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A newsletter of Calvary Presbyterian Church

July 2013

Pg. 2-From Pastor Ron

Pg. 3-Youth Group News

Pg. 4-Session Highlights

Pg. 7-Calendar

Pg. 9-Mission News

Please plan to be at the 7th Town Hall Gathering on Sunday, July 14. We will meet once again after worship (no potluck) to finish out our work on the interim developmental task of "Rethinking Denominational Linkages" and to begin working on the final developmental task of creating a “Commitment to New Directions in Ministry.” See you then.

You Are Invited to the Next Town Hall Gathering

New Contact Information for Pastor Fred & Judy Davis:

1911 SW Campus Drive,

Federal Way, WA 98023

Pastor Fred’s cell phone: (253) 951-9720 Judy’s cell phone: (253) 653-0294

Address starting late September:

14517 N. 150th Lane, Surprise, AZ 45379

Fred and Judy’s book "Through Stormy Waters: God's Peace in Life's Storms" is available in the church office for purchase. The cost is $11.99 (including tax). Checks (made out to Fred Davis) or exact change only please! You can also order it from Amazon.com or for your Kindle (Android), Nook, or iPad. Thank you for 16 wonderful years with you all.

Worship in the Park ~ 7PM, Saturday July 27th

After you have spent some time at the Enumclaw Street Fair,

come enjoy a root beer float and a great time of worship in the

City Hall Park across the street from Calvary. Invite your friends

and neighbors to join you for a wonderful evening of music and

song and a relevant message. Nursery care will be provided as

always. Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket and your enthusiasm

as we move worship outside and into the community!

www.calvarypreschurch.org

NEWS FROM PASTOR RON— Well, first off let me wish you all summer blessings from the Lord! My hope is that you are already enjoying a wonderful summer season. During this special time of year when the outdoors call us to play and re-create, please know that the ministry of Calvary continues. As I like to say, "God doesn't take the summer off, so neither should we." Worship is alive and well for Calvary during the summer. As God has set these divine appointments for us together, please come and encourage one another as we put our focus on the Lord. The church life ministry team has also put together some great opportunities for us to gather together as a family of faith this summer. Please plan on joining in on the fellowship events as you are able. These are wonderful opportunities to invite someone you know who is without a church home to experience God’s love through Calvary. There is much laughter and love to be shared all around! Please plan as well to be at the 7th Town Hall Gathering on Sunday, July 14. We will meet once again after worship (no potluck) to finish out our work on the interim developmental task of "Rethinking Denominational Linkages" and to begin working on the final developmental task of creating a “Commitment to New Directions in Ministry.” Some of you may be wondering why we spent so much time on rethinking denominational linkages. This is an important task of any transition time. But it has been compounded a bit by some events in the life of the PCUSA, over the last 10 years particularly, which have been the cause of some concern for your elders and me. The overall trend in our denomi-nation has been toward a softening in our stance on the five great “Solas” of the Reformation. I am very pleased that many of you attended the Building Blocks of our Faith class and now have a better understanding of these important aspects of what we believe: Christ Alone, Scripture Alone, Faith Alone, Grace Alone and God’s Glory Alone. Although we may be wrapping up our assessment of our denominational relationship in our Town Hall Gatherings, I am thinking of holding other workshop style classes on some of the other Presbyterian distinctives that set us apart from other churches. Stay tuned! Please continue to pray for your PNC, as well as the various pastor candidates that will, at some point, be in conversation regarding whether God is calling them here to Calvary. As you enjoy all that summer has to offer, let me leave you with this quote from Psalm 19 about how the creation shouts forth God’s praise: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

Blessings,

July 2013

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YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS

… are every Monday at 7:00 to 8:30pm for middle-school students. High school youth group has the

summer off. We will start up again after Labor Day. Youth director: Ben Auger Phone: (360)825-3820

E-mail: [email protected]

MISSION TRIP—July 19-26

Please pray for our students and our ministry in Jamaica. We will visit

Litchfield Baptist Church at do VBS, children’s ministry, infirmary visit,

and street evangelism. Pray that the students attempt great things for God

and learn to expect great things from Him. Pray that our leaders lead with

passion and energy. Pray that lives our changed among the Jamaicans and

Washingtonians.

If you would like to meet our team in the parking lot to pray for us before

we leave, please meet us at 10:00am.

We’ve been asked what kind of supplies or donations might be sent with us

to Litchfield. But actually, we aren’t bringing donations or supplies because,

truthfully, they don’t need our stuff. Our goal is to bless them and be blessed

by them, and build God’s kingdom through relationships and by spreading

the Gospel. Pray for this to be accomplished!

CREATION FESTIVAL

Creation comes to Enumclaw August 7-10. Ben will be taking the youth group to Creation where they

will be camping at the fairgrounds and attending all four days of the concerts. If you would like to send

your teen (grades 6-12) with them, it costs only $118. That covers concert admission, camping fees,

supplies, showers, and food for 4 days. That’s less than $30/day for fun, food, and getting your bored

teenager out of the house to do something wholesome with other Christians. You can’t beat that deal!

Fundraisers are available to any student who wants to work for their Creation money. Call or email Ben

if you want to sign your kid up.

5TH GRADERS MOVE UP

5th graders, going into 6th grade, may begin attending middle school youth group on Monday nights at

7:00pm beginning July 1. If you have any incoming 6th graders in your family or neighborhood, it’s

important that you pass along their info to Ben so he can invite them.

Christian Education News


Session Highlights from stated meeting of June 10, 2013:

We continued our discussion regarding denomination issues and linkages;

We set the range for the terms of call for the next Pastor/Head of Staff;

We heard a report from the Presbytery meeting held in May.

SPECIAL THANKS DELIVERED:

During worship services June 8-9, the Christian Education committee thanked the following people

who helped with the C.E. program this school year.

Kids' Quest teachers who worked with our young children, pre-K through grade 5, during Saturday

and Sunday services:

Audrey Mainwaring

Cherie Murchie

Karen Rustvold

Desiree Gibb

Helene and Richard Thomas

Heidi Ennis

Lydia Fisher

Linda Eastwood

Wendy Condon

and Anne McNeely who served as K.Q. secretary

Youth volunteers included Anna Burt, Mikaela Nelson, Jen Auger, and Kevin Luchi.

Linda Allen helped with Godly Play on Kids' Quest Wednesdays.

Max Manowski continued teaching the adult Sunday School class.

Paul Jackson supported all of us with educational materials in the Church Library.

The Youth helpers continue throughout the summer, and Kids’ Quest re-starts in the fall.

Thank you to all of these volunteers who take time to share God's love to all ages, through Christian

Education.

Martha Blodgett, C.E. Elder

July 2013

Why?

Why did God make all these icky bugs; spiders,

mosquitoes, ants, gnats and things?

Well you probably won’t find answers to that ques-

tion in our library, but there are books in our collec-

tions about WHY?

Why so many gods?

Why Christian?

Why Mine?

What’s the big deal; Why God Cares

Know Why you believe

Why wait?

Why knock Rock?

Why Christmas trees aren’t perfect

Why not check it out?….oh, that’s not a book;

that’s a call for action!

Kids Quest Bible Presentation

Back in May, the Kids Quest Children's Ministry was privileged to partner with parents in nur-

turing their child's spiritual development by presenting the following 1st- 3rd Grade students

with their very own NIV New Adventure Bible. These are the Bibles we use each week in Kids

Quest and it is our hope and prayer in Children's Ministry that these students grow in the

Word as they learn about God's wonderful and amazing plan He has for each of them. (If your

child was unable to attend the presentation and has not received their Bible, it can be found on

the small information table in the Fellowship Hall.)

Bibles were presented to: Drake Anderson, Juliana Cormier, Asher Harlan, Trent Hinshaw, Zeke

Luchi, Allison Mainwaring, Cale Petsch, and Elizabeth Quilo.

Summer Break for Kids Quest!!

Kids Quest will be taking a break from June-August. We will resume in September! Until then,

please enjoy your time as families worship together. You will find Worship Activity Bags in the

Narthex by the Sanctuary doors for your children to use during service. Nursery is available

for children Birth-age 5.

More… Christian Education News

May

2013

Year to

Date

Budget

Year to

Date

Receipts

$ 26,012

$136,851

$135,230

Expenditures

$ 26,725

$134,599

$139,916


Members and Friends:

Roy Dal Santo

Bob Jorgensen

Celeste Alsgaard

Lisa Wiscomb

Jo Buysman

Ethel Mathews

Phil Roll

Frank Osborne

Tom Strommer

Trudy Baker

Global Missionaries:

In South Africa:

Karl & Jenny Teichert

John & Heather Witherow

In Zambia:

Rachel Kasanya at Balm of Gilead

School

Pastor John & Thenny Mpanga at

The Healing Place School

In Costa Rica:

Adam Carlsen

Mission Aviation Fellowship:

Wil & Nan Grant

Village Steps:

Ken & Suzanne Popp

Serving Our Country Around

the World:

US NAVY: Adam Almich, Michael

Malidore, Matt Thomas

US ARMY: James Borst, Bryar

Courneya, Bret Gillispie, Paul

Goodfellow, Andrew Hurst,

Matthew Ivie, Andy Knudson Jr.,

Erik Nielsen, Kyle Wagner, Joshua

Walters

US MARINES: David Walt

US COAST GUARD: Alan Plaster

US AIR FORCE: Aaron Baer

Please Lift Up in Prayer:

PNC UPDATE

Your pastor nominating committee (PNC) has been meeting each week for the last month and a half. We are

currently working on the Ministry Information Form (MIF) which will be entered online with the PCUSA

when completed. The MIF is a comprehensive document that describes who we are as a church, the type of

person we desire to call as our new pastor, as well as demographic information about our area. Thus it is a

very important step in our pastor selection process. Prospective pastors are able to access the document online

through the PCUSA Church Leadership Connection. It is their first introduction to Calvary and the primary

source for a decision to seek further information and to express an interest in our church.

The committee would like to express our sincere thanks for your prayers and continued support.

In Christ,

Al Reiter, PNC Chair

Our dear church family and friends;

It has been a long 3 months since Connie suffered her stroke. We would like to express our

sincere thanks for the support, cards, flowers and prayers we have received from our

church family and pastoral staff. A special thanks to Sue Reiter for coordinating the meal

delivery. The meals that were delivered in the first few weeks of Connie’s recovery were

indeed a godsend. Thank you all for being so generous with your time and resources. We

hope that we may aid someone, sometime, in the same fashion.

Thank you,

John & Connie Yeakel

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 7:00 MS

Youth Group

2 3

8:30 Women Hikers

6:30 WAM

4

Office

closed

5

Office

closed

6 8:00 Men’s BS at

Golf Course

5:00 Praise Team

Rehearsal

7:00 Worship

7 9:30 Worship

Communion

10:45 Adult

Sunday School

8 6:30 Session

7:00 MS

Youth Group

9

10 8:30 Women Hikers

6:30 WAM

11 12

Office

closed


Golf Course

5:00 Praise Team

Rehearsal

7:00 Worship

14 9:30 Worship

7th Town Hall

Gathering after

Worship

10:45 Adult

Sunday School

15 5:00 CE

Meeting

7:00 MS

Youth group

AUGUST

CALLER

DEADLINE

16


6:30 WAM

18

19

Office

closed


Golf Course

5:00 Praise Team

Rehearsal

7:00 Worship

21 9:30 Worship

10:45 Adult

Sunday School

22

23


6:30 WAM

25

26

Office

closed


Golf Course

7:00 Worship in

the Park

28 9:30 Worship

10:45 Adult

Sunday School

29 7:00 MS

Youth group

30


6:30 WAM

Youth Mission Trip

July 19—26 Youth Mission Trip

July 1 Carol Gladish

July 3

Troy Couch

July 4 Sandra Nelson

July 5

Jim & Jennie DeRosa 27 years

July 6 Eunice Wallace

July 7

Judah Auger Dorothy Penney

July 10

Andrew DeRosa Carolee Moergeli

July 11

Wilfredo Rivera

July 12 Paul Goodfellow

Janine Prindle C.J. & Jane Dursteler 33 years

July 13

Julie Iunker J.R. Zumwalt

July 14

Camryn Ennis

July 15 Judy Zumwalt

July 17

Helene Thomas Ron & Karen Rustvold 31 years

July 18

Larry McDonnell

July 19 Phil Beerman John Yeakel

Larry and Inez Pendlebury 71 years

July 20 Payton Willis

July 21

Daniel Marine

July 22 Richard Butts

Robert Condon Dave & Lynn Salsbury 24 years

July 26

Matt Jirava

July 28 Bob Baer

Jackie Jorgensen Brad Olmstead

July 29

Gayle Grover James Horn

Fil Krull Glenn & Louise Ahrens 63 years

July 31

Jeff & Julie Iumker 31 years

July 2013

MISSION 2013 – A CALL TO HERITAGE AND HOPE

From World Vision

Dear Friends,

We want to thank you for your long-term sponsorship of the Varga family as part of World Vision’s Family

Sponsorship ministry in Romania. The WV Family Program in Romania is ending and we are very grateful for

your decision to continue your partnership with us as a child sponsor for Darius Stefan Bobos from Romania. As

his only sponsor, your monthly gifts demonstrate God’s unconditional love for Darius by providing access to ba-

sic life necessities like nutritious food, clean water, healthcare, education and spiritual nurture. May God richly

bless you. Sincerely,

Anthony Williams, Senior Director

Donor Services

Meet Darius Stefan Bobos Darius was born April 15, 2010 and lives with his parents in a rural area located to the northeast of

Bucharest. He has no brothers or sisters and his parents struggle to provide for the family. Most of the

houses are made of mud &brick. Much and the terrain is sandy and rocky. Summers are typically hot

and winters, very cold. Darius is not in school at this time. He likes to play with toy cars and helps at

home with cleaning. He is in satisfactory health. Staple foods in his diet are from local farmers, mostly

cereal grains, vegetables, eggs, cheese and beans. Occasionally his family eats meat. Families in his re-

gion will benefit from agricultural workshops to improve their yields.

Our support will help provide his community with educational, medical, along with church support

of Bibles and Christian materials in helping leaders share the love of God within their community.

Please remember Darius in your prayers.

Plateau Outreach Ministries Update

On May 15th The Seattle Foundation held their annual giveBIG campaign. POM was one of the recipients of do-

nations a portion of which will go towards their capital campaign giving more space for service projects and help-

ing in the life of the community. Reported in the evening hours $10,643 had been donated with more time left!

Very impressive! Volunteers are always needed. For information check in at their Cole Street location.

Kaylee Salsbury is off to Rwanda

Many of you may remember me traveling to Zambia on a mission trip four summers

ago. Going back to Africa was an opportunity I never thought I would have again,

however, I do. This summer I am going to Gashora, Rwanda on a service learning

trip through Western Washington University. As a college student, it can be difficult

to find the time and the funds to study abroad, but there are some opportunities in

life that you can not pass up, and I felt that this was one of them. I will be in Gashora

working with the community members for six weeks.

Building Bridges with Rwanda, was set up last summer and Western plans to continue sending students to build

relationships with the people of the community. This is a very important trip for me because Africa has been

heavy on my heart ever since I got back from Zambia four years ago. I can not wait to go work with people of a

community that is extremely foreign to me and push myself to see what I can learn from them. I can not wait to be

a part of it and share my experiences with all of you once I arrive back. If you would like to help support Kaylee

please contact Lynn Salsbury at 360.825.0797. Thank you!


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July 2013

From Th

e Eagle’s

Nest

Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon

the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings as

eagles...

Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you. Romans 15:7

The next step in the interim process will deal with our hopes and dreams for Calvary. It is a time

when we move to the next step in our future. As part of that future, I have been thinking about how

to encourage visitors as they explore Calvary as a possible church home. We have made progress

with our welcoming; we say hello to the new persons and we have made the effort to make sure they

get into conversations after the service. We can take this welcoming attitude and extend it a bit more.

What I would invite you to consider is to volunteer to follow up with our visitors. We get visitor

information from the friendship folders. It would be a positive next step if the new persons received a

phone call to show our interest in them. Maybe you would take them to coffee or invite them to one

of our activities such as the barn dance or church barbeque.

Trish says she could keep track of the visitors and place a call to one of us who would follow up with

the “newbies.” She can develop a roster of folks who will do this and pair you up with a newcomer.

If you are interested in volunteering, give the office a call and Trish can take down your information.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels

without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2

A NOTE FROM THE CALLER EDITOR:

This summer we will be having monthly Caller issues, so please keep those newsy items and/or

photos coming my way for August. Thank you. Eva Dietz [email protected]

A NOTE OF THANKS via Dawn Walters:

Dear Calvary Presbyterian, Hi thank you for sending a care package full of goodies to myself and my buddies. It was gone within 2 days of receiving it, and its also a good morale booster here. So from my buddies and me we want to thank you for caring about us. Pfc. Tschida

Calvary Presbyterian Church

1725 Porter St. Enumclaw, WA 98022 Phone: 360-825-3820

Fax: 360-825-0963 Email: [email protected]

website: http://www.calvarypreschurch.org

worship services: Saturdays at 7:00PM & Sundays at 9:30AM

Interim Pastor: Rev. Ron Oldenkamp

[email protected] Associate Pastor: Cindy Ehlke [email protected] Youth Director: Ben Auger [email protected] The Caller editor-Eva Dietz

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Calvary’s Vision (recently updated)

Calvary Presbyterian Church is a worshipping family of believers

centered in Christ, led by His Holy Spirit, rooted in God’s Word,

growing in love, branching out in faith

to serve God in our Church, our community

and all around the world.

I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him,

he will bear much fruit. Apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:5

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