Calvary Baptist Church

Food Fun and Fellowship group organized a trip to Sight and Sound Theater to see the production of Daniel in Lancaster, PA. The immersive performance brought the story to life and was enjoyed by all.

On Sunday, Sept 1, Calvary hosted our last summer picnic of the year, featuring all the usual fellowship and fare, but this time with some added live music from the Calvary praise band. We also gave away more than 20 free backpacks with school supplies.

Last weekend, 8 Calvary women attended our region’s Thrive women’s retreat at Camp Hebron. It included inspiring messages about rest from ABCOPAD pastor Kelly Legg, worship, and mission updates on the work of American Baptist Women locally and around the world.

Today 8 of our Youth Group students and 2 adult leaders helped serve lunch at the Hope Dining Room. Afterwards we went out for ice cream, mini-golf, batting cages, and arcade games!

On Saturday, July 20, 8 children and many adult volunteers came to “Go for the Gold” during a one-day Vacation Bible School focused on how God helps us across all our finish lines in the game of life. We heard inspiring stories from real athletes, played games, and had dinner. Thanks to the Christian Education board and all other volunteers!

Last week 7 youth and 2 adults from Calvary went on a mission trip to Philadelphia. We partnered with “The Philadelphia Project ” and met up with 2 other churches from Pennsylvania to spend 3 days working in the community. Our project was building a retaining wall out front of Ms. Williams house along with installing laminate flooring in 2 of her rooms. We also were able to fully clean her kitchen and bathroom while we were there. We did accomplish a lot in 3 days, but it wasn’t all about the work. We made stops for ice cream and water ice, went to a community pool to cool off, played “survivor” style games, and had time for fellowship with the other groups. Each night we spent time in “club”, a worship environment where our students learned what it means to enter “into the wilderness” and how even in wilderness seasons in our life God is there with us.

On Sunday, 7 youth and 2 adults from Calvary left for The Philadelphia Project to serve for 4 days in the city of Philadelphia. Please pray for our youth, leaders, the other groups, and the people of Philadelphia that we serve this week!

On Sunday after worship, Calvary rang in the summer with our annual Memorial Weekend picnic. So many helping hands, plenty of food, and a full gathering of members, friends, and neighbors.

On Wednesday May 22nd, 15 of our youth and 9 adult leaders/helpers met on the front lawn of the church for an end-of-the-school-year celebration. We had food, fellowship, games, a campfire with s’mores, water gun fights, and a time of awards and reflection. God blessed us with great weather, and a fun time was had by all.

This past Friday night Calvary was alive with excitement and energy into the wee hours of the morning as 19 of our youth and 8 adult chaperones participated in our annual All-night Extravaganza! Our students stayed up all night and had a blast hanging out with their friends, playing crazy games all through the church, visiting a local arcade, watching a movie, playing video games, eating pizza and cookies, and more! However, it wasn’t all fun and games, during our time together students got to hear a short gospel message, worship together in song and prayer, and write cards and make crafts for our at-home friends and other Calvary members. Thank you to all of the students that came and invited their friends and all of our dedicated youth volunteers for making this event happen!