Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

& Preschool

2055 S. Franklin St. Rd

Decatur, IL 62521

217-428-0641

Pastor Brett Hinrichs

office@mtcalvarydecatur.org

October 2019

Monday – Friday

8am - 12Noon

A Message from Pastor Hinrichs

“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pio-neer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:1-2 My brothers and sisters in Christ,

As many of you know, I am what you might call a “technology enthusiast.” I like to exam-ine those new electronics, follow the forums about upcoming innovations, and keep track of the latest gadgets that supposedly make our lives easier. But as much as I love technol-ogy, I encountered an interesting article the other day discussing the impacts that this technology has had upon our society. The article cited a study about the average Ameri-can’s attention span which indicated that this average had dropped significantly over the last 20 years. That itself wasn’t all that surprising to me especially considering all the screen time that people have these days, but I was not prepared for just how low that fig-ure would be. According to this study, the average American’s attention span is 8 seconds. That means our attention span is shorter than that of a goldfish! That is down-right scary!

But when you think about it, we are very distractible people, aren’t we? It doesn’t take much for us lose our focus, chasing after one fad after another. Now as challenging as these distractions can be for our everyday life, they are just as bad for our spiritual lives too. It is so easy for us to take a good and God- pleasing thing and twist it around. We can be like Martha and be “distracted by much serving” so that we neglect the one thing needful. We can also be so focused on “growing our faith” that we forget that faith and works go together. Even as a congregation we can get distracted. Long-term planning can keep us from short-term projects. Programs can overshadow people. The list could go on. It can be so easy for us to lose sight of God’s goal for us and for the world!

This is why the author of Hebrews writes, “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” Now while the call to “fix our eyes on Jesus” is an important reminder to draw us back from the distractions, there is something far more encouraging going on in this text. In this passage, God calls us not just to fix our eyes on Jesus, but reminds us that HE is the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. He is the one who did the very thing we could never do: keeping a constant focus on the perfect plan of His Father. Although we don’t often consider it, this laser-like focus and dedication of Jesus is a great source of comfort for distracted people like us. It means that even when Satan would place temptations in His way, Jesus would not be drawn off course. Even when people were so caught up in His miraculous power that they wanted to make Him king, He didn’t let that go to His head. In fact, in Luke 9:51, we are told that Je-sus’ face was “set steadfastly toward Jerusalem,” knowing full well the events that would unfold there. There was nothing that would steer Him away from His goal of bringing you His salvation. This focus was the Cross and by that Cross His focus was on you and is still on you for all eternity! As you head into this month and all of the potential distractions that come with it, may that focused love of Jesus keep your eyes fixed on Him and all He has planned for you! In Jesus,

Pastor Brett Hinrichs

SUNDAY ADULT BIBLE STUDY FOR AUGUST 10:30-11:15 am

“Walking the Bible with Wayne Stiles”

Parts of our worship service are broadcast each Sunday from

9:00-9:30 am on WZUS FM, 100.9.

Monday Evenings 6:30 pm

Tuesday Mornings 9:00 am

“A Study of Pride from a Biblical Perspective”

“Just Like Jesus” by Max Lucado

Children’s Sunday School 10:30-11:15 am

Check out Mt. Calvary’s Website There you can find our latest

Parish Pulse, calendar, bulletins, sermons and more www.mtcalvarydecatur.org

Thursday Evening Bible Study of the Gospel of Luke

1st

and 3rd

Thursdays at 6:30pm

http://www.mtcalvarydecatur.org

ALTAR FLOWERS Sandy Haseley & Masha Warnick

BANNERS Sharon & Rod Butler

BIG KIDS SPONSOR Dining Out

BUILDING & GROUNDS

Roger Harting 217-428-6718 217-412-6289 rbharting@hotmail.com

CANDLES - ALTAR Dale & Barb Jones Ron Augustine

COFFEE & TEA Sharon Goers

COMMUNION SET UP

Sheila Norman

GREETERS

HANDBELLS & CHOIR

Dorothy Damery

NURSERY COORDINATOR

Sharon Goers

ORGANIST(S) Lisa Peterman, Krista Hinrichs

PLANTS Debbie Goveia

RECYCLING- PAPER Lyn Stevens

SCRIP COORDINATORS

Ashley Atchason Bonnie Seeforth

SOUND & VIDEO

Scott Busboom Joel Fletcher

SUNDAY SCHOOL Ashley Atchason Dorothy Damery

TABULATORS Rod & Sharon Butler

TAPE & BREAD MINISTRY

Joan Snow

USHERS Sandy Haseley, Kathy Koester, Bethe Little, Marsha Warnick

October 6 Steve Hagan & Frank Dunmire

October 13 Joel Fletcher

October 20 Tom Little & Doug Gerhardt

October 27 Joel Fletcher

NURSERY

SWEET TOOTH TABLE

LAY READERS

SERVING IN GOD’S HOUSE IN OCTOBER

ELDERS

MEALS ON WHEELS-TUESDAYS

October 6 Dick Goers

October 13 Bob & Sheila Norman

October 20

October 27 Dick & Sharon Goers

ALTAR FLOWERS

October 6 Roger & Kathy Koester

October 13 Roger Harting & Michelle Burns

October 20 Krista Gerhardt & Mary Totel

October 27 Tom & Mary Little

October 6 Sharon Goers

October 13 Ashley Atchason

October 20 Kelsie Gerhardt

October 27 Jan Searl & Bobbi Jo McCoy

October 6 Carol Sulwer

October 13 Merle Collingwood & Marilyn Roemelin

October 20 Gloria & J.J. Shutter and Shannen Ray

October 27

October 1 By Others

October 8 Lyn & Jim Stevens

October 15 Nancy Peck & Kathy Barnes

October 22 Sharon & Rod Butler

October 29 Karen & Larry Lange

Sign-up sheets are located on the bulletin board in the fellowship hall

October 2019

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Key Events in October

OCTOBER

BIRTHDAYS

10/2 Carl & Jean Wangrow

10/3 Charles & Mary Aukamp

10/11 Chip & Lori Wallen

10/17 Dan & Wilma Hursh

10/18 William & Elva Klekamp

10/27 Josh & Heather Urbanowicz

10/29 Dick & Sharon Goers Alan & Carol Reynolds

OCTOBER

ANNIVERSARIES

10/1 Ladies’ Luncheon @ Royal Interna-tional Chinese House - 11:00am Elders’ Meeting - 5:30 pm

10/3 Bible Study - 6:30 pm

10/6 LWML Sunday

10/8 Church Council Meeting - 5:30 pm

10/10 Stitches of Love - 2:00 pm

10/17 LSA Work Night & Dinner - 3:00 pm Bible Study - 6:30 pm

10/24 Big Kids - 12 Noon Stiches of Love - 2:00 pm

10/31 Trick-N-Trunk - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

10/3 Josh Ubanowicz

10/4 Samuel Nelson

10/6 Daniel Nelson

10/7 Karen Lange

10/8 Carol Reynolds

10/9 Linda McDermith

10/10 Sherie Holeman

10/11 Sharon Goers

10/12 Margaret Cordts Dan Hursh

10/13 Cora Hahn

10/15 Beverly Bahlman

10/17 Sandra Haseley

*Special Note on Calendar

If you need to reserve a room at Mt. Calvary, please complete the room reservation form.

These forms can be found in the office. This elim-inates any double reservations. Make sure to

note the specific date, time and what room(s) you will be needing.

10/19 Chelsea Dunmire Roger Harting

10/20 Krista Hinrichs Madison Reynolds

10/24 Milton Androff

10/26 Shirley Horath

10/28 Michael Weathers

10/29 Chip Wallen

10/30 Bill Irwin Maddox Wallen

Trick-N-Trunk Thursday, October 31st

6:00 PM until 8:00 PM

Ladies Luncheon Tuesday, October 1st

11:00 am at Royal International Chinese House

Stitches of Love Thursdays

October 10th & 24th

from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Big Kids Thursday, October 24th

at Noon

Sponsor: DINING OUT

LWML

Sunday

October 6th

LSA ReSale Shop Work Night & Dinner

Thursday, October 17th 3:00 pm.

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October Bible Stories:

Band-aid Devotion

Baby Moses

Zacchaeus in the Tree

Daniel and the Lions

Prodigal Son

Cain and Abel

God is Always with You

October Units of Study:

Safety & Health

Trees

Fall Season

Halloween

REMINDER: All Halloween costumes should be funny or cute.

Nothing too scary...no devils, witches or evil looking

costumes.

WATCH FOR OUR PUMPKIN

PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY!!!

What we will be doing in October!

• The 3 year old class will make pumpkins from paper bags.

• The 3 year old class will make pumpkin prints. • The 4 year old class will make applesauce. • The 4 year old class will make pinatas. • The 4 year old class will measure pumpkins

and make Peter & Penelope Pumpkin. • We will make leaf rubbings. • Both classes will talk about health and safety

issues.

OCTOBER ACTIVITIES

Oct. 16 4s Fire Station #1 Field Trip

Oct. 22 4s Pumpkin Patch - Warrensburg

Oct. 30 4s Halloween Party

Oct. 31 3s Halloween Party - We will visit Imboden Creek wearing our costumes

Joan Snow Lutheran Hillside Village

6901 N. Galena Rd., Apt. 221

Peoria, IL 61614

LSA CORNER

As a follow up to our last voters meeting, we invite you to attend an informal meeting to continue our discussion about the LSA. Jeff Holmes, Executive Director and Mike Atwood, Chairman of the LSA school board will be in attendance. I hope you will take this opportunity to let Jeff and Mike give us some updates on all that is going on at the LSA. You are encouraged to ask questions about any-thing related to the LSA. We look forward to a good discussion.

Topic: LSA discussion Date: Sunday, October 13th

Location: Mt. Calvary Sanctuary Time: 10:45

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Joel Fletcher, LSA School Board Rep

Lutheran Women’s Missionary League

LWML CID Mission Grant #4

Bibles for Critically Ill Children & Teens in Springfield, IL - $1,000 Basket of Hope - Springfield Branch is an organization “Delivering Hope...One Basket at a Time” by providing support and encouragement to children and families coping with serious illnesses. Among the items in baskets given to critically ill children and teens are Bibles so they and their parents can learn about the saving and healing grace of Jesus Christ. This grant will purchase age-appropriate Bibles. How can I help? Pray that God provides the children and their families the support and strength needed during their illnesses. Support this grant by donating to your church’s LWML society mite fund.

HEAVENLY HOLIDAYS BAZAAR December 7th, 2019 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Each year we invite crafters to participate in our annual bazaar. We are offering returning crafters first choice before opening spaces to the public. If you participated in the craft show at our Bazaar last year and would like to participate again this year, you must reserve your spot before November 11th. If you are a new crafter, we will take your application immediately. We have room for about 15 or so crafters, so please try to get your applications in right away. Should you have any ques-tions regarding fees, set-up, time, etc., or for an application, be sure to call the church office at 217-428-0641 or Bethe Little at 217-855-2802.

CAMP CILCA LOWDOWN: OCTOBER 2019 ADDRESS: 4124 Camp Cilca Rd, Cantrall, IL 62625 PHONE: 217-487-7497 / EMAIL: camp@cilca.org

Camp CILCA exists to foster and strengthen faith in Jesus Christ

and relationships with others in a unique outdoor setting.

Upcoming this Fall • Oct 4-5: Jr/Sr High Catechetical Retreat Worship, catechesis focused on the Apostles’ Creed, great food, & camp fun!

• Oct 12: Men’s Shooting Retreat Target shooting for men & boys, Bible study, lunch; a fun & safe way to introduce firearms to the next generation.

• Oct 26: Homecoming G.R.I.T. Run, food trucks, beverages, live music, vendors, games, Capital Campaign Wrap-Up.

• Nov 1-3: Women’s Scrapbooking Retreat Time for women of all ages to relax, work on crafting projects, make new friends, and hear God’s Word.

• Coming in 2020

January 26 Annual Banquet Join Camp CILCA at Our Savior’s in Springfield to celebrate 70 years of outdoor blessings with Guest Speaker Rev Jonathan Fisk!

Find out more under the Events/Retreats tab at www.cilca.org!

Find out more on-line at www.cilca.org Email camp@cilca.org

Call 217-487-7497 Camp CILCA exists to foster and strengthen faith in Jesus Christ

and relationships with others in a unique outdoor setting.

Willing Workers Needed

• Part-Time Cook/Kitchen As-sistant: Hours vary by season.

Spring-Fall: 15-30 hours/wk.

Find out more on-line at www.cilca.org

Email camp@cilca.org Call 217-487-7497

Camp CILCA exists to foster and strengthen faith

in Jesus Christ

and relationships with others in a unique outdoor

setting.

mailto:camp@cilca.orghttp://www.cilca.org

Opening Thoughts:

At the end of college, I got my first “real” job. I worked hard for my boss and he paid me for my work. So, it goes. Do the work and get paid. Don’t do the work, or do it poorly, and you’ll be looking for a new job and the boss for a new worker.

In our daily lives we “work” before God. Yet, due to our sinfulness, all of that work is not pleasing to Him. Instead it is bad work – unholy work. Thus, we are condemned and face God’s wrath and judgment. For the wages of sin is death.

The fix for this is not for us to do the right work. Instead God is generous and gracious and gives us a gift. His Son, Jesus Christ did the right work: He lived perfectly. He took all our “bad work” and faced God’s wrath and judgment for it in our place. There’s no work required of us for salvation: The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Enjoy your free gift! No work required.

Pastor Schuermann- Good Shepherd- Sherman, IL Pray for Our Central Illinois District Missions supported by your church’s Mission Dollars to the District Our Lord Jesus said, “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into the harvest.” This month, please remember in your pray-ers all the students, particularly those from CID, who are studying at our Synod’s colleges and seminaries to be pastors, teach-ers, and other church workers. -“Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored...” Concordia University-Nebraska Sunday To Celebrate and Give Thanks to God for the 125th Anniversary of Concordia University the Synod has declared that November 17, 2019 as a Synod wide “Concordia University, Nebraska Sunday”, to encourage and facilitate prayers, thanksgivings, offerings, gifts and student referrals to be given in celebration of the Lord’s abundant blessings through one of its treasured universities. Camp CILCA Catechetical Retreat: October 4-5, 2019- Friday Night and Saturday For Jr. & Sr. High students will experience the rhythm of worship, study, prayer, play and rest. Vespers, Compline, Matins and Bible/Catechetical study will be led by pastors of the Central IL District. Activities will be led by camp staff. This year’s study will focus on the apostles’ Creed as our Christian lens for viewing the world.

• COST: $50 per camper. (Includes 3 meals, snacks, and lodging for the night. Adult chaperones are 1/2 price.) Campers will be staying in CILCA's newly air-conditioned cabins.

• What to Bring: Bible, Small Catechism, long pants, close-toed shoes for games and hiking, bedding & toiletries, water bot-tle, flashlight.

• Register at http://www.cilca.org/catechetical-retreat.html or call camp office at 217-487-7497, or email at camp@cilca.org.

College student contact information: Whether or not your congregation’s students are attending a college or university where CID does campus ministry (i.e., U. of Illinois, Illinois State, EIU, WIU, U of Illinois-Springfield or Lincoln Land Community College-Springfield) please help us in the Dis-trict office to refer them to a nearby LCMS campus ministry. E-mail kschurb@cidlcms.org

CID- Junior High Lock-in – Save the Date Date November 8 – 9, 2019 Location: Five Point Center- Washington, Illinois

Stay Connected with the Central Illinois District

CID’s website: http://www.cidlcms.org/

CID’s GatePost (newsletter) http://www.cidlcms.org/gatepost.html

Subscribe to the E-GatePost/Monthly Bulletin Inserts: http://www.cidlcms.org/

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Central Illinois District- Mission Story: Casey

When Casey is in Macomb, he participates in worship, Bible study, and social activities at Immanuel Lutheran Stu-dent Center. It has not always been so, though.

Casey attends Western Illinois University. When he first came as a freshman, he was not a Christian.

What happened?

Just a couple weeks into his first semester, Casey met Courtney in the dining hall. He heard her say, "I'm going to church tomorrow morning." Casey asked if he could go along.

Not only did he go, he stayed.

With Courtney's example and encouragement, he went to a Bible Study. Then he studied Luther's Small Catechism with campus pastor Mike Burdick.

The Holy Spirit worked through the Word. Six months later, Casey was baptized into Christ, surrounded by his new friends. His baptismal sponsor, Courtney, stood right there, promising to walk together with him.

Campus ministries help Lutheran college students remain in their baptismal faith. They encourage and equip these young people to invite non-believers to know the truth and grace of the Triune God. Casey is one of them.

The Lord used your congregation’s gifts to the Central Illinois District to put Immanuel Lutheran Student Center in place and maintain its ministry, for folks like Casey . . . and Courtney . . . and so many others. Thank you!

“I thank my God . . . because of your partnership in the gospel.” -Philippians 1:3-5

MT. CALVARY’S TRICK-N-TRUNK 2019 Thursday, October 31st / 6p-8p

ALL inside again. We still need booths and parking helpers to signup on the list in the Fellowship Hall.

If you are doing a booth: 1. No scary costumes or decorations, kid friendly only. 2. YOU MUST PROVIDE NO LESS THAN 300 PORTIONS which you will bring with you that night. When you

arrive, you will be given 300 additional donated items to cover your booth for the entire event. 3. You NEED be set up and ready to handout goodies at 5:50p if possible.

If you can’t attend but still wish to help, you can bring in donations of candy, or toys, etc. or give $$$ to Angie Goode or Sharon Goers to shop for goodies. These donated items can be placed in the mail room.

Parking attendants are needed to cover both lots so we can continue our record of no accidents from our event on the lot or on Franklin St.

If anyone wants to be a door greeter and hand out extra bags or the exit monitor and hand out flyers, and tell people good-bye, please let Angie Goode know.

If you have any questions, please contact Angie Goode at 853-5334 or Sharon Goers at 412-1947.