October 11 :: 6:00pm
Give Her Courage to Be the Girl God Created Her to Be.

This event is for girls 7 to 12 and their moms. It will include practical Bible teaching, live worship and hilarious games, fashion shows and more.

When the world tells her who to be, this night shows her something better—who God says she is. The True Girl Crazy Hair Tour helps your daughter stand strong in her faith, embrace her God-given uniqueness, and get totally crazy for Jesus.

Fridays, beginning September 18 :: 6:00am :: Calvary Hall

God’s story is unfolding as He pursues His eternal purposes in our world, and He invites us to join Him. Some days may require major leaps of faith, but more often we’ll take small steps of faithfulness in the everyday moments of our lives.

This study will help men experience God on the mountaintops and every day between.

What a great weekend of serving Jesus right here in our own state! A team of 31 people from Calvary traveled to Monroe to join local churches and nearly 1,000 volunteers from across Louisiana for Send Relief Serve Tour: Monroe.

Throughout the weekend, volunteers spread across the city to serve churches, schools, neighborhoods, and families in practical ways. Calvary teams helped with projects including building, painting, and laying carpet, while others took the Gospel directly intoneighborhoods.

Three teams went door to door, handing out burgers and sharing the Good News of Jesus with the people they met. Conversations turned into opportunities for prayer and Gospel witness, and we are thankful that several people accepted Christ as their Savior.

Another large group from Calvary helped lead a Back-to-School Blast at a local pregnancy center. At least 58 moms, along with many children and other family members, attended the event. The children enjoyed a fun day together while moms received much-needed support and encouragement. Volunteers prayed with families, built relationships, and shared the hope of Christ throughout the event.

Across Monroe, the picture was much the same: people painting, landscaping, building, grilling, encouraging pastors, serving churches, and showing up for communities in need. The projects may have looked different, but the purpose was the same — one Church serving together for the sake of the Gospel.

Serve Tour: Monroe was made possible through partnerships with Send Relief, the Louisiana Baptist Convention, and the NortheastLouisiana Baptist Association, bringing churches together to make a lasting impact on some of the most vulnerable people in thecommunity.

We are grateful for every missions-minded servant from Calvary who braved the summer heat, gave their time, worked hard, prayed with people, and faithfully shared the Good News of Jesus.

Thank you for serving God’s Kingdom and representing Calvary so well in Monroe!

Now Open - Attending YEC, Kingdom Weekend, and SUMMER CAMP events are amazing, but they can get costly. Our High School and Middle School Triple Bundle will help you plan and save you money! We also have a bundle just for Seniors! Check them out at:

Now open - Deacons are men who function in a service role to the church and are selected from among church members on an annual basis. Qualifications for deacons are listed in 1 Timothy 3:8-13.

October 16 :: Links on the Bayou
The Calvary Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Calvary Deacons, is 4-man scramble golf tournament benefitting Calvary's Missions Ministry. The tournament will be held at Links on the Bayou. Lunch will be at 11:30am with the tournament starting at 1:00pm.

Christmas is a season filled with lights, music, and celebration, but at its heart is a message the world still desperately needs: Hope has come, and His name is Jesus.

This December, Calvary Baptist Church invites you and your family to experience the story of Jesus’ birth through a brand-new presentation called A Night of Hope.

Tickets on sale October 1.

A list of recent births, sympathies, and members saying thank you to Calvary for ministering to recent needs. Information is updated bi-monthly.

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” —John 15:13

“Middle School Summer Camp was great! Over 140 students and 20 adults dove into the topic of "Greater Together," centered around the greatest type of love, the love of Christ. During a 3-day camp experience at Tall Timbers Baptist Conference Center in Forrest Hill, middle school students took their next step toward becoming fully devoted followers of Christ. This group experienced salvation, repentance, and the need to take their next step in baptism. Praise the Lord for what He did!

We had some memorable moments throughout the week that students could participate in. Students were able to participate in high ropes, swimming, paddle boarding, bazooka ball, fishing, canvas painting, and a slip-n-slide game called "Steal the Chicken." Fortunately, no real chickens were used during the game! In all of these activities, students were reminded of the theme of the week, Greater Together, and recognized that life with Jesus is greater together!

We are thankful for the prayers, commitments, and support that made this camp a life-changing experience!” — Anthony Work

We are excited to announce that Anthony Work has accepted the position of High School Pastor. Anthony has served as our Middle School Minister for the past three years and has done an incredible job in that role.

In his new role, Anthony will also provide leadership to our overall Student Ministry. Please join us in praying for Anthony, his wife, Jordan, and their daughter, Amelie, as he steps into this new role and continues to lead and serve our students.

“I am genuinely excited and humbled by the opportunity to serve Calvary in this new capacity and to see what God wants to do through our Student Ministry in the years ahead. Having already invested in this ministry, I am grateful to take on greater responsibility for leading students to become fully devoted followers of Christ.

My heart is not simply to build a ministry that students attend, but a ministry where they know they belong, grow in their faith, and take ownership of following Him.  I am especially excited about building a culture where we initiate relationships with one another, invite students into community and into a relationship with Christ, and involve them in the life and mission of our church.

Above all, I am praying that God would use our team and me to faithfully steward this opportunity and point our students to live out Romans 12:12, "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." — Anthony

“Hello, I am Andy Burnaman, and I just returned from an exciting and fruitful mission trip to Cornerstone Church in Okotoks, Canada. Cornerstone Church is a new church plant supported by many churches in Louisiana, including Calvary Baptist Church. Cornerstone is in a very important place because Okotoks is one of the fastest-growing cities in Canada. Right now, it has 35,000 people, and within the next 10 years it is projected to be over 70,000. This gives Cornerstone Church a great opportunity to become a central part of the community and continue reaching lost people as they move to Okotoks.

My team and I spent eight weeks in Okotoks serving Cornerstone Church as summer interns. We volunteered in the community, served during Sunday worship, and learned how church planting works. Church planting is unique because there are normally no buildings, which means the church needs to be portable. Chairs, sound systems, and other supplies must be set up each week and then packed away after church. Cornerstone is already a tight-knitcommunity because they serve alongside each other every week. Their love for the Lordgrows not only through worship together but also through serving together.

While at Cornerstone, I had two primary roles. During the first half of the summer, I helped organize plans for three mission teams that would be coming during the summer. From creating door-to-door evangelism routes to making grocery lists and planning block parties, everything was prepared so groups had jobs ready when they arrived. During the second half of the summer, I had the privilege to preach. Over three weeks, I preached at Cornerstone Church twice and at IBEA Church, another church plant in the area, once. This was my favorite part of the summer because I got to study the Word of God again and again and then share what I had learned with the church.

By the end of the summer, we saw clear signs of growth. Through our evangelism efforts, three new families began attending church each week. Through VBS and soccer camp, we were also able to begin relationships with many new families searching for community. Please pray that the Lord will continue to draw lost people toward Cornerstone and that they will come to know Him as their Savior. This summer gave me firsthand church planting experience that will prepare me for day-to-day ministry after college. I saw both the easy and hard parts of ministry, which helped me better understand what ministry is really like.

Thank you, Calvary, for supporting me this summer while I was in Okotoks. I cannot wait to see how the Lord continues to work through Cornerstone Church as it reaches lost people in Okotoks.” — Andy

Get ready for a date night full of laughter, encouragement, and real-life wisdom as comedian Michael Jr. brings his Funny How Marriage Works…And Dating Too Tour to Calvary. This comedy experience takes a hilarious and heartfelt look at marriage, dating, communication, and the everyday moments that make relationships both challenging and meaningful. Whether you’re married, engaged, or dating with marriage in mind, this night is designed to help couples laugh together and leave encouraged.

A better marriage starts here.

Marriage comes with challenges, but it's worth it! Is communication a constant struggle? Do your conflicts seem to never feel resolved and resurface again and again? Do you feel hopeless in healing from relational hurts? You are not alone. Whether your marriage needs to be reignited, or is in need of a complete resurrection, a better marriage starts at Re|engage!

What is Re|Engage?

Re|Engage is a weekly marriage ministry on Wednesday nights. Re|Engage offers hope to marriages by helping couples move toward unity through stories of grace, teaching, and small groups. Join us for this weekly experience including a time of prayer, teaching, or testimony by a couple who has experienced victory in the midst of hard times, and small group time following a specified curriculum.

Who is this for?

Re|Engage is for married couples between one man and one woman, in any and all conditions. Every marriage will benefit, whether couples are struggling to get along, the marriage seems broken, or they simply want to grow closer together relationally.

What to expect?

Re|Engage is a 14-week-long commitment where you and your spouse will go through a curriculum in a group with 4-6 other couples who, just like you, are seeking a better marriage. This is a 14-week commitment with limited spots, so if you think you will miss more than a little we ask that you wait and sign up when you have more time to commit.

Date: August 19 - November18
Time: Wednesdays at 6-7:30pm
Location: Calvary Hall, Alexandria Campus
Cost: $20.00/couple

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” —John 15:13

High School Mountain Camp 2026 was incredible! Over 200 students and 30adults dove into the topic of being CONNECTED, centered around the greatest typeof love—the love of Christ. During a week spent in the Ozark Mountains in northern Arkansas, these high school students were able to take their next step toward becoming fully devoted followers of Christ.

This group experienced 20 faith decisions, including salvation commitments, repentance, and decisions to take the next step in baptism. Praise the Lord for what He did! We had some memorable moments throughout the week in which studentswere able to participate. Students were able to go horseback riding, go on a“goat cave” hike, experience a lemur exhibit, play paintball, or even participatein a high ropes activity called “Cliff Hanger.” Yes, it is exactly what comes tomind!

In all of these activities, students were reminded of the theme ofthe week as they CONNECTED with one another through these sharedexperiences. We are thankful for the prayers, commitments, and support that madethis camp a life-changing week!

Anthony Work Middle School Pastor

We brought 41 children in Grades 3 and 4 and 11 adult leaders to Kid’s Camp at Tall  Timbers this summer. Our theme was called Storytime, and we studied parables, or stories that Jesus told, to teach us important truths. During our missions time, Calvary’s very own missions pastor, Clay Iles, shared with the children about the lives and needs of people in Uganda, our work with Bright Angel Church, and ways we are helping. A missions offering was taken during the camp.

“The children’s missions offering has been used to purchase food that will feed 100 families for two months at Kiryandongo Refugee Camp in Uganda.” —Clay Iles

The children swam, fished, canoed, played lots of games, enjoyed lots of ice cream, formed and strengthened friendships, and, most importantly, grew in their faith. We are following up with several children who made decisions to follow Jesus and the existing faith of others was strengthened.

“Kids Camp was a blessing to me I didn’t know I needed. I learned about myself, my child, and the children of others in a way I never would have outsideof a camp experience.” — Cori Richerson (Adult Leader)

“My boys were great. They were ‘all boy,’ as well as eager to grow in theirrelationship with Jesus. It was a special week for me, just watching them worship.” — Jerry Blackmon (Adult Leader)

Janet Jewell, Children’s Ministry Director

Join us Wednesday, August 19 @ 6:00 pm!

We’re excited for everything happening on Wednesday nights this spring! There’s something for everyone: KidzJAM for kids, Pursuit & The Forge for Middle & High School students, Adult Support Groups, Choir & Orchestra rehearsals, and new Adult Growth Group option:
Foundations:12 Essential Beliefs for Everyday Life A218 :: Taught by Clay Iles, David Guillot, and Jonathan Murphy

Enroll your child today! Give your child a solid foundation for learning! For more information and to register, click below.

1st & 3rd Wednesdays, begins September
Join our community of Cenla mothers! The MomCo meetings include breakfast, connection, learning, and fun with moms all across Cenla. Childcare included during meetings!

Calvary’s Honduras mission team recently returned from the second year of our church-to-church partnership with Bethel Church in Teupasenti. Throughout the week, the team met practical needs while sharing the hope of the gospel through medical care, dental services, an eyeglass clinic, children’s VBS, youth soccer camp, home visits, and nightly worship services.

The team cared for 1,334 medical patients, filled 8,813 prescriptions, treated 158 dental patients with 196 extractions, and distributed approximately 380 reading glasses, 8 prescription glasses, 30 sunglasses, and 25 bottles of eye drops.

Children and students were a major part of the ministry. Around 60 children attended VBS, and approximately 130 students participated in the soccer camp, where they built relationships with team members and heard about Jesus. One special highlight was delivering the first shipment of Spanish children’s Bibles purchased through Calvary’s VBS Giving Challenge. Thanks to the generosity of our church, 480 Bibles were placed into the hands of children and families.

Most importantly, God changed lives. On the first day alone, 30 people professed faith in Christ, and team members spent the rest of the week following up with new believers through home visits, conversations, and worship gatherings. By the final evening, the worship tent was packed with people whose lives had been touched through the clinics, VBS, soccer camp, and personal invitations. Thank you to everyone who prayed, gave, and served. As our partnership with Bethel Church continues, we are excited to see how God will keep using this ministry to strengthen the local church in Teupasenti and reach more people with the gospel.

August 21-22, 2026
Join us for a powerful one or two-day mission experience serving the hurting communities of Monroe, Louisiana.

WHO WE WILL SERVE

• Local churches
• Bi-vocational pastors
• Low-income schools
• Community organizations

WHAT WE WILL DO
Possibilities include:

• Light construction
• Painting
• Landscaping
• Neighborhood walks & block parties
• Encouraging families

Sign up with Clay using the button below or visit calvarynet.net/register.

Cost is $75 per family or $40 per individual. Senior adults, adults, teens, and families with children are encouraged to participate!

Our recent Special Needs VBS was a blast! It was held June 23-26 and each night pointed to the good news that Jesus is the Light of the World, who brightens, illuminates, reflects, and reveals the truth of God’s love.

More than 270 participants and volunteers were part of this amazing week, including individuals with special needs, their typical siblings, parents, and many faithful servants who helped make each night possible. The week was filled with Bible teaching, music, activities, laughter, encouragement, and the kind of community that reflects the heart of Christ.

The celebration concluded on Friday night with more than 300 people coming together to rejoice in all God had done. We are grateful for every family who attended, every volunteer who served, and every moment that helped shine the light of Jesus.

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). What a gift to see that truth celebrated so clearly through Special Needs VBS!

July 12 :: 5:00-6:00pm :: Chapel
Join us for a dedicated time of intentional prayer for our church and community as we seek the Lord and strive to lead everyone to become fully devoted followers of Christ.

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June 28 :: 10:30am :: One Service, One Campus, No Life Groups
Our annual celebration of the freedom we have in our great country and the ultimate freedom found in living a life for Jesus. Come and enjoy this special service with us!