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  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Leadership
    • All at Calvary
    • Community Hub
    • Space Rental
    • Directions
  • Worship
    • Bulletins
    • Sermons
  • Connect
    • Community >
      • Story Circles
      • Community Rhythm Circle
      • Fellowship
      • Potlucks
    • Faith-Spirituality >
      • Adult Ed
      • Bible Study
      • Midweek Prayer
      • Spiritual Reflection Group
      • Retreats
    • Love-Justice >
      • racial-economic justice
      • Immigrant Justice
      • LGBTQIA+ Justice
      • Eco-Justice
      • Fair Trade
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    • Calvary Choir
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Leadership

shared leadership is less like an orchestra and more like a jazz banD.
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– phillip c. schlechty

staff 

Rev. Tim Emmett-Rardin
Pastor
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About Pastor Tim
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Pastor Tim is thrilled to serve as Calvary's pastor (again) - as a long-time member of the congregation, and having previously served as interim pastor (January-June 2020), community engagement pastor (July 2018-December 2019), and pastoral associate while in seminary (2003-2004).

He received his M.Div from Drew University Theological School, with an emphasis on social justice, urban ministry and interfaith engagement. 
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Greg Scott
Music Director
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Milton Westray
Bookkeeper
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About Greg
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Greg has been Calvary's music director since 1996.

He's an accomplished bandleader, composer/arranger and multi-instrumentalist (all saxophones, reeds, and keyboards), with a wealth of experience in music performance and education. 

He's the founding director of The Big Push, a 15-piece big band fusing jazz with the rhythmic influences of hip-hop
beats, and an original member of Breakwater, a Philadelphia-based rhythm and blues group which has been around since 1976.

Greg has composed or arranged music for church choirs, jazz enembles, concert bands, chamber groups, and symphonic orchestras. When he's not playing music, you can find him working at The Workshop School as science and technology instructor, teaching Lego robotics as a volunteer with students at Harrington Elementary School, or helping to get solar panels installed anywhere he can (including Calvary!). 
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About Milton
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Milton D. Westray, MAFM, has been an accountant for about 30 years - specializing in the nonprofit sector.

He was born and raised in Philadelphia and South Jersey.  He enjoys playing golf, fishing, music and photography - and coaching his daughter in basketball.

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ADMINISTRATION
Lay Leaders
Lauren Ballester, ​Kristine Morrow, Cord Whitaker

Church Council
Annie Haviland, Chair

Finance Committee
Gerry Felix, Chair
Beth Jemison, Treasurer


Staff-Parish Relations Committee
Jennine Miller, Chair

Trustees
Patricia Pate, President
MINISTRIES
Calvary Kids
Pastor Tim, Coordinator

Community Care Team
Emily Johnson, Coordinator

Fellowship Team
Sarah Byker James, Coordinator

Story Circles
Amy Emmett-Rardin, Coordinator

Young Adults
Grace Johnson, Coordinator​

Worship Team
Coordinator TBD

Green Team ​(PA Interfaith Power & Light)
Pastor Tim, Coordinator

Fair Trade
John Emmett, Coordinator

New Sanctuary Movement Team
Lauren Ballester, Coordinator

POWER Team
Eriks Dunens, Coordinator

Reconciling Ministries Team
Coordinator TBD




We acknowledge that Calvary is located on the ancestral homelands of the Lenape people, whose presence and resilience in Pennsylvania continues to this day. We take this opportunity to honor the original caretakers who lived and continue to live on and steward this land, while recognizing the histories of land theft, violence, erasure and oppression that has preceded our presence here.

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801 South 48th Street
​Philadelphia, PA 19143

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215.724.1702 or email

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