Worship Times
Traditional Worship
Praise Worship
Alter Guild
Worship Committee
Traditional Planning Team
Praise Planning Team

Worship Times

Wednesday
6:00 PM Traditional Service

Sunday
8:00 AM Traditional Service
9:45 AM Praise Worship

Types of Worship

Traditional Worship
At our traditional worship services, we use the Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) and the With One Voice  (WOV) worship books and hymnals.  The LBW is generally used for the majority of our traditional worship services.  The WOV is used approximately once each month, on the first  Sunday of the month.  Communion is usually offered at the traditional worship services on the 1st and 4th Sunday of the month, unless the month has five Sundays.  On those months, communion is offered on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays.  We have a special children's message each week for the younger members who attend this worship service.  The traditional worship service typically lasts for about sixty minutes.  If you would like more information about our services, contact us.

Praise Worship
At our praise worship services, we use the basic form of Lutheran worship, without the formal liturgy and with praise music.  Our music is played by our Praise Band and lead by our Praise Singers.  This services is of a more contemporary nature.  Communion is offered every week at the praise worship service.  The praise service includes lots of music, as well as scripture, message (both children's and adult), prayers, as well as occasionally some special features, such as skits or testimonies.  The praise worship service typically lasts for about seventy minutes. 

Worship Planning

Alter Guild
The Altar Guild is a small group whose duties revolve mainly around the preparation of communion, caring for the paraments and communion linens and help with the decorating of the church.  The paraments and banners are changed according to the church calendar and the wedding and baptism banners are displayed at those important events. Communion preparations include the purchase of wine, wafers and the commuions cups and the set-up and clean-up for Communion Sundays.  The silver is kept polished and the linens laundered.  The communion assistants and acolyte robes are kept clean and pressed. We supervise the donation and purchase of the flowers and plants which are given to decorate the church at Christmas and Easter and deliver poinsettias to shut-ins at Christmas. Donations and memorials given are gladly accepted and used for the purchase of paraments and communion supplies.  We do much needed tasks, but are fun loving, cheerful group.  Please come and join us at our next meeting!

Worship Committee
According to the Constitutions and Bylaws of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, the "Worship Committee shall have special responsibility in cooperation with the pastor for all matters related to worship and spiritual growth of the congregation, and shall make recommendations thereon to the congregation council.  It shall consist of two (2) council and two (2) members-at-large, and the music coordinator." 

Our worship committee usually meets monthly with Pastor Rich Block and with Becky Luett, Minister of Music & Worship, to discuss issues of relevance and to make plans for the worship services at Mt. Calvary. 

• Plan for all seasons and services of the church year
• Plan special series for midweek services during Advent and Lent
• Coordinate special presentations that take place during worship
• Coordinate guests that ask or are asked to present various things during worship
• Coordinate the whote of worship while trying to keep the flow and feel of the worship services smooth so t hat all may find the peace and comfort they need.
• Meet two or three times per year in extended sessions to do long-range planning for the church year

Functioning separately, but answering to the worship committee, are two planning teams;  The Traditional Worship Planning team and the Praise Planning Team.

Traditional Worship Planning Team
The Traditional Worship Planning team, more often called "The Twerpts" or TWPT's is a sub-group of the Worship Committee.  The TWPT's meet every four to six weeks to plan the details, (i.e. music, special liturgies, special events, etc.) that happen in the traditional worship services, held at 8:00 a.m. each Sunday.  This team of four consists of Pastor Rich, Becky Luett, one member from the worship committee and one member at large.  This groups works with the themes provided by Pastor Rich on which he will be preaching, to choose music that best fits with those themes and together makes the most inspiring traditional worship service for our worshipers.

Praise Worship Planning Team
The Praise Planning Team (PPT) is a sub-group of the worship committee.  PPT meets every four to six weeks to plan the music and special features for the praise services.  This group consists of the four worship leaders for the praise services and the lead drummer.  Together this group considers the themes, the tempos, the lyrics, and the overall feel of the music to put together a service to reflect the theme and mood of the season and the particular Sundays to make the praise worship services the most inspirational that they can be.