August 5, 2020 Dear Friends, As difficult as the pandemic is making our lives in many ways, we are also exceedingly blessed. As I talk or email with Calvary folks, family, and friends, invariably people express gratitude alongside their frustration du jour. One gift that we sometimes...
Hagar Among Us Genesis 21:8-21 August 2, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Click here to join us on YouTube at 10:00 a.m. for live worship from our sanctuary, or to view the recorded service! You will find the adult worship guide here, and the children's worship pages here. “Being unwanted,...
This Sunday we will be celebrating Communion. Worshiping with children at home must seem like an olympic sport, but just remember that when it comes to nurturing faith, there is a saying that “faith is caught more than it is taught,” which is a fancy way of...
July 27, 2020 Dear Friends, “How long, O Lord, how long?” In one way or another, utilizing a variety of words and expressions, this is the sentiment I’ve heard voiced over and over again in the past couple of weeks. Some have said it with resignation, others with...
Click here for Sunday's live recording: YouTube channel. Click here for the adult worship guide and here for the children's guide. As the story of Abraham unfolds in the book of Genesis, we see all sorts of major overlapping themes. One theme that recurs in this morning’s text...
July 21, 2020 Dear Friends, Some days it seems hard to imagine, but the novel coronavirus will not always be shaping and reorienting our lives like it is today. At some point in the future, at a time still unknown, we will go to church or work...
Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine Genesis 18:1-15 July 19, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Friends, click here for today's live recorded service from YouTube. You will find today's children's pages here and the adult worship guide is here. What makes you laugh? Duh—something funny, of course. But it turns out...
Dear Friends, What is the very first thing you do when you wake up each morning? For some people, turning off the alarm and rolling over for ten more minutes of shut-eye is the usual way their day begins. A few people I know wake up and...
Promises to Keep Genesis 17:1-8, 15-22 July 12, 2020 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Friends, click here for today's live recorded worship service. Click here for the bulletin and here for the children's activity pages. Names are a big deal. Parents-to-be can spend months pouring over baby names, agonizing over exactly what...
Milestones are important. Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, graduations and the like not only mark significant events, they offer opportunities to prayerfully and thoughtfully consider the arc of our lives as we remember them year after year. I am in a reflective mood today. This week marks my...