27
Mar
Sunday Service and 75th Anniversary Celebration
Join us 5/7/23 at 10am for special 75th birthday service. Live music includes bagpipes & bluegrass. Potluck lunch, kids activites and more follow service....
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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10
Nov
All at First and Last is Grace
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...
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