Author: calvary

29 Mar A Prayer and a Song

Dear Friends, It’s been a tough week.  Another school shooting has yielded more death, more lives forever altered, children and adults alike traumatized for years or decades to come.  We are troubled by the loss of life, as we should be.  We should also be troubled...

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22 Mar March Session Meeting Report

from Pastor Michelle This month’s meeting consisted of two main parts:  overseeing the planning of Calvary’s 75th anniversary events and discussion of the pastoral transition.  Michael Volpe, co-chair of COM’s Transition Team, joined us via Zoom for the latter conversation. Details of note for 75th Anniversary: A 75th...

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22 Mar Worship Links for Sunday, March 26, 2023

Service Details:  Our live, hybrid service will be broadcast from our YouTube channel at 10:00 a.m. and can be accessed here. The adult worship guide can be downloaded  here. The children's worship page is here.  Click here for the link to give your offering online. (Thank you!) Zoom dial-in number for those who want to hear (audio...

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01 Apr An Easter “Primer” for Parents

For parents, the weeks preceding Christmas provide multiple opportunities to celebrate the birth of Christ in ways that appeal to children, and are easily understood. Children learn by “finding themselves in the story,” and who can’t identify with some part of the Gospel accounts depicting...

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02 Jul Reflections of the 4th of July

While Pastor Michelle is on vacation, we are reposting some of the "best of" her blogposts. This post - a reflection no the 4th of July, was from July 2, 2017: This year was a very low-key 4th of July celebration at my house. Having...

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27 Jun Summer Encounters with God

With the arrival of Memorial Day this past weekend, summer has begun, albeit “unofficially.” In my neighborhood, pools opened, grills fired on all cylinders, lawn mowers and weed-whackers roared to life. On my way to church, I shared the road with numerous motorcycle riders who...

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