Sunday Service Recording for March 29, 2020
To follow along with this service we have uploaded the service bulletin. You can open it in a new window by clicking HERE.
To follow along with this service we have uploaded the service bulletin. You can open it in a new window by clicking HERE.
This document has been compiled by DC area residents as a list of ways to help. It is specifically geared toward DC schools and DC based neighborhood needs, however many of the organizations are serving the entire metro area and are worthy of our support.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cb5lclUAFD2V9hkTxObbsvrESAhRUMt9mQZTNB_x_b4/edit?usp=sharing
If you have questions about ways to support our community during this crisis, or if you know if needs that are going unmet, please email Pastor Mike: Pastor@calvarysilverspring.org
To follow along with this service we have uploaded the service bulletin. You can open it in a new window by clicking HERE.
Special Notice: For information related to our current schedule of ministry activities and ways to stay connected, please see the “Upcoming Events” post below.
This poem by Kitty O’Meara has been circulating on social media in the past few days:
And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.
I have to admit, I appreciate the sentiment of this writing. The idea that we can make the most of this current crisis, using our time differently than we normally do, slowing down, and finding new routines is appealing. And I would add, I think we will learn a LOT from this experience. There is no other force on earth that could cause all people to change their lives so dramatically. I hope some good may come of this, that we will learn, perhaps, what things were never actually that important, and find new things that become higher priorities.
And yet, this current crisis will also cause much pain. That cannot be overlooked. I pray hope will be found amidst the pain as we see people sacrifice of themselves to serve others and that a new sense of community and national identity can be formed. Yet, there will also be those who suffer. There will be families who lose loved ones, healthcare professions who work excruciating hours, and financial difficulty for many. This season demands our prayers, our empathy, and our action, to help in those ways we can, finding radical ways to love our neighbor.
We will emerge from this as a changed people, that seems almost certain. Will this change be for the better? The poem above imagines that the earth might heal because the dramatic shifting of our lives. Perhaps. And eventually, there will studies finding significant drops in levels of smog and harmful emissions during this season. Will we change our ways?
Ultimately our hope rests somewhere else however, where it has always been for people of faith. We trust God to see us through this current crisis. We ask God to be with us, to speak to us through his Word, and to comfort those who are hurting. And we ask God to help us envision a brighter future, not one where we have healed ourselves or this earth, but where he has healed the deeper problems of our lives, of sin, broken relationships, and death. God is our hope, now as ever. We find grace, mercy, and joy in the presence of his Son, our savior Jesus. May he be with us in these days.
~Pastor Mike Middaugh
All on-site activities at Calvary are currently cancelled. We are following local and federal guidance related to the coronavirus and have suspend all services, meetings, and on-site events until that time when it is safe to gather in person once again.
A small numbers of Calvary worship leaders will record a Sunday service each week. Our goal is that these services will be available by 10am each Sunday morning so that Calvary members and friends can view them from their homes. Once the recording has been uploaded and is online an email will be sent to our contact list with a link to the video.
Join us each week for “Prayer by Phone.” Prayer by Phone is a tele-conference hosted by Pastor Mike allowing for members to share updates, prayer requests, and a brief devotion. There are currently two scheduled Prayer by Phone options, Tuesdays at 7:30pm and Wednesdays at 10am.
To get information on how to join our Prayer by Phone conversations, please email Pastor Mike.
We are currently putting a pause on our decisions related to the renovations for the Calvary facility. Our architects will continue finalizing their drawings during this pause so that we remain ready to act once the current crisis is ended. But no decisions of the congregation will be made at this time and no work will begin until our life together has become more normalized.
Sandi Isler’s memorial services, previously scheduled for April 4th has been postponed until further notice.
More upcoming events can be found on our CALENDAR.
This SundayThe readings for this Sunday are: Daniel 9:1-6, 17-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11;Luke 11:1-11
A message from Scarlett and Pastor Mike for our families.
Currently we have cancelled church services at Calvary due to health concerns related to COVID-19. However, we have created a shorter than usual service with music, readings, a message and prayers for you to view and participate in from home.
A video message from Pastor Mike.
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