Calvary Update
Phase Two is upon us! It’s time to learn about the next round of construction and how our program spaces (classrooms, the Mural Room, offices, stairwells) will be transformed for the future of ministry in downtown Memphis.
Phase Two is upon us! It’s time to learn about the next round of construction and how our program spaces (classrooms, the Mural Room, offices, stairwells) will be transformed for the future of ministry in downtown Memphis.
recorded live at Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis February 21, 28 and March 6, 13, and 20 WEDNESDAYS | 6:15-7:15 P.M. In addition to the noontime experience, Calvary offers Dialogue: The Lenten Preaching Series Podcast, recorded live at Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis, each Wednesday. You are invited to these live podcast recordings with our guests each Wednesday … Continue reading "DIALOGUE: The Lenten Preaching Series Podcast"
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.*
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"