Chapman is a poet and a lecturer at Yale, and her new memoir is Holler: A Poet among Patriots. A tour de force of prose style, Holler is poet Danielle Chapman’s moving and provocative portrait of her Southern military childhood — and an unflinching reckoning with what such an inheritance means now. A crucial book … Continue reading "Storytelling and Truthtelling with Danielle Chapman"
Calvary will be open every Tuesday in Lent from 12:05-12:35 p.m. for a time of silence and prayer. A bell will ring at 12:05 and 12:35 marking the bookends of our quiet time together, and a brief centering reading will be offered at 12:10. We encourage you to turn off and put away any distracting devices … Continue reading "Silence in the City"
Please join us for Wednesday dinners during Lent in the Mural Room to support Soup Sunday Ministries. They will be serving soup, salad, and cookies, as well as waffles for the kids. Dinner is served from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Adults $8, Kids $4, Families $25 max. *No to-go orders.*
Wednesday night Episcopal Youth Community meets from 6:15 to 7:00 in the 2nd-floor EYC room after dinner. Wednesday nights are for any youth in grades 6–12 to come together and participate in team-building activities, games, service projects, discussion, and prayer. At 6:55, we will walk together to the Sanctuary for Compline starting at 7 p.m. … Continue reading "Wednesday Evening EYC"
Gathering is a new opportunity on Wednesday evenings for children and adults to “sit and stay a while” after dinner for an hour of fellowship. Games, books, puzzles, and coloring materials will be provided. Mrs. Jocelyn and friends will supervise children ages five and up for parents who wish to attend a class.
The Boys and Girls Choir, made up of students with unchanged voices in grades three and up, sings semi-monthly at the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Using the Voice for Life curriculum established by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Organist-Choirmaster Kristin Lensch promotes a complete and quality approach to children’s music ministry that is … Continue reading "Boys and Girls Choir"
Room in the Inn at Calvary focuses on sheltering those experiencing homelessness in a safe environment of hospitality. Calvary serves at 82 N. 2nd Street on Friday nights at The Welcome Inn. Please consider which of these much-needed opportunities you might choose to make God’s love visible in downtown Memphis. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4eacae29a4fb6-calvary5
Children ages JK through 5th grade are invited to join us in the Children’s Wing, Room 201, on the second floor. Our young people explore their faith and scripture through Godly Play and Weaving God’s Promises – two curriculums based on storytelling designed to connect our young people deeper to their faith.
Every Sunday, young people in grades 6-12 are invited to come and explore their faith and ponder how scripture applies to our modern-day events. We will explore the lectionary through current events using the curriculum FaithLens.
Holy Envy, Jan. 28-Mar. 24, 9:15 a.m., Emison Room Barbara Brown Taylor, a perennial favorite, returns to Calvary's Lenten Preaching Series Feb. 21-22, In her book Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, she weaves together stories from her world religions classroom with reflections on how her own spiritual journey has been complicated … Continue reading "Holy Envy Book Study"