BRISTOW, OK — Calvary Bible Fellowship announced Sunday that it will conduct its first church directory photo retake in twelve years after members noticed the current edition still lists the building's previous address, a pastor who now lives in Tucson, and one family photographed in matching denim that has never returned.

The directory, printed in 2014 and laminated by the hospitality committee that same year, contains 214 family listings. According to administrative assistant Donna Reardon, 58, a routine audit found that 61 of those families no longer attend, 14 entries contain phone numbers that have been disconnected, and the current senior pastor, Rev. Craig Overbeck, appears nowhere in the volume because he was hired in 2017.

“We’ve had three pastoral transitions, a building renovation, and a global pandemic since this thing was printed,” Reardon said. “But it still has a coupon in the back for a pizza place that closed in 2016, so there’s that.”

“It’s less a directory and more a memorial. A laminated memorial.” — Donna Reardon, 58, administrative assistant, Calvary Bible Fellowship

The retake day is scheduled for April 19. A volunteer committee has been formed to coordinate scheduling, a task that previously took eleven months. Photography will be handled by longtime member Gerald Fitch, 67, who photographed the original directory on a Canon PowerShot he no longer owns.

Rev. Overbeck acknowledged Sunday that a new directory “has been on the list” since his arrival. He did not specify which list.

At press time, the committee had agreed on a date, a photographer, and a color scheme, but had not yet decided whether to alphabetize by last name or organize by ministry involvement, a question tabled from the 2024 planning meeting.