Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

Happy birthday LCMS!

We sing for joy and gladness that Christ is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

"By His wounds you have been healed." What a comforting message! Hear Christ FOR YOU today at kfuo.org.

Happy #Reformation!

Ready for worship on November 1! The renovated sanctuary will host its first Divine Service on Sunday, November 1 (All Saints Day). This will include a Dedicati...on of the Sanctuary at the beginning of worship. It's been a long path that we've traveled as a congregation, but we've reached this part of the destination. I look forward to being with you as we begin this new chapter at Calvary.

Debate lectern from Wittenberg! Cool!

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. A...nd the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Please pray for Philadelphia!

God's Word changes us. Luther as a professor learned about God's truth of Law & Gospel in His Word.

A decorated Luther Bible.

Luther's desk? Check it out!

Happy Reformation Sunday! Thanks to Nancy, Sheila, Kristy, and Erin for their work on our intergenerational Reformation activity...We went to the home of Katie Luther to learn about the history and time period, travelled to the Printing Shop to discuss the spread of the Gospel, and rounded it out at Lucas Cranach's Workshop to discuss Christian vocation. Thanks for all who came and participated!

On this day, the Church commemorates Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia and Phoebe, Faithful Women. These three women demonstrated their faith in Christ through their serv...ice of the Church through material means. Dorcas made clothes for the poor in the city of Joppa, among other acts of charity. When she died suddenly, the apostle Peter was called from the city of Lydda and raised her from the dead (Acts 9). Lydia, from Thyatira worked at Philippi, selling purple dye. Since she worshiped at the local Jewish synagogue, she heard Paul preaching the Word on his missionary journey. When she heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ, she was converted and she and her friends were the first of the Christian community in Philippi (Acts 16). Phoebe was also associated with the apostle Paul. She was a deaconess from Cenchreae. Paul sent her to the Church in Rome with the Epistle to the Romans, where he writes about her support of the Early Church (Romans 16). Let us Pray: "Almighty God, You stirred to compassion the hearts of Your dear servants Dorcas, Lydia, and Phoebe to uphold and sustain Your Church by their devoted and charitable deeds. Give us the same will to love You, open our eyes to see You in the least ones, and strengthen our hands to serve You in others, for the sake of Your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Prayer quoted from and description adapted from Treasury of Daily Prayer, pg. 847-848. Image: Peter Raises Tabitha From the Dead. Public Domain.

Happy Reformation Day! Here is how Luther himself explained his Rose’s meaning: First, there is a black cross in a heart that remains its natural color. This is to remind me that it is faith in the Crucified One that saves us. Anyone who believes from the heart will be justified (Romans 10:10). It is a black cross, which mortifies and causes pain, but it leaves the heart its natural color. It doesn’t destroy nature, that is to say, it does not kill us but keeps us alive, for... the just shall live by faith in the Crucified One (Romans 1:17). The heart should stand in the middle of a white rose. This is to show that faith gives joy, comfort, and peaceit puts the believer into a white, joyous rose. Faith does not give peace and joy like the world gives (John 14:27). This is why the rose must be white, not red. White is the color of the spirits and angels (cf. Matthew 28:3; John 20:12). This rose should stand in a sky-blue field, symbolizing that a joyful spirit and faith is a beginning of heavenly, future joy, which begins now, but is grasped in hope, not yet fully revealed. Around the field of blue is a golden ring to symbolize that blessedness in heaven lasts forever and has no end. Heavenly blessedness is exquisite, beyond all joy and better than any possessions, just as gold is the most valuable and precious metal. (From: Letter from Martin Luther to Lazarus Spengler, July 8, 1530 [WA Br 5:445]; tr. P. T. McCain) https://lutheranreformation.org//the-luther-seal-summary-/

New red paraments, delivered this morning. Just in time for Reformation Sunday! Come and see Jesus!