Calvary has exciting news to share about a Monument Lab Grant for our outdoor spaces and history-telling. We’ll also hear from Klondike Community leaders who are involved in a parallel project just across town lifting up the story of Tom Lee and local African-American history.
Caroline Coolidge Brown is a former Memphian who lives and works in Delaware (she’s married to Bishop Kevin Brown). She’s a skillful, working artist and recently accompanied friends from Calvary on a Camino Pilgrimage. Caroline will be talking about the art of noticing and “slow drawing.” No artistic ability is required to come and reflect … Continue reading "The Art of Noticing with Caroline Coolidge Brown"
Come explore your faith with friends old and new at Pub Theology. Meeting at a restaurant on the first Monday of each month, participants will discuss topics such as Peace and Holiness, The Golden Rule, Miracles, The Influence of Religion on Public Policy, and more while enjoying food and drinks. All ages and denominations are … Continue reading "Pub Theology"
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.
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.*
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"
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"
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"
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Children’s Chapel 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Children’s Chapel Easter morning celebrates the risen Christ with songs and shouts of Alleluia! Celebrate the joy of new life at 7:30 a.m. or at 9 & 11 a.m. with brass, timpani, choir, … Continue reading "EASTER DAY, MARCH 31"
7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Children’s Chapel 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with Children’s Chapel Easter morning celebrates the risen Christ with songs and shouts of Alleluia! Celebrate the joy of new life at 7:30 a.m. or at 9 & 11 a.m. with brass, timpani, choir, … Continue reading "EASTER DAY, MARCH 31"
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.