Calvary United Methodist Church - Philadelphia

06/21/2026

TODAY: Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival!

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06/19/2026

Our annual Spring Retreat is this weekend but you can still join us for on Sunday as usual - this week including a service of . allmeansall.org/worship

"In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me." - Psalm 86:7

06/12/2026

Join us for this Sunday as we celebrate laughter as a spiritual gift - and officially receive new members (incl. one baptism)! allmeansall.org/worship

Sermon: "LOL"

"Now Sarah said, 'God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.'" - Genesis 21:6

06/08/2026

At yesterday's Philly Pride March, with our brand new quilt courtesy of our Resistance Quilting Group!

06/06/2026

Join us tomorrow as we celebrate Sunday - beginning with worship at 9 am (note the earlier start) and continuing with the Philly Pride March at 11 am!

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"Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'" - Matthew 9:13a

Philly Pride 365

06/03/2026

All are welcome for Spirituality on Tap tomorrow night, 7 pm - our last gathering before a summer break! allmeansall.org/spirituality-on-tap

Look for us on the back patio at Dahlak.

1st WEDNESDAYS, 7-8ish pm (except July & August) Dahlak / 4708 Baltimore Ave ​ Join us the first Wednesday of every month for Spirituality on Tap, an informal gathering to discuss - not debate -...

05/22/2026

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Sermon: "Mutual Goodness"

"To each person is given the manifestation of the Spirit for mutual good." - 1 Corinthians 12:7

05/19/2026

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05/12/2026

Sunday's sermon (PDF & audio): allmeansall.org/sermons

"In Whose Image?" (Pastor Tim Emmett-Rardin)

"For 'In God we live and move and have our being'; ..." - Acts 17:28a

EXCERPT: Believing, knowing, remembering that we and each and every other are created in the image of God guards against idolatry, guards against love that is out of balance, guards against the temptation to create God in our own image. Again from Paul: “Since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the craft and creativity of people.”

We are made in God’s image, not the other way around. Which means that we are temples in which God is found, and through which God is made known; in and through which Love is found and made known.

Remember that Paul, in his letter to the Corinthian church, also wrote, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?” (1 Cor. 6:19)

Friends, we belong to God, and so we belong to each other—as those lovingly created in the very image of the God who is Love itself. Never forget!

Faithfulness to that divine truth, embracing and internalizing the truth that we are all made as reflections of divine Love makes love not only possible, but more likely. Love of God. And love of neighbor, as with love of ourselves. All in life-giving balance.