Holiday Worship Services

 

Wanted: A Few Good Musicians

Mountain View has a strong tradition of music to enhance worship and a commitment to see it continue.  Unfortunately, several music leaders are no longer available to serve.  Here are some of the pluses of the music program as it operated in recent years:

• varied worship styles including traditional, blended, country gospel and polka with worship services reflecting these styles
• worship schedules including Saturday evening, Sunday morning and seasonal Wednesday services
• choral groups - formal choir, men's choir, praise team
• excellent audio visual support including live streaming capabilities
• modern electronic organ
• handbells and hand chimes

Some of these pluses are in need of leadership.  All are open to more participants.  If you are a regular member, consider joining a group.  If you are a seasonal member, your participation is welcome even though you may be here for only part of the year.  Talk to one of the pastors and indicate your interest.  He will put you in touch with the group.  

A quote from Martin Luther:

"I, Doctor Martin Luther, wish all lovers of the unshackled art of music grace and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ! I truly desire that all Christians would love and regard as worthy the lovely gift of music, which is a precious, worthy, and costly treasure given to mankind by God."

Youth Sunday School Restart

 

YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL

Youth Sunday School Returns  Sunday November 15th  We have some exciting news to share for our Youth, our Families, and for everyone here at Mountain View Lutheran Church. After weeks of discussing and planning, we are ready to re-launch our Sunday School this fall and are excited to announce that we feel led by the spirit of God to try new things in order to reach our kids where they are. To that end, we are going to now be offering more appropriate age-based programs for our Elementary kids as well as for our Jr. and Sr. High Youth.

FOR OUR  ELEMENTARY KIDS We are excited to announce our new elementary curriculum from Group Publishing, "Simply Loved." If you have ever been part of our VBS programs here at Mountain View, Simply Loved has a very similar feel. Kids will engage in songs of praise to Jesus, they will learn the bible story each week, and then they will work on different crafts and projects that drive home the point of the lesson. With this approach, we hope to engage all different styles of learners.

JR and SR HIGH YOUTH We are also so excited to tell you that we are starting a Sunday school class aimed specifically at our Jr. and Sr. high youth who have already finished confirmation. Working with some amazing volunteers and our Pastors, they are going to dive into "Life's Big Questions, God's Big Answers." Youth will even have opportunity to submit questions that they have about their faith and how it intersects life in the world around us. Our volunteers, parents, and our pastors will then have opportunity to teach them faithful responses to their tough questions.  We ask for prayers as we are boldly trying this new and exciting thing.

KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE We are committed to doing our best to keeping everyone safe, even amidst the pandemic. all kids, youth, and volunteers will be required to wear masks in Sunday School, socially distance, and any craft supplies will be separated out per person. We are also asking parents, kids and youth alike to keep us informed about any COVID outbreaks in their schools, so that we can postpone Sunday School if needed and keep one another safe. All surfaces and areas will be properly disinfected each week after Sunday School classes.   VOLUNTEERS We need your help. We already have some committed volunteers who are excited and anxiously awaiting the launch of Sunday School, but we still need more volunteers of making our dream of age appropriate Sunday School classes a reality. If you have any desire to work with or assist with our Elementary Sunday School or with our Jr. and Sr. High group, please reach out to Pastor Tim at PastorTim@Mountainviewlutheran.org