Calvary Church CMS

This week, Calvary Church kicked off a new 10 week program called Wednesday Nights where there will be something for everyone in your family. From theology classes and parent classes for adults, to fun outreach events for Calvary Kids, Students, and Bridge.  This first week Dave Walters (Pastor of Calvary Kids), taught a parenting seminar on parenting in a culturally relevant world. We talked about things ranging from how to help your kids and students develop a healthy biblical world view, to the different influences your students have in their lives. Join us as we unpack the grey area of parenting. 

We are in the last week of Advent, and this week we are talking about Love. Join Logan and Frank as they unpack Love, and what it means for you and your families in this season. 

We are in the third week of Advent, and this week we are talking about Joy. Join Logan and Frank as they unpack Joy, and what it means for you and your families in this season. 

We are in the second week of Advent, and this week we are talking about Peace. Join Logan and Frank as they unpack this idea of Shalom, and what it means for you and your families in this season. 

It's just past thanksgiving and we are now in the season of Advent! It's so easy to let the holidays distract us from the truth that Christmas is all about Jesus. Listen along as Logan and Frank talk through what advent is, and how to get your families involved in this advent season.   

This week at CMS we are continuing our series on the third act of the Bible, God Promises. In our teaching this week, Logan talks to our students about David and the Psalms.  He talks about how David was able to just be real with God. He talked about how David was able to come to God with anything, and it wouldn't change God's love for David.  In this week's podcast, we just recap the main points of the teaching while offering you suggestions for how to talk to your student about talking to God about anything. 

This week at CMS we are continuing our series on the third act of the Bible, God Promises. In our teaching this week, Frank talks to our students about how David could've easily taken things into his own hands and gotten what he wanted, but instead, gave the control over to God. This event showed how following God well is about giving God the control.  In this week's podcast, we just recap the main points of the teaching while offering you suggestions for how to talk to your student about making God the ultimate authority in our lives.

This week at CMS we are continuing our series on the third act of the Bible, God Promises. In our teaching this week, Jess talks to our students about when God and Moses made the second set of tablets before they were sent to the promised land.  In this week's podcast, we just recap the main points of the teaching while offering you suggestions for how to talk to your student about wanting God more than they want the things of this earth. 

This week at CMS we are continuing our series on the third act of the Bible, God Promises. In our teaching this week, Logan talks to our students about the story of Moses and the Israelites at the Red Sea.  In this week's podcast, we just recap the main points of the teaching while offering you suggestions for how to talk to your student about fear and faith. 

This week at CMS we are starting a series on the third act of the Bible, God Promises. In our teaching this week, Frank talks to our students about the promise that God made to Abraham and what that means for us today.  In this week's podcast, we just recap what we taught while offering some suggestions for how to talk to your student about  God's Faithfulness, and promises. 

This week at CMS we are starting a one week series on the 2nd act of the Bible, God is Rejected. In our teaching this week, Frank talks to our students about Genesis 3, and the story of when Adam and Eve rejected God and brought sin into the world.  In this week's podcast, we just recap what we taught while offering some suggestions for what to talk to your student about sin and shame. We encourage you to read through Genesis 3 with your student as you talk to them about this. 

This week at CMS we are in the second week of the first act of the Bible, God creates. In our teaching this week, Logan talks to our students about Genesis 2 and how our Identity comes from the fact that we as humans were created in the image of God.  In this week's podcast, we just recap what we taught while offering some suggestions for what to talk to your student about as it pertains to Identity, and Genesis 2. We encourage you to read through Genesis 2 with your student as you talk to them about this. 

This week at CMS we are looking at the first act of the story, God creates. In our teaching this week, Frank talks about the story of creation and how the way we approach reading the bible is important. For better or worse, "the how" of creation is a highly debated topic even within Christian circles. So, if we read the story of creation searching for "the how" , we might end up with more questions than answers. On the other hand, the story of creation clearly answers "the what" and helps us understand "the who(GOD)" better.  In this week's podcast, we just recap what we taught while offering some suggestions for how you can talk to your student about Act 1, God Creates. We encourage you to read through Genesis 1-2:3 with your student as you talk to your student about what they learned in CMS. 

This week at CMS we are talking about "The story" as we kick off a new ministry year. At Calvary, we talk about the Bible being broken up into 6 acts: God Creates, God is Rejected, God Promises, God Appears, God Sends, and God Restores. In our teaching this week, we talk about each act, and give a general recap of what happened in each act. This week really serves as the foundation of what we are going to be teaching all year. "The Story" serves as a great framework to study the Bible. We can't wait to continue in this journey with your students through "The Story".   In this week's podcast, we just recap what we taught while offering some suggestions for how you can talk to your student about "The Story".

Logan and I were thinking we wanted to continue doing bonus episodes of the CMS Parent podcast into the summer. So this week, we wanted to give you a few tips on how to have a great summer with your middle school student. We hope you enjoy this summer. 

This week is the last regular CMS of the year. We will be having a celebration for our 8th graders, and just having a good time. With the summer in mind, we wanted to tell you what we have planned, as well as give you practical tips on how to continue the conversations with your students. We know middle school is when students start to become more and more independent, because of that, we wanted to give you ways to help your student become more independent in their faith. This sounds scary, but it's actually a good thing when we help shape wha that looks like. J

This week at CMS are finishing our I'm Feeling... series, with an experiential week. More than anything, we wanted to give our students a chance to practice mental health tools for external factors that affect them. We are going to be talking through some of the activities we will be doing with them, as well as giving you some practical things to consider as you talk to your students about mental health and faith. We hope this podcast has been an encouragement to you!

This week at CMS are taking a break from our I'm Feeling... series, and wanted to talk to you about transitions/milestones. It's 5th grade preview week at CMS this week, and we wanted to give you some talking points to your students about transition, and give you ideas on how to help your student transition well.  We invited Andrea Dascalescu who is our elementary coordinator at Souderton campus on to talk about transitions and milestones with us. We hope you have some great conversations with your students!

This week at CMS we continued in our I'm Feeling... series on mental health.  Frank talked to our students about what healthy relationships look like, and how to handle things when they might not be healthy. In this podcast we are talking through the main points, while offering some things to consider as as you have conversations with your students about mental health.

This week at CMS we continued in our I'm Feeling... series on mental health.  This week is different in that instead of a teaching, we will have stations around the auditorium and atrium for students to learn and practice good mental health tools. In this podcast we are talking through some of the stations, and giving you some ideas on how to talk to your student about mental health tools. We hope you have fruitful conversations with your student!

This week at CMS we continued in our I'm Feeling... series on mental health.  In this week's teaching Jess talked about how internal factors of mental health. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the teaching, while giving you some thoughts one things to talk to your student about this week. We hope you have fruitful conversations with your student!

This week at CMS we started a new series on mental health called I'm Feeling... In this week's teaching Logan introduced the topic, and set the foundation that mental health is important, should be normalized, and that it's biblical. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the teaching, while also giving you parents a perspective on mental health, and how to approach your student with this topic. We hope this is helpful!

This week at CMS we are having a movie night for students to have some relational time with their groups. As a result, there was no teaching this week. However, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to hear from one of our middle school parents. In this week's podcast we talked to Katie Swartley about how faith conversations go with her 2 middle school boys, and how their family juggles church with the activities her students are involved in. Join us as we have our first conversation with a parent on the CMS podcast!

This week at CMS are finishing a short series about Jesus and Easter. If you've never had a chance to watch the falling plates video, that is going to be the main teaching tonight for your students. Below is the link for that. We recommend you watch it, and have a conversation with your student after CMS to talk about what it means to be a follower of Jesus.  Falling Plates Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGlx11BxF24

This week at CMS we started a short series about Jesus and easter, and Jeremiah talked to students about how our icons and idols series all point's to Jesus, and how he helps us live into our status as image bearers when we follow Him. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start an ongoing conversation with your students about what it means to follow Jesus.

This week at CMS we are having a worship night. We talk about worship being more than just the songs we sing on Sundays or Wednesdays,  but we wanted to give students practical tools for what that could look like. There will be different stations all around the room for students to worship God in ways that help them connect with Him in a deeper way. In this week's podcast, we will be giving a brief overview of the stations and activities for the night, as well as ways to engage your student in conversation about worship night!

This week at CMS we finished our Idols series, and Jess talked to students how we make things into idols. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start an ongoing conversation with your students about making things into idols.

This week at CMS we continued our Idols series, and we talked to students how we make others into idols, and how that affects our relationships. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start an ongoing conversation with your students about making others into idols.

This week at CMS we continued in our series called Idols, and we talked to students how we make ourselves into idols. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start an ongoing conversation with your students about self idolization.

This week at CMS we started a new series called Idols, and we talked to students about what Idols are and how the affect us in our lives. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start an ongoing conversation with your students about idolization. 

This week at CMS we are doing a movie night. Because of that, we wanted to do something a little different for you parents this week and talk to you about what happens at CMS when we have a night with the band. We hope this podcast helps you have a great conversation with your student about musical worship!

This week at CMS we finished our Iconic series, and we talked to students about how the image of God points to our purpose in life which is to Love God and Love others. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about treating others as if they were created in the image of God.

This week at CMS we continued in our Iconic series, and we talked to students about how others are also made in the image of God, and how we need to treat people that way no matter what they believe. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about treating others as if they were created in the image of God.

This week at CMS we continued in our Iconic series, and we talked to students about how they are made in the image of God. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about being made in the image of God.

In this special edition podcast, Logan and I wanted to address what happened at the capitol building. No matter where you align politically, we wanted to share some biblical truths, and challenge you and us as adults who have influence in the lives of students. 

This week at CMS we taught on the image of God . In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about discipleship.

This week, we discussed an article about what it looks like to celebrate your student when they decide to walk with Jesus. If you haven’t read the article, it is below in the show notes. We just wanted to give you tips on how to begin that conversation with your student. Deciding to follow Jesus is a BIG deal after! We hope you enjoy. CELEBRATING A MIDDLE SCHOOLER’S DECISION TO WALK WITH JESUS

This week is the last week of advent, and Calvary released an advent video which focuses on Joy. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the video while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about advent and joy. Below is the link that has the current week's video.  Calvary Christmas Page  

This week is the third week of advent, and Calvary released an advent video which focuses on Love. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the video while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about advent and Love. Below is the link that has the current week's video.  Calvary Christmas Page    

This week past week was the second week of advent, and we released an advent video which focuses on peace. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the video while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about advent and hope.

This week past week was the first week of advent, and we released an advent video which focuses on hope. In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of the video while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about advent and hope.

This week at CMS we taught on discipleship . In this podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught while offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about discipleship.

This week at CMS we taught on Worship . In this week's podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught this week while also offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about how they worship.

This week at CMS we taught on the afterlife . In this week's podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught this week while also offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about heaven and hell.

This week at CMS we taught on baptism & communion. In this week's podcast we are summarizing the main points of what we taught this week while also offering suggestions on how to start conversations with your student about baptism and communion. 

With Jesus, we're never alone in the darkness.

Even if we don't understand everything, we can still follow God. Check out the video from Louie Giglio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSR8z_0uW5E&t=9s