by cbaker | Apr 30, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Thank you, youth! The youth lead us in a great service of worship on Sunday. Through the music, the Bible readings and their own words, they held up a radical kind of faith for all of us to see. They spoke from their own experience at school, home, and in the church....
by cbaker | Apr 10, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Calvary Weekday School to Have a New Director Louis Walmsley will be retiring as the director of the Calvary Weekday School at the end of June. She has served as the director since 2015. I am pleased to announce that after an extensive search, a new director has been...
by cbaker | Apr 3, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
An update on the UMC It’s been a few weeks since the Special General Conference met in St Louis where the majority of delegates made the decision to adopt the so-called “Traditional Plan.” Since the decision was made at the Special General Conference, we are in a...
by cbaker | Mar 27, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
For many years now, each United Methodist Church in our conference has been expected to establish and maintain a set of policies and practices that would lessen the risk of sexual abuse to children and teenagers that take part in any of the ministries of the church....
by cbaker | Mar 22, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
It’s been a difficult time at the Larsen household this month. Wanda’s mother was already in hospice care for several months. The day after Ash Wednesday, we got the call that her vital signs were crashing. Wanda left work immediately and headed for the Cleveland area...
by cbaker | Feb 28, 2019 | Pastor's Pondering
Dear members and friends of Calvary United Methodist Church, I walk with a heavy heart this week. The United Methodist Church finished its Special Session of the General Conference in St. Louis on Tuesday and it seems that the church that I have loved and served for...
