Author: Calvary Webmaster

  • Envisioning a New Chapter

    It has been my privilege to serve as pastor of Calvary Church for over 23 years. Through different “seasons” of ministry, and not a few changes, Melissa and I have […]

  • Advent/Christmas 2019

    O Lord, how shall I meet you, how welcome you aright? Your people long to greet you, my hope, my heart’s delight! O kindle, Lord most holy, a lamp within […]

  • Journey to Jerusalem

    This season of Lent we have joined in a “Journey to Jerusalem.” On the journey we have not only studied Jesus’ life revealed in the Gospel of Luke, but have […]

  • Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 20:20

    The hope and desire of the early Christian church were expressed in the words “Come, Lord Jesus.” The Aramaic words from which this prayer springs, “Marana-tha,” are rooted in the […]

  • Flourishing Disciples

    A disciple is a person who actively engages with Jesus in a life-long journey of loving, following, and serving God in every area of life Just over two years ago, […]

  • Flourishing Disciples

    Dear Friends, One of the themes God has placed before Calvary Church over the past several years is DISCIPLESHIP. This is expressed in the vision adopted by session in 2015: […]

  • A Prayer for the New Year

    “…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses […]

  • Responding to God

    How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me? In this verse from Psalm 116, the psalmist raises a question which we should regularly ponder. Our God […]

  • A Season of Prayer

    ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ Zechariah 8:20 At significant moments in salvation […]

  • Resurrection

    Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he […]