Dear Friends, At the May 22 Town Hall meeting, three significant areas of necessary, imminent building repairs were highlighted. In reality, four areas have been addressed over the past two months, and it’s time for an update. Here is where we stand: The concrete work was completed...
Dear Friends, Thank you for the lovely flowers, card, chocolate cake and many words ofcongratulations and well wishes last Sunday for my tenth anniversary. It is rather hardto fathom that a decade has passed since I arrived at Calvary—until, that is, I reflect onhow much we...
Dear Friends, As is so often the case, a major project starts off as one thing, but ends up taking you in unexpected directions. Such has been the case over the past month with The Purge. First, many, many thanks to Janet Gayle and Sharon who have...
Dear Friends, More times than I care to count, I have left town for vacation and tragedy strikes. The killing of George Floyd two years ago particularly stands out for the national rage and grief it rightly unleashed. Now, the mass murder of 19 students and...
By Poet Amanda Gorman Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of it is new;We knew it as home,As horror,As heritage.Even our childrenCannot be children,Cannot be. Everything hurts.It’s a hard time to be alive,And even harder to...
Dear Friends, One of the many ways in which the church is called to be countercultural is that we understand Easter not as a day or even as a single event but as a way of life. When the women—Mary, Mary, and Salome—went to Jesus’ tomb...
Dear Friends, Blessings abound! For starters, this week Calvary celebrates its 74th birthday. Happy Birthday to us! For several months already I have been thinking about our milestone 75th birthday next year and the celebration we will want to have to commemorate this momentous event. Every...
Dear Friends, What is your earliest memory of hearing or reading a Bible story? Do you remember receiving your first Bible? Who gave it to you and when? Who do you most associate with teaching stories from the Bible? Psalm 119 has a lot to say about...
Dear Friends, I woke up on Easter Monday with a heart overflowing with gratitude. First, for Erika and our legion of Moppers Extraordinaire: thank you. Without you, our Easter service would not have been possible. I shared part of the story of the Great Flood during...
Dear Friends, First and foremost, thank you for a wonderful day of worship on Sunday, followed by a dedicated and thorough assault on the dust and grime in the sanctuary and children’s Sunday school rooms! In addition, the cross was put up, the letters on the...