January greetings Calvary!

What a wondrous Christmas it’s been! Thank you to everyone who made our celebrations possible, from decorating to making music, from keeping things running in the office to simply showing up. If anything says, “God is with us,” it’s the ways we show up for one another. Thank you.

January always feels like whiplash as we swing right from Christmas into preparations for Calvary’s annual meeting. Save the date: January 25 after worship!

As always, the annual meeting is a time to take stock of Calvary’s ministry, celebrate the successes of ministry in the past year, reflect on what we’ve learned, share observations, and pray about what God has in store for us in the year ahead.

There are some big decisions for us to make as a congregation: the future of seating in our worship space, the opportunity to call another deacon, fundraising considerations to improve our building, and investment opportunities to secure the future of Calvary’s ministry—these are all items that will be discussed, prayed about, and voted on at this year’s meeting.

In addition to these items, an adjusted agenda will make the meeting flow better. Rather than hearing all of the reports, and then doing all the voting, reports will be punctuated by business items to break things up—something that’s had a wonderful effect on council meetings. I hope you can make it!

Until then, we continue to gather to worship, learn, and be fed by God’s word and sacraments each week, the heart of what we do together as church.

Happy new year, dear ones!

Pastor Zach ☩