What a feast we have to share in Lent - and not just waffles and fish pudding! Join a conversation each Wednesday night to get a preview and learn about the array of perspectives and wisdom from the preachers coming to Calvary for LPS. February 11: Dante Stewart with Wesley Rowell
Sunday, Feb. 15 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Outside Staff Offices Warm up your Sunday with Soup Sunday this week at Calvary! This month's options: wood-roasted lamb with red lentils and a peanut soup (vegan). Soups are $12 per quart or $6 per pint, and every purchase helps support Calvary’s community outreach. Take some home and … Continue reading "Soup Sunday"
Grades 6-12 | 9:15-10:15 a.m. Junior and senior high youth meet on Sunday mornings on the 4th floor with Nathan Brasfield and/or volunteers for conversation and connection.
with Wesley Rowell & Paige Whittle in the Emison Room January 11, 18, February 1 & 8 Come and read the Bible with understanding and compassion. We’ll work through the infamous “clobber passages” and discover the grace and mercy offered to everyone, no exceptions.
Did you know that most Sunday mornings, a group of medical students from UTHSC provides compassionate, competent medical care to our neighbors? Footcare (vital for people on the move), heart screenings, and basic “bridge” care that can be life-changing and even life-saving. Come meet these wonderful future doctors and learn how this work is shaping … Continue reading "Adult Formation: Medical Students from Neighborhood Church"
Sunday, Feb. 15 | 11:15 a.m. | Mural Room Laissez les bons temps rouler! After worship on Sunday, February 15, we’ll gather for a Mardi Gras–style meal with red beans & rice, pancakes, and King (cup)cakes. We’ll also mark the season together as our children help us “bury the alleluias” in preparation for Lent. All … Continue reading "Alleluia Lunch"
Wednesday, Feb. 18 7:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday is the first of the forty days of Lent, named for the custom of placing blessed ashes on foreheads. The ashes are a sign of penitence and a reminder of mortality. Childcare will be offered at 7 p.m.
During the season of Lent (and Lenten Preaching at Calvary), Gleanings meets on Thursdays at 9:30 am. Each week, we will meet on Zoom to discuss a short story from the collection A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith, edited by J. P. Maney & Tom Hazuka. Flannery O'Connor, Zora Neale Hurston, Philip Roth, Alice … Continue reading "Gleanings: Short Fiction on Faith"
Calvary's ministry areas will invite parishioners to join in the good work that keeps this place going. 19-Oct Convention Volunteer recruitment 26-Oct Realm Help Desk & Community Ministries 2-Nov Pastoral Care 9-Nov Children's Ministry (Pageant sign up) 16-Nov Community Ministries 23-Nov Youth Ministries 30-Nov Skip 7-Dec Worship Participants 14-Dec Adult Formation 21-Dec Skip 28-Dec Skip … Continue reading "Connect in the Commons"
Volunteer and/or donate to Guns and Gardens: A Transformational Event for Unwanted Firearms in partnership with Evergreen Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Feb. 28, from noon to 3:00 p.m. at 561 Prescott St. Firearms that are donated will be dismantled on site and then turned into gardening tools and artistic pieces by the Metal Museum. Donations … Continue reading "Guns to Gardens with Evergreen Presbyterian Church"