2013 will prove to be a year of transitions for Calvary. In addition to welcoming many new families to our congregation, we also welcome our new office manager, Kem, our new middle-school youth director, Trevor, and our new Glory-youth-choir director, Michael.
Calvary continues to be a growing and vibrant congregation--and YOU are integral to the work that God is doing through our fellowship. THANK YOU!
In 2013 we will be discussing many of the ways that our growth is compelling us to adapt, change, and embrace new methods, ministries and missions. These transitional conversations may at first frighten us--as we feel that God is compelling us toward something unfamiliar and challenging.
But we should never be afraid of transitions. After all--most of the prominent journeys described in the Bible deal with transitions. Consider, for example, Abraham and Sarah, who were asked to transition from their old homestead at an advanced age--and take up residence in a new land. Or Moses and the Israelites, who transitioned from Egypt to wilderness to wandering and eventually across the Jordan. And we can't forget Jesus . . . who transitioned from Galilee to Jerusalem, and eventually transitioned from death to resurrection.
Six years ago Calvary transitioned from Green Street to Northfield Avenue. But this transition, while important and integral to our identity, was not the essence of our faith. Our deeper transitions are still happening, if we are continuing to change and grow with the Lord.
We won't be the same congregation in 2013 as we were in 2012. And we shouldn't be. Thank God! God will help us continue our transition work of the spirit, of the heart, of the mind. And we will see new miracles and ministries in this new year . . . and changed lives.
Let's not be fearful of change. But rather, let us embrace it with gusto and confidence. We are, after all, walking in giant footsteps of faith. And we know the way to go . . . which is with Christ. He's leading the transition . . . and all we are doing is following.
Calvary continues to be a growing and vibrant congregation--and YOU are integral to the work that God is doing through our fellowship. THANK YOU!
In 2013 we will be discussing many of the ways that our growth is compelling us to adapt, change, and embrace new methods, ministries and missions. These transitional conversations may at first frighten us--as we feel that God is compelling us toward something unfamiliar and challenging.
But we should never be afraid of transitions. After all--most of the prominent journeys described in the Bible deal with transitions. Consider, for example, Abraham and Sarah, who were asked to transition from their old homestead at an advanced age--and take up residence in a new land. Or Moses and the Israelites, who transitioned from Egypt to wilderness to wandering and eventually across the Jordan. And we can't forget Jesus . . . who transitioned from Galilee to Jerusalem, and eventually transitioned from death to resurrection.
Six years ago Calvary transitioned from Green Street to Northfield Avenue. But this transition, while important and integral to our identity, was not the essence of our faith. Our deeper transitions are still happening, if we are continuing to change and grow with the Lord.
We won't be the same congregation in 2013 as we were in 2012. And we shouldn't be. Thank God! God will help us continue our transition work of the spirit, of the heart, of the mind. And we will see new miracles and ministries in this new year . . . and changed lives.
Let's not be fearful of change. But rather, let us embrace it with gusto and confidence. We are, after all, walking in giant footsteps of faith. And we know the way to go . . . which is with Christ. He's leading the transition . . . and all we are doing is following.
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