From the monthly archives:
from Richard Foster’s chapter on Service in “A Celebration of Discipline.” What Service Is and Is Not: #1: It is not a result of human effort, but comes from a relationship with Christ #2: It is not impressed with the “big deal.” But, finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service [...]
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The personal test below comes from the book: Refrigerator Rights: Our Crucial Need for Close Connection by Dr. Will Miller & Dr. Glenn Sparks. Use it to determine how isolated you are in the crowd around you. Taken directly from pages 25-27: Take a few minutes to think about the items below. This brief exercise [...]
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Yes, being a part of a handful of people who are focussed on improving the spiritual well-being of each other is important. Check out this funny look at one small group’s story. Maybe you will identify with some of the thoughts expressed.
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After distributing the nearly $70,000 provided through a special benevolence offering provided by God’s people last Spring, Calvary’s Care Ministry still has many needs to meet. The tough economic times have left many families reeling. What a great time for the followers of Christ to be Jesus in the lives of those hardest hit by [...]
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Hopefully, this is not the kind of small group experience you have had. Small groups can be scary without all the craziness of the group in this video. Enjoy this bad example.
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Today during Calvary’s services we prayed over Craig, Mary Anne, and Patrick McCord. Calvary is sending them out from among us to go to a remote people group in the Philippines. There they will live and love like Jesus in word and deed. Let’s stand with them as they go! The ways to support them [...]
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As we continue our look at man’s Quest tomorrow at Calvary Community Church, we are going to focus on the part “Worship” has in our relationship to God. So, we are going to shake things up a bit in both the 9:00 and 11:00 services tomorrow (Oct 11th). My message will start near the beginning [...]
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While I am sure Lesli has never had any trouble with anything I have ever said about her in any sermon, this video expresses the thoughts of many pastors’ wives. Well, it expresses what those who do not have such a caring, thoughtful husband as me might feel after their husbands reference them in a [...]
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Five years ago the Elders of Calvary Community Church rejoiced with longtime Calvary Associate Pastor, Doug Posey and a group of committed believers from Calvary as they launched a new church in the Conejo Valley. Today, Sunday, October 4th, Pastor Posey and Living Oaks Community Church celebrate their 5th anniversary as a local body of [...]
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Sunday, October 4th will be a great day of worship at Calvary. We will continue our discussion about our “Quest” in life as human beings. We will look into the New Testament to discover how God intervened to give man the answer to his quest. We will see that God has given us more than [...]
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