Bret Truax Pastor pastor.bret@cbcsalem.com

Ian Dahl Children’s Ministry Associate cbckids@cbcsalem.com

Tod Scheler Youth Pastor wavewalkers@hotmail.com

Misty Matthews Music Director m_matthews@live.com

Tanya Fagan Business Manager business@cbcsalem.com

Kate Crafts Office Manager office@cbcsalem.com

Ken Reed Custodian

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One of the great resources members of Calvary have access to is Right Now Media. This web-based service is packed with outstanding Christian videos on every teaching subject imaginable (marriage, Bible studies, kids, relationships, men’s issues,

women’s issues, teen issues, children’s resources, etc.). These videos can be viewed on any device (smart phone, tablet, notebook, desktop, etc.) so they are always available. If you have not yet registered for this free resource, connect to the following link and you will immediately have access to a wealth of biblical teaching, guidance and insights!

https://www.RightNowMedia.org/Account/Invite/cbcsalem

Corona Virus Information Below is a link to the CDC with answers to frequently asked questions.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/index.html

Calvary Baptist Church Is a body of believers whose purpose is …

To glorify God by becoming disciples who know and live God’s will.

During office hours, call 503.363.9246 or email office@cbcsalem.com.

After hours or on the weekend, call the Prayer Hotline at 503.363.9246 and select option #3 or email your concern to prayers@cbcsalem.com.

Monday - Wednesday 9 am to 12 pm

Closed Thursday - Sunday

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In order to adhere to the governmental guidelines and mandates, as well as to do all that we can to ensure the well being our church family, all church activities have been suspended. Council is continuing to monitor the situation and we will resume “normal” church life as soon as it is determined to be safe to do so. In the interim, Sunday services are now available online (YouTube, Facebook, Calvary’s web site) and individuals and families are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the tremendous video resource, Right Now Media (RNM), which is available on virtually all media devices for all Calvary attenders. RNM has teachings on just about every topic you can imagine as well as special videos for kids. We also are encouraging members to touch base with one another through email, Skype, text messages, Facetime, Zoom & other platforms. Restricted physical contact does not mean no social contact and everyone appreciates knowing they are valued and cared for, so send an email, type a text, or give a call today to someone in the church that God has brought to mind.

CALVARY BAPTIST UPDATE

“Who could have ever anticipated this?” I’ve heard this said more times than I can count as our world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems like just a few weeks ago that everything was good. The economy was good. Circum-stances in the world were fairly stable. Baseball season was about to begin. Ann and I were anticipating a long-awaited trip to England to visit our daughter, Brittany, and her husband. And then, in the course of just a couple of weeks, everything changed. New words and phrases were added to my vocabulary that reflected new realities in my life: social distancing, wash for at least 20 seconds, stay-at-home

orders, etc. For each of us, the impact has been profound. Face-to-face encounters have become few and far between. Trips to the grocery store are now strategically planned in order to minimize the time spent on each aisle. Most business are closed and for those that are open, their hours are reduced. Take-out has become the only eat-out option, and church services - even Easter - are done online. The result is that life at the moment is unlike anything we’ve seen before. So how do we, as Christians, cope with this? Can God cause even this to be used for good (Romans 8:28)? Though confronted by the same difficulties, dangers and inconveniences that everyone is facing, as Christ-followers we have something many people lack - we have Faith! Faith that God will never leave or forsake us. Faith that God is in control even when we are not. Faith that God is standing beside us in these uncertain times to encourage, equip, and if necessary, carry us through to tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. Because of these truths, we genuinely can know a “peace that passes understanding” (Philippians 4:7) and live lives of calm and confidence when so much of the world is feeling anxiousness, uncertainty, and stress. But this sense of peace is not just for us. God desires that all would know Him (John 3:16) and that through Him and the working of the Holy Spirit in their lives (Galatians 5: 22-23), they too might experience a supernatural serenity while the rest of the world frets in worry and despair. I know that it is all of our prayer that this virus will quickly run its course and we can return to some form of normalcy. However, until that happens, may we look to The Light (Jn. 8:12) and be used as a light (Matthew 5:14-16) in a world desperate for direction and peace.

Ministry News

THANK YOU FOR GIVING! This past month has been unprecidented in many ways here at Calvary. As a church, we find ourselves having to “do church” very differently. We don’t get to meet together each week or see each other on a regular basis. One thing we have noticed though, is that this

Calvary family is FAITHFUL. Even though you could not be here to give in person, you stopped by or mailed in your gifts regularly. Giving for the month of March was only slightly below budget, and daily we saw offerings sent to us in the mail. THANK YOU, Calvary family, for your faithful giving to God’s church!

ONLINE GIVING IS HERE!!! We are excited to announce that we have launched a new mobile-friendly online giving option for our church. We have partnered with the company Rebel Give to provide a simple, safe and secure way to give to Calvary. After much research, we chose to go with Rebel Give because they do not charge transaction fees. (However, there ARE fees imposed by vendors – please keep this

in mind if you choose to give using a credit or debit card.) You can access the giving portal on our website from your computer, phone or tablet. Just look for this icon and click to get started! You can use your credit or debit card or have funds transferred directly from your bank account. And if you set up an account you can arrange a recurring weekly

or monthly gift to be given automatically. You can also see your giving history or update your payment methods easily. Be assured that just as our offering envelopes are private and confidential, all the information you provide for online giving is also secure. To be clear, Rebel Give does not charge any fees for the use of their service, how-ever, like many electronic financial transactions, there is a small fee imposed by the vendor (banks). If you use a credit or debit card, a 1.9% fee will be added to the amount of your gift. If you link your bank account, there is no fee at all! Note – if you would like to give to more than one fund (i.e.: General Fund and Fellow-ship Fund) please enter your total gift amount then select “Other”. A text box will allow you to provide a written explanation of how you want your gift to be divided. Questions? Contact our business manager, Tanya by calling the church office (503.363.9246) or sending an email to business@cbcsalem.com.

Birthdays

Direct Line to the Father

We affirm with absolute certainty that Almighty God answers prayer. The vast possibilities and the urgent necessity of

prayer lie in this stupendous fact that God hears and answers prayer. And God hears and answers all prayer. He hears

and answers every prayer, where the true conditions of praying are met. Either this

is so or it is not. If not, then is there nothing in prayer. Then prayer is but the

recitation of words, a mere verbal performance, an empty ceremony. Then prayer is an altogether useless exercise. But if what we have said is true, then are there vast possibilities in prayer. Then is it far reaching in its scope, and wide in its range. Then is it true that prayer can lay its hand upon Almighty God and move Him to do great and wonderful things.

The benefits, the possibilities and the necessity of prayer are not merely

subjective but are peculiarly objective in their character. Prayer aims at a definite

object. Prayer has a direct design in view. Prayer always has something

specific before the mind’s eye. There may be some subjective benefits which

accrue from praying, but this is altogether secondary and incidental.

Prayer always drives directly at an object and seeks to secure a desired end.

Prayer is asking, seeking and knocking at a door for something we have not, which we desire and which God has promised

to us.

(excerpt from EM Bounds on Prayer)

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May 2 Dianne Kluver Kennedy Merzenich Luke Merzenich Abel Ozuna 3 Doris Russell Marie Townsend Rod Stubbs 6 Becky Peters 7 Ed Noyes Romolo Edwards Hazel Myers 8 Sherrie Waumsley 10 Josh Rivera 15 Karla Scheler 15 Michelle Singer 16 Annie Flood Lindsay McCargar 17 Cindy McCargar 18 Adella Hall Virginia Chapman 19 Marcie Singer-Rivera 20 Jeremy Baeseman 23 Maggie Flood 25 Irene Singer 28 Lora Yasen 30 Ladeena Ashley

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Directory Changes

WELCOME: Calliope ("Callie") Dawn

Blaisdell, born March 24th, 2020 at 1:26am. Callie was

born weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20

inches long.

Congratulations to proud parents Clayton and Carla,

big sister Melaina, Grandpa T.C. Watson,

Greatgrand-parents Don and Linda Watson, and

Great-great grandma Evelyn Gatlin!

Please confirm that activities are still scheduled by: checking the church website

www.cbcsalem.com, contacting the activity leader or calling the church.

MAY Sundays 9 am Kids SS, Adult & Youth Bible Studies 10 am Fellowship 10:15 am Pre-service Prayer 10:30 am Worship 10:45 am Kid’s Church 12:30 pm Diner’s Club 6:30 pm Young Adults May 3rd Communion May 10th Mothers’ Day May 17th Pledge Sunday May 31st Budget Available to review

Mondays 6 pm Basketball 6 pm Bible Study at Joan Massey’s Home May 25th Memorial Day - office closed

Tuesdays 9 am Chair Aerobics 6 pm TNT May 26th Foundation Board Meeting

Wednesdays 1 pm Bible Study 2 pm Prayer Gathering 630 pm Choir Practice 7 pm Prayer Gathering May 7th National Day of Prayer Service May 20th Calvalog Articles Due at 12 pm

Thursdays 9 am Chair Aerobics Men’s Coffee 10 am Prayer Quilters on May 7th & 21st 10 am Calvary Court Apt Meeting May 21st 7 pm Council Meeting May 21st

Fridays - No Activities

Saturday & Sunday May 9th & 10th Wavewalker’s “Beach Bound” event at the Lincoln City FBC

JUNE Sunday 9 am Kids SS, Adult & Youth Bible Studies 10 am Fellowship 10:15 am Pre-service Prayer 10:30 am Worship 10:45 am Kid’s Church 12:30 pm Diner’s Club 6:30 pm Young Adults June 7th Communion June 14th Quarterly Church Meeting June 21st Fathers’ Day

Mondays 6 pm Basketball 6 pm Bible Study at Joan Massey’s Home

Tuesdays 9 am Chair Aerobics

Wednesdays 1 pm Bible Study 2 pm Prayer Gathering 630 pm Choir Practice 7 pm Prayer Gathering May 20th Calvalog Articles Due at 12 pm

Thursdays 9 am Chair Aerobics Men’s Coffee 10 am Prayer Quilters on May 7th & 21st 10 am Calvary Court Apt Meeting May 21st 7 pm Council Meeting May 21st

Friday & Saturday - No Activities

Events

TNT is Family friendly, intergenerational and open to everyone! Currently this activity is scheduled to meet in May but may be suspended as a result of COVID_19 pandemic. Please contact Deb Grenz or Tod Scheler for additional information.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER (Thursday May 7th, 6 pm) If ever our nation needed prayer, it is during this unprecedented health crisis as well as being a year in which we will be selecting new governmental leadership. As of this writing, it appears unlikely that the Oregon lockdown restrictions will have been lifted in order to allow us to gather in person for a time of prayer. However, this is too important for us to cancel or ignore. We are therefore going to do a Zoom prayer gathering on the 7th utilizing the advantages of modern technology. If you have never participated in a Zoom gathering, it involves your computer and shows pictures of the participants on your screen much like the opening credits did on the TV show “The Brady Bunch” (i.e. each person has a box). We will strive to keep this brief (approximately 45 minutes) but we strongly encourage you to join in this prayer event if at all possible. If you would like to participate, please let either Pastor Bret or Kate know so that we can email you the necessary information. If you are not able or comfortable joining us online, we would still encour-age you to pray on the 7th for our nation, its leaders, and our future direction as a country.

Other Events Mother’s Day - May 11th Pledge Sunday - May 17 Council Meeting - May 21st Budget available for review - May 31st Quarterly Church Meeting - June 14th

Please confirm that activities are still scheduled by: checking the church website

www.cbcsalem.com, contacting the activity leader or calling the church.

Bible Studies

Sunday Mornings “He Chose the Nails” - Contact Tanya Fagan for more information. Covenant Fellowship - Contact Jolae Reed for more information The Book of Ephesians Bible Study - Please check with Tanya Fagan, for more Information. The Book of Daniel Bible Study - For more information see Clay Freeman. Young Adults Class - Contact Ian Dahl at 541-817-3806 for more information.

Wednesdays “Genesis Proves Revelation” Bible Study Monday Evenings & Wednesday afternoons - contact Rev. Stephanie Stockton at 503-990-9948.

Other Activities Men’s Coffee - Contact Bob Flood for more information. Chair Aerobics - Contact Jolae Reed or Evelyn Gatlin Diners Club & The Calvary Ramblers - Contact Diane Cartwright or Joan Massey. Prayer Quilters - Contact Jolae Reed.

Children’s Ministry

Calvary Baptist Student Ministries

Sunday Morning Children 8:45 am - 12 pm Nursery and Pre-K classes 9 - 10 am 1st – 5th graders Sunday School class and then at 10:30 am The 1st - 5th graders begin in Worship and are released to Children’s Church around 10:45 am

Contact Ian Dahl at 541-817-3806 or email him at cbckids@cbcsalem.com for more information

Youth Ministry

The Wavewalkers group is Calvary’s middle school and high school ministry. Sunday Morning Learning Community at 9 am in the youth room upstairs. Worship Service at 10:30 am - Middle school students and high school students are encouraged to attend the worship service. Micro-Groups: Each micro-group is autonomous and able to convene whenever and wherever the members of the group decide.

Wavewalkers Events:

• May 9th - 10th - “Beach Bound” event at Lincoln City FBC

Camp Arrah Wanna News

High School Camp is July 6th - 10th, the cost is $295 and this camp is for students who have completed

9th through 12 grades. Campers are encouraged to come ready to dress for the red carpet at the annual RADSAW Awards Dinner! This year’s lake day will be at Lake Billy Chinook near Bend, OR.

Junior Camp is July 20th - 24th and is for students who have completed 3rd through 8th grades. The

costs for grades 3 - 5 is $285 and for grades 6 - 8 is $290. This year the Junior Camp will visit Trillium Lake near Government Camp. Recommended: Bring extra swim gear, towels, water shoes or sandals & money for snacks or souvenirs. Discountts: $20 CAW Early Bird Discount: for High School Camp if registered before June 8th For Junior Camp if registered before June 22nd $10 Sibling Discount $20 First-Time Discount

ATTENTION: June 2020 Graduates & Returning College Students Calvary Baptist Church Scholarship funds-Scholarship applications are now being accepted. Scholarships are funded based on very specific parameters and applications are reviewed against all funds and awards presented accordingly. Not all applicants will qualify for an award.The application deadline is April 30th. Applications may be picked up or emailed from the Church Business Office.

For more information, contact Tod Scheler at503-480-4554 or

wavewalkers@hotmail.com