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Adult Education & Spiritual Formation

We are life-long learners who seek to grow in faith, understanding, and depth.

Come learn and explore your faith with us!

The goal of Adult Education and Spiritual Formation at Calvary is to create educational ministries and nurture an environment that enables and excites people of all ages to grow in Christian faith and affirm their faith with the church, the city, and the world.

Bible Studies

We offer Men’s and Women’s Bible Studies on Zoom as well as in-person Bible Study at the church on Sunday mornings at 9am. During the season of Lent, we hold a church-wide Lenten Small Group Bible Study.


At Calvary, we read scripture in its historical and cultural contexts as we learn together how this sacred text continues to apply to our lives today.

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Sunday Morning Seminars

On certain Sunday mornings at 11:30am, speakers and presenters join us to teach, lead, and facilitate discussion on faith, scripture, and our lives.


Everything from current events to topics on the gospels and worship are shared.

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Author Events

Often in partnership with Book Passage, Calvary hosts events with current authors speaking about their most recent books. We have welcomed authors Reza Aslan, Lisa Sharon Harper, Carolyn Chen, Anne Lamott, and Ronan Farrow.

Join Us for Bible Study!

Those who identify as a woman or nonbinary or agender are welcome to join us for the Women of Calvary Bible Study! Third Thursdays of the month from September 2024 to May 2025 from 6-7:15pm. Click to email Rev Joann for the Zoom link. Bible Study books are $10, please do not let cost be a barrier to your participation. Let Rev. Joann know when you email her for the Zoom link.
Join Men's Bible Study on Zoom every Monday at 8am. Click to email David Barnes for Zoom Info

Upcoming Adult Ed & Spiritual Formation Events



Join us with Author and Activist Loretta J. Ross in partnership with Book Passage. Her new book
Join us for an Adult Spiritual Ed - A Grand Love by Janna Barkin on Sunday, March 2 at 11:30am after worship in the lounge. This book talks about stories for grandparents of transgender grandchildren and provides personal stories, up-to-date research on gender identity, letters from grandparents, and more. All are welcome!
Join us for a conversation with physicist and author, Dr. Fred Alan Wolf and Chloe Faison, a Calvary member and UC Berkeley freshman majoring in Physics. They will touch on concepts of spirituality and physics described in Wolf's book The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self. Sunday, April 27 at 11:30am in the lounge.

Adult Ed Resources

October 23, 2024 - Dr. Linda Eckert  •  Book: Enough: We Can Stop Cervical Cancer


October 20, 2024 - Alison Owings & Del Seymour  •  Book: The Mayor of the Tenderloin


October 6, 2024 - Challenging the Arguments Against Black Reparations with Don Tamaki  •  Livestream Recording


September 22, 2024 - Jack Has a Plan  •  Trailer


September 15, 2024 - The Rev. Bruce Barkhauer  •  Website: Center for Faith and Giving


June 2, 2024 - Border Delegation Report Back  • 
Whiskey 8    Whiskey 8 Wishlist   Haitian Bridge Alliance


May 5, 2024 - Eddy Zheng  •  new-breath.org    Documentary: Breathin': the Eddy Zheng Story


April 14, 2024 - Author Kevin Nye  •  Book: Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness


March 3, 2024 - Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow  •  Book: Everything Good about God is True: Choosing Faith


November 19, 2023 - Paul Tate & Tenisha Tate-Austin  •  Documentary: Our America: Lowballed

Thank you for attending our Q&A with Paul & Tenisha on November 19!


It was an absolutely informative session with one of the couples featured in the documentary Lowballed.
If you haven't had a chance to watch the film yet,
please stream it here for free.

Paul and Tenisha had a housing appraisal in Marin City, CA where the appraiser lowballed them by an incredulous amount because they had 'black items' in their house, like food, art, books, clothes, and more. After seeing several red flags on their appraisal, they experimented later on by taking their belongings out of their house and replaced them with 'white items' and their next appraisal was $500,000 higher than the previous one. The documentary highlights a few black and brown families across America that have experienced this part of systemic racism.

We continue to march forward in unity, action, and spirit for justice of the oppressed.


A nighttime city scape with the text

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name.


Psalm 86:11

2 large doves carrying olive leaves in their mouth. The title reads
By Rev. Joann Lee February 18, 2024
Download 2024's Lenten Bible Study Guide.
Lenten Bible Study - Many Ancient Coins
By Rachel Wolf February 8, 2023
Lent is a time to prayerfully reflect and reconnect with God. You are invited to join us on a Lenten journey to deepen our faith and deepen our community as...
Sanctified Art - A blue-tonedJoseph sleeping with Gold Accents
By Rachel Wolf November 24, 2022
Download the 2022 Advent Devotional Booklet.
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Contact Calvary's
Adult Spiritual Education Ministry

2515 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115

Rev. Joann Lee
Associate Pastor for Community Formation

joannlee@calpres.org

415-346-3832 x 416


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