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...

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...

15 Mar

Moving to the Cross

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...

09 Feb

Ash Wednesday and Holy Week at Calvary

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...

26 Jan

Walking in Faith, Together

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...

12 Jan

His Peace Will Make Us One

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...

28 Dec

Another Goodbye…Another Staff Change

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...

08 Dec

Holy Bewilderment

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...

30 Nov

The Inward Work of Winter

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...