CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
April 2025 eWeekly's
CALVARY’S EWEEKLY!
CalvaryLutheranRockford.com
OUR NORTHERN ILLINOIS SYNOD MISSION
Walking together
Loving Christ,
Loving all,
For the sake of the world.
Invite – welcome-engage
When You Pray
Our address
920 3rd Ave
Rockford 61104
Pastor Chuck’s Phone 815-342-6064
Have a prayer concern? Do let me know so I can pray with you.
Do remember to send your offering regularly to…
Calvary Lutheran Church
Our NEW mailing address
PO Box 4362
Rockford, IL 61110
WORSHIP AT CALVARY!
9:00 a.m.
At Emmanuel
Welcome!
Dear Friend,
Welcome to Holy Week! Worship On Maundy Thursday, 4:30 at First Lutheran with my wife Anne and Izzy providing music and 6:30 in the Emmanuel sanctuary. Worship on Good Friday, 11:00 a.m. at Alpine Fireside, 4:30 at First Lutheran, 6:30 with Calvary in the chapel, and 6:30 with Emmanuel in the sanctuary. Love the Chapel Band doing Burdens are Lifted at Calvary, and The Old Rugged Cross. Then wonderful Easter worship at 9:00 a.m. in the chapel! The Chapel Band will share You Raise Me Up and I will rise! I am so looking forward to sharing Holy Week With You
with love Pastor Chuck
Previous eWeekly
Dear Friend -
What do you do with time? Lose it or keep it? Discover at our Palm Sunday worship at 9:00 this Sunday April 13.
Prepare by reading
Isaiah 50:4-9, Philippians 2:5-11, and Luke 23:1-56.
LOVE our Chapel Band doing A New Hallelujah and O Happy Day. I will still look for you this Sunday-
with love, Pastor Chuck
Previous eWeekly
Dear Friend -
What is the most extravagant love ever? Discover at this April 6th Sunday's 9:00 a.m. praise! We are in Boulder after Izzy played with an ensemble before the Boulder Philharmonic concert so I don't have the readings for this Sunday. But you can enjoy the Chapel Band band doing Amazing Love and I love You Lord. We'll will be back on Thursday and I'll be looking for you on Sunday
with love Pastor Chuck
Matthew 5:1-12
New Revised Standard Version
The Beatitudes
5 When Jesus[a] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[b] on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.
Amen.
-Reinhold Niehbuhr