All of the services at Okotoks Calvary Fellowship center on teaching the Bible, fellowship, worship and prayer. Acts 2:42: “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Our mission is to call people to a genuine & authentic relationship with Jesus. Worship is Christ centered & we study the Bible verse by verse. Visitors welcome.
Because We Study the Bible
You can expect to be spoken to by the Lord.
Because We Worship
You can expect to sense the presence of the Lord.
Because We Fellowship
You can expect to be encouraged through God's people.
Because We Pray
You can expect God to be at work in your life.
Pastor John was raised in a Christian home, in fact, both his father and grandfather were Pastors. He is very grateful to have had that rich Christian heritage which helped to cultivate a strong love for Jesus and His Word. As a child, John received Jesus Christ as His own personal Lord and Savior which has served as the foundation for his life and now ministry. In John’s graduating year, he felt a strong calling into full-time Christian service. He had no idea what that would look like, he just knew that the Lord was leading him down that road. Upon graduation, he spent the next 5 years studying at Northwest Baptist Theological College in Vancouver BC completing a Bachelor of Religious Education in Christian Education & Church Music. Since that time, John has served in varying ministry positions including almost 11 years of service as the Minister of Music at Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel in Calgary. In the fall of 2016, Pastor John felt that the Lord was calling him to “more”, but more what? He enrolled in a church planters training program at RMCC for 1 year which eventually developed into a Bible study in Okotoks, AB. After 2 years of continual growth, on March 1st, 2020, Okotoks Calvary Fellowship was born. Pastor John has a passion for people and seeing them grounded and growing in God’s Word. John has been married to his wife, Tracie for over 30 years and together they have 4 grown children; Tyler, Josh (Emily), Ryan (Erin) & Emilie (Scott).
Pastor Josh was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He was raised in a Christian home and very early on gave his life to the Lord. At the age of sixteen, he felt a calling towards missions and stepped out in faith by joining a six-week program in Vajta, Hungary. That time spurred on a desire for knowledge and wanting to grow deeper in his faith, so after high school he decided to join Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California. Josh did one year in California and then completed his final year of the program in Cajamarca, Peru in 2017. In 2020, he married his wife Emily, whom he had met while studying in California. They have three cute energetic kids that keep them on their toes but wouldn't have it any other way. In January of 2024; we ordained Josh as our associate pastor and brought him on as part-time staff. He has been faithfully serving at our church along with his wife since we began in 2020. It is Josh and Emily's heart to see our church have a deeper understanding for the Lord and a desire to see our town impacted for Christ.
Prayer is central to our relationship with God, and for this reason we at OCF make prayer part of everything we do. We pray because God has chosen prayer as a means of working through His people to accomplish His purposes in the world and we pray together because the main Biblical model of prayer is corporate (Matthew 6:9, Acts 2:42, James 5:16)
We welcome your prayer requests, and your praise reports and we would be most happy to join with you before His throne.
Join us on a Sunday morning and someone from our prayer team would be happy to pray with you.
