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Calvary CallerCalvary CallerCalvary CallerCalvary Caller

June 2016June 2016June 2016June 2016

Special Anniversary Potluck

This month Pastor Dave is celebrating

35 years as an ordained minister.

Please join us for a Special Potluck

to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 5, to celebrate

with Pastor Dave this auspicious occasion.

Mark your calendars and

plan to attend the celebration.

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From Pastor Dave

Did you know that Calvary Lutheran is part of a greater community here

in Grants Pass called “Church of the Valley”. The “Church of the Valley” (COV)

includes every Christian church here in the valley and it is probably the strongest

single community of people here in Grants Pass. The reason it was formed was

because we Christians believe there is only one Church of Jesus Christ in this

community – a Church made up of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ – gathered

in many congregations. The Church of the Valley is a gathering of pastors and

congregations committed to living as one Church with the goal of bringing about

Christ-empowered transformation to our community. One of the things we do

together as the COV is “Serve GP”. Hopefully, you remember me talking about

this over the past six years. “Serve GP” is a visible way for us to display and de-

clare Christ to our community. Our goal is that through our annual “Serve GP”

service day, the Grants Pass community will see what Christians can do together

and it becomes a witness both to the community and to those who serve. When

as many as 1500 people from different churches join together to serve the com-

munity where we live, God will be glorified!

Serve GP, this year, is Saturday, June 25. I want to encourage all of you

to consider serving on that day. Check out the website: servegp.org and sign up

to serve. You can either sign up online or request a sign up form to fill out and I’ll

sign you up. I’m hoping to identify a couple projects where we at Calvary can

sign up for to work together. Listen up for more information and please plan to

participate!

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see

your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:16

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With With With With GladnessGladnessGladnessGladness

HOSTESS COMMITTEE

Hostess - Dona Butler

Tanya Haight

Lia Hass

Joan Hathaway

Cherie Hinshaw

Diane Hinshaw

Dorie Holm

Sandy Hoadley

Geneva Hughes

Kay Hunziker

Linda Hurd

ACOLYTES

5th: 8:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Chloey Robertson

12th: 8:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Pam Whatley

19th: 9:30 a.m.

26th: 8:30 a.m.

ALTAR GUILD

5th: Patty Latham

12th: Dona Butler Connie Kurth

19th: Betty Williams

26th: Connie Kurth

COMMUNION SERVERS

5th: 8:30 a.m. David & Tanya Haight Wanda Andrews

10:45 a.m. George Straka, Elaine Byrum Connie Kurth

12th: 8:30 a.m. Kirby & Janine Nave Ruth Johnsen

10:45 a.m. Connie Kurth

19th: 9:30 a.m. Larry & Diane Weaver Jan Stutts

26th: 9:30 a.m. Kirby & Janine Nave Carol Wilson

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5th: Jerri Szabo in loving memory of Alex (1) Mary Quick in memory of her Mom’s birthday

12th: Joe & Crystal Zimmer in celebration of their wedding anniversary

19th: Marcia Lembcke (1) David & Wendy Ross in memory of Carolyn Eskra’s birthday (1)

26th: Jeff & Elaine Wolf

ALTAR FLOWERS

Serving the Lord . . . . . . . .Serving the Lord . . . . . . . .Serving the Lord . . . . . . . .Serving the Lord . . . . . . . .

LECTORS

5th: 8:30 a.m. Mary Quick

10:45 a.m. Rich Young

12th: 8:30 a.m. Kirby Nave

10:45 a.m. Connie Kurth

19th: 9:30 a.m. Ruth Johnsen

26th: 9:30 a.m. Joan Hathaway

USHERS

8:30 a.m.: Ron Matson, captain Larry Doe Paul Hoadley David Williams

10:45 a.m.: Butch Kurth, captain Dave Cook Patty Latham Dale Wheeler

GREETERS

5th: 8:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

12th: 8:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

19th: 8:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

26th: 8:30 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

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Financial Report Summarizing the first four months of 2016, our offering is just slightly lower than budgeted. Hopefully, with summer vacations, offering will continue to be received as planned. Expenses are slightly higher than budgeted. In March the parking lot had a small area dug up to fix the drainage issue that was causing the small lake near the Fellowship Hall. In addition, we just recently had to have the well pump replaced. Even though there hasn’t been a major campaign for additional funds, there are still open funds that members have been giving to and any member can continue to donate to. They are: Major Improvements (reserve for any ma-jor problem), Sound System (for future expansion of screens and projec-tors), Family Ministries (spent at the discretion of Director of this ministry), and the Endowment Fund. Do you purchase items from Amazon.com.? You can sign up at “smile.amazon.com” and designate Calvary Lutheran Church of Grants Pass and when you purchase selected items, Amazon will send Calvary a check equal to 0.5% of the purchase price. For all the Thrivent members who donate their “Choice” dollars to Calvary, remember that you must re-designate those funds at least once a year. Thank you to all who participate. Tired of writing checks each week, remember that you can have your offer-ing directly deposited to Calvary through the Simply Giving program (Vanco). You can have the funds automatically withdrawn from your check-ing or savings account or use your credit card (great way to earn extra points or travel mileage). Want to sign up? Contact the church office or Gary L. Blom, the church treasurer.

Gary Blom, Treasurer

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Listen to Pastor Dave Online

Did you know that you can listen to the past week's

sermon on line at Calvary's website: calvarylutherangp.org?

The church website also has a copy of the latest newsletter,

The Calvary Caller.

Thanks Be To God . . .

We recognize that many people work “behind the scenes” here at

Calvary and we want to acknowledge their efforts. Please let us know

of individuals we can thank in our newsletters. This month we want to

mention the following:

◊ Our dedicated Sunday School teachers including Denise Angstadt, Pat Brown, Terry Galarneaux, Kelly Tommerup, Lisa Jaroslow, Deb Christopherson, Rick Kelly (when he was still here) and Sunday School helper, Brandon Jaroslow

What Is the Side By Side Ministry?

Side by Side Ministry is a group of Calvary members who visit shut-ins, someone who has had surgery or is in a nursing home.

Pastor Dave is the ministry leader and selects the people to be visited. Also, any Calvary member can ask to have someone visit a family member or friend.

This ministry is in need of volunteers to visit our Calvary family mem-bers. There is no special training required, just a desire to visit. Side By Side has a monthly meeting, the third Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. How often you visit is according to your schedule and what you are able to do.

If you have any questions, you can talk to me , Joe Zimmer or Pastor Dave.

Carmella Menke (541) 956-1934

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Rogue Valley Humane Society’s

7th Annual FUR BALL

Set for Saturday, June 25th, at the Grants Pass Golf Club. 5:00pm

is Yappy Hour and 6:00pm is dinner. Because of a generous dona-

tion given by the Stitchcrafters, RVHS has sent 4 ‘free’ tickets to this

event. Each ticket is a $70.00 value. If anyone is interested in a

ticket(s), please fill out a slip and you will be entered into a drawing

to be held before the June 25th event that will include silent and

LIVE auctions.

2016 Fellowship Calendar of Events

Pizza Bowl Sunday, July 17, 3:00 p.m.

Barnstormers To Be Determined

Christmas Gala Sunday, December 11

The Fellowship Committee Has Planned

A Pizza Bowl

Save the date of Sunday, July 17, at 3:00 p.m. for a recrea-tional afternoon at the Caveman Bowl. For 2 games of bowling plus shoes the cost is $5.00, followed by bragging rights at the Wild River Brewery for pizza (optional). All ages from children to youth and young adults to seniors are welcome, as long as you can roll, push or kick a ball the required distance to knock over a pin. We did this last year and everyone had a fantastic time. The plan’s the same . . . Bowl-you-over with Fun! A sign-up sheet will be in the narthex for a kegler kount.

Your Fellowship Committee

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Birthdays 2 Bill Childs Bob Olson Paul Tamosunas 4 Kathy Mason 7 Gabrielle Johnsen Beverly Kane 9 Sharon Matson 11 Darrell James Erb 12 Ron Tosh Sue Wheeler 13 Tony Huaman Allan Perrault Sam Vannoy Rena Wagner 15 Kelly Tommerup 17 Al Mendoza Martha Porter Megan Wicklin 19 Bryce Christopherson 20 Ruth Johnsen 21 Lisa Jaroslow Charlotte Johnson 23 Karen McCallum 24 Lia Hass Elaine Trump 25 Dona Butler David Haight 27 Verne Welo 28 Kolby Dinkel Betty Williams 29 Danika Foit 30 Sheila Eklof Meghan Galarneaux

Early July Birthdays:

1 Lee Mortensen 2 Linda Hurd 3 Bev Totten

Anniversaries 1 Bob & Claire Schneider 3 Danny & Inga Craig Ron & Karen McCallum 8 Joe & Crystal Zimmer 10 Roy & Gloria Fox 12 David & Tanya Haight 17 John & Kathy Mason 20 David & Jackie Matheny 21 Greg & Karen Frerk 22 Ron & Lynn Tosh 24 Tony & Nancy Venuti 25 Don & Arlette Butler 28 Dr. Howard & Rena Wagner 30 Rudy & Marilyn Dierks

Newsletter

Deadline is

the Third Sunday

of the Month.

Our Missionary Family

If you would like to send a card or note to our missionaries in the Philippines, their state-side address is:

Luke & Ruth Schroeder 232 Clifton Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403

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Notes from the Church Council

The congregation raised $1,200 to purchase a new basketball hoop

for the church. Karl Dinkle informed Council that he discovered the price

had increased by $300 including shipping. Council approved contributing

the shortfall from the Council line item in the budget. Family Ministry

will be responsible for any cost of installation.

Council reviewed the Outreach Committee’s recommendations for

local benevolences for the year and approved its recommendation. Organ-

izations that will be supported are ROC, Gospel Rescue Mission, Chris-

tian Service Network, Pregnancy Care Center, and Joe’s Place. St. Vin-

cent DePaul will be considered for special holiday offerings.

The following terms will expire this year: Vice President, Secretary,

Property, Stewardship, and Outreach. Please prayerfully consider being

available to fill one of these positions.

Relay For Life is June 18

A big thank you to all the people who donated and helped with the Rum-

mage Sale. We made $1084.60 over the two days and all money will go to

the American Cancer Society. Thank you to all the cookie bakers, cookie pur-

chasers, luminaria purchasers, and donators. We are halfway to our fundrais-

ing goal of $5000.00.

The next Relay for Life Calvary Lutheran team meeting will be on Sun-

day, June 5th, after the first service to talk about set up for the Relay for Life

event on June 18th. We have 13 people on our team this year to walk laps for

the Relay for Life event. Everyone in the congregation is invited to attend the

Relay for Life event on June 18th starting at 10:00 a.m. for the Survivor Walk

and/or walk a lap with the team. Relay continues all day and night until Sun-

day morning. There is a beautiful luminaria ceremony at dark to remember

loved ones who died of cancer and to celebrate our loved ones who have sur-

vived. To those who have purchased luminaria, please decorate your bags in

memory or to honor your loved one and return to the church office by Sunday,

June 5th, with a can of food to hold the bag in place. All cans of food will be

donated to the ROC this year after the Relay for Life event. Thank you all for

your support!

Tanya Haight

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Christmas Bazaar! Are You Kidding?Christmas Bazaar! Are You Kidding?Christmas Bazaar! Are You Kidding?Christmas Bazaar! Are You Kidding?

Actually, No. This is the time to begin thinking of items to donate

to our annual Christmas Bazaar. Are you changing the look of your

home from Winter to Spring/Summer, we can use any item you may be

tired of that would be a good seller. Suggested items are: dishes/side

dishes, dessert serving dishes, pillows, napkins/tablecloths, knick-

knacks, candles, etc. Anything that can be sold and given as a gift.

Cranky spouses?

Jams, jellies dilly beans chutneys or anything you preserve make

good items to sell, so set some aside for the Bazaar. Also, flavored vin-

egars and oils.

Our jewelry inventory is very low. So pieces you don’t want any

more or even broken pieces, bring them in and give to Lynn Tosh, Jan

Stutts or Sandy in the church office. Jewelry boxes sell well also.

Since storage space at the church is very limited, we ask that you

box your items and store them at your home. When pricing begins

sometime in November, you will be notified via the church bulletin

when to bring your items to the church.

Needless to say, you have our gratitude for your continuing

support, donations and prayers.

The Stitchcrafters

In Memory of Karen Haggard

Former Calvary member, Karen Haggard, passed away on May 5 in Corvallis, Oregon. Her family would like her friends to know, if they would like to contrib-ute in her memory, there are a couple of causes that she felt strongly about. They are Luther House, 211 NW 23rd Street, Corvallis, OR 97330 and Samar-itan Village Bus Fund, 285 NW 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330.

Karen volunteered with the bus committee in her retirement village to help en-sure both a means of regular transportation, and to provide meaningful social opportunities for her community. Many of her belongings were also donated to this cause.

She was also very spiritual and took great joy in the mission of the Luther House campus ministry in Corvallis.

From her daughters, Stephanie Rouse and Angela Taylor, thank you for all the stories and well wishes that you've been sharing with us.

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Location: 564 SW Foundry Street, Grants Pass 97526

Mailing address: same as above Phone/FAX: 541-476-3344

Website: www.rochome.org

“Last Thursday Serve @ The ROC”

The last Thursday of each month has been designated as a time when we

can represent Calvary Lutheran as volunteers at The ROC Food Pantry. See

you on June 30. Come between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. for just an hour or

stay longer. For further information, please call Lisa Jaroslow at 541-295-4663

or Ruth Johnsen at 541-476-3344. See you at The ROC!

Two More Ways to Help The ROC Food Pantry

Here are two more ways that you can help the mission of the ROC

(Reaching Our Community) Food Pantry:

Amazon Smiles is a program for donations from Amazon purchas-

es to non-profit agencies. If you shop through Amazon, you can do-

nate a small percentage from what you buy through this program to

the ROC. Go to smile.amazon.com to register. Not all purchases from

Amazon qualify, but millions do.

Also, if you travel and start to accumulate small toiletry items

(shampoo, conditioner, soap, and others) and they are just taking up

space in your bathroom or linen closet, consider donating these to the

ROC. These items are given out to clients who often cannot afford

these as they are not a part of the food stamp program. So, if you are

cleaning out these items and want to know where to donate them, re-

member the ROC. As usual, all items may be dropped off at the

church in the ROC cart. Thank you so much.

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Vaca�on Bible School is Coming!

June 20 - 22

GAMES! BIBLE STORIES! MUSIC! CRAFTS!

Cave Quest is coming and that brings fun and games mingled with

Bible stories and music. There is so much fun to be had – deco-

ra�ng, cra.s, games, Bible stories, food, and music – something for

everyone.

Decora�ng help needed: Have you always wanted to be part of

crea�ng a fun environment, now is your chance!.

A list of needed items can be found on a clipboard

on the Narthex table. If you can help supply any of

these, it will be appreciated. Thank you.

Let us know if you would like to be part of this wonderful ministry – what

a great way to have fun while you get in your “second hour”!

Contact Debbie Christopherson, Lisa Jaroslow, Diane Weaver,

or let Sandy know if you have any ques�ons.

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Gordon Hoefer’s Honor Flight Adventure

At the last New Member Potluck, our speaker was from the Oregon

Honor Flight program. After her talk I decided to put my name on the list.

When I got a call asking if I would like to go on the Honor Flight in less

than two weeks I said "Yes" without any hesitation. We left Portland on an

early flight to National Airport in DC, arriving in late afternoon. We had din-

ner at the hotel and then were given information about the next days

events, and also watched a video about the trials, tribulations and suc-

cesses that resulted in the WWII Memorial.

Saturday morning we left in our bus with a police escort and went to

the Memorial. We were to be there 1.5 hours and we started out with a

group picture and then wandered around looking at the marvelous details

of the Memorial. While walking around I was greeted and thanked by

many of the public, including a 3 Star General of the Air Force and a

Coast Guard Captain. We spent the rest of the day viewing other memori-

als such as: Korean War, Viet Nam, Air Force, WWI, and the Navy Muse-

um.

A very tired group of Veterans, including a WAAC vet, and our

Guardians (many were also Vets) had dinner at a typical southeastern

buffet then returned to the hotel .

Sunday, after a leisurely breakfast, it was back in the bus and out to the

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Virginia. It was a nostalgic trip for

some who been in the Air Corp or who had flown in one of the many types

of planes on exhibit. After a lunch we boarded the bus and went to Arling-

ton Cemetery where we watched the changing of the guard at the Tomb

of the Unknown Soldier then toured the grounds. Our last stop was the

Women in Military Museum. Back at the National Airport we did the TSA

thing then waited in a very crowded area for our delayed flight home to

Portland. On board the plane we were treated to free meals, courtesy of

Alaskan Air Lines as we had on our flight east. Deplaning in Portland we

were greeted by an honor guard of the local law enforcement and several

groups of patriotic organizations (bagpiper for one) and escorted to our

bus to return to our hotel for the night.

It was an awesome experience and a very humbling one for me. I

appreciated every minute of it and will be ever thankful for the excellent

planning by Gail Yakopatz and her helpers in the Oregon Honor Flight

Committee.

Gordon Hoefer

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Sunday Worship Schedule

8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. Blended Worship

10:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Traditional worship

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn

9:15 a.m. Praise Team

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

10:00 a.m. Worship & Music

12:00 p.m. AAUW Frog O’Faire meeting

7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn 9:15 a.m. Praise Team 9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters10:30 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry

11:00 a.m.

Pastor Dave leads worship at

Rogue Valley Retirement

12:00 p.m. Outreach Committee

6:30 p.m. Combined Youth Group

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn 8:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast

9:15 a.m. Praise Team 9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

6:00 p.m. Girl Scouts

Combined

Youth Group

6:30 p.m.

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast, Powderhorn9:15 a.m. Praise Team9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

5:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School

Combined

Youth Group

6:30 p.m.

Vacation Bible School

5:00 p.m.

Vacation Bible School

5:00 p.m.

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast, Powderhorn9:15 a.m. Praise Team9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

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8 9 10 11

15 16 17 18

22 23 24 25

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6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

10:00 a.m. Worship & Music

12:00 p.m. AAUW Frog O’Faire meeting

7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn Praise Team

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters 10:30 a.m. Prayer Shawl Ministry

1:30 p.m. Sound of Praise

7:00 p.m. Council Meeting

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at Powderhorn 8:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast

at Black Forest

Praise Team

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

1:30 p.m. Sound of Praise Middle School Camp;

Lake Shasta through 28th

Red Cross Blood Drive

9:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m.

Community Play Group

meeting at Redwood Park until

September

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast, Powderhorn

Praise Team

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

5:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School

1:30 p.m. Sound of Praise

2:00-6:00 p.m.

Last Thursday @ The ROC

1:30 p.m. Sound of Praise

1:30 p.m. Sound of Praise

Serve Grants Pass

6:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast, Powderhorn

Praise Team

9:30 a.m. Stitchcrafters

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Relay For Life

Grants Pass High School

10:00 a.m. thru

Sunday morning