by cbaker | May 5, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING As the weak realize their strength; as the poor eat and are satisfied, God’s love abides in us. As the stranger finds a friend; as the family offers forgiveness, God’s love abides in us. As the ends of the earth know of Christ’s grace, God’s...
by cbaker | May 4, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
There are lots of changes ahead for this congregation. What I want to talk about particularly this week is the changes that will take place when Pastor Shannon Sullivan leaves this congregation to serve another. We will be recognizing her and offering appropriate...
by cbaker | Apr 30, 2021 | Newsletters
May 2021
by cbaker | Apr 28, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
ACCLAMATION and READING A new creation comes to life and grows as Christ’s new body takes on flesh and blood. The universe, restored and whole, will sing: Alleluia! (UMH #610, st. 3) Romans 6: 3-11 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into...
by cbaker | Apr 27, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
One of the things that I most appreciate about the church in general is that it is a place where we find lots of different people coming together. There are senior adults and infants, toddlers and teenagers, middle agers and middle schoolers that are found in most...
by cbaker | Apr 21, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Holy Spirit, Truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine. Voice of God, and inward Light, wake my spirit, clear my sight. Samuel Longfellow Acts 1: 1-5 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2...
by cbaker | Apr 20, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
This week, closing arguments have been made, and the jury began deliberations in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. It has been a year since the death of George Floyd was captured on video and widely shared on social media. For many in this...
by cbaker | Apr 14, 2021 | Updates
April 14, 2021 INVITATION and READING Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb. Lovingly He greets us, scatters fear and gloom. John 20: 11-18 Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12...
by cbaker | Apr 13, 2021 | Pastor's Pondering
The seventh window in the series of stained-glass windows in the Calvary Church sanctuary is a depiction of the healing of blind Bartimaeus found in Mark 10:46-52. Those who study the Bible have determined there is a repeating pattern to the stories in which Jesus...
by cbaker | Apr 7, 2021 | Midweek Hymn Devotional
INVOCATION and READING Draw us forth, God of all creation. Draw us forward and away from limited certainty into the immense world of your love. Give us the capacity to even for a moment taste the richness of the feast you give us. Give us the peace to live with...
