Pastor’s Ponderings
Pastor Pondering May 22
New Sermon Series: Blessed Are the Peacemakers "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." (Matthew 5: 9) I don't know about you, but reading the newspaper, checking social media or listening to the news on the radio seems to break my...
Pastor Pondering, May 15
Pastor Ponderings At the last General Conference, held in 2016, the United Methodist Church as a whole was headed towards a messy division over the matter of human sexuality. The General Conference was deeply divided over how to respond to inclusion of LGTBQ persons...
Pastor’s Pondering May 1
The Cyprus Friendship Program (CFP) is an all-volunteer, people-to-people, program focused on developing trust and understanding through relationships between Turkish and Greek-speaking residents of Cyprus. In a land deeply divided by politics and culture, CFP works...
Pastors Pondering Jan 23
Pastor Ponderings The Trustees have started a renovation project on the ladies' restroom on the main level. The pick tile and flowered wallpaper have been removed and permanently retired. After the dust settles and the caulk dries, there will be a new, fresh and...
Pastor’s Pondering January 17
January 17 For a long time, one of the items on my bucket list was to run a marathon. A buddy from high school days was a lifelong runner. Bruce was always lean and exercised regularly. I figured that if I was ever going to run a marathon, I would need to transform...
Pastor Pondering January 9
Pastor Pondering~ January 9 This week we start a new sermon Series at Calvary called "Pathways to Discipleship." God invites to come to Christ and grow to maturity in Christ. The Apostle Paul writes to the believers, In light of all this, here's what I want you to...
Pastor’s Ponderings Jan. 2 2018
January 2, 2018 “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. (Isaiah 43:18-19) As we begin a new year,...
Pastor’s Ponderings Dec 5
Pastor Ponderings We have just begun the holy season of ADVENT. We’ve been through ADVENT before, but we come this year aware of the frightening currents in the world around us: North Korea tests yet another missile and this time shows it may well have the technical...
Pastor’s Ponderings
Advent begins a little later than usual this year. It always starts four Sundays prior to Christmas day. This year, Christmas day falls on a Monday, which means that Christmas Eve is also the Fourth Sunday of Advent. In the morning, we will have one worship service...
Pastor’s Ponderings
Life and Faith Groups Would you like the chance to get to know new people at Calvary Church? Would you enjoy the chance to share something you enjoy with others? What's a Life and Faith Group? It's a small group that forms around a common topic or interest and plans...