Wow! What a year it has been! Here we are at the beginning of a new year. God has been faithful to see us through. It really is important to stop and say, “Thanks!” to Him for His faithfulness.
There are a few changes that will be taking place. Our office hours will go back to Monday through Friday, 9 am – 4:30 pm. My office days will be Tues-Fri., Pastor Jesse’s office days will be Mon-Thurs, Pastor Chris’ office days will be Mon-Thurs noon.
We are looking for more volunteers to help out with landscaping and maintenance of our campus. Also for those of you currently unemployed, may I suggest coming down to the church and just offering to freely serve the Lord in whatever need comes up during the week?
If you would like to be put on the emergency prayer team listserver for 2010 to faithfully pray for urgent needs that arise within our congregation, please send a note to prayer@calvarynorth.com and our host, Dale Peterson, will send you the guidelines.
In our continuing effort to work within the funds given to the work of the Lord here at Calvary, we will need to stop the Live Webcast of our services. The video of the Sunday and Wednesday services will still be available on our website, though, as will the audio of the messages.
The Women’s Bible Study will be starting back up Tuesday, Jan. 12. Jeanne Claycamp will be teaching through the Book of Ruth. The morning study with childcare begins at 9:00 am and the evening study without childcare begins at 6:30 pm. These studies will be held in the Fellowship Hall (Bldg. F).
Beginning Wed. evenings, Jan. 13 (Micah Claycamp’s birthday!), Pastor Jesse will be taking over the service. He is going to start off teaching through the Book of Jonah. Pastor Jesse is also going to be taking over the youth ministry for the next three months and working with other volunteers and leaders to prepare for a future youth pastor.
Don Hodges will be taking over the Men’s ministry and the Men’s study will start back up Thursday, Jan. 14. Dinner will begin at 6:00 pm and the study will start at 7:00 pm. The men will meet in the Fellowship Hall (Bldg. F).
We will be having a “State of the Fellowship” night on Sunday night, Jan. 31, 6:30-7:30 pm. This will be my opportunity to share how the Lord has used our church and the vision for the future. I believe this is more than a ‘business meeting’. It has to do with communicating our purpose and goal as a church in these last days.
We have many more opportunities to serve the Lord and become involved here at Calvary. Home Fellowships, Children’s ministry, Missions, Local outreaches, are just a few of them. Please check our weekly bulletin for more information.
I will be expanding my ministry to include helping out other Calvary pastors around the state this next year. I ask for your prayers as I believe I need to take my many years of ministerial experience and be more available to others in ministry positions. I also will be working on putting into book form the WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? series on 1 Corinthians 13
. Also I want to give specially focused studies on marriage, household financial management, and other teachings.
I give thanks to the Lord for all the prayers you have offered up to Him in behalf of our church and for my family personally. May the Lord pour out His grace and mercy upon your lives and show you His love in fresh new ways this coming year!
Pastor Bob Claycamp