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Reformation Day Service on Sunday at Mount Calvary
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Lititz has a fun and faithful weekend of events to ring in Reformation Week. Join in and celebrate the values and traditions handed down by our Lutheran, Reformed, Evangelical, Protestant Forefathers that still holds onto the accounts of our early Church Fathers and to the Apostles themselves.
Men’s Bible Study Breakfast will meet at 7:30 AM on Saturday, October 25 at Mount Calvary. Come enjoy a hearty breakfast and good conversation with your brothers in Christ. This month we will continue our study of Luther’s Small Catechism by looking at the Rite for Private Confession and Absolution that he included in his original catechism. How was Lutheran private confession eliminate the abuses of Roman Catholic confession yet still retain it? Join us as we strengthen our understanding in our God-given roles as men in our lives, church, and world.
Family Group and the Young at Heart will meet Saturday, October 25 at 4:00 PM for a potluck (bring a dish or two to pass) and discussion-based study hosted by Ivan and Emily Gonzalez in Marietta. After supper, the children will be excused to enjoy some organized playtime. Contact the Church to Sign Up
Remembering our college students! It has been about two months since our college students went back to school. We will send each student a care package consisting of a gift card with a few small items and messages of encouragement from our congregation. We encourage you to write a note to our college students to be sent with the care package and if you would like to make a monetary donation for this project please speak to Kim Harvey or Mary Anne Sylvester. We will be accepting donations until October 26. Your thoughtfulness and generosity is appreciated.
Midweek Divine Service was held on Wednesday, October 22.
The bulletin for the service is available here.
The sermon text is available here.
This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of the Reformation which commemorates Martin Luther nailing the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Meant as an invitation in a university setting to several points of disputation, the document was quickly and widely distributed throughout Europe. It is considered the defining moment where the Reformation of the Church began, having as its aim to rid her of accumulated abuses and bringing her and her people back to the true fount of Sacred Scripture. You may prepare by reading the Propers of the day.
First Reading: Revelation 14:6-7
Psalm: Psalm 46:1-11
Epistle: Romans3:19-28
Gospel: Matthew 11:12-15
A mighty fortress is our God,
A trusty shield and weapon;
He helps us free from ev’ry need
That hath us now o’ertaken.
The old evil foe
Now means deadly woe;
Deep guile and great might
Are his dread arms in fight;
On earth is not his equal.
Text: Public domain
Join us in the sanctuary after the worship service for New Member Catechesis Session #3, followed by a potluck luncheon and bingo!
