November 18, 2022 | Dave Gantz | Make A Comment | Church Blog
After several call attempts were declined feelings of discouragement and frustration challenged our optimism. Yet our heavenly Father had a better plan all along. Mt Calvary was not going to have a single pastor to meet all our needs. God’s plan was for even more than that!
During our vacancy we have been blessed with the service of Pastor Rob Appold. Pastor Rob’s service has been so appreciated and enlightening and comforting it would be sad to see him go when another pastor finally answered the call. So, God sent Pastor Dan Lepley AND made a way to also have Pastor Rob continue service to Mt Calvary.
Mt Calvary Lutheran Church of Greenville welcomes Pastor Dan Lepley, our new senior pastor and Pastor Rob Appold, our pastor Emeritus. Pastor Dan and Rob are already working together to provide for all our congregation needs each day the Lord has made. We have much in which to be glad. And a huge thanks to all who offered prayers during our transition. May we always trust in the Lord, He will never fail to amaze us with His grace, mercy and love!
Pastor Profile Summary
This is our congregational call statement: “He will be a leader who can build consensus among the congregation and lead them out into the community to build relationships. Mount Calvary is looking for a pastor who is creative and willing to work in the community. He will be able to reach across all ages to engage them in the life of the church. He will be open and able to do both traditional and contemporary worship. He will be a good teacher. He will also take time to visit the sick and shut-ins. He should be approachable and have a good sense of humor.” This has been achieved.
July 25, 2016 | Dave Gantz | Make A Comment | Archines
My mother and father moved into a retirement community when Dad could no longer provide all the necessary care for Mom’s dementia, diabetes, digestive problems and spinal stenosis that makes her wheel-chair bound. That huge adjustment and expense could be eased if Dad’s long-term care insurance could be approved to pay the in-home care for Mom. On the day the insurance company sent a RN to do the physical check of my mom the nurse found her vitals to be concerning and recommended mom be taken to the hospital ER. An endoscopy and colonoscopy was performed among other tests and found cancer in the right side of Mom’s colon. Prayer requests went out and were answered. Mom’s colon surgery was successful and her related physical therapy has allowed her to walk better than she had in 12 years!
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At the apartments where I work a tenant came to the office very angry about noisy neighbor kids often unsupervised by their parents and how many times he has complained without seeing anything done by the management. His apartment is next the only playground on the property and kids also live near him. All I could do is thank him for his information on the noisy neighbors and insure management was investigating. On my drive home that night I asked God for him to have a peaceful diversion from the problem. I prayed, Lord give this person some serenity and a break from his frustration; like Your Holy Spirit gives me when I’m walking my dogs in the country.
A few weeks later I saw the guy in the parking lot talking happily to others so I went up and ask how it was going. He said, “Hey, I had a God-thing happen to me. I was walking my dog in the park
[a few miles away from our apartments]
when I saw a lady with a dog like mine. I went up to her and realized it was a friend from High School I hadn’t seen in years. We had a great conversation . . .” He went on to say, that only God could have made that chance meeting occur and that they both have the same breed of dogs!
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June 21, 2015 | Dave Gantz | Make A Comment | Archines
We turned around on our way to our vacation at the news of Lori’s mom passing away from complications of dementia. Throughout the grieving we received many thoughtful cards and flowers from our Mt Calvary family. These constant reminders of our Lord’s gracious blessings and hope for eternal peace gave us a view to God’s will for us and the heavenly act of Christian love.
