by cbaker | Apr 3, 2023 | Newsletters
April Newsletter 2023
by cbaker | Mar 28, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
Last fall, I asked members of the Church Council to participate in a very unscientific survey. I provided a long list of values. Then I asked these people which values on the list best describe how they experience this congregation and which do not. I received eleven...
by cbaker | Mar 21, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
For many years, Calvary Church has sent groups to various places on mission and service projects. Groups have gone to do repair work after hurricanes and floods and done work to build or repair homes, schools, and retreat centers. Some of these projects have been here...
by cbaker | Mar 14, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
I heard an interview on a podcast this morning. Tom Long was being asked about a book he wrote about Christian funerals. It got me thinking about what makes a good funeral. Here are a few of my thoughts. A good funeral needs to lift the life of the person who...
by cbaker | Mar 7, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
One of the practices that Calvary Church followed for many years was a time for blessing those who had a birthday. At the end of the closing hymn on the final Sunday of the month, those who had a birthday sometime that month were invited to come forward to the front...
by cbaker | Feb 28, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
Calvary United Methodist Church offers a Bible Study for all ages on five Wednesday evenings during the Lenten season starting March 1. This will be an excellent time for sharing and fellowship. We start at 6:00 pm with a meal and finish by 7:30 pm. Each Wednesday, we...
by cbaker | Feb 27, 2023 | New Pipe Organ-Opus 167 Progress Newsletter
Check out the progress that our new pipe organ is having, see it from the beginning. Calvary’s Pipe Organ Project Update.Aug-Oct 2022 newsletter Calvary’s Pipe Organ Project Update Nov 22-Feb 23
by cbaker | Feb 27, 2023 | Newsletters
March 2023
by cbaker | Feb 21, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
Tomorrow, we begin the season of Lent. Lent begins with the reminder that we are fragile and our time here on earth is limited. At the other end of the season of Lent, we encounter the news of the empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Along...
by cbaker | Feb 14, 2023 | Pastor's Pondering
The United Methodist Committee on Relief is working with the International Blue Crescent to provide tents, heaters, blankets, warm clothes, ready-to-eat meals, and first aid kits to those displaced by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which killed more than 32,000...
