Box Drop-Off & Pick-Up October 11 - November 16
We are partnering with Samaritan’s Purse this year to send gift-filled shoeboxes to children in need around the world! Not only will they receive fun gifts, but more importantly, each box is delivered with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please plan to join us!
Boxes are available in the church lobby on Sundays and main office during the week.

Thanksgiving Day :: All Ages Welcome!
Join the Calvary Family and others as we begin a day of thanksgiving with a family-friendly event. See registration form for times and details.

What an incredible night at Calvary as we hosted the True Girl Crazy Hair Tour!

More than 350 moms and daughters came together for an evening filled with laughter, crazy hair, worship, and encouragement from God’s Word. Beyond all the fun, the night was an opportunity for moms and daughters to make lasting memories while celebrating  their God-given identity. Most importantly, more than 10 girls made decisions to follow Jesus!

We praise God for the lives impacted and are grateful for the many Calvary volunteers who helped make this special night possible!

On October 17th, our church had the opportunity to serve at the Food Bank of Central Louisiana and pack food boxes for senior adults in our community. Our volunteers packed 368 boxes in 2 hours, that’s 12,738 pounds of food prepared for distribution!

This effort supports the Food Bank's mission to provide nutritious food to those in need, ensuring that children, seniors, and families in our community have access to essential resources.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this happen.

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 now!

November 4 :: Noon - 1:00pm :: Chapel

Join us for a time of community wide, corporate prayer as we specifically pray for the international, persecuted Church.

November 21 :: 9:00-10:00 am
Sign up to deliver a complete, uncooked Thanksgiving meal to a family in our community.  Participants will come to the church to pick up their meal boxes and address information and deliver the meals that morning by 10:30.

February 19-21, 2027
A focused time away to dig deeper into God's word and connect with other women. Open your heart to God in a safe, Biblical environment, and see what He can do when you truly surrender to Him. This is a unique opportunity to disconnect from the world and spend the weekend with our Lord and Savior! 

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:

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

In September, as part of our ongoing partnership with Bethel Baptist Church in Teupasenti, Honduras, a Calvary missions team focused on encouraging and strengthening the church’s growth efforts.

Our women’s team led sessions themed “Bloom,” helping women grow personally and strengthen their church. Twelve women were expected, but God brought 29 to participate. One couple also shared about marriage with Christ at the center. Theyconcluded with a prayer walk, meeting people, sharing the gospel, and praying with homes and businesses surrounding the church.

Our men’s team partnered with Pastor Fredy Lagos to evangelize men in the community and equip lay leaders to disciple others. By week’s end, the Honduran men were leading sessions themselves. God used these evangelism efforts to bring several people to saving faith in Jesus. One man shared that he had been watching our team and desperately hoping someone would come tell him about Jesus. It was a powerful reminder that God provides exactly what is needed at the right time.

The week culminated with six believers publicly declaring their faith through baptism in the Rio Jalan. Please continue to pray for Bethel Baptist Church and the believers there as they grow, disciple others, and reach their community with the gospel.

Paris offers the opportunity to reach people from many nations in one place.

Recently, our France team shared the hope of Christ through prayer and gospel conversations with people from France, North Africa, and the Middle East all in one area.

Ministry included:

• Prayer and preparation: Praying Scripture at the Grand Mosque of Paris and learning from a former Muslim who now serves as an evangelist for Christ.
• Street outreach: Offering free henna art and coffee to begin conversations about Jesus, including with Buddhists, atheists, and Muslims.
• Local church partnership: Sharing the Creation story and the gospel with women attending French classes and teaching children simple English phrases.

Thank you, Calvary, for praying and sending. Continue praying that those who heard about Jesus will accept Him as Savior.

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.

Calvary Serves at the Food Bank
October 17 ::  9-11am
Calvary volunteers join up with the Food Bank in their mission to alleviate hunger in Central Louisiana by packing boxes to distribute to needy families.

Thursday, October 15 :: 11:00am :: Chapel & Calvary Hall
Join us for our next senior adult luncheon featuring the musical talent of Calvary’s own, Johnny Walker. Come be soothed by the smooth, jazz sounds of the saxophone starting at 11am in the Chapel before we proceed to Calvary Hall at 12pm for a wonderful time of lunch and fellowship.

Tickets are $10

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.

Are you feeling called to be a missionary?
Do you have a burden for unreached people groups around the globe?
Here are a few ways to get involved. If you feel called into missions ministry after looking over these options, reach out to Clay! He will be glad to talk to you and answer questions about serving.

• Joshua Project: Unreached of the day
• International Mission Board (IMB)
• Calvary World Mission Offering

September 27 :: 1:00 pm :: Calvary Hall
Discover Calvary is the class for those who want to discover more about the ministries of Calvary and for those who want to become members. Come and discover your place at Calvary! Please enter at our Community Entrance.

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!

“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