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...
Dear Friends, I can hardly believe it, but when we gather for worship on Sunday, Holy Week will be just two weeks away. I want to encourage you to use these final days of Lent to immerse yourselves in what this season offers: an opportunity to slow...
Ash WednesdayOn February 22nd we will have our Soup Supper at 6:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall, followed by Taize worship in the sanctuary at 7:00p.m. This is a combined service with us, Bush Hill, Heritage, and Mt. Vernon churches. The rest of the combined Lenten schedule...
Dear Friends, Thank you for an uplifting worship service on Sunday. Announcing three staff changesis not a task any pastor relishes, but you received the news with equanimity and grace.For that, I am deeply grateful. After church, several of our long-time members madecomments along the lines...
Dear Friends, As glorious as all the special worship events of the past month have been (a wedding,ordination of elders, Lessons & Carols, poetry & pajamas, and send-offs to four staff), Iam ready for a “normal” Sunday, if there is such a thing! Which is why...
Dear Friends, It is with both gratitude and sadness that we will be saying goodbye to David Maley on Sunday. David has served Calvary as pianist, accompanist, and Musician Extraordinaire for a decade. He arrived right after I did, and he has been nothing but a...
And the angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But [Mary] was much perplexed by his words…(Luke 1:28-29a) Mary’s faith is often lauded during Advent, as well it should be. Her response to the angel’s pronouncement that she would...
Dear Friends, Recently, a friend shared with me an online post she had discovered, one that speaks to the “work” of winter. I found it particularly apt as December commences so am sharing a portion of it here: “The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as...
Dear Friends, I started reading a new book this week—not a newly released book but a newly-introduced-to-me book. Published six years ago, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama spent time atop the...
Dear Friends, It is November and all around us there are signs that change is happening. The leaves which were so gloriously vibrant just a week or two ago are now fading and quickly falling. Baseball is approaching its final weekend, and in its place, football,...