Dear Friends, A couple of weeks ago, I received a devotion written by Rev. Stan Ott. Stan is a minister member of National Capital Presbytery who pastored for many years in Pittsburg and elsewhere before founding Vital Churches Institute. He has worked extensively with churches all...
Click here to join us for today's live worship from YouTube (and the Calvary sanctuary) or to view the worship service video. Click here for the adult worship guide, and here for the children's worship guide. Today is Communion Sunday - please gather your Communion elements before the...
Dear Friends, If you’ve read my writings over the years, you know that one of my all-time favorite authors is Richard Rohr. I don’t know how he does it, but in books, articles, sermons and devotions, he just nails it time after time. And, he’s done...
Community Reimagined Luke 15:1-10 September 27, 2020Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Please click here to view today's live worship service from YouTube. You will find the Adult Worship Guide here and the Children's Bulletin here. We hope you will join us for Sermon Talk Back (Zoom Talk Back!) Please email Jenny...
September 22, 2020 Dear Friends, This past Sunday I preached on one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, a story we frequently call the parable of The Good Samaritan. The focus of my sermon was on how we can be a Good Samaritan like the...
A Reimagined Heart Luke 10:25-37 September 20, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Click here to join/watch our live worship from YouTube. Click here for the adult worship guide and here for the children's worship guide. This morning in the second week in our new series Church Reimagined, we turn to Luke’s...
Dear Friends, On Saturday Calvary’s Session met via Zoom, as we have been doing monthly since April. We followed up on two important conversations that, I believe, will be of particular interest to you. First, the Session discussed and agreed upon a statement of Racial Justice...
Church Reimagined John 6:52-69 September 13, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church What a time to be the church! While we never stop being God's church for God's people, we gather (virtually) on Sunday to reimagine what it means to be the Church during this bewildering season - loving God's people...
Sore Losers Genesis 32:22-31 September 6, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Click here to join/watch today's live service broadcast from YouTube! We celebrate Communion today so be sure to gather your Communion elements ahead of time - some bread or a cracker, juice or wine. Click here for Sunday's adult worship guide...
September 4, 2020 Dear Friends, Even in the most challenging of times, there are gifts and blessings. One of the gifts from COVID-19, I believe, is that we are more aware of things that can sometimes become invisible in the normal rush of life. Because they are...