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Parents of 3rd & 4th Graders
Sunday, September 14, 11:15 AM
Families
At Calvary, we want families of all kinds to know and share the love of Jesus Christ. We strive to equip and encourage parents to build strong Christ-centered homes, sharing the love of God, the truth of the Gospel, and a life of faith with the next generation.
Join us for opportunities to support and strengthen relationships, marriages, and families at all stages of life!
Family Transitions: These sessions are designed to help you teach and guide your children through different stages in life. It's practical insight with a strong biblical foundation!
Family Milestones: Celebrate life's moments of commitment! Learn more about weddings, child dedication, and baptism HERE.
Contacts: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com
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Family Transitions is a free, ongoing learning series at Calvary. Parents, join us for biblical resources, encouragement, and support through all the ages and stages of family life.
2025 Schedule
February 9 — Parents of 12th graders
March 9 — Parents of 1st graders
May 4 — Parents of 5th graders
July 13 — Parents of 8th graders
September 14 — Parents of 3rd & 4th graders
November 9 — Parents of 2- and 3-year-olds
Contact: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com & Jennifer John, 704.543.1200, jjohn@calvarychurch.com
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Summer Family Fellowship
Friday, July 18Calvary Family Connection offers a free series of large-group social activities that promote relationship-building and fellowship within our church family. Please join us!
Summer Family Fellowship
Friday, July 18
6:00–8:30 PM, Calvary Life Center GymBring your favorite snacks and join us for a time filled with games, laughter, and a movie. Popcorn will be provided for the kids.
- Registration for this event is now closed. But you're welcome to join us!
Summer 2025 Schedule:
- Couples Fellowship — Friday, June 6
- Family Fellowship — Friday, July 18
- Family Devotions via Zoom — Friday, August 8
Contact: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com & Jennifer John, 704.543.1200, jjohn@calvarychurch.com
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Family Night Challenge
Enjoy a regular Family Night!Calvary highly recommends that every family designate one night a week for Family Night. Life is busy, and if we don’t plan to spend time together and enjoy each other, our most important relationships can be neglected.
Planning one night each week is valuable for the time and interaction itself. It also helps us refocus on those important relationships. It takes work to block out the same night every week. No doubt, an exception may have to be made from time to time, but you show your priorities when you are able to make it happen consistently. We find that most families really look forward to Family Night!
So, what is Family Night? We suggest that you choose a consistent night each week and plan to include these elements:
- Dinner — Have a fun dinner together! Let the kids contribute their ideas about favorite foods for the menu.
- Clean up — After dinner, clean the kitchen together. You’re a team, and everyone can contribute to the job!
- Devotions — Have a family devotional. Read Scripture together and discuss its meaning. Pray together and for each other. And if you are really adventurous, sing a favorite chorus or hymn.
- Fun — Participate in some kind of fun activity. It could be a board game. If your kids like to make crafts or build things, go in that direction. The point is to enjoy each other and laugh together. Relationships are vital in leading your children. Laughter and fun deepen these relationships!
- Dessert — Eat dessert! You can work together to make a fruit salad, chocolate chip cookies, or whatever treat your family enjoys.
You have accomplished a number of important things when you become intentional with Family Night:
- You spend time together building relationships and staying connected.
- You instruct your kids with God’s Word.
- You pray — thanking God for His goodness and asking for His guidance and provision.
- You build heart connections by sharing and laughing together.
- On a weekly basis, you put in place some important experiences that drive the rest of the week. And really the rest of your parenting!
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." — Deuteronomy 6:5–7
Contacts: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com
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Calvary Kids Worship Folder
Weekly sermon questions for kidsPastor Munro provides questions in the Calvary Kids Worship Folder for children to answer each week as they listen to the sermon. And there's a space to draw a picture of the main idea of the message!
Kids (especially 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders) will receive a Calvary Kids Worship Folder from an usher as they enter the Sanctuary each Sunday. They can also pick up a copy at the Welcome Desk in the Galleria.
Parents, encourage your children to answer the questions as they listen to the sermon. Pastor Munro personally reviews the submitted folders each week!
Use a DARK pencil for best results, and make any words in the drawing large and clear. Then, turn in the completed folder at the Welcome Desk or in Zone 345 after the service. Your drawing may be on the cover of next week's folder!
Zone 345 Coordinator: Karen Cargo, 704.341.5458, kcargo@calvarychurch.com
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Tying the Knot
For Engaged CouplesAre you engaged? Thinking about getting married? Newlyweds?
- This course is offered annually. Please check back for the 2026 class or contact Pastor Pearce.
You're invited to spend six sessions with Calvary pastors, addressing foundational issues and biblical principles to help you establish and maintain a healthy marriage.
We'll discuss issues such as conflict, expectations, communication, finances, and intimacy. You'll also get to know your prospective spouse better by assessing personality, birth order, and more.
We'll use Rob Green's book, Tying the Knot: A Premarital Guide to a Strong & Lasting Marriage, as a realistic, hopeful, and actionable guide toward a Christ-centered marriage.
Contacts: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com or Jennifer John, 704.543.1200, jjohn@calvarychurch.com
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Estate Design Seminar
When preparing financial plans, it is important to consider both the current and eternal perspectives. Calvary Estate Design Seminars are focused on future planning and key components of estate design in light of God's Word. In addition to addressing typical concerns, you will be invited to ask yourself: What would the Lord have me do? Objectives include:
- Strengthening — not straining — family relationships
- Taking an all-encompassing approach
- Care and guardianship of minor children
- Minimizing spiritual challenges for beneficiaries
- Tax considerations
- Achieving the greatest Kingdom impact
There is NO cost for the seminar, and the process is confidential. You’ll benefit no matter your stage of life — whether you’re starting a family or reviewing plans as an empty nester. Either update your current will and estate plans, or get started now!
- Estate Design Seminars are typically offered twice yearly with afternoon and evening options. Please check for our fall seminar.
Contacts: Carl Austin, Director of Finance, 704.341.5346, caustin@calvarychurch.com or Debbie O'Neal, 704.887.3679, doneal@calvarychurch.com
Calvary Stewardship Ministry is focused on helping individuals and families approach day-to-day finance and milestone life events with a smart and biblical foundation through classes, seminars, and confidential individual/family counseling.
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." — 2 Corinthians 4:18
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HOME Ministry
Adoption, Fostering & Orphan CareCalvary HOME Ministry seeks to obey God’s Word by ministering to fatherless, orphaned, and vulnerable children (James 1:27).Our ministry focus areas are:- Awareness and training
- Support for adoptive and foster families
- Direct support for children in need
- Prayer
If you would like to help or are considering adopting or fostering a child, please reach out to our contacts below. We would love the opportunity to be a resource for you!
- HOME Ministry: Hugh Grey, 704.619.8116, hgrey@bellsouth.net or Mike Malone, 574.607.1619, mmal1.ipad@gmail.com
- Adoption/Orphan Care: Kody Krady, 704.941.4974, kodykrady@gmail.com
- Adoption Grant Application: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com
- Foster Care: Sarah Noell, 704.763.1173, sgnoell@gmail.com
Financial Assistance
Calvary has established an Adoption Assistance Fund to provide financial aid to qualified Calvary members who apply during their adoption process. To request an application, contact Pastor Pearce. Questions should be forwarded to Mike Malone at 574.607.1619 or mmal1.ipad@gmail.com.
Contacts: Pastor Nathaniel Pearce, 704.341.5424, npearce@calvarychurch.com
