Today was pretty stellar on all counts. I slept in a little, which was nice. I met a new youth pastor for lunch. He’s in his first full-time youth ministry job, and I love his heart for his family, his students, and the Lord. I met with one of my Read more…
Ali Bruce shared a little bit of her story tonight. She’s a former youth group kid (she was in Kim’s small group for 5 years!) turned leader who has just returned from a 11 month/11 country mission trip called The World Race. You should watch some of her videos or Read more…
Simply put, we’re hurtin’ for female leaders for our student ministry. We’ve had a handful at the start of each semester, but they’ve all headed for other parts at the end of the term. That’s a problem, because we put all of our proverbial eggs in the relational basket. A Read more…
Tonight was another city-wide youth group gathering, and we’re gaining steam! The worship was sweet, Pastor Zac challenged students to actually TELL the good news (as opposed to simply letting their lives speak), and we had several more youth groups join us. My buddy Jarrod and his group hosted us Read more…
Our family has been the subject of a documentary being filmed by a young lady finishing her film major at PSU. She’s been working primarily with Kim and Annabelle, walking through the adoption process. It’s been very interesting to watch, as the young lady is Chinese and had little knowledge Read more…
I wasn’t going to share this, but I’m pretty proud of Lilly’s work. She wrote, recorded, and edited this piece for one of her classes. It tells the story of Charlie pretty well. This is what we do. This is who we are. Charlie Sublett from Lilly Sublett on Read more…
This past Sunday was incredible! All the Calvary worship gatherings met at Eisenhower to cap off our OneByOne Initiative series. This is so much more than a building fund drive or a capital campaign; we’re talking about resourcing the vision that God has placed on our hearts for Happy Valley and beyond. Read more…
This weekend promises to be a significant one in the life of Calvary. Not only is is the last Sunday before finals–which means a bag filled with goodies for every student to help them through the week–it’s also a weekend that we’re combining all of the Calvary worship gatherings. Instead of Read more…
Once a year Calvary decides to cancel our weekend worship services, pick up our rakes and shovels and paintbrushes, and go serve our neighbors. It’s really a humongous undertaking. It’s also one of the highlights of the year. This year we decided to throw an overnight party for the youth group Read more…
I had two out-of-the-ordinary conversations today. The first was with some grandparents from our church. They’d been wondering what was going on for youth (they have a few headed toward 6th grade) and had no idea. So they asked me to lunch and plied me with questions. They had definite Read more…