A Labor Day Conversation
This discussion will start with a few readings from Scripture and modern voices on work and rest. We’ll then consider the variety of messages we receive about productivity, value, and sabbath.
This discussion will start with a few readings from Scripture and modern voices on work and rest. We’ll then consider the variety of messages we receive about productivity, value, and sabbath.
Calvary is recruiting a team of runners/walkers for the third annual Race for Reconciliation run/walk event on MLK Day (Monday, Sept. 2) at 11:00 a.m., starting at the Halloran Centre at the Orpheum Theatre. Runners/walkers are invited to sign up for the 5K Run or 1-mile Walk. Funds from the event will support literacy tutoring, … Continue reading "Race for Reconciliation"
This Sunday, Sarah Zewde, founder of Studio Zewde in Harlem and assistant professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, along with landscape designer Jessica Lock and poet Joshua Bennet, will be in Memphis exploring a possible partnership with Calvary and other community stakeholders in the design of a civic memorial space on the site … Continue reading "Scott Walters hosting Zewde Studio: Civic Memorial Spaces"
Evensong is a service with ancient roots. It is a 40-minute choral-led service of prayers and scripture. If you need to sit and reflect, if music feeds your soul, if … Continue reading "Evensong"
Come by Sugar Ghost on Broad Ave. between 3 and 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, and enjoy an ice cream or bubble tea, compliments of Calvary. Hang out with Nathan and any other folks who drop in. If you have any, bring your ideas for what we can do together as the youth ministry … Continue reading "Office Hours at Sugar Ghost"
Come explore your faith with friends old and new at Pub Theology. Sept. 9 Topic: Books, fear, and knowledge The format is simple: drinks, conversation, and God. Come bring your questions and curiosity, and pull up a chair. Be ready to engage with people of varying religious traditions, philosophical perspectives, and life experiences. You’ll be able … Continue reading "Pub Theology"
Every Wednesday evening, dinner is available from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. (Check the calendar for exclusions.) Enjoy a delicious dinner lovingly prepared by Parish Chef Mary O’Brien before classes and choir rehearsals. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and $25 family max. Sept. 11 Menu: Jamaican Chicken Curry Rice Garden Salad Flatbread … Continue reading "Wednesday Evening Dinner"
Sept 15: Tim Huebner, Faith, Hope, and Elections Can and should our most deeply held values—our religious faith—inform our voting? Or does such activity constitute an unsavory mixing of religion and politics? And what happens if our deepest convictions lose in the public square and the other candidate wins? What is an appropriate response—to those … Continue reading "Adult Formation: Tim Huebner, Faith Hope, and Elections"
Calvary is one of ten Monument Lab Re:Generation grant recipients for 2024, continuing our work around the slave market that operated on our block in the 1850s. What's taken place since the grant was announced? Who's been involved, and what are the hopes and dreams for the site's future? Join Scott Walters and special guests … Continue reading "Adult Formation: The 87 Adams Slave Mart with Margaret Haltom, Annie Parker, and Scott Walters"
Every Wednesday evening, dinner is available from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. (Check the calendar for exclusions.) Enjoy a delicious dinner lovingly prepared by Parish Chef Mary O’Brien before classes and choir rehearsals. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children, and $25 for a family. Sept. 18 Menu: Breakfast for Dinner Cheese Grits Scrambled … Continue reading "Wednesday Evening Dinner"