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TODAY AT CALVARY
God bless you richly in your worship today and this week. Welcome guests! Sign the guest book and pew pad and use a name tag! Hearing impaired devices and large print bulletins available. Call the office at 346-4780 for large print bulletins. Can’t worship with us in person? Sunday traditional worship is broadcast Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. on ACS Channel 14. The 10:45 a.m. contemporary worship is broadcast live on Lakes Radio 99.5.
We celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion with an Open Altar and invite all baptized believers in Christ to celebrate this Sacrament with us. Please check the box beside your name on the Pew Pad.
Today’s broadcast on Lakes Radio 99.5 is sponsored by Merinda Fladeboe in memory of her husband Sherman and sister Frances. Oops! Last week’s broadcast was sponsored by Mike & Carol Olson, not Nelson.
Nursery services. We welcome you to worship in the sanctuary while your children age 6 weeks to 5 years old receive Christian care in the nursery 10:30AM until end of worship. Parent volunteers are encouraged to sign up on the calendar in the nursery.
Taya Lynn Arvidson joins God’s family through Holy Baptism today (10:45). Sponsors are Jessica Miller and Ryan Rager. Parents are Michael and Lindsey (Miller) Arvidson.
The flowers this morning are in memory of Greg Gauwitz, whose funeral was Tuesday, November 11..
HOSPITAL AND PRAYER LIST
Palmer Pederson + Opal Hegle + Odell Nelson + Roger Saboe +Jacob Roble
Lila Masters + Romelle Nelson + Mary Medbery + Lorraine Saarinen
George Doom + Mike Lange + Adam Mort + Mona Kadow + Noah Johnson
Adam Mayer + Mark Andrews + Bruce Lundby + Patty Berck
Terri Tomlinson + Hannah Soderberg
Please contact us when you feel we can remove someone from the list.
LAST WEEK AT CALVARY
Attendance: 254
General Fund: $3,968
Building Fund: $1,615
THANKSGIVING EVE WORSHIP
Wednesday, November 26 at 6:30 p.m. Our new youth director, Rob McNair, will preach and we will receive an offering for Feed My Starving Children. The Senior Choir Special Music will be Think On These Things.
CALVARY MINISTRY FUNDRAISER
There will be a Thrivent sponsored Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, November 23 sponsored by Thrivent to raise funds to benefit Calvary’s Multimedia Ministry and the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Celebration.
ADULT FAITH ENRICHMENT
Pastor Phil is leading sessions on Understanding Islam And Our Relationships To Other Religious Faiths, Session 1 between services today and Session 3 Wednesday at 7PM in the Matthias Room.
Adult video study and discussion between services Sundays in the Upper Room.
Monday noon Bible Study led by Pastor Phil. Bring a lunch and join us!
Third Monday Bible Study will meet Monday, November 17 at 7 p.m. in the Matthias Room.
BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING
Today, November 16 at 8 a.m. and between services in the Mary Magdalene Room you can get your blood pressure checked. This service is brought to you as part Calvary’s Parish Health Ministry.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
We are in immediate need of twin beds, double beds and a crib, dressers and a love seat in good condition for two families, and a gentleman who has no running water in his home needs a porta potty. Contact Cindy Olson at 385-2859 if you can help.
CONCORDIA CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Sunday, December 7, concert at 3 p.m. We leave Calvary at 1 p.m. There are 40 tickets available at the church office for $9 each. Questions? Call Ron Anderson at 346-5352 or Jill Shipman at 346-5395.
COTTAGE MEETINGS
Petunia Cottage meets tonight, Sunday, November 16 at 6pm at the Paul and Barb Bieger home at 835 4th Avenue S.W.
Geranium and Mum Cottages meet Tuesday, November 18 at 7pm at the George and Ellen Palmer home at 40653 Misty Trail, Richville, on the southeast side of Marion Lake.
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN
The Calvary Church Council and the Stewardship Committee have designated this year’s Thanksgiving Offering to support a community-wide project for Feed My Starving Children, which will take place March 13-15, 2009. Karlie Miller, our own Miss Perham, and Pastor Holtan initiated this project which has now been adopted by all the Perham pastors and churches with lots of partners in service clubs, schools, industries and individuals in Perham and the surrounding area. We had planned on a November offering for the ELCA Hunger Appeal but decided to move that to Lent in order to support this project.
HELP WANTED
Young family needs care for two, sometimes three children when Mom needs to attend appointments or fill in at work. Preferably in their home but flexible. Contact Jeana Nelson at 346-4780.
Substitute for Sound Board. No experience necessary, we will train you if you are interested in running the sound board while our consultant is out of town this month. Contact Mitch Groethe or Jeana Nelson at jeananelson@calvaryperham.com
LIBRARY NEWS
The Library Committee wishes to heartily thank all those who participated in our Kids Can Read Program. We collected almost 500 books. Thank you! We have distributed the books to several local programs such as Head Start. Some of the books in new condition will be used by these programs as Christmas gifts for needy families.
Have you read a good book lately you’d like to recommend? Please share it with other Calvary readers. The Library Committee is inviting you to write a brief review of the book so we can include it in the green binder in the library marked Book Reviews. Pink book review forms are available in the library to help you write your review but feel free to write in your own style. Check out the reviews other famous Calvary readers have written! Be sure to include your name and author of the book you are reviewing. We are very interested to learn what “Calvary Is Reading.”
MEMORIES FOR THE JUBILEE
The planning for Calvary’s Jubilee (50th anniversary) Celebration is well underway and points us to a year-long celebration September 2009 until July 2010. Lisa Peterson is our Jubilee chairperson. As one part of the Jubilee, we have asked Ron Anderson to write a history of Calvary’s 50 years of ministry to be available in September 2009. We invite you to write down your own stories and bring them and other items to the church office. We can’t promise that each will be included in the book, but Ron will carefully read each one and we expect to share them all on the Calvary website.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Needs empty oatmeal or circular boxes and empty boxes with lids for Christmas program props.
SUPPORT GROUP
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will meet Tuesday, November 25 in the Matthias Room from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
THRIVENT
Monthly Potluck Meeting Thursday, November 20 at 6:00pm at Calvary.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Executive Board Meeting Monday November 17 at 9am in the Mathias Room.
Altar Guild. Willing to assist with communion setup and cleanup? Call Sally Awes at 346-7911 and leave a message.
Christmas Tea and Bake Sale will be held Saturday, December 6, 2008. Watch your church mailbox for information!
Snowbirds. If you'd like to contribute before you leave, your donations of baked goods (estimated $15.00 value) or a monetary donation may be dropped off at the church office.
Cookie Assortments. We need 50 families to bake 6 dozen fancy Christmas cookies to be brought to the church on Friday afternoon, December 5. 100 assortments of three dozen cookies will be packed in boxes to be sold at the Christmas Tea. Please call Dee Anderson at 346-5352 or sign up on the "cookie sheet" in the Fellowship Hall.
YOUTH NEWS
Christmas wreaths will be distributed next Sunday, November 23.
Thanksgiving Basket Service project for grades 7-12 will take place next Sunday, November 23 after the second service. There will be a light lunch, assembly of baskets and then delivery.
Peter Eide Christmas Concert Wednesday, December 17 at 7pm at Olivet Lutheran in Fargo. Confirmation students expected to attend; all students grade 7-12 welcome. Food will be served at 4:45pm and bus leaves at 5:15pm. Suggested donation is $10 to cover bus cost. Concert is a free will event. We expect to return 9:30-10:00pm at the latest.