John Calvin Presbyterian Church is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  In 2004, we began the transition of becoming a Purpose-Driven church following a Purpose-Driven model of ministry ...

 Gathering

This is a place to nurture and grow your spirit.  We are a people that want to gather together in Christ and to enjoy one another’s company and pray for and encourage one another and to be a people of hope and joy.

Growing

We are a people that want to grow our mind and our thinking and understand God’s will and purpose for us so we do that in small groups and Disciple-making classes.

Giving

We are a people that want to give of ourselves in service and in mission and ministry out of a profound thankfulness and gratefulness of what God has done for us.

Going

We are a people that want to go and tell and act and share the great gift-- the great gospel that God has come to redeem us and make us right with him again in Jesus Christ.

Glorifying God

We are people who want to glorify God in worship.  

Who are we at John Calvin Presbyterian Church?  We are an imperfect people, an imperfect church with imperfect pastors but redeemed by the amazing grace and amazing love of God in Jesus Christ as we seek to live God’s purpose for us.

Meet the Staff

Malcolm Leslie McQueen, D. Min.

Malcolm McQueen began his ministry at John Calvin Church in February 1996. He had previously served congregations in Cortez, Colorado and El Cajon, California. A graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS), he received his Doctor of Ministry degree in youth confirmation and faith development at SFTS in 1993. Malcolm and his wife Amy have two boys, Nathaniel and Gabriel.

Eliza S. Cramer, M. Div.

Eliza Cramer joined the ministry team at John Calvin in August of 2008. She is originally from Zelienople, PA, a small town outside of Pittsburgh. She earned a degree in English from the College of Wooster in northeast Ohio in 2004. She graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary with a M.Div. in 2008. As a seminary student, she served at Bensalem Presbyterian Church in Bensalem, PA.

Nathan Devine

Nathan joined us in August of 2008 after moving to San Antonio from New York. He is a graduate of Eastern University, with a Bachelors Degree in Youth Ministry. He has worked in both Camp and Church ministry settings in Alaska and the Philadelphia area. He loves to have fun, play sports and of course eat, but his real desire is to share the love of God with students.
  

Diane Meade

Diane Meade began as Director of Music in 1998.  With a Bachelor of Music from The University of Iowa and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Texas at San Antonio, she has taught choral music for 17 years in Iowa, Korea and San Antonio.  She served Stone Oak Presbyterian Church and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church before coming to John Calvin.  Diane and her husband, Randy, reside in San Antonio.

Amy Oxley

Amy Oxley moved to San Antonio and joined the choir of John Calvin Presbyterian Church in 1995 after graduating with a degree in Music Education at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  She began teaching middle school choir during the same year and continues to do so today.  In 1999 she became the Assistant Director of Music.  Amy and her husband, Justin, have three children, Brandon, Taylor and Sam. 

Lisa Ringler

Lisa Ringler moved to San Antonio in 2005 with her family and joined the congregation of John Calvin Presbyterian Church.  She began as the Administrative Assistant in 2006.  She has been serving in Presbyterian churches since 1987 in Nebraska, Oklahoma and now Texas.   Lisa and her husband, Gordon, have three children, Dustin, Hannah and Nicholas.

Other Professional Staff Members

Pre-School Director:  Norma Valasco

History

John Calvin Presbyterian Church was built by people with a purpose.  They had a vision of the future and church with a purpose for them and their community.  Nearly 50 years ago that vision became John Calvin Presbyterian.  That spirit is still alive in this church. 

On Palm Sunday 1966, a group of interested Christians gathered in a temporary location in Windcrest known as the "bomb shelter." Rev. T.O. "Top" Perrin, Presbytery’s organizing evangelist, led the worship. By autumn of that year, attendance had grown to 100, and these dedicated believers petitioned Presbytery to organize their fledgling church. And so it came to pass on October 9, 1966, that John Calvin Presbyterian Church began ministry in this community. The following January, the church formally called Rev. Perrin as its first pastor. Presbytery donated five acres of land for the building, and ground was broken in December 1967. The new facility was dedicated in October 1968.

The second pastor, Duke Kilgore, arrived in 1971, and subsequent growth made the existing building inadequate. The facilities were expanded in 1977, and a second service was added to relieve overcrowding. In 1987, the congregation called David Renwick, and the church began to look seriously at its future. There followed a Long Range Plan, adopted in 1988, with visionary recommendations. As John Calvin began its 25^th year, the congregation entered an ambitious expansion program—a new sanctuary and a classroom building, dedicated in October 1993.

With a continuing need for classroom space, however, the congregation voted again to "rise up and build," making plans for a Christian Education and Youth building. John Calvin’s current pastor, Malcolm McQueen, arrived in February 1996 and presided at the dedication of this new facility in October 1998. The upstairs Youth Center was completed in August 2001.

John Calvin Church has been blessed with four installed pastors, two installed associates, several interim pastors, a certified Christian educator, and several talented choir directors over the years. But the professional staff and buildings are only a part of this church. It is the ministers—its members and friends—who join together in continued service to the Lord that make this church what it is. May God’s glory continue to shine on the faces and in the hearts of those who walk through these doors.