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Hot Chili on a Cold December Night
Over 400 faithful Wednesday meal diners donned their winter apparel and braved the below zero temperatures to join us for chili, tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
The kitchen crew made 10 roasters of homemade chili, 8 gallons of tomato soup, 480 grilled cheese sandwiches, and 48 angel food cake rolls.
It’s wonderful to see these youthful smiling faces. THIS is why we do this, week after week–to teach our young people the importance of service to others and the priceless value of sharing a meal with family and friends in God’s house.
Blessings upon blessings at Calvary Lutheran Church… After dinner, St. Nick’s elves get prepped on proper shoe collecting, then the children gather to hear the message of giving and God’s love for all. At the end of the service, Pastor Herb joins the kids for “I Get Down, and He lifts me up!” before the kids rush out to find their shoes filled with candy bags.
October 30, 2013 Schedule
JOIN US FOR TRUNK OR TREAT
October 30th (Wednesday) from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. sponsored by Calvary Lutheran Church Family Ministries
THERE WILL BE NO WEDNESDAY SCHOOL/MEAL/SERVICE THIS NIGHT!
Bring your costumed kids to Trick or Treat in the safety at church.
ADMISSION is just ONE canned food or non-perishable item per person attending!
Walking Tacos (Taco’s in a Dorito’s Bag) will be available for sale for $2.50.
For more information, contact Kellie Meissner – Family Ministries Coordinator at 430-9684 or kmeissner@rapidnet.com.
What Happens on Wednesdays?
Here’s a look at a typical Wednesday at Calvary Lutheran Church. It’s a fun place to be!
Dinner prep starts in the kitchen at 1:00, and work in the kitchen continues until the last dish is washed, usually around 8:00.
Dinner service starts at 4:45 and continues until 6:15. Two sessions of the children’s education classes allow some families to eat early, and some to eat late.
All ages are welcome and celebrated. Some weeks we have Milestone Ministries, helping families pass on the faith.
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Milestones
Milestone Ministry is a way of helping families pass on the Christian faith. It is a way to celebrate events in our every day lives that shape our identity and give us a sense of belonging to the family of Jesus Christ. Milestone’s bring an awareness of God’s presence into the home while also bringing the events of our every day lives into the congregation. Each month, we will be celebrating these sacred and ordinary milestones in conjunction with our Wednesday night service at 6:30*.
Milestones Nights – “Passing on the Faith”
Sept 18, 2013 – Kindergarten, Backpack Blessing
Sept 25, 2013 – 6th Grade, Middle School (NEW)
Oct 2, 2013 – 8th Grade, Entering Confirmation (NEW)
Oct 16, 2013 – 3rd Grade, Bibles
Nov 6, 2013 – 2nd Grade, The Lords Prayer
Nov 20, 2013 – Birth to 2, Baptism
Jan 15, 2014 – 1st Grade, Favors for Neighbors
Jan 29, 2014 – 4th Grade, Passing on the Faith
Feb 12, 2014 – 5th Grade, First Communion
Feb 26, 2014 – Pre-school (3,4,&5 yr olds), Belonging (UPDATED – 2 groups combined)
March 5, 2014 – 7th Grade, Serving Others* (At 7:00 pm worship service) (NEW)
And some nights we have special dinner music, as we did last week with Al Spreizer on accordian for our Octoberfest meal:
A 30 minute worship service follows dinner at 6:30, with gathering music by the Praise Band starting at 6:20. The kids love it when the band plays, “I Get Down, and He Lifts Me Up”:
Great lyrics:
Lavishly our lives are wasted
Humbleness is left untasted
You can’t live your life to please yourself, yeah
That’s a tip from my mistakes
Exactly what it doesn’t take
To win you’ve got to come in last place
To live your life you’ve got to lose it
And all the losers get a crown
CHORUS:
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down and He lifts me up
I get down
All I need’s another day
Where I can’t seem to get away
From the many things that drag me down, yeah
I’m sure you’ve had a day like me
Where nothing seems to set you free
From the burdens you can’t carry all alone
In your weakness He is stronger
In Your darkness He shines through
When you’re crying He’s your comfort
When your all alone, He’s carrying you
CHORUS
This valley is so deep
I can barely see the sun
I cry out for mercy, Lord
You lift me up again
Then after all of this, the high school group, confirmation groups, and adult Bible study groups meet.
All in all, Wednesdays are a great place to be at Calvary Lutheran Church.
Post Blizzard Pasta Dinner! October 9, 2013
Come and celebrate an end to the epic blizzard of October 2013! 
I still have no power at my house (after 4 days), but my brother-in-law loaned me his generator for the afternoon. My phone service just reconnected (after 4 days!) so my DSL is up and running and I am logged in on the internet. I feel a connection to the outside world once again! So here’s your invitation to dinner at Calvary on Wednesday night. Our Sysco delivery won’t be making it until Tuesday afternoon, so we’ll have a long day in the kitchen on Wednesday getting everything prepared. We usually do lots of prep work on Tuesday morning. If you’re tired of eating random food from the freezer before it spoils…I heard that 48,000 homes in Rapid City area had no power during the storm…we’ll see you at church for a hot meal.
ITALIAN NIGHT AT CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEAL
October 9, 2013
4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Worship begins at 6:30 in the sanctuary.
All members and visitors please join us for dinner and worship.
Suggested donation … $3 for Kids under 12 … $5 for 12 & up
CHOOSE YOUR OWN PASTA BAR
Spaghetti or Penne Pasta
Marinara Sauce or Alfredo Sauce
Meatballs or Italian Sausage
Salad Bar
Garlic Toast
Ice Cream Sandwiches, Orange Dream Bars or Strawberry Italian Ice
Fall Flavors Featured on Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Octoberfest
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEAL
October 2, 2013
4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Worship begins at 6:30 in the sanctuary.
All members and visitors please join us for dinner and worship.
Suggested donation … $3 for Kids under 12 … $5 for 12 & up
Bratwurst and Sauerkraut
Hotdogs
Salad Bar
Broccoli Salad
Fresh Sliced Apples
Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
It’s Taco Night, Next Wednesday at Calvary, 9-25-13
MEXICAN FIESTA
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEAL
September 25, 2013
4:45 pm – 6:15 pm
Worship begins at 6:30 in the sanctuary.
All members and visitors please join us for dinner and worship.
Suggested donation … $3 for Kids under 12 … $5 for 12 & up
Taco Salad Bar
Crispy Ground Beef Tacos
Refried Beans
Spanish Rice
Chips and Salsa
Vanilla Ice Cream with
Homemade Hot Fudge Sauce and Caramel Sauce
A Great Start
600 church members and friends joined us for our hamburger cookout last night at Calvary Lutheran Church. I hope you enjoyed the burgers, beans and tots, watermelon, and all those homemade cookies. Here’s a new recipe we tried this week:
Brown Sugar Cookies
Makes 10 dozen
2 cups Crisco
2 cups (1#) butter
5 cups firmly packed brown sugar, light or dark
4 large eggs
4 tsp vanilla
8 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 325* convection.
Beat together shortening, butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Whisk together flour, soda and salt. Combine well with ingredients in mixer.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Press lightly into decorative sugar or sprinkles. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
Bake 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Thanks to your donations last year, we started the new year with enough money to buy 20 dozen new plates, a new plate cart, 16 dozen new drink cups, 4 sets of salad dressing dispensers, a propane grill, 6 new soup kettles, 12 full size baking sheets, 12 steam table pans, and 2 high tech vegetable choppers (what a time saver!). These new additions will make life in the kitchen easier and our hungry folks on Wednesday nights fed more efficiently. Thanks for your financial support of this ministry.
Makes chopping fun (or at least fast!)
It’s great to be back in the kitchen, and it’s wonderful to have lots of volunteers.
Vonna, Larry and Jim…still smiling through the mounds of dirty dishes!
Doug and Karla want to thank you for bussing your own tables in a timely fashion!
Jack, Randy, Dan and Perry (inside eating dinner?) endured the massive smoke and heat from the grill. They grilled 480 mini burgers and 405 .3# burgers. Thanks guys!
Baked beans, tater tots, burgers and salad. Check out the new salad dressing dispensers.
It’s great to see these smiling faces in the dining room again.
At worship tonight after dinner, the kindergartens had a Milestone “Blessing of the Backpacks” for the beginning of school.
Next week’s menu will be posted soon. See you in church!
Do you miss Wednesday dinner at Calvary?
We miss you too! 5 more weeks until we’ll be back in the dining room!
Planning for the 2013-14 education, worship and meals is well underway. Enjoy the last few weeks of summer, and we’ll be back for dinner on September 18th!
Volunteer Help Needed in the Calvary Kitchen for prepping and cooking for the Wednesday Evening Meals. Some prep work is done on Tuesday mornings for about 3 hours, starting at 9:30 am. The rest of the meal is prepared on Wednesdays starting at 1 pm until serving is finished at 6:15. Any amount of time you could work on either, or both, of these days would be helpful. If you like to cook or would be willing to learn, please join us in this very important ministry. It’s a great way to get connected at Calvary. Email Karen Schleusener at kschleusener@gmail.com or call her at either 484-4858 or 348-9085.
Wednesday Evening Meals begin on September 18th and will follow the education calendar for 25 weeks, with some holiday breaks, through April 16th. If there are no education classes, there will not be a meal.
After some thoughtful debriefing and planning based on feedback from last year, we will be implementing a few changes to the dining service this year:
1. The suggested donation amount will be $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12, instead of $4 for everyone.
2. No take out meals will be provided during the serving of dinner between 4:45 and 6:15pm. If you would like to give an extra donation and take home some extra food after everyone has been served, please check with the kitchen staff after 6:30pm. We will be doing this in an effort to make sure we do not run out of food for those who come to church for dinner.
3. We will be providing a salad bar every week, based on requests to provide a vegan/vegetarian option at each meal.
4. We need everyone’s help with clean up in the dining room, as we never seem to have enough volunteer help to keep up. Please return your dishes to the dirty dish station as soon as you have finished eating. If you are able, please help us out by scraping and stacking your dishes and throwing away your garbage. Feel free to stay in the dining room after you have returned your dishes and enjoy your fellowship time.
Please join us on Wednesday evenings this year to share a meal, make new friends and enjoy some time with old friends. Consider volunteering in the kitchen or dining room, where serving others can make your heart happy and put a smile on your face.
No Dinner Again This Week!
Snowball fight anyone?
Another snow day tomorrow, April 17th! The forecast is for maybe a foot of snow by tomorrow afternoon in Rapid City. Today the kitchen crew at Calvary worked hard on getting food ready for the meal tomorrow night. 48 pound cakes have been baked and 200 pounds of roast beef have been roasted. Then we got the word…no school tomorrow. Therefore, no Wednesday school, no meal, no worship service at Calvary Lutheran Church either. No worries! Into the freezer it went, and we’ll thaw it out for dinner next Wednesday night. That will be our last meal until September and the kids will be singing in worship. We hope to see you all there.
The menu for April 24th, 2013 will be:
Your choice of Roast Beef, Sloppy Joes, or BBQ Pulled Chicken
Baked Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Dinner Rolls or Biscuits
English Trifle (a layered dessert with homemade pound cake, mixed berries, pudding and whipped cream)
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