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Serve at Calvary and in the community.

Make a difference in the world that God made by volunteering at any time. We have opportunities for you to join us in service in-person and on-campus throughout the week (while doing so safely under Covid-19 restrictions). You can also serve the church and community online on the weekend and throughout the week. We are able to offer you one-on-one coaching or small group training, while adhering to safe physical distancing guidelines of online via video conferencing.

Happening Now

It's Christmas Angels Time!!!

The Angels ministry assists local enlisted families experiencing severe financial hardship. Families stationed here are often unprepared for the high cost of living and the challenges of being separated from the support of family back home. Recent inflation has made ‘making ends meet’ even more difficult.

We partner with Support the Enlisted Project (STEP) to assist families while they work to stabilize their financial situation. Some are participating in STEP’s financial literacy course, with the goal of becoming debt-free and self-sufficient.

This year we’ll help enlisted families stay on budget by adopting them for Christmas. With your generosity we’ll provide:

Christmas dinner boxes that include a turkey
Gifts for all members of the families
Bible storybooks for the children
Commissary gift cards
The prayers and compassion of our congregation

Download the Angel Calendar for 2022

2022 Christmas Angels Calendar

Sunday, Nov 13, Courtyard. Food Drive - Calvary’s youth will assist you! Adopt non-perishable foods for the Christmas dinner boxes or supplies needed for gift wrapping.
Sunday, Nov 20, Courtyard. Food Drive continues.
Thanksgiving week. Adopt by Email. We’ll email the wish lists. Choose an individual or a family & shop the Black Friday sales.
Sunday, Nov 27, Courtyard. Food and Supplies are due today. Please drop off your donations in the courtyard.
Sunday, Nov 27, Courtyard. Family adoptions! Adopt an individual or a family and share your love by providing their gifts.
Sunday, Dec 4, Courtyard. Family adoptions continue. Last chance to adopt!
Sunday, Dec 11, Courtyard. All gifts are due today. Drop off in the courtyard.

The Angels' busy week begins! Sign up in the courtyard for these activities. Then join the cheerful camaraderie as we pull it all together for the Angel families.

Tuesday, Dec 13, Gathering Room. Organizing Gifts, 9:00 am-noon. We’ll organize the gifts by family and make sure everything is tagged and ready for gift wrapping.
Wednesday, Dec 14 and Thursday, Dec 15. Do you love to shop? Help us by picking up a few last- minute gifts. We’ll provide a shopping list and a gift card to cover costs. You shop on your own schedule and drop off gifts by Friday, Dec 16.
Saturday, Dec 17, Gathering Room. Gift Wrapping Extravaganza! 9:00 am-noon. Men and women. Boys and girls. All are welcome!
Whatever time you can give is appreciated.
Sunday, Dec 18, Lower Parking Lot. Deliver gifts to an Angel family. We’ll load your car with foods and gifts, and provide contact info and details on the family you’ll deliver to. You meet the family and experience feelings of joy and gratitude for days!

Continuing

One area of focus for our Mission Outreach ministry is Food Insecurity. Check out these videos showing our Calvary Cares Food Drive Program and making Sack Lunches for those in need.

CLC Solana Beach | Calvary Cares food drive - YouTube

CLC Solana Beach | God's Work. Our Hands. Sack Lunches outreach. - YouTube

Click here for Calvary Cares Food Items Needed, Showers of Blessings Clothing Needs and Volunteer Roles. Email Teresa Kaldor for questions and information on other projects.

Volunteering at TACO

Prayer Shawl Ministry and Quilting for Uplifting

Helping Afghan Refugees: Download information about local efforts here.

Helping Ukrainians: Lutheran Disaster Response is accompanying our companion churches in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, as well as such ecumenical partners as the Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service, in their humanitarian responses to the crisis. These partners provide refugees with immediate support and supplies such as food, blankets, water and hygiene kits. For more information, go to: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (elca.org).

Church Community World Resources on Serving ELCA Advocacy

Church

Join a ministry team:

Children, Youth & Family Ministry: this team of youth and adults mobilizes people and families for spiritual growth, community, and service through age-specific ministries.
Faith Formation Ministry: teach classes or facilitate small group ministry
Lay Care Ministry: visit those who are homebound or in recovery from an illness or surgery
Parish Nurse Ministry: provides education, including CPR; health counseling, patient advocacy, help with referrals, a health screening team, emergency response team, and facilitates the development of support groups. This ministry seeks to promote understanding of the relationship between faith and help.
Prayer Shawl Ministry: learn how to knit prayer shawls and blankets to give to those in need of comfort and prayer
Worship Ministry: participate in worship services by becoming an usher, a reader, a sound board operator, an acolyte, or part of the altar preparations team
Welcome Ministry: work with others to make sure our campus and organization are a welcoming community to all
Music Ministry: modern instrumental and vocal ensemble group, women's choir, soloists, create a group
Mission Outreach Ministry: coordinates service in and with our local and global communities.

For information email Teresa.

All materials, a script, and the station manual will be provided.

Volunteer today!

Community

Serve our Community:

Calvary Cares: Helping to supply food to families whose children attend local Solana Beach elementary schools. Our spring distribution event will be held in late April/early May 2022. Click here for a suggested list of food items to donate. Donations should be placed on the storage racks in Moses. Monetary donations may be made using the Give Now button on the home page and selecting Calvary Cares. Contact Marybeth Norgren.
Showers of Blessings: A mobile shower unit serving those in need by meeting one of life's most basic human dignities: cleanliness. The unit operates on a weekly basis at various churches throughout San Diego. Volunteer hosts are welcome and needed. Sign up today!
TACO: This ministry helps feed and serve the homeless at Third Avenue Charitable Organization, serving meals to anyone in need. Volunteers are appreciated and needed. We provide 10 volunteers on the 4th Monday of each month. The time commitment is from 3:30-5:00 pm. Upcoming dates in 2022 are April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25 and August 22. Sign up or contact Marybeth Norgren if you have questions through our SignUpGenius link.
Creation Care: Advocate for the environment based on our joint faith. See what the ELCA says about caring for creation.

World

ELCA Good Gifts https://goodgifts.elca.org/
Lutheran Border Concerns Ministry http://lutheranborderconcernsministry/org
Lutheran Disaster Response
ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission
Quilting Ministry

Forty-five Quilts Delivered to Lutheran World Relief!

In October, 45 quilts were delivered to Grace Lutheran Church, Escondido for transport to the LWR warehouse in Minneapolis, MN. In addition, a donation of $101.25 was given to LWR to cover transportation costs of sending the quilts at $2.25/quilt to destinations around the world. These quilts can be used as warm bedding, simple tents or floor coverings. Each one reflects God's loving presence in a world rife with suffering. Thank you to all of those who helped cut squares, sew pieces together and tie the quilts – you are making a difference to those in need across the globe!

Resources on Serving

ELCA Explanation of “Serve all people following the example of Jesus,” is part of the Five Gifts of Baptism resources.

DoingGoodTogether.com is a website with ideas to encourage families to serve.

Children's books:

Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too by Jennifer Grant is a storybook about showing kindness to our neighbors. Also “I Can Love My Neighbor” Bingo card based on the storybook.

The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You by Shannon Martin is a book about paying attention to those around us and discerning God’s call right where we are.

Mine! A Counting Book about Sharing by Caryn Rivadeneira is for children 3 and under. It teaches counting while at the same time develops the concepts of yours, mine, and sharing with others. Part of the Generous Kids books developed in a partnership between Beaming Books and Thrivent.

NEW! It’s Not Fair! A Book About Having Enough by Caryn Rivadeneira is for children age 4-6. Part of the Generous Kids series, this book teaches about money, choices, and generosity.

ELCA Advocacy

grayscale photo of man and woman holding their hands

As members of the ELCA, we believe that we are freed in Christ to serve and love our neighbor. God uses our hands, through our direct service work and our voices, through our advocacy efforts, to restore and reconcile our world. Through faithful advocacy, the ELCA lives out our Lutheran belief that governments can help advance the common good.

ELCA advocacy works for change in public policy based on the experience of Lutheran ministries, programs and projects around the world and in communities across the United States. We work through political channels on behalf of the following biblical values: peacemaking, hospitality to strangers, care for creation, and concern for people living in poverty and struggling with hunger and disease.