Calvary Church | Sunday Message

Speaker: Tom Norton - Tom Norton walks us through what it looks like to surrender what we have to God. What are you holding onto today?

Speaker: Bruce + Panel - Everything we have... our abilities, opportunities, resources, and experiences, has been entrusted to us by God. The question is not how much we’ve been given, but what we’re doing with what’s in our hands. Jesus isn’t looking for perfection. He’s looking for faithfulness. Are you burying, developing, or investing what God has entrusted to you?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro -Every day, God entrusts us with a gift we can never get back: time. We don’t own it, we steward it. The question is not how much time we have, but how we are using the time we've been given. What if the greatest measure of a life isn’t productivity, but faithfulness to the purposes God has placed before us? How are you spending the time God has entrusted to you?

Join in our annual celebration of what God is doing in our church. Our three congregations (African, Hispanic, English) came together and were reminded of God's faithful love and beautiful design.

Speaker: Jon Nelson-Genesis 1–11 reveals our purpose, our problem, and our need for redemption. Even as humanity rebels, God’s grace continues to pursue and restore. The story begins with creation, but it points us to Jesus, the One who made a way back to God. Where are you looking for purpose and hope today?

Speaker: Dan Schoepf-Genesis 11 reminds us that God’s story keeps moving forward even through broken families, long seasons, detours, waiting, and generations that seem forgotten. No moment is wasted, no person is insignificant, and no silence means God has stopped working. Your life is part of a much bigger story of grace. The question is not whether God is working, but how He wants to work through you.

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-What we try to build for ourselves rarely holds the weight we put on it. Genesis 11 shows how quickly human effort can turn into confusion when it’s disconnected from God’s purpose, but it also points us to a better way. God is not against your life being built. He’s inviting you into His way of building: one that brings clarity, unity, and lasting purpose in Christ. Where are you still trying to build on your own instead of letting God lead the construction?

Speaker: Jon Nelson-Genesis 10 may look like a list of names, but it reveals a powerful truth: God is faithful through every generation and sovereign over every story. Even as nations spread and humanity grows, our deepest need remains the same, redemption through Jesus Christ. No family story, legacy, or generation is beyond God’s grace.

Speaker: Caleb Mann -Genesis 9 shows us that even after the flood, sin was still present. Noah, the man who walked faithfully with God, still stumbled and so do we. This passage reminds us that sin affects more than just ourselves, but it also points us to the daily grace God offers through Jesus. We are all faced with the choice to follow God or follow our flesh, but the hope of the gospel is that God’s grace meets us even when we fail. When you fall short, where do you turn?

Calvary Podcast is a space designed not only to inform, but to help you grow in your faith. In this second part, we continue exploring some of the difficult questions found in Genesis chapters 1–6, taking a deeper look at God’s Word with honesty, clarity, and a heart for spiritual growth. Our hope is that this conversation strengthens your faith and encourages you to keep seeking truth in Scripture. We would love to hear from you. Send us your questions to [email protected]

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-Creation was good… then it broke. But God didn’t walk away, He brought rescue, renewal, and a promise. In Genesis 9, we see His grace in the covenant, His justice in how He values life, and His mercy in the sign of the rainbow. And ultimately, that promise points forward to Jesus, the One who brings true restoration. What would it look like to live knowing God as the Creator?

Speaker: Bruce Martin-The flood is more than a story of destruction, it’s a powerful picture of both God’s justice and His grace. Genesis 8 reminds us: “But God remembered Noah…” Just as the ark carried Noah through the storm, Jesus is our refuge today, the only place of safety when life feels overwhelming and when judgment comes. Run to the Ark. Run to Christ. What are you trusting to carry you through the storm?

We dive into some of the difficult questions found in Genesis chapters 1–6, exploring God’s Word with honesty, clarity, and a heart for spiritual growth. Our hope is that this conversation strengthens your faith and encourages you to keep seeking truth in Scripture. We would love to hear from you—send us your questions to [email protected]

Speaker: Caleb Mann -Noah’s ark is more than a children’s story. Genesis 6 reveals the seriousness of sin, the reality of God’s judgment, and the beauty of His grace. The same grace that saved Noah is the grace offered to us today through faith. What are you trusting to carry you safely through the storm?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-The cross was once a symbol of execution. It was a place of shame, suffering, and finality. But Jesus turned it into the place where chains break, guilt is removed, and healing begins. And because the tomb is empty, none of it is just symbolism.

Speaker: Jon Nelson-The city was stirred. The crowd was loud. Everyone thought they understood what was happening. But Jesus wasn’t entering Jerusalem to meet their expectations. He was moving with purpose toward something far greater. What if the King you need isn’t the one you expected?

Speaker: Dan Schoepf-On the surface, everything looked like success. Cities were rising, families were multiplying, and culture was expanding. But underneath it all, sin was spreading just as quickly. What looked like progress to humanity looked very different to God. Are we moving forward… or just drifting further away?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-At first glance, it’s just a list of names... generation after generation. Life. Legacy. Death. Over and over again. But buried in the pattern, something begins to break through. A hint that this story isn’t as final as it seems.What kind of story is your life really telling?

Speaker: Caleb Mann -You can spend your whole life climbing, working, building, achieving and still end up in the wrong place. Genesis 4 shows a world advancing, growing, and moving forward, but something underneath isn’t right. Where is your life actually leading you?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-Sin doesn’t explode overnight, it crouches, whispers, and waits. What begins as wounded pride can grow into jealousy, division, and destruction. Cain had a choice to either trust God’s design or let sin rule his heart. Discover how God cautions us, confronts us, and ultimately extends His great mercy toward us.

Speaker: Jacob Reinhardt-Sin doesn’t stay private, it echoes. Shame leads to hiding. Fear replaces intimacy. Blame replaces unity. The God who was once walked toward in joy is now avoided in guilt. And yet… even in judgment, mercy speaks. What does a holy God do when His design is rejected? And what does exile reveal about His heart?

Speaker: Jon Nelson-The fall didn’t start with chaos, it started with a question. A subtle distortion. A believable lie. How does something so small unravel everything God called good? And where does hope begin when everything is fractured?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro-Are you living in the relationships God designed you for or trying to do life alone? We weren’t made to be alone. God designed us for relationship. One that is equal in worth, different by design, united in love. His design isn’t restriction it’s a gift that helps us flourish.

Speaker: Caleb Mann -In Eden, God gives humanity abundance, purpose, and freedom, with one choice: trust Him or define life on our own. It’s the same decision we face every day. His commands aren’t restrictions, they’re protection that lead to life. Where are you choosing your way instead of trusting His?

Speaker: Bruce Martin - God didn’t rest because He was tired, He rested because His work was finished. And He invites us into that same rest. In a nonstop, hurried world, true rest isn’t escape or comfort, it’s the presence of God. Through Jesus, we can stop striving and finally breathe. Are you slowing down enough to actually rest in Him?

Speaker: Jon Nelson - In this message, we are invited to consider God’s blueprint and to reflect on a God who brings order out of chaos, speaks with purpose, and works intentionally. This is not simply about how the world began, but about what it means to live grounded in His design. Where in your life is God inviting you to begin again with Him?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - What shapes the way you understand the world, your purpose, and even God Himself? As we begin a new series in Genesis, this message takes us back to the opening words of Scripture and invites us to consider what it means to start with God at the beginning of everything. How do our assumptions affect the way we read the Bible? Where do we look for meaning and truth? And what happens when we allow God’s Word, not culture or opinion, to define our reality, identity, and purpose?

Speaker: Caleb Mann - We celebrate Jesus’ birth at Christmas, but the name Lord calls us to deeper reflection. This message invites us to consider what it really means to trust Jesus with every part of our lives and to let Him lead us fully. Are you ready to make Him Lord of your life?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - What does it really mean to call Jesus the Messiah? This message explores the weight and meaning behind one of the most important titles given to Jesus, in which carried deep expectations in the first century as well as today. Josue dives into why this title mattered then, how Jesus challenged common assumptions, and why understanding the Messiah is essential for following Him now.

Speaker: Jacob Reinhardt - In this message, we look at the heart of the gospel through a biblical lens, exploring how salvation is not merely a transaction but a relationship of union with Christ. How might our walk with God deepen if we saw salvation as being joined to Him—loved by Him, led by Him, and made new in Him?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - This week’s message asks some big questions about what it really means to live as Christ’s ambassadors. What did Jesus actually come to proclaim, and why did He choose ordinary people like us to carry that same mission forward? How does God want to use your story and your everyday relationships to bring hope to others?

Speaker: Bruce Martin - In this week’s message we dive into the urgency and beauty of the mission Jesus gave us. You will hear real stories that remind us how much people around us need hope and how simple moments can become life changing opportunities. Pastor Bruce invites us to follow Jesus in a practical way and get your hook in the water as a disciple who makes disciples.

Speaker: JT Zahradnik - Jesus says we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, but what does that actually mean. In this message JT looks back at the Beatitudes and uncovers how they shape the kind of people Jesus is calling us to become. These familiar words carry a deeper challenge than we often realize. What if Jesus is inviting us into a way of life that disrupts comfort and awakens a deeper hunger for God in the people around us.

Speaker: Caleb Mann - In this message from Ephesians 5, we explore what it truly means to imitate Christ to live as dearly loved children who reflect His love, purity, and light in a world that desperately needs Him. Rather than simply believing in Jesus, we’re called to do what Jesus did to love sacrificially, walk in holiness, and shine His light wherever we go.

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - John 13:1–17, invites us to look at one of the most surprising moments in Jesus’ ministry and ask ourselves what it truly means to become like Him. Why would the Son of God take the posture of a servant? What does it look like to love people who disappoint or even betray us? And how can knowing our identity in Christ change the way we serve others?

Speaker: Dan Schoepf - What happens when the life of Jesus begins to shape your character? This message explores how the fruit of the Spirit becomes visible in us as we stay connected to Christ. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are not human achievements but the result of God’s transforming work. True discipleship is seen in humility, patience, and a life that reflects the heart of Jesus.

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - Your identity in Christ is a gift you receive, not something you earn. But that is only the beginning. As disciples, we are called to take off the old self and put on the character of Jesus, becoming more like our Father day by day through a life marked by compassion, kindness, humility, patience, forgiveness, and love.

Speaker: Brent Miller - True transformation begins when we allow God to renew our minds and reshape the way we think. When we stop conforming to the world and start seeing life through His eyes, everything changes. Join us as we learn what it truly means to become like Jesus and live a life shaped by His love.

Speaker: Chino Jimenez - Sometimes we choose good things but miss the best thing. Are we letting distractions, even good ones, keep us from the most important thing?

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - Jesus invites you to delight and rest in Him. Discipleship is not about religious performance but a relational journey of knowing Christ through His Word. You can exchange self-effort for Jesus’ easy yoke and find soul-deep rest not through your own strength, but through an intimate and dependent relationship with Him.

Speaker: Caleb Mann - Knowing Christ is not just to know about Him, but to live in a real, transforming relationship with Him. Knowing Christ means union with Him, trusting His righteousness, sharing in His resurrection power and sufferings, and living in obedience to Him. To know Christ, and to be known by him, is of utmost importance. Everything else, by comparison, is rubbish.

Speaker: Bruce Martin - We are kicking off our new series, Disciples: Be, Become, Do, with a message from John 15:1-8. This opening sermon explains what it means to truly abide in Jesus and how a deep, life-giving connection to Christ produces lasting spiritual fruit. Discover how God lovingly prunes and shapes us to grow in obedience, love, and joy as we live as His true disciples.

Speaker: Josue Villatoro - In this special State of the Church message, Pastor Josué shares the heart and vision for Calvary this year. More than numbers or plans, this message is a call to focus on what truly matters. Discover how God is inviting us to follow Him, grow as intentional disciples, and impact our community with the Gospel.