09 Oct World Communion Sunday
Sunday, October 6, 2019 World Communion Sunday [audio m4a="https://calvarypres.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Oct-6-2019-sermon.m4a"][/audio]...
Author: Jenny Cudahy
09 Oct The Rich Man & Lazarus
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, VA Luke 16:19-31 September 29, 2019 [audio m4a="https://calvarypres.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Sept-29-2019-sermon.m4a"][/audio] Once upon a time there was a rich man – the most powerful man in the world, some said –who lived in a fine white mansion with manicured lawns. Kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers regularly joined him...
09 Oct Reflect, Release, Renew
Repost: While Pastor Michelle is taking a much-needed study leave, we are reposting some of her greatest hits! This has not been a particularly spectacular year for autumn. Whether it was too much rain for too long, or too much heat in to October, or something...
02 Oct Deepening Your Experience of Communion
Part of living out your faith with your children is equipping them to take communion with you. On Sunday we are offering a parent/child communion class for kids and their parents. But we also pray that their instruction does not end there. We all need reminders of...
26 Sep The Change of Spiritual Seasons
While Pastor Michelle is away on a much-deserved study break, we are reposting some of the "best of" her amazing writings. Not infrequently in my faith journey, I find that I am in need of a “traveling companion.” A couple of weeks ago I began reading...
22 Sep Walking Wet: Thirst & Longing When Water is Absent
Walking Wet: Thirst & Longing When Water is Absent Exodus 17:1-7 and Psalm 42:1-2 September 22, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church [audio m4a="https://calvarypres.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9-22-19-sermon.m4a"][/audio] In the first two weeks of our Walking Wet series, we have looked at the watery chaos from which creation was birthed and at the life-giving...
19 Sep Longing: A Deeper Thirst
O God, I want so to belong; teach me to accept. I want to be close; teach me to reach out. I want a place where I am welcome; teach me to open my arms. I want mercy; teach me to forgive. I want beauty; teach me honesty. I want peace; show me the eye of...
18 Sep Walking Wet: The Life-Giving Waters of Baptism
Walking Wet: The Life-Giving Waters of Baptism Matthew 3:1-6, 13-17 September 15, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church What comes to mind when I say the word “baptism”? Baptism is practiced by all Christian churches, but we practice it in such different ways and for different reasons and under different...
11 Sep 911: Before and After
September 11, 2019 Blog Post 9/11. Where were you the morning of September 11, 2001? For many of us, there are memories and images from that day that are forever seared into our psyches. There have been other such national events: the bombing of Pearl Harbor,...
09 Sep Walking Wet: The Birthing Waters of Creation
Walking Wet: The Birthing Waters of Creation Genesis 1:1-2:3 September 8, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Click below to hear Sunday's Sermon! [audio m4a="https://calvarypres.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9_8_19-Sermon.m4a"][/audio] This morning we embark on a new sermon series called, Walking Wet. As you can probably guess, these sermons are all about water. Perhaps you haven’t...