As
a mission-focused church, we seek to always go beyond the walls of the church,
just as the early church did. In part of
his sermon, he reminded us about the many stones that had people’s names
written on them and how they were placed in the form of a cross under the North
Wing before the concrete was poured.
Those names on the rocks were names of people and loved ones who did not
know Jesus Christ.
I
was reminded this week that several of those stones in the foundation contained
names of a couple of my personal friends who I have been praying for all these
years. These friends are far from
Christ. While this was Pastor Steve’s
final sermon at Calvary, his sermon pushed each of us to look forward and to
continue the good fight of faith, to always remember why Calvary is special, to
always seek to reach out to the hurting and disenfranchised, to always be that
beacon of God’s light to a world that so desperately needs it, and to never
forget the names on those stones.
While
this past week was full of emotions as we said goodbye to Pastor Steve, it was
also truly the end of the beginning.
When Pastor Steve came to Calvary, he encouraged us to go beyond the
walls of the church and now as he retires he is still encouraging us to GO, to
live out the great commission and the great commandment, not only as a church,
but as individuals as well! The mission
of Calvary continues today and into the future, just as it began in 1947 when
Calvary was founded as a church plant.
Here’s
a song to remind us of those rocks: "Ain’t
No Rock."
To
His Glory!
Pastor
Carol
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