Calvary Lutheran Church

04/18/2026

Please remember that Pastor Heather will never email and ask for gift cards.

02/19/2026

TREM Lenten Services: “Love Thy Neighbor”
Wednesday 02/25 Calvary Lutheran, Two Rivers
Soup supper at 4:30pm with worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/04 Zion United Methodist Church, Mishicot,
worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/11 Grace Congregational UCC, Two Rivers,
Dinner church at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/18 St Peter the Fisherman, Two Rivers,
worship at 6 pm
Wednesday 03/25 Froedtert Holy Family Hospital Chapel, Manitowoc
worship at 6 pm.

01/16/2026

In a statement released to the synod on January 12th, Bishop Anne Edison-Albright shares, "Bishops, Pastors and Deacons in the ELCA are called to speak publicly “in solidarity with the poor and oppressed, calling for justice and proclaiming God’s love for the world.” Common narratives sometimes present that call as separate or a distraction from our call to proclaim the Gospel, the Good News of God in Jesus Christ. But this is not the case. Jesus’ death on a cross and astounding resurrection is not separate from his commands to love one another, his frequent teaching on economic justice, and his care for the alien, the orphan, the widow, and the outcast. It’s all part of the Good News of how God defies human expectations–the expectations we have about who is “last” and who is “first,” and even our expectations about life and death. God’s grace is more powerful than death, and a call to oppose everything death-dealing in this life."

Read the full statement and access a PDF version: https://www.ecsw.org/news/bishops-message-being-lutheran-in-violent-times

11/30/2025

No Service at Calvary tomorrow 11/30 due to the weather. Stay safe and warm

10/13/2025

Calvary Lutheran Church donated to the Manitowoc Warming Shelter for their fourth season. Thank you L Sauer for all you do for our community

07/31/2025

We are pleased to announce the election of the Rev. Yehiel Curry as presiding bishop of the ELCA! Bishop-elect Curry was elected on the fifth ballot with 70.34% of the vote.

Ever-living God, strengthen and sustain Bishop-elect Curry, that with patience and understanding he may love and care for your people. Grant that together we may follow in the way of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

07/10/2025

04/20/2025

HE HAS RISEN!

03/26/2025

A verse for the day.

02/18/2025

All services from March 12th - April 9th are at 6:30pm.

01/27/2025

Our Synod speaking the word of God

Joint Statement on Immigration from ELCA Bishops in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan

But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love.

–Ephesians 4:15-16

Friends in Christ:

We, the six bishops who oversee the work of congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, have come together to speak with one voice in this extraordinary time. With the words from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians in mind, calling us to speak the truth in love and work together to build up the body in love, we are particularly concerned with recent actions by the president’s administration in Washington regarding immigration and the suspension of the policy that previously restricted actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in “sensitive locations, ”including schools, hospitals, and houses of worship.

We reject the lies that these policy changes are based on: lies that seek to demonize all immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers as dangerous criminals who need to be removed from the country; and we call upon our elected leaders to base their policy decisions on the facts and on truth.

We reject the fear that these lies create, and we recognize that, while fear maybe an effective organizing strategy in the short term, it is morally bankrupt and will lead to continued division and conflict; we call upon our elected leaders to find ways to work together to create an immigration system that builds people up and welcomes the contributions of those who seek to live here. Specifically, we call for the immediate restoration of the sensitive locations policy, allowing children and families the ability to engage in the basic functions of civic life.

We also reject the recent action that put an immediate end to all work related to refugee resettlement, recognizing that this action causes direct harm to countless families, many of whom are already living and working in this country; and we call for the immediate restoration of funding for refugee resettlement.

Finally, we reject the notion that our nation is so divided that we will never be able to find common ground, and we call upon all our leaders, all those who work in the public and the private sector, all our congregations, pastors, deacons and leaders, to learn how to become effective allies for our immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking neighbors so that we can live in a world that respects the human dignity of all and builds one another up in love.

In Christ,

Bishop Paul Erickson, Greater Milwaukee Synod
Bishop Anne Edison-Albright, East Central Synod of Wisconsin
Bishop Felix Malpica, La Crosse Area Synod
Bishop Martin Halom, Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
Bishop Katherine Finegan, Northern Great Lakes Synod
Bishop Joy Mortensen-Wiebe, South-Central Synod of Wisconsin

PDF Version of this letter and press release:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1biIOHbF42G-WTYSsQbqNxBMWy0Z0jz8-?usp=sharing

01/27/2025

A little hope and encouragement for the week: God is always at work! He is always good, even in difficult times. Psalm 30:5 reminds us that difficult times do not last forever. Our God is faithful.