Helping others receive grace, purpose and direction by proclaiming Christ s love. SENIOR RECOGNITION-SUNDAY May 13th

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1 TIDINGS 2018 CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH Helping others receive grace, purpose and direction by proclaiming Christ s love. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CONFIRMATION!! April 29, 2018 Katelyn Newton Ashland Todd BIBLE PRESENTATIONS SUNDAY May 6th Come celebrate with us as our third and sixth graders receivie their Bibles during worship. SENIOR RECOGNITION-SUNDAY May 13th Join us in celebrating our graduating seniors, Amelia Bowman and Kaetlyn Todd with a delicious breakfast at 9 a.m. in Fellowship Hall and recognition during worship at 10:00 a.m. ENCHILADA SALES The Houston Kids are selling enchiladas and pork chili as a fundraiser to help fund their trip to the ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston this summer. See Angie or any of the Houston Kids to order yours. Thank you for your support. Houston Kids attending the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering this summer! Jensen Bedlan Sydney Hinze Logan Moravec Lucas Moravec Katie Newton Brock Nikont Abigail Smith Ashland Todd Kaetlyn Todd Hunter Walker Rayce Walsh Sponsors: Grant and Angie Hinze Page 1 MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!! CALVARY S 19TH ANNUAL BBQ SATURDAY, June 23rd & SUNDAY, JUNE 24th

2 Dear Friends, Today, it finally feels like spring. The trees are budding, the dandelions are blooming, the sun is shining and it s finally warm enough to leave my coat in the house! We are entering the growing season. In the church, we too are entering the season of growing which we call Pentecost. On May 19 th and 20 th, we will gather and celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit, not just to the disciples but to the whole church, and then throughout the rest of the summer we will be called forth to grow in our faith through the power of the Spirit. Of course, growing in or deepening our faith doesn t happen just by accident. It takes intentionality. It takes finding ways to make space for God. It takes consistency. Just as we must water and nourish a flower or plant if we wish it to mature and bloom so too, must we water and nourish our faith. Making space for God takes some discipline. At first it may sound like one more thing you have to do in your already hassled life. But as you know, it takes discipline to do anything well, and it is no different with prayer. If we want to grow in our faith, we need to find times to be with God and we need to be in prayer. If you are not sure how to pray, I would highly recommend to you a little book called Learning to Pray Again by Michael Rinehart. It s easy to read with short chapters on different types of prayer practices. If you d like a copy, look for the sign-up sheet in the narthex or you can download it to your e-reader. Lastly, as you think about making space for God and working on growing in your prayer and faith life this summer, be gentle with yourself. Too often we get down on ourselves when we begin something new and then fail to do it, fail in doing it or feel uncertain in how to do it. Remember, prayer takes time and practice. So be gentle. And make whatever happens a part of your conversation with God. Blessings in this season of growing, Pastor Sheryl HOSPITALIZED? PLEASE LET US KNOW If you are hospitalized, please contact (or have a friend or family member contact) the church office and let us know so that we can visit and pray with you. Providing pastoral care is an important part of our ministry, however, we cannot visit if we don t know, so please don t hesitate to call or the church office, so that we can be there for you. Thanks! Pastors Sheryl and Chris Page 2

3 COUNCIL MINUTES SUMMARY April 9, 2018 Financial Report: Moved $1,000 from the Larry Janecek memorial as requested by Beth Janecek to the Youth for three scholarship requests for the ELCA Youth Gathering. Voted to transfer $672 left over from the God s Work. Our Hands Dinner & $3,587 from the BBQ fund to the Contingency Fund. Board/Committee Reports: Music and Worship: Thanked the Pastors for their extra work during Holy Week. Stewards: Special offerings during the Lenten Services were distributed as follows: Lakota Lutheran Center-750; Contingency Fund-750; Youth Gathering Offering-550 Trustees: Gary s Cleaning was increasing their fees 25%. Asked for bids from some other cleaners. Trustees voted to hire Mike and Shawna Winchell for $7800 annually. They have already performed a deep cleaning. Outside sanctuary doors continue to be a problem. Will be ordering the new front doors soon. Bill Huelle is still working on the ceilings in the meeting room. Building repair: Getting bids on various jobs on the damage caused by the accident and continuing to work with the insurance company. Youth: Youth will be leading the worship service on April 15 th. They will take a special offering that day which will go the Youth Gathering Offering they will take with them, which will go to the ELCA World Hunger. Enchilada sales will begin with the proceeds helping with the expenses for the Youth Gathering. Lynn Margheim won the quilt raffle. Senior Recognition Sunday will be May 13 th. Seniors are Katelyn Todd and Amelia Bowman. Pastor/Staff Reports: Pastor s will be taking vacation April 30-May 16. Old Business: New Ministry ideas: Did not get any suggestions from article in the newsletter. Greener Towns Organization Event: Verify the dates. Perhaps OWLS might be interested in helping. New Business: Pastor Spomer s 55 th Anniversary Recognition was tentatively scheduled for September. Workshop Date for 2019 planning: August 19 th, 5:30 p.m. at Runza Synod Assembly Offering: Voted to give $400 to the Synod Assembly Offering this year. Voted to approve Katelyn Newton and Ashland Todd for Confirmation. Meeting closed with the Lord s Prayer Next Council Meeting: May 14, A complete copy of the minutes is available from the church office. Page 3

4 CHURCH REMODELING REMODELING COMMITTEE UPDATE The Trustees have continued to be in conversation with the Insurance Company as well as receiving bids from contractors in regards to work on repairing the exterior of the church, fixing the boiler system, etc. We are hopefully close to repair work beginning. The remodeling committee consisting of Bill Huelle (representing the trustees), Dawn Holub, Andrea Miller, Lisa Moravec, Lou Kleager and Pastors Chris and Sheryl is at the present time focusing on the bathroom so as to get that available as soon as possible. They recommended to the Trustees that the bathroom be made wheelchair accessible which will entail widening the present door, eliminating the wall and door between the small outer room and the bathroom and installing wheelchair accessible bathroom fixtures. They are in the process of looking at possible sinks, cabinets and flooring options. They also recommended that the old cry room which had been used for the last several years by the Day Care be converted back to a cry room for use by our young parents. SECIAL OFFERING FOR OUTSIDE SANCTUARY DOORS For a while now the outside front doors have been in need of replacement. The south door no longer stays shut when unlocked and we have periodically had difficulties even opening it when unlocked during this past winter. The north door has become increasingly difficult to unlock, with one person s key cracking while they attempted to relock the door. The doors also do not meet current fire codes or safety standards as you cannot exit them without unlocking them first. Therefore, the Trustees have recently approved the purchase of new outside glass doors for the sanctuary at a cost of approximately $7000. While the Trustees allowed for the cost of the doors in their 2018 budget, we will be taking a special offering throughout the month of May to help pay for the cost of the new doors. Please place any donations for this special offering appeal in one of the designated offering envelopes or if you give electronically, use the special offering option. Check out how our Confirmation Class decorated our damaged wall outside the church! Page 4

5 CALVARY LUTHERAN SCHOLARSHIP If you are planning to attend a Protestant college next fall, stop by the church office and pick up an application form. Applications MUST be in by June 1st. Criteria for receiving a scholarship is as follows: 1. Attends Calvary Lutheran Church regularly and has had past record of two years attendance in Sunday school and/or church worship. 2. Is a voting member as defined in the Calvary Lutheran Church Constitution, C8.02C. 3. Will be a full time student as defined by the college you are attending. 4. Have not received scholarships from Calvary for more than eight college semesters (limit 3). Request for scholarships exceeding the eight college semesters will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee. OWLS (Older,Wiser Lutheran s) LUNCHEON Join us Wednesday, May 2nd at noon! This will be our last luncheon until fall. No prior reservations are needed! REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR PANHANDLE CO-OP RECEIPTS THANK YOU for continuing to save those Co-Op receipts! Drop them in the box in the narthex or turn them in at the church office. Proceeds for these receipts will benefit the Scottsbluff/Gering CatPack and PupPack programs. CARING ONES: We are collecting dollar bills and loose change! Support the work of Lutheran World Hunger Appeal, the CatPack/ PupPack Backpack programs and the Lakota Center programs. Thanks! GRADUATION RECEPTION Kaetlyn Todd would like to invite her Calvary family to her high school graduation reception on May 13th from 2-4 pm at the Weburg Centre, th St. in Gering. Page 5

6 May Mission Project CALVARY KITCHEN SHOWER A box will be placed in the Reception Area on the table under the Women of the ELCA bulletin board next to Pastor Chris s office to receive items needed for the kitchen. The kitchen could use the following: dish soap, scratch pads, paper towels, napkins, Country Time lemonade, salt and pepper, coffee creamer, Comet, aluminum foil. Saran Wrap or Press N Seal, (quart & gallon) Zip Lock Bags, and artificial sweetener. Cash donations are also welcome and may be placed in the tan Designated Giving Envelopes found in the pews. Be sure to designate WELCA on the envelope. Please help us restock the kitchen after our Lenten Dinners and Easter Breakfast. WOMEN S BIBLE STUDIES Our Bible Study changes again and in May we will take a look at listening to God s beloved daughters and an invitation to reflect on God s hospitality. Meeting times are: Ruth Study Group -Tuesday, May 9:00 am at Calvary Priscilla Study Group -Tuesday, May 1@ 7:30 pm--angie Hinze home 615 Valley View Drive, SB Hannah Study Group Monday, May 7:00pm Syl Holdt s home Meadowlark Drive SB Esther Study Group May 9:00 am--ruth Harris,home 9 Brentwood Ct. SB WOMEN S NOON BIBLE STUDY Join us for an hour of study, and fellowship each Tuesday at noon at Calvary. All ladies are invited to attend any of these study groups. THURSDAY NIGHT ADULT BIBLE STUDY 6:45 p.m. CALVARY YOUTH NEWS - MAY Our last day of JAM will be Wednesday, May 2nd. Our last regular Sunday School will be May 13th. We will resume in the fall! May 13 SENIOR RECOGNITION SUNDAY! Join us in celebrating our graduating seniors Amelia Bowman and Kaetlyn Todd with a delicious breakfast at 9 a.m. in Fellowship Hall! VBS is coming July 15-19! Watch next month s Tidings for details! Page 6

7 Prayer Requests & Celebrations Prayers for Healing: Beth Janecek (surgery), Gail Bruflat (knee replacement surgery), Mary Snell (grandmother of Brianne and Cameron Snell heart attack), Kristen Schmidt (LaDonna Schmidt s granddaughter), David Stevens (knee surgery), Elnora Sell (nose surgery), Jack Lindhorst (Deb Brown s nephewbrain surgery), Marsha Bueide, Mary Jo Huelle (radiation treatments), and Bob Dedlow (Jim and Mabel s son-cancer treatment). Prayers of Peace and Comfort for the family and friends of Henry Aschenbrenner and for Pastor Will & Winnie Voss on the death of Will s father, Will Voss, II. If you have Prayer Requests, please contact Nancy Steele through her nancylsteele@embarqmail.com or phone her at Thank you so much for all the prayers, calls, cards and food that was given to me during my surgery and now recovery. Also for the beautiful jewelry box that plays Jesus Loves Me from my sisters and brothers at Calvary. Thank you to Pastors Chris and Sheryl for the hospital visits and prayers. God bless all of you, and I feel so grateful for all our members. Sincerely, Marsha Bueide * * * * * * Beth Janecek will be having her surgery on May 2 in Dubuque, Iowa and recuperating there at her son s. If you would like to send cards the address is: 762 June Drive, Dubuque, Iowa Jack Martin 5/4 Krista Gingrich 5/21 Brigitta Loseke 5/4 Lillian Blehm 5/22 LaDonna Schmidt 5/4 Marie Wiedeman 5/24 Larry Sibal 5/6 Grant Hinze 5/24 Sherry Belgum 5/7 Beth Janecek 5/25 Jodi Christeleit 5/10 Jay Judd 5/25 Sarah Fulk 5/10 Jan Wylie 5/25 Casey Sigrist 5/11 Hunter Walker 5/25 Virginia Pickett 5/12 Gary Aschenbrenner 5/26 Shari Copsey 5/12 Lawrence Gibbs 5/26 Glen Vandenberge 5/17 Shelby Hinze 5/27 Jeannie Stormoe 5/18 Jensen Bedlan 5/28 James Dorn 5/18 Marlene Downer 5/28 Deb Brown 5/19 Denise Lentz 5/29 Vicki Howell 5/19 If we missed your birthday, please let the office know! We ENCOURAGE every family of Calvary to support our area Food Pantry and Food programs. The pantries provide important services to those in need and can really help aid those families who are less fortunate. This month s Food Pantry item: OATMEAL This month s Backpack Program item: PUDDING CUPS JUNE will be: CANNED VEGGIES INSTANT OATMEAL Page 7

8 Stephen Ministers are trained to listen! If you need someone to listen, or would like to learn more about how a Stephen minister could care for you, please contact Nancy Steele ( ) or ( ) or Marsha Bueide at ( ). Calvary s Church Office Phone number: (308) or Contact the Office by at: Send physical mail / offerings to: 17 E. 27 th Street, Scottsbluff, NE Pastor Chris:Kester Beyer (402) pastorchriskb@gmail.com Pastor Sheryl:Kester Beyer (402) pastorsherylkb@gmail.com Pastors home phone: (308) Youth & Family Ministry Dir. Angie Hinze contact info: or adhinze@gmail.com Nancy Steele, PMA nancylsteele@embarqmail.com Deadline for weekly announcements is Wed. at 5 PM. Deadline for newsletter is the 20th of each month. Please send your items to Noni in the church office. Find us on Facebook. WEBSITE FIND US ONLINE!!!! The worship bulletin, announcements as well as the Taking Faith Home inserts are all available on our website. Worship podcasts from sermons by Pastors Sheryl and Chris are also available to listen to. Page 8 Just go to and click on the worship tab. Page 8

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