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 for worship tomorrow, our first service of the new year in observance of #Epiphany (with Communion): allmeansall.org/worship.
"Of Stars and Dreams"
“When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” - Matthew 2:10
"Of Stars and Dreams"
“When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” - Matthew 2:10
January 3, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Join us for worship tomorrow, our first service of the new year in observance of #Epiphany (with Communion): allmeansall.org/worship.
"Of Stars and Dreams"
“When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” - Matthew 2:10
"Of Stars and Dreams"
“When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy.” - Matthew 2:10
Watch Night 2025
Tonight, we remember the power we the people have when we stand together
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January 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love." - Linus Van Pelt
Words to Live & Love By, from this week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
Words to Live & Love By, from this week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love." - Linus Van Pelt
Words to Live & Love By, from this week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
Words to Live & Love By, from this week's Calvary Connections: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
Merry Christmas! Friendly reminder that worship this Sunday will be VIRTUAL-ONLY (NO in-person option): allmeansall.org/virtual.
Join us as we reflect on the light we carry into a new year - and always toward a world made new.
“You are the light of the world." - Matthew 5:14a
Join us as we reflect on the light we carry into a new year - and always toward a world made new.
“You are the light of the world." - Matthew 5:14a
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Merry Christmas! Friendly reminder that worship this Sunday will be VIRTUAL-ONLY (NO in-person option): allmeansall.org/virtual.
Join us as we reflect on the light we carry into a new year - and always toward a world made new.
“You are the light of the world." - Matthew 5:14a
Join us as we reflect on the light we carry into a new year - and always toward a world made new.
“You are the light of the world." - Matthew 5:14a
A #Christmas sermon from Bishop William J. Barber II: "The Mighty Message in the Miracle of Christmas."
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Christmas Sermon
The mighty message in the miracle of Christmas
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December 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A #Christmas sermon from Bishop William J. Barber II: "The Mighty Message in the Miracle of Christmas."
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All are welcome - in person or virtually - for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols, tomorrow, Dec 24, 7 pm!
Details at allmeansall.org/christmas.
Details at allmeansall.org/christmas.
Christmas
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 7 pm (hybrid) Chapel - please use 48th Street entrance* All are welcome - in person or virtually - for a simple service of lessons and carols, concluding with the spreading of....
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December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
All are welcome - in person or virtually - for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols, tomorrow, Dec 24, 7 pm!
Details at allmeansall.org/christmas.
Details at allmeansall.org/christmas.
Join us for worship tomorrow as we begin the transition from #Advent to #Christmas: allmeansall.org/worship.
Sermon: "The Threat of Mystery" (Cara Blouin)
“At times we want to be in complete control, yet God always sees the bigger picture." - Pope Francis
Sermon: "The Threat of Mystery" (Cara Blouin)
“At times we want to be in complete control, yet God always sees the bigger picture." - Pope Francis
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join us for worship tomorrow as we begin the transition from #Advent to #Christmas: allmeansall.org/worship.
Sermon: "The Threat of Mystery" (Cara Blouin)
“At times we want to be in complete control, yet God always sees the bigger picture." - Pope Francis
Sermon: "The Threat of Mystery" (Cara Blouin)
“At times we want to be in complete control, yet God always sees the bigger picture." - Pope Francis
Those experiencing grief and heaviness during the holiday season are invited to our annual Blue Christmas Service, Sunday, Dec 21 - the longest night of the year.
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Join us in person or virtually for a quiet, contemplative service of sacred accompaniment. You're not alone.
allmeansall.org/blue
Join us in person or virtually for a quiet, contemplative service of sacred accompaniment. You're not alone.
Blue
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 7 pm (hybrid) Chapel - please use 48th St entrance * Join us on the longest night of the year - in person or virtually - for a quiet, contemplative service of sacred...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Those experiencing grief and heaviness during the holiday season are invited to our annual Blue Christmas Service, Sunday, Dec 21 - the longest night of the year.
allmeansall.org/blue
Join us in person or virtually for a quiet, contemplative service of sacred accompaniment. You're not alone.
allmeansall.org/blue
Join us in person or virtually for a quiet, contemplative service of sacred accompaniment. You're not alone.
We're shifting to virtual-only (Zoom) worship this morning given current and expected-to-worsen conditions, so NO in-person option and NO 2nd Sunday Potluck - Christmas Edition (we'll try again next Sunday).
Hope you'll join us online! allmeansall.org/virtual
Hope you'll join us online! allmeansall.org/virtual
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We're shifting to virtual-only (Zoom) worship this morning given current and expected-to-worsen conditions, so NO in-person option and NO 2nd Sunday Potluck - Christmas Edition (we'll try again next Sunday).
Hope you'll join us online! allmeansall.org/virtual
Hope you'll join us online! allmeansall.org/virtual
Join us for #Advent worship tomorrow, followed by our 2nd Sunday Potluck - #Christmas Edition! allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Way Out of No Way"
“A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way ..." - Isaiah 35:8a
Sermon: "Way Out of No Way"
“A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way ..." - Isaiah 35:8a
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join us for #Advent worship tomorrow, followed by our 2nd Sunday Potluck - #Christmas Edition! allmeansall.org/worship
Sermon: "Way Out of No Way"
“A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way ..." - Isaiah 35:8a
Sermon: "Way Out of No Way"
“A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way ..." - Isaiah 35:8a
This week's Calvary Connections. To view or subscribe: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion." - Desmond Tutu
"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion." - Desmond Tutu
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This week's Calvary Connections. To view or subscribe: allmeansall.org/calvary-connections.
"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion." - Desmond Tutu
"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion." - Desmond Tutu
Calvary led yesterday's weekly Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrant Justice in front of the Philly ICE Office (114 N. 8th St).
Join @nsmphilly.bsky.social EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON!
#immigrantjustice
#humanrightsday
Join @nsmphilly.bsky.social EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON!
#immigrantjustice
#humanrightsday
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Calvary led yesterday's weekly Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Immigrant Justice in front of the Philly ICE Office (114 N. 8th St).
Join @nsmphilly.bsky.social EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON!
#immigrantjustice
#humanrightsday
Join @nsmphilly.bsky.social EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON!
#immigrantjustice
#humanrightsday
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
Reposted by Calvary Church
"Violence is never the answer for Christians, and violence against our righteous protests cannot stop us."
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Violence is never the answer for Christians, and violence against our righteous protests cannot stop us.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Violence is never the answer for Christians, and violence against our righteous protests cannot stop us."
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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.
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Sermon: "Big Life"
“Your decrees are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.” - Psalm 119:144
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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