Pastor Diehl will meet privately in his office to pray with and for a member or family of the congregation. Each month, Roger Rudy will invite member families or individuals to “Prayer with the Pastor” and call or send a reminder message of the prayer time. If there are any questions about this ministry, please do not hesitate to speak with Pastor Diehl. If you do not wish to participate in this ministry, let Roger or the pastor know.
Any youth or adults interested in serving as an acolyte, reader, or communion assistant should contact Susan Foltz (984-4477). We welcome new participants to these opportunities to serve Christ and Mount Calvary. Training will be provided.
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The Blessing of the Bookbags will take place on Sunday, September 5.
Pastor Diehl's installation service will be held on Sunday, September 12 at 4pm, followed by a pot-luck dinner.
The church's annual outdoor service will be held Sunday, September 19, 11:00 am, at the Foltz's, followed by a pot-luck meal.
Sunday Church School will resume on Sunday, September 26. If you are interested in serving as a teacher, teacher assistant, or in other ways, contact Heidi Bodanske or Pastor Diehl.
Mount Calvary's Homecoming will be held Sunday, October 10.
On Sunday afternoon, October 24th, Shenandoah Valley Lutheran Ministries, Inc. will hold the first annual RALLY IN THE VALLEY!: “Stir & Arise” at W. W. Robinson Elementary School. The Rally begins at 1:00 with a buffet lunch followed by worship at 2:30. Guest speakers include Virginia Bishop Jim Mauney and the Rev. Dr. Kathryn Love, ELCA Assistant Director for Evangelism and Director for Prayer and Spiritual Renewal. There will be special activities for youth. The lunch and the RALLY are free.
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We are still receiving gifts for the Parsonage Renovation Fund. Thank you to all who have contributed to this fund.
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Mount Calvary's Quilters Reach Out to Haiti! During the June 13th worship service, the congregation participated in the third annual “Blessing of the Quilts.” The sanctuary was a spectacular patchwork....read more!
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Pastor Matthew Diehl is a native of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. A life-long Lutheran, his home church is St. James Lutheran Church in Fishersville. He is a graduate of Roanoke College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. Pastor Diehl served in the Northeast Ohio Synod for 13 years prior to returning to Virginia in 2007 to be closer to his parents and sisters who still live in Augusta County. Though originally from Pittsburgh, his wife Heather, attended public school and college in Augusta County. Her parents reside in Waynesboro; a sister lives in Stuarts Draft. Pastor Diehl and Heather have four children ~ Joshua, 15; Benjamin, 10; Rebecca, 6; and Leah, 4.
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Creating A Member Montage for the Diehls! To help Pastor Diehl and his family get to know their Mount Calvary family, the Call/Welcome Committee is creating a “Members Montage.” For the next several Sundays, a Committee member will be in the narthex before and after the worship service to take a quick, informal picture of church members. Help out these photographers: let him/her know if you’ve not yet been snapped! Each picture will be labeled with the member’s name and placed on a poster board. This will be a great learning tool for the Diehls. (Our members can also use the montage to catch the names of fellow worshippers whom they see regularly, but might not know by name.)Taking the snapshot will only take a moment.
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