It is only through giving that we can receive, said St. Francis of Assisi, and so it has been for Calvary Presbyterian Church with Erica Land. Land, the pastry chef at Waterbar along the Embarcadero, recently appeared on “Beat Bobby Flay,” but long before her cooking showdown with the celebrity chef, she was baking for the congregation at Calvary. The church helped her in a time of need.

Kristen Marsh kept returning to the prayer.  In her moments of deepest concern about Andy – her husband who was fighting for his life in the hospital – she pulled out the words Rev. Joann H. Lee had written and read them in silence.  "O God Our Great Physician ... "