Confessional Lutherans Gather at Mount Calvary Church
Exciting Announcements for this Week
At the special congregational meeting on Sunday, January 26 we will be:
- voting on approving a pastoral, lay, and alternate delegate for representing our congregation at the 2025 English District Convention to be held Thursday, June 26, 2025 to Saturday, June 28, 2025 at Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI.
- approving our congregation’s nomination for the office of President (Bishop) and Vice Presidents to be voted on at the convention.
- approving a call committee that will make a recommendation to the congregation about the choice of an SMP (Specific Ministry Pastor) or other candidate for service to our congregation.
Linda Joyce, who recently moved from Wilmington, NC, is seeking to move into more suitable housing with a month-to-month lease (30-day notice) as she searches for a permanent home within a 15-minutes radius of church. Her current rental is ending at the end of February, but there are landlord issues which would allow her to move sooner than February 28 if needed. Due to low market inventory, she is not sure how long she will need a rental, but she needs flexibility and does not want a year’s lease which most do. If anyone has any leads or suggestions, please contact Linda directly or reach out to the church office.
Remember that you can get the most up-to-date Mount Calvary pictorial directory online!To view the directory online, go to members.InstantChurchDirectory.com and follow the prompts under “Sign In” to “Create a login now.” Please remember, you must confirm your email address before you can sign in. There is also a free mobile app available for download at the Apple® App store in iTunes®, Google Play™ store and the Amazon Fire App Store. Simply search for “Instant Church Directory” to get the download. You will need to use your email address as listed in our directory to create a log-in the first time you use the directory online and via the mobile app. Need help or have questions? Please contact Liz in the church office.
The first baptism in our newly renovated sanctuary.
Oliver Stemler – January 5, 2025
First Sunday after the Epiphany at Mount Calvary Church
The LORD who fills the temple on high, comes, as a boy of 12, to the temple below! He sits with the religious leaders of Jerusalem, giving them astounding answers. The LORD comes to our temple here on earth, turning us by His teaching from being conformed to this world, and transforming us by His flesh and blood which He gives us into living and forgiven sacrifices that go forth from His presence, renewed, refreshed, and restored. From this temple below, we gain the vision and hope of entering one day the temple above where we will see His face and know as we are known.
The bulletin can be found here.
The sermon text is available here.
Our audio recording of this sermon can be listened to:
Study the Bible with the Saints at Mount Calvary Church
We’ve made it to chapter 2! This week we will study Song of Songs 2:1-7, “The Lily, the Apple Tree, and the Adjuration about love.” In this fascinating section, we will hear her describe herself, him correct her and tell her that she is not as ordinary as she thinks she is, and then her tell him how lovely she thinks he is. What does an apple tree have to do with it, and how does this speak about who Christ is? Our audio recording of this class can be listened to:
