Worship

Hope. I need it. This week I am grieving. Monday night my wife and I wept with a family we have known for almost twenty years. Tragically, their son died in a car accident in southern Indiana. He grew up with our boys and has been in our home many...

St. Peter Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Portage, Indiana, joyfully announces that Mario Samaniego has joined their Music Department as Assistant Music Director. He plays keyboards, bass, electric and acoustic guitar, drums and also sings. Samaniego grew...

This time of year gets me excited about all the great things that are coming at Calvary. We have awesome events going on all year (Sunday worship, anyone?!), but emerging from the cold cocoon of winter into the promise of spring and the upcoming...

My wife and I are all in. We live to see lives changed forever in Valparaiso and the world. A few days ago, we saw the smiling faces of children in Mitaboni, Kenya, and we were again reminded what a powerful difference our church is making. How does...

Message of Hope and Healing Delivered to Patients, Staff and Visitors Bishop Donald J. Hying visited St. Catherine Hospital on Monday, Feb. 13, as one of several stops in Northwest Indiana to observe the World Day of the Sick. Hying spoke with...

We are on the go here in Kenya! Today we are visiting with our kids at the Mitaboni children’s home. And we’ll catch up with the guys on the Sevenglory worship team trip this evening. Follow the Calvary Global Outreach Facebook page this week for...

For many families, faith is an essential part of closure after the loss of a loved one. The funeral is for family and friends to say goodbye to their loved one, but including their faith and beliefs in the service is an important reminder that death...

Recently my wife Lyn and I, along with our three boys, had the privilege to travel to Kenya to visit our church partners, Nairobi Chapel, and to serve with Kids Alive International. My wife and I are so thankful for Kids Alive and the work they do,...

We're on a mission at Calvary Church: we want to change lives forever with the gospel of Jesus Christ. As C. S. Lewis put it, "The church exists for nothing else but to draw people into Christ, to make them little Christs." We see this happening...

There is such a thing as a good problem, and we are having one at Calvary. The last two Sundays we have been out of room at both the 9:45a and 11:15a services. Sometimes we are even out of room in the overflow areas. We are trying to find a way to...