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.*
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
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"
Look ahead to Holy Week with art and poetry to set our path through these meaningful and challenging days.
5:45 p.m. Agape Meal 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday Liturgy On the night before he died, Jesus broke bread with his friends and gave us his final mandate: to love another. Our service includes Holy Eucharist and the stripping of the altar. We end in the darkness, prepared for a long night waiting in Gethsemane. … Continue reading "MAUNDY THURSDAY, MARCH 28"
March 25-29 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Calvary’s labyrinth will be available for private walks and meditations in the Great Hall. For centuries, labyrinths have been spiritual symbols of pilgrimage for Christians. A pilgrimage is often regarded as a journey to a holy place. A labyrinth journey also gives us a place to remember, … Continue reading "THE LABYRINTH"
10:30 a.m. Stations of the Cross led by the Daughters of the King 12 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy 12:45: Way of the Cross through Downtown Memphis Good Friday marks the death of Jesus on the cross. This solemn service includes the story of Christ’s passion and times of silence and intercession. The Calvary Choir will … Continue reading "GOOD FRIDAY, MARCH 29"
7 p.m. Liturgy Join us for The Great Vigil of Easter. This service marks the movement from darkness to light as we celebrate the hope given to us by Christ’s empty tomb. We gather to light the New Fire, hear readings chronicling God’s saving deeds in history, and celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter. Bring bells … Continue reading "EASTER VIGIL, MARCH 30"
Rite I, a traditional spoken service with a sermon and Holy Communion that includes organ music without singing. It offers a reflective and meditative mood appropriate to the early morning. The liturgy is Rite One from The Book of Common Prayer and retains much of the language used in the 1559 Elizabethan prayer book.