Calvary Church
@calvaryumcphilly.bsky.social
Sunday Worship at 11 am. A Reconciling Congregation at the intersection of 48th & Baltimore / spirituality & justice. allmeansall.org
Join us - in person or virtually - as we continue our Advent journey with worship tomorrow, including Communion: allmeansall.org/worship.
"Sermon: "Trees of Life"
“Bear fruit worthy of repentance.” - Matthew 3:8
"Sermon: "Trees of Life"
“Bear fruit worthy of repentance.” - Matthew 3:8
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Join us - in person or virtually - as we continue our Advent journey with worship tomorrow, including Communion: allmeansall.org/worship.
"Sermon: "Trees of Life"
“Bear fruit worthy of repentance.” - Matthew 3:8
"Sermon: "Trees of Life"
“Bear fruit worthy of repentance.” - Matthew 3:8
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"At its core, #Advent is an invitation to be prophets of a different story." - Nadia Bolz-Weber
"At its core, #Advent is an invitation to be prophets of a different story." - Nadia Bolz-Weber
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"At its core, #Advent is an invitation to be prophets of a different story." - Nadia Bolz-Weber
"At its core, #Advent is an invitation to be prophets of a different story." - Nadia Bolz-Weber
Join us tomorrow as we begin our #Advent journey together (and decorate the chapel for the season!): allmeansall.org/worship.
Sermon: "Walking in the Light"
"... come, let us walk in the light of the HOLY ONE of OLD!" - Isaiah 2:5b
Sermon: "Walking in the Light"
"... come, let us walk in the light of the HOLY ONE of OLD!" - Isaiah 2:5b
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join us tomorrow as we begin our #Advent journey together (and decorate the chapel for the season!): allmeansall.org/worship.
Sermon: "Walking in the Light"
"... come, let us walk in the light of the HOLY ONE of OLD!" - Isaiah 2:5b
Sermon: "Walking in the Light"
"... come, let us walk in the light of the HOLY ONE of OLD!" - Isaiah 2:5b
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Gratitude is the heart's memory." - French proverb
"Gratitude is the heart's memory." - French proverb
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Gratitude is the heart's memory." - French proverb
"Gratitude is the heart's memory." - French proverb
All are welcome tomorrow for a special Service of Stillness & Healing: allmeansall.org/worship.
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” - St. John of the Cross
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” - St. John of the Cross
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
All are welcome tomorrow for a special Service of Stillness & Healing: allmeansall.org/worship.
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” - St. John of the Cross
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” - St. John of the Cross
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"#Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire." - Andrew L. Whitehead
"#Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire." - Andrew L. Whitehead
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"#Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire." - Andrew L. Whitehead
"#Jesus calls us to be a light, not a wildfire." - Andrew L. Whitehead
You don't want to miss worship tomorrow, a special musical Sunday: allmeansall.org/worship. Join us in person or virtually as always.
"O sing to the HOLY ONE a new song ..." - Psalm 98:1
"O sing to the HOLY ONE a new song ..." - Psalm 98:1
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
You don't want to miss worship tomorrow, a special musical Sunday: allmeansall.org/worship. Join us in person or virtually as always.
"O sing to the HOLY ONE a new song ..." - Psalm 98:1
"O sing to the HOLY ONE a new song ..." - Psalm 98:1
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." - Frederick Douglass
"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." - Frederick Douglass
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." - Frederick Douglass
"I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." - Frederick Douglass
Hope you'll join us for #worship tomorrow, including another baptism and reception of three more members! With our usual 2nd Sunday Potluck to follow.
allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Big Life"
“Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.” - Psalm 119:144
allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Big Life"
“Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.” - Psalm 119:144
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hope you'll join us for #worship tomorrow, including another baptism and reception of three more members! With our usual 2nd Sunday Potluck to follow.
allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Big Life"
“Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.” - Psalm 119:144
allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Big Life"
“Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.” - Psalm 119:144
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist." - Winona LaDuke
"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist." - Winona LaDuke
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist." - Winona LaDuke
"Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn't make a corporation a terrorist." - Winona LaDuke
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Join us this Saturday for the 25th Annual Peoplehood Parade and Pageant!
spiralq.org/peoplehood-2024/
spiralq.org/peoplehood-2024/
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Join us this Saturday for the 25th Annual Peoplehood Parade and Pageant!
spiralq.org/peoplehood-2024/
spiralq.org/peoplehood-2024/
Today is officially All Saints' Day, but we'll gather the light of our saints tomorrow in worship: allmeansall.org. Along with a baptism and welcoming three new members!
Reflection: "On Saintly Shoulders"
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Luke 6:31
Reflection: "On Saintly Shoulders"
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Luke 6:31
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today is officially All Saints' Day, but we'll gather the light of our saints tomorrow in worship: allmeansall.org. Along with a baptism and welcoming three new members!
Reflection: "On Saintly Shoulders"
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Luke 6:31
Reflection: "On Saintly Shoulders"
"Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Luke 6:31
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints." - Josemaría Escrivá
"To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints." - Josemaría Escrivá
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints." - Josemaría Escrivá
"To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints." - Josemaría Escrivá
Worship with us tomorrow, the last Sunday of Oct & LGBTQIA+ History Month: allmeansall.org/worship.
No sermon this week, but some space for reflection on the texts: Psalm 65 / Lk 18:9-14.
“ … for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who
humble themselves will be exalted.” - Lk 18:14b
No sermon this week, but some space for reflection on the texts: Psalm 65 / Lk 18:9-14.
“ … for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who
humble themselves will be exalted.” - Lk 18:14b
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Worship with us tomorrow, the last Sunday of Oct & LGBTQIA+ History Month: allmeansall.org/worship.
No sermon this week, but some space for reflection on the texts: Psalm 65 / Lk 18:9-14.
“ … for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who
humble themselves will be exalted.” - Lk 18:14b
No sermon this week, but some space for reflection on the texts: Psalm 65 / Lk 18:9-14.
“ … for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who
humble themselves will be exalted.” - Lk 18:14b
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." - Rainer Maria Rilke
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." - Rainer Maria Rilke
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." - Rainer Maria Rilke
"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." - Rainer Maria Rilke
Calvary @ No Kings in Philly this past Saturday, part of the largest single-day peaceful protest in American history. Among an estimated 7,000,000 people at more than 2,700 protests worldwide.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Calvary @ No Kings in Philly this past Saturday, part of the largest single-day peaceful protest in American history. Among an estimated 7,000,000 people at more than 2,700 protests worldwide.
#NoKings
#NoKings
Worship. 11 am. All are welcome, in person or virtually. All means all. All that. allmeansall.org
Sermon: "Faith for the Long Haul"
"Jesus told the disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and not be discouraged." - Luke 18:1
Sermon: "Faith for the Long Haul"
"Jesus told the disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and not be discouraged." - Luke 18:1
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Worship. 11 am. All are welcome, in person or virtually. All means all. All that. allmeansall.org
Sermon: "Faith for the Long Haul"
"Jesus told the disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and not be discouraged." - Luke 18:1
Sermon: "Faith for the Long Haul"
"Jesus told the disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and not be discouraged." - Luke 18:1
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Laughter is carbonated holiness." - Anne Lamott
"Laughter is carbonated holiness." - Anne Lamott
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"Laughter is carbonated holiness." - Anne Lamott
"Laughter is carbonated holiness." - Anne Lamott
From yesterday's press conference with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (scanlon.house.gov) and POWER Action Fund PA in response to the federal government shutdown.
metrophiladelphia.com/scanlon-health-care-government-shutdown/
#CancelTheCuts
#SaveHealthcare
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
metrophiladelphia.com/scanlon-health-care-government-shutdown/
#CancelTheCuts
#SaveHealthcare
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
October 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
From yesterday's press conference with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (scanlon.house.gov) and POWER Action Fund PA in response to the federal government shutdown.
metrophiladelphia.com/scanlon-health-care-government-shutdown/
#CancelTheCuts
#SaveHealthcare
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
metrophiladelphia.com/scanlon-health-care-government-shutdown/
#CancelTheCuts
#SaveHealthcare
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
Worship tomorrow, with our usual 2nd Sunday Potluck to follow. All are welcome for either or both! allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Welfare State"
"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you ..., and pray to the HOLY ONE on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
Sermon: "Welfare State"
"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you ..., and pray to the HOLY ONE on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
October 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Worship tomorrow, with our usual 2nd Sunday Potluck to follow. All are welcome for either or both! allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Welfare State"
"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you ..., and pray to the HOLY ONE on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
Sermon: "Welfare State"
"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you ..., and pray to the HOLY ONE on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"If you want to do something, the most practical thing I can tell you is: weep. First of all, care enough to weep." - William Stringfellow
"If you want to do something, the most practical thing I can tell you is: weep. First of all, care enough to weep." - William Stringfellow
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"If you want to do something, the most practical thing I can tell you is: weep. First of all, care enough to weep." - William Stringfellow
"If you want to do something, the most practical thing I can tell you is: weep. First of all, care enough to weep." - William Stringfellow
Good times at Calvary Part 2: Youth Bowling at V&S Elmwood Lanes!
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Good times at Calvary Part 2: Youth Bowling at V&S Elmwood Lanes!
Good times at Calvary Part 1: Fall Retreat at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center!
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Good times at Calvary Part 1: Fall Retreat at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center!
Thanks to all who came out for or otherwise contributed to our Anniversary Benefit Concert! And thanks especially to Mark Miller for helping us celebrate with an afternoon of Spirit-filled music!
It's not too late to make a donation!
tinyurl.com/calvary-anniversary / Venmo (@calvaryumcphilly)
It's not too late to make a donation!
tinyurl.com/calvary-anniversary / Venmo (@calvaryumcphilly)
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Thanks to all who came out for or otherwise contributed to our Anniversary Benefit Concert! And thanks especially to Mark Miller for helping us celebrate with an afternoon of Spirit-filled music!
It's not too late to make a donation!
tinyurl.com/calvary-anniversary / Venmo (@calvaryumcphilly)
It's not too late to make a donation!
tinyurl.com/calvary-anniversary / Venmo (@calvaryumcphilly)