Women's Ministry

Christmas Tea
Join us on December 7 at Assembly for our annual Christmas Tea, featuring guest speaker Sher Pai of Flying Arrow Ministries with worship by Joevannah.

Monthly Devotional

By Sheila Walker
From Living Daily in the Word: Devotions by the Ladies of Calvary Chapel Living Word (2013)

This month we will hear from our beloved Sheila from 2013:
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."

One of my greatest treasures rests on the shelf in my husband's office at church. It is a framed picture of each of our three children when they were dedicated to the Lord as infants, and a picture next to it of them making the choice to be baptized into our Lord Jesus Christ. I truly have no greater joy than to hear my children walk in the Truth. I praise God that each of their spouses know and serve the Lord; they are my kids now, too, who I love dearly.

This leads me to our granddaughter, Kate. How she teaches me about God’s love on a regular basis; she is chock-full of ways to minister to Mimi. She has a great sense of humor that tickles me, even at her young age! We have so much fun together. She loves life and it shows! I’m sure God gives us grandchildren to have them demonstrate things to us which we have forgotten. I’m reminded of the verse in 2 Timothy 1:5, “…when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” It is an awesome responsibility. Kate is blessed to have a godly mother and father. I have chosen to be a godly grandmother who will help her parents point her to the Lord.

I want her to see in me that “genuine faith.” I want to live out with her what I pray I did for our own children in Deuteronomy 6: “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your (grand) children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” Kate and I “discuss” what a beautiful ocean God made, what a sense of humor God has in some funny-looking fish He created. It’s an ongoing conversation.

Let’s be sure to pray daily for our children and grandchildren to walk strong in the Lord and the power of His might. What better gift can we give them?

Prayer

Email us at livingword@calvarylivingword with any prayer requests. Our women's prayer team will lift you up in prayer. Women's Prayer currently meets Mondays from 11am-12pm at Jennifer Glenn's house in Costa Mesa (please contact her at 714-697-9413 for the location). Come pray, be prayed over, and be blessed!

Connect

Life can get crazy - If you need help or would like to speak with one of our women in leadership, please contact the church office.

Meet the Sheep

This month we'd like to get to know Peachy Pham a little better...

Hello, my name is Abegail Pham, though most of you know me by my nickname, Peachy. I was asked to share a little something about myself. I am a mother of three, and my husband’s name is Hamilton. I enjoy working out, and our family tends to be homebodies most of the time—content and happy just being together.

My Life Verse: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11

I have truly been blessed all my life. I was born to loving, God-fearing parents who ran a small hospital in the suburbs of the Philippines. I still remember their business letterhead—it read: “Service to men is our service to God.” That simple phrase has stayed with me ever since.

At 21, I became a mother to my son. His arrival made me mature quickly and gave me a deep longing to build a better life for both of us. Around that time, my mother—recently widowed—believed my future was in America. She packed my bags and sent me off, leaving behind my 1½-year-old son. As a young mother, I endured the deep pain of missing every milestone, but I held on to hope and trusted that God had a plan.

As James 1:17 says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

At 22, alone and trying to find my footing, I met a woman who invited me to attend Calvary Chapel South Bay with Pastor Steve Mays. There, my personal relationship with the Lord began to grow. I clung to Him more and more, finding strength, purpose, and grace in His presence.

Not long after, I met my husband—who, at the time, was a Buddhist and very much of this world. Yet even then, I could see God’s grace at work in both our lives. As he began seeking baptism, we came across CCLW one Wednesday evening while looking for a midweek Bible study. Pastor Terry was in the middle of announcing that there would be a baptism at Crystal Cove. That night changed everything. We found a church family and began to grow together in God’s love and guidance. Pastor Terry later officiated our wedding—and the rest, as they say, is history.

Today, my husband and I continue to serve as first responders in our community while raising our three children. We also volunteer in the children’s ministry and help during Vacation Bible School each summer. This year, we were blessed with the opportunity to start a traveling kids camp—and now we wait expectantly for God’s direction on where He will lead it next.

Through every challenge and every joy, I am reminded that God truly holds us in the palm of His hand. As Ephesians 2:8–9 reminds us, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”