by cbaker | Aug 31, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
Diana Butler Bass she writes a daily blog called “The Cottage”. On July 8, she wrote about and about some remarkable findings that came out of a study completed by Public Religion Research Institute called The American Religious Landscape in 2020. The study shows that...
by cbaker | Aug 26, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed. UMH #408, st. 3 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have...
by cbaker | Aug 24, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
For at least for the last six summers, Calvary Church has had one worship service at 10:00 AM for the summer months and then two services for the remainder of the year. With the challenges of returning to in-person worship services during a pandemic, it made sense for...
by cbaker | Aug 18, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING We come to still our restless hearts and minds. We come to realign our thoughts and passions with your will. Be with us, Lord, as we meditate on your holy word. Romans 15: 1-13 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak...
by cbaker | Aug 11, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional, Updates
INVOCATION and READING Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. (UMH #451 st.1) John 12: 44-46 44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever...
