Attention all High Schoolers, 8th graders and Adults interested in leading! You are invited to be part of Calvary’s Workcamp trip this year in Nashville, Tennessee from July 5–July 11, 2026.

An informational meeting to learn more will be held on Sunday, March 29 between services (approx 10:05-10:25am) in Room 113/115.

Calvary will join Group Mission Trips “Week of Hope” and experience community service opportunities such as light home repairs or yard-work, serving meals, helping to lead a day camp for kids, working with kids or adults with disabilities, or possibly sharing stories with a person in an assisted-living facility. In the evenings, we’ll have fun with games, movie night, devotions, worship and much more! Housing will be provided in a Nashville church. Workcampers get to share hope in the name of Jesus, grow themselves spiritually and develop lasting friendships with others. Join the team and get ready to serve and have a ton of fun!
The total cost for each workcamper is $400. We want anyone who is interested to be able to attend, so please don’t let cost stop you from being part of Workcamp. If cost is an issue at all, please fill out this form so Calvary can help.
For more information about this mission trip, please email Vince Rohn.
Go here for more information on Group Mission Trips.

Registration & Payment:
To register, please fill out this Registration Form by Monday, Apr 27, 2026
After completing the Registration Form, the confirmation email you receive will include a link to a form for Group Mission Trips. Please complete that as soon as possible.
If you have already registered and want to make another payment go to this form.

We are going to assemble rice packs that will be distributed by Midwest Food Bank in Calvary's gym on April 7. At 5:30, there will be a light dinner served and at 6:00, the work begins! We've always had a lot of fun in the past (while providing nutritious meals for so many people)! Come join us!
If you plan to join for the meal beforehand, please be sure to sign up so we have enough food for everyone! 

We will be adding a youth choir to our 9 a.m. service on Palm Sunday! Any student preschool through high school is welcome. This ensemble will be singing an Introit (beginning of the service) with the adult choir. If you have a student who is interested please contact Leah Megli, Leslie Gully, or Lori Short so we can have an accurate number count. Practice materials are available here and we will have one rehearsal between services on Sunday, March 22. Hope to see you there!

Join us for Holy Week!

March 29 at 9 or 10:30 a.m. for Palm Sunday Services
April 2 at 6:30 p.m. for Maundy Thursday Service
April 3 at 6:30 p.m. for Good Friday Service
April 5 at 9 or 10:30 a.m. for Easter Sunday Services

The United Methodist Church recognizes that all Christians have a role in the work of the Church. Lay Servant ministries is one way to do that as a United Methodist Church. If you are interested in serving in this way, here is some information about how you can start that journey: About Lay Servant Ministries.

This Wednesday morning Bible Study is led by Sharyl Jennings in room 111 from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays, starting February 25. You can purchase your own copy of the book on Amazon or Christian Books. Reach out to Sharyl if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome!
About the study:
Lysa TerKeurst knows what it’s like to consider God just another thing on her to-do list. For years she went through the motions of a Christian life: Go to church. Pray. Be nice. She longed for a deeper connection between what she knew in her head and her everyday reality, and she wanted to personally experience God’s presence. Drawing from her own remarkable story of step-by-step faith, Lysa invites you to uncover the spiritually exciting life for which we all yearn.

During the season of Lent this year, Calvary UMC will be joining in an All-Church Study of the book "Why Did Jesus Have to Die" by author and pastor Adam Hamilton. This book, and its connecting study, asks us to consider some of the spiritual practices that we can include in our lives to help us draw closer to God.
Our Sunday morning worship services will be focusing on themes connected to the book from March 1 to April 5. We will also be offering a variety of Small Group and Sunday School classes offering a group study connected to this worship series, and we are encouraging everyone to find a class or group to connect with during the season of Lent (either one you already are part of or one you might join). We will have copies of the book for sale at the Welcome Center on Sunday mornings (beginning February 8) for $17. Everyone is encouraged to pick up a copy and read a chapter a week through Lent.

From Pastor Vince

The end of 2025 brought a couple of reminders of the generosity of those who call Calvary UMC our church home. In early December, I shared an email that the church was running behind our expected financial goals and was likely to end 2025 with a significant financial deficit. Many people responded to that call, the spirit of generosity that is common at the holidays, and traditional end of the year giving; and I am pleased to say that we ended the 2025 at a virtual breakeven point from a financial perspective. Our year-end financial report shows a loss of $2,132 for 2025, but given the size of our budget and expenses that loss is less than .02% of our expenses. Thank you to all who responded so faithfully, and as we move into 2026 please remember that Calvary UMC continues to have financial needs if we are going to fully live into the call of God and live out all of the ministries that we can in Jesus's name. I remain convinced that there is no better place to invest our giving than in the life changing work of God through Calvary UMC.

I also want to share that our Christmas Eve offering at our three services totaled $11,883. We had pledged half of that offering to go to Home Sweet Home Ministries to support their Bridge project to help provide shelter to our unhoused neighbors. We have sent that check, and the Bridge will be welcoming its first residents anytime now.

We need your help to prepare and serve meals at Safe Harbor! Please contact Tammy Carlson (309) 533-6663 or tk.carlson@yahoo.com

We have several opportunities available to serve our neighbors for 2026:

• May 1 & 15

• June 5

• July 17

• August 1 & 14

• September 4

• October 2 & 16

• November 6 & 20

• December 18

Pastor Vince Rohn and staff of Calvary visited The Bridge and prayed over the buildings and grounds along with other local churches. We learned about the ways Home Sweet Home Ministries will be breaking barriers to help those who are experiencing homelessness in ways other shelters haven’t been able to do so before. Please continue to pray over the 56 individuals who have moved in, as well as the staff working there. Calvary is blessed to be able to support this ministry and those in our community. If you are interested in learning more about Home Sweet Home Ministries or their needs, please check out their website.