Back to both services (9:00am Matins, 11:45am Spoken Divine Service) this Sunday (9/14/2025), as the Rev'd Dr. Ken Schurb officiates. Also - Sunday School Kick-Off at 10:30 am, pre-K and older welcome.

Education

We encourage both children and adults to spend time learning and growing in Christ. We offer Sunday School for children (ages 3 and up) and several different adult Bible Study options each Sunday morning, as well as other educational opportunities throughout the week. The current schedule is listed below. We have Women's studies, Men's studies and other small groups.

Youth Sunday School

Sundays at 10:30 a.m. (Ages 3 to High School)

Classes start up with a celebration this Sunday, September 14! Join us, and bring a friend. Sunday School has a new look, new activities, new lessons, new fun. Please bring your students and encourage them to participate every Sunday from 10:30 to 11:30. We will have 2 or 3 levels for classes depending on our turnout and hope to add more if needed. Any high schoolers interested is starting a class please let Pastor or Paula Horst know, otherwise they are welcome in the Adult Class. We hope to see you all next Sunday!

Adult Classes

Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in Parish Hall

The Apostles' Creed: This week, the Rev'd Dr. Ken Schurb will lead a study on Paul's First Mission Journey, and bring us up to date on the District's evangelism programs. Join us as we read and discuss the questions and answers in the Small Catechism with Explanation (CPH 2017) that present the Creed to us. Rejoice in the gifts and calling our Triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) has bestowed on us in His gracious work of creation, redemption, and sanctification!

Men's Bible Study

Wednesdays at 6:30 a.m. at Gebbys - 726 E War Memorial Drive, Peoria Heights


Grace Upon Grace: We're currently reading the Rev'd Dr. John Kleinig's book of the same title. Join us as study the place of prayer and the Word in the daily walk of faith.

Lunch Together & Bible Study

Thursdays at Noon in Parish Hall

On Hiatus while Pr. Long recovers We’ve added a little extra to our Thursday lunches: a Bible study. We gather for lunch at Noon, eat and visit for a while, and then read a chapter of Scripture together and talk about it.

We’re currently reading the First Letter of St. John (Apostle). Come join us!

Education at Mt Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pastor Barry Long

Concordia Lutheran School

Mt. Calvary is proud to support Concordia Lutheran School, a kindergarten through eighth grade school located on Glen Avenue in Peoria. Since 1959, Concordia has been providing top-ranked academics in a Christ-centered, nurturing environment.

As one of three sponsoring congregations, we are pleased to offer financial support as well as our prayers and pastoral involvement on campus. If you’d like information about current tuition rates and financial aid for families, please call the church office at (309) 688-4321.

Several of our church members are Concordia teachers. We thank the following individuals for the dedication and commitment to these young students: Elizabeth Tagge and Brooke Barr.

Christ-Centered Education
At Concordia Lutheran School, God’s Word is the foundation for everything we do. Not only do we have weekly Chapel and Bible memory work, but we also pray daily and incorporate the Gospel into our curriculum.
Top-Ranked Academics
With dedicated teachers, the highest and top quality resources, we provide students with every opportunity to succeed academically. Starting in kindergarten and going through eighth grade, children are challenged to perform at their optimum potential. The results speak for themselves. Time after time, our eighth graders leave Concordia equipped to move right to the top of their high school classes.
Award-Winning Extra-Curricular Activities
From optional violin instruction for kindergarten students to competitive junior high basketball teams, we provide access to a full range of activities for nearly every interest. In addition to sports and music, we also offer a rich selection of art, drama, science and scholastic groups. Students of all ages are encouraged to participate in service and ministry-driven philanthropies.
Nurturing Environment
Dedicated to knowing the whole child, all teachers introduce themselves to students and their families during home visits before the start of each school year. This personal approach to education gives the student an opportunity to get to know his or her teacher in a very comfortable situation. The teachers and staff of Concordia have high standards and expectations for our students, but we also love them and nurture their individual God-given gifts.

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You Are a Gift

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You Are a Gift

Ephesians 4:7-16 - But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, “When He ascended on high He led a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that He had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the One who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the Head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Published on: Wednesday, September 17, 2025