Volunteers serve 200 homeless and poor neighbors who eat and pray with us here at Calvary each Sunday morning. We scramble eggs, make homemade biscuits, prepare bacon and cheese grits, serve our neighbors, wash dishes, make coffee, and more. We volunteer to ensure our neighbors feel welcome.
Find out more »Using more contemporary language, this service attracts a congregation that includes many families with young children. The liturgy is an upbeat celebration of the Eucharist. During the Song of Praise, children age 3 through 1st grade are invited to follow the acolytes from the church to the Great Hall for Children's Chapel, a special version of the Liturgy of the Word. Children are escorted back into church in time to join their families for the passing of the Peace and…
Find out more »Room in the Inn is Calvary’s opportunity to offer holy hospitality on Sunday nights. 15 parishioners and volunteers offer 15 unsheltered guests a wholesome dinner, loving conversation, mints on the pillow, and a good night’s sleep in our warm safe church. If you would like to learn more or help, www.calvarymemphis.org/riti.
Find out more »The Point in Time Count, required nationally by HUD (Housing and Urban Development), provides a snapshot of homelessness in Memphis and Shelby County and is a critical element for measuring our progress in our efforts to end homelessness. Additionally, it helps to determine the number of people who are experiencing homelessness at a given point in time. Volunteers are essential to our success! Christine Todd ctodd@calvarymemphis.org for information.
Find out more »Dinner is served on Wednesday evenings at Calvary during the Fall, Winter, and Spring. Available from 5:15-6:15 p.m., the cost is $6/adults; $3/child under 12; $20 family max. Tonight's dinner includes: Ann's Spaghetti, Italian Spinach, Garlic Bread and Ice Cream along with Chicken Nuggets, Tater Tots and Cheese Pizza for the children.
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Jemar Tisby's "The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism" will take us on a historical journey from America's colonial days through slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow laws, the Civil Rights era, to today's Black Lives Matter movement. Tisby reveals the obvious and subtle ways the American church has compromised what the Bible teaches about human dignity and equality. He then charts a path forward with intriguing ideas that further the conversation as he…
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Join us for yoga in January and February; all levels welcome! The seven classes held Jan. 8 through Feb. 19 will be loosely structured around the seven chakras (a Sanskrit word referencing one of seven energy centers in the human body.) Bring your mat if you have one, but we will have extras on hand. Facilitated by Michelle Fulmer, Susan Waits, and Ardelle Walters.
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Calvary’s Joy Chapter of the Daughters of the King invite any interested women to a Quiet Morning of meditation, activities, great food, and prayer.
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Explore this provocative guide to three matriarchs of the Bible in anticipation of meeting the author, Debbie Blue, during the first week of our Lenten Preaching Series.
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Celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple. The service will begin in the Great Hall with incense and a congregational candlelight procession. Because it is a Holy Day, Holy Communion will be offered following the brief service of Evensong. This Feast day is also known as the Purification of Mary. Under Jewish law, a woman who had given birth to a son was considered unclean for seven days, and was to remain a further…
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With questions of religion and homosexuality on the front pages, and debates raging about the nature of marriage and the ordination of priests, James Alison invites us into deep, lucid reflection about God, the wonder of creation, and the way that God not only loves but likes every one of us. All are welcome to this book study in preparation for James Alison's visit during the Lenten Preaching Series. Led by Paige Whittle and the Revs. Amber Carswell and Scott…
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Nicole Keller is an active solo and chamber music recitalist and clinician. She is on faculty at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music in Berea, Ohio where she teaches organ and harpsichord. She serves as associate 0rganist at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland. Devoted to the development of amateur and volunteer choristers and musicians of every age level, Nicole has created organ and choral scholar programs, developed successful children’s choir programs, and has led choirs on tour.
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Join us for the Second Annual Krewe of Calvary Gumbo Cook-Off benefiting the youth ministries of Calvary! The Gumbo Cook-off will be from 5:30-8:00 p.m. in the Great Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 25. In addition to many delicious gumbos, there will be live music and a silent auction where Calvary Youth will be auctioning off their art and talents from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Love to cook Gumbo? The Gumbo Cook-off is free to enter and rice is provided. There is room…
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Mark the beginning of a Holy Lent with Holy Eucharist and imposition of ashes at 7:30 a.m., 12:15 p.m., or 7 p.m.
Find out more »also on Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Jan. 5, 2020, Feb. 2, March 1, April 5, May 3 Join us for a traditional Anglican choral liturgy in Calvary’s beautiful nave at twilight. Childcare is available for children ages 0-5. “Choral Evensong is a 45-min long peace-inducing church service in which the ‘song’ of voices sounding together in harmony is heard at the ‘even’ point between the active day and restful night, allowing listeners time for restful contemplation–church members, agnostics…
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On Maundy Thursday, we remember Jesus’s last supper in which he served his friends by washing their feet and instituting the sacrament of his body and blood. During the liturgy, we will experience foot washing, the sacrament of Holy Eucharist, and the stripping of the altar.
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Good Friday is the day we remember Jesus’ death on the cross. The Good Friday services at 12 and 7 p.m. will offer worshippers a quiet time for reflection and prayer. Both the 12 and 7 p.m. worship services will feature a dramatic reading of Christ's passion story from the Gospel of John. After the mid-day Good Friday liturgy, at 12:45 p.m., gather at the altar to begin the Way of the Cross. Inside the church, the Daughters of the…
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The Easter Vigil marks the movement from darkness to light as we celebrate the hope given 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. Following the service, the celebration continues at the Paschal Party in the Great Hall.
Find out more »Please bring your bounty of canned goods to share. We will collect until after Pentecost on May 31 and donate everything to Grace-St. Luke's Food Pantry. All non-perishables are appreciated. Grace-St. Luke’s food pantry is open Mondays and Tuesdays for those in need. Contact Christine Todd ctodd@calvarymemphis.org for information.
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Friends of Music is pleased to collaborate with IRIS Orchestra this season. Since 2000, IRIS Orchestra has boasted a stellar roster of talent from the leading orchestras, universities and chamber groups in the country, all of whom share a passionate commitment to the highest standards of performance. These virtuosic musicians have created an exhilarating laboratory for musical discovery. Join us for this exclusive chamber concert featuring IRIS string musicians, including the IRIS Artist Fellows, performing master chamber works.
Find out more »All are invited to Calvary's parish picnic, following the 10 a.m. worship service, for fried chicken and hotdogs, music by Nelson and Newman, and fun for all! Suggested donation for lunch is $10/adults, $5/children, $30/family max, and includes vegetarian options, fried chicken, hot dogs, and sides. Wear your picnic clothes to church and don’t forget your canned goods!
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World-class performing ensemble Cantus will offer a masterclass experience to local high school choirs in the morning. A concert, open to the public, will occur at 7:30 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Great Hall. More details coming soon.
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Our neighbors are invited to a free Christmas luncheon at noon December 16 where they will feast on turkey with all the trimmings. Flu shots will be available, gifts will be given. More than 50 volunteers will serve.
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