Calvary’s liturgical five-octave handbell choir, the Calvary Ringers, rehearses weekly on Wednesday evenings and performs in select services throughout the year. New members are always welcome; the ability to read music is not required. Calvary Ringers are directed by Joseph Powell.
Gathering is a new opportunity 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 5 and up if parents wish to attend a class. Look for the EpiscoPals table to … Continue reading "Gathering"
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 … Continue reading "Boys and Girls Choir"
How to Know a Person Wednesday nights, 6:15 - 7:15 David Brooks asks, "How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves?" The Rev. Paul McLain will guide us in living this question as we explore Brooks's book How to Know a … Continue reading "How to Know a Person: Wednesday Night Discussion with the Rev. Paul McLain"
Transforming Questions: Confirmation Wednesdays, 6:15 - 7:15 Transforming Questions offers the opportunity to engage in faithful questioning: Who is Jesus? Does God answer prayer? Why do bad things happen? By asking questions, we see our faith transform, deepen, and develop from something simple and superficial to something complicated and rich. And, by asking questions, we … Continue reading "Transforming Questions: Confirmation Class with the Rev. Scott Walters"
Sacred Ground Wednesday evenings, 6:15 - 8:15 Sacred Ground is a soul-shaping, perspective-changing series of conversations about race and faithfulness. This carefully created, eleven-session curriculum offers readings, videos, and rich discussions to open up new ways of thinking about where we’ve been and where we are going. Calvary is offering two opportunities to participate in … Continue reading "Sacred Ground: Wednesday Evenings with Katy Leopard and the Rev. Katherine Bush"
Both professional singers and auditioned volunteers make up Calvary’s primary group of choristers: the Calvary Choir. The choir sings each week at the 10:30 a.m. worship service and monthly Evensong and offers special liturgical services and concerts during the year. While strongly based on the music of the Anglican church, their repertoire spans centuries and … Continue reading "Calvary Choir"
This #1 New York Times Bestseller by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City offers a startling look at how our society perpetuates poverty. It culminates as a manifesto calling for the rise of a poverty abolitionist movement in our nation. Join us on Zoom one of two … Continue reading "Community Ministries Book Club: Poverty, by America"
Thursdays, 8–9 a.m. at Barth House, 409 Patterson St. The Baguette Brothers Bible study meets every Thursday morning from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Barth House Episcopal Center. The group reads and discusses the Gospel passage for the upcoming Sunday to prepare for worship and deepen our understanding of scripture. All men are invited. Come join … Continue reading "Baguette Brothers"
Thursdays at noon, Scott Walters, Gleanings, on Zoom Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson Join an online conversation group called “Gleanings” this fall as we read slowly through novelist Marilynne Robinson's Reading Genesis. Copies of the book are available at novel bookstore or wherever you buy books. (Click HERE for a New York Times review by … Continue reading "Gleanings"