What are some ways Calvary Church’s families are reaching beyond the walls of the church sanctuary?
GEORGE: One of the first things God spoke to my heart when I came to this city 32 years ago was to reach the disadvantaged. We’ve always reached out through radio and television, but beyond that we pursue many other strategies. We fill 1,000 “love baskets” with food to give away the Saturday before Christmas, and take our Christmas program into the community with giveaways. Our bus ministry has brought in enough kids to Sunday School to fill Texas Stadium several times. Our Soul Patrol ministry goes out each Thursday evening, often taking a mobile sound stage into shopping centers and neighborhoods. Several Sunday nights a year we go to an underprivileged community in the city. I preach the gospel and we give away bicycles, sports equipment, toys, groceries, gasoline vouchers and grocery vouchers. We have monthly food drives. During a recent Easter season we had an “Egg Jam,” a big rally for kids at a local high school football stadium, with about 10,000 kids attending. Our backpack pr
