After 30 years of being a lead pastor, Stan Maughan joined the Calvary Church staff in the role of Pastor of Care & Visitation. Today he’s giving us a glimpse into his world, and sharing with us how he came to know Jesus and how he ended up in pastoral ministry.
Chris Torchia recently joined the Calvary Church staff in the role of Pastoral Counseling Associate. He comes to us with over 8 years of counseling experience, as well as some other pretty unique areas of ministry background! Today, Chris is sharing his story of how he was introduced to Jesus as a high school student, after skipping school to skateboard behind a church building. During such a formative time, the Lord captivated Chris’ heart in ways that would shape the rest of his life. To sched...
Growing up in a single-parent home without a father, Zach Rodgers marks most of his early life as being defined by fatherlessness. He believed God was non-existent until a friend invited him to attend a local youth group, and as a teenager he was introduced to Jesus for the first time. In the years to follow, it was the work of God through others that brought Zach to a saving faith in Christ, which led to growth that has brought him to where he is today.
Studying Scripture has deeply impacted the way Bethany Jensen lives her life. After coming to saving faith in Just as a young adult, her hunger for the Word of God increased, and she started digging deeper into Scripture. Her story is full of wisdom about why to study the Bible, how to study the Bible, and why the importance of community and accountability is so important.
As a young boy growing up in a dysfunctional home, Jim Lines knew nothing about Jesus. It wasn’t until he met a loving, middle-aged couple, who were compassionate enough to take him under their wings and take him to church, that Jim truly understood the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Today, Jim shares with us his testimony and invites us to ask ourselves how Christ’s love compels us to live intentionally in pursuit of Him. To read more of Jim’s testimony, his book, Compelled By Love: A Story of G...
John Frye, Calvary’s Pastor of Worship & Care, is joining us today to tell his story of how Jesus brought him from death to life, and how his journey into music ministry began! Over the last 30 years, John’s role at Calvary has shifted, but his influence remains significant as he continues to pour into the lives of people and seeks to make music for the glory of God.
Dennis Lien began attending Calvary Church as a middle school student, and now, as a college student, he serves both in facilities and in Student Ministries. God pursued Dennis' heart as a child, and worked in his life through the intentionality of others to guide him to a saving faith in Jesus. What an encouragement for us to catch a glimpse of the work that God is doing in the lives of students and young adults!
Michael & Nicole Gilchrist join us today to tell their story of how God led them to pursue church planting in New Hampshire. Michael has been on staff at Calvary for the last 13 years, and currently serves as Pastor of Community Impact, and we are excited that we get to be a part of his transition from Global Ministries staff to Global Partner. God has worked in big ways to bring Michael & Nicole to this point in their lives and in their family, and He continues to open doors for them as...
The fingerprints of our staff are all over the ministry of Calvary Church – and some you may recognize more than others! But whether their work is front and center or behind the scenes, our hope for this series is that you’ll get to know our staff and hear stories of God at work that you may not have the opportunity to hear otherwise! Today we are introducing you to our video content creator, Justin Gathright. Justin is one of our newer staff members, but his work has already made such an impact...
Valerie Stoltzfus has been a faithful attender of Calvary Church for over 40 years! She has learned the value of prayer through many years of serious health complications, and though the road has not been easy, God has always been faithful. Today she is sharing her story with us of how she came to believe every chapter is a gift and why it’s so important to pray in community. When in Doubt, Week 1...
Adoption is a thread that has been woven all throughout Debbie & John Roche’s story. As they prayed for a family, God answered by taking them on a journey not once, but three times, to adopt from China. That journey was not always smooth sailing, but God continued to impress upon their hearts a burden to care for orphans, and they continued to seek His leading. Today, Debbie and John share just part of their story, and give us a glimpse into the ways that God continued to show up and answer ...
Welcome our new Pastor of Global Ministries, David Harrop! David joined our staff in December 2021, and he and his wife, Mary, come to us with years of missions and ministry experience both overseas and stateside. Today we have the opportunity to get to know David and hear a snippet of how prayer has impacted his life! Tune in on Sunday morning, February 13, at 9:30 or 11 am at calvarychurch.org to hear David preach on the topic of prayer as a part of our current sermon series, Come to Me. Books...
In our first episode of 2022, Phil Morrison joins us to talk about his journey with Lament. Phil and his wife, Jan, are Global Partners with Calvary Church, and after serving overseas for several years, they have moved back stateside where Phil now works in the area of child safety. When he started working in this position, the weight of all he was learning in the area of child safety was a lot for Phil to bear. This led him to a process of learning about the biblical practice of lament. Today, ...
Today we are wrapping up our Advent series with the theme of peace. When we think of peace, we often think about the absence of conflict. But the peace we are going to talk about has less to do with conflict and more to do with completeness. When Jesus came to earth, he came to restore us, to make our relationship with God complete. That’s the reason why we call Him our Prince of Peace! Sandy Robinson (Director of Disability Ministry at Calvary Church) joins us today to talk about the unexpected...
Today, we are shifting our focus to the theme of joy, and as we continue our series on the four themes of Advent, we are going to start to see some connections being made. Biblical joy is based on hope - the same hope we looked at during the first week of Advent! Joy comes when we find our hope in the living, eternal hope of Jesus. Before joining the staff at Calvary, Alex Vocature (High School Director) was involved in an accident that nearly left him paralyzed. As he laid in a hospital bed, he...
This week we shift our focus to the second theme of Advent: love. When most of us think of love, we think of a feeling. But the kind of love that we set our eyes on as followers of Jesus is one of action and sacrifice. We know that Jesus demonstrated his love for us by laying down his life (1 John 3:16). In turn, the way that we love others should reflect this same kind of selflessness and sacrifice. Today, Kiki Moyer (Director of Small Groups at Calvary Church) is here to tell us about how her ...
What is hope? Where does it come from, and how do we find it? During the first week of Advent, we focus in on hope to remind ourselves that is a person and His name is Jesus. When we find our hope in the person of Christ, who came as Emmanuel - God with us - we find something to cling to that will never disappear, and will never fail. Today, Tyler Noel (Worship Associate at Calvary Church) and his wife, Shyanne, join us to share about what it meant for them to cling to hope after loss. When it w...
All throughout the month of December, I’m sitting down with some of our staff to hear stories surrounding the four themes of Advent – Hope, Love, Joy and Peace. Advent literally means, “the coming or arrival of something or someone that is important or worthy of note.” At Christmastime, we remember the “advent” or “arrival” of Christ, the Son of God, born human, who came to be the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world. We also look forward to the second “advent” of Christ – His promise to...
