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Sunday, July 21, 2024
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
8 a.m. - The Holy Eucharist, Rite II
A said service of Holy Communion
in the Chapel
9 a.m. - The Holy Eucharist
A service in the Garden (weather permitting),
with hymns and music
11 a.m. - The Holy Eucharist, Rite II
A service at the Crossing in the Church
with music for choir, organ, and congregation
[This service will be Livestreamed]
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Funeral for Fran Brant
A funeral to celebrate the life of longtime parishioner Fran Brant will be held at Calvary on Saturday, July 20 at 2 p.m. The family will receive visitors in the Parlor, beginning at 1 p.m., and a reception in the Parish Hall will follow the service. All are welcome to attend. Please keep Fran, her partner Ken, her daughters Barbara and Nancy, and her other family and friends in your prayers.
Rest eternal grant to your servant, Fran, O Lord: And let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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Summer Vacation Time
As we enter the summer season, when many parishioners will be leaving town for well-earned vacations, you are reminded to seek out and attend an Episcopal Church at or near your vacation spot. Also, please keep your pledge to Calvary current, if possible by making payment in advance of your departure. The parish expenses are constant even in those months when attendance decreases.
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Reminder: Nursery Care, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, and Faith Formation are not offered during the summer months.
See you in September!
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Join the Faith Formation Team! | |
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Calvary’s Faith Formation program is made possible through the love and generosity of volunteers who want to share our faith with the young people of our community.
To ensure that our program continues to grow and flourish, we need your help! There are many different ways to become involved.
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Please contact Vicki at vrispoli@calvarypgh.org if you want to learn more about ways you can be part of this exciting and rewarding ministry. Thank you! | |
Community Service Opportunities for Students | |
Participating in community service can be a requirement for graduation, a prerequisite for scholarships, or an integral part of college applications. At Calvary, students can engage in meaningful activities such as assisting with church events, helping maintain community gardens, or preparing meals for a local shelter. These types of experiences not only fulfill requirements but also foster a sense of responsibility, enhance personal growth, and strengthen community bonds. Please contact Vicki at vrispoli@calvarypgh.org to learn more. | |
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Join us as we prepare and serve a dinner meal for the East End Cooperative Ministry's Shelter program. We will meet in the Calvary kitchen on the first Saturday of each month to prepare the food, which will then be delivered to the EECM. Volunteers are also needed to serve the meal at the EECM.
The next meet-up will be on Saturday, August 10, 3–6 p.m.
If you can’t make it but would like to help in other ways, opportunities are listed on the signup sheet. Questions? Contact zach.rispoli@gmail.com / 210.355.3366. Hope to see you there!
Click the link below to Sign Up
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AACA828A7FD0-50346734-eecm
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“The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is.” –Wendell Berry | |
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The Bookstore is requesting donations of brown paper grocery bags with handles, as well as donations of books for the Annual Used Book Sale. Volunteers are needed to sort and organize the book donations prior to and during the sale. To volunteer, please contact Cindy Pepples at lucindapepples@gmail.com.
A Preview Party will be held on Friday, August 9 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with an admission donation of $10. Hours of the Used Book Sale will be Saturday, August 10 through Sunday, August 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. All proceeds of the Used Book Sale benefit local educational and literacy organizations.
The Bookstore is open on Sunday from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call the Bookstore at 412.661.0120 ext. 133 (please leave a message) or email at bookstore@calvarypgh.org and we will contact you.
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You can support the Calvary Bookstore both in-person and now online. Instead of using Amazon to find any books that you are interested in, please turn to Bookshop.org, type zip code 15206 in the Bookstore Near Me box, click on Calvary Bookstore, then the red Support this Shop! box. You will be taken to the Calvary Bookstore homepage on their site where you will find suggested readings. You can also use the search bar to find most any book your heart desires. The books will be sent directly to you.
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Continuing to share information about the projects that will be addressed and fixed with the generous contributions of our Calvary family, this week the focus is on one of Calvary’s greatest and most beautiful physical treasures – the stained glass windows.
Cleaning, repairing, and maintaining the 80+ stained glass windows is an on-going process. Through grants and occasional bequests we have been able to take care of one or two lancets (panels) each year, but with that many windows to take care of, by the time the maintenance cycle has been completed, it will be time to start again. Thus, the Capital Campaign has designated funds to repair 5 windows.
Walk around the Nave and look closely at the windows, especially those along the north and south aisle. It is not hard to see which windows have been cleaned and restored, and which have not. Won’t it be a blessing to have light shining brightly through so many more!
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The Calvary Community is again sponsoring the Pack to School project for Lincoln Elementary School in the Larimer neighborhood. The program provides much needed school supplies, uniforms and other items for students. The school seeks the following items: basic school supplies such as pencils, crayons, notebooks, scissors, etc.; sanitizers; tissues and school uniforms, ranging in sizes 5 to 18/20. Pants or skirts should be blue. Shirts should be collared, in colors blue or white, and can be either long- or short-sleeved.
A basket for donations is in the Parish Hall. Donations will be taken to the school in late August, right before classes begin. Money donations are also appreciated. Checks can be sent in or dropped off at the church, and should be made out to Calvary Episcopal Church; please add “Pack to School program” in the memo line. To volunteer to help or for more information, contact Kathleen Farrington at farringtonk@me.com.
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The calendar page has turned and everyone is thinking summer… picnics and pool parties and vacations to the beach. But don’t forget that after summer comes fall and the annual Calvary Bazaar, which is set for Saturday, November 16.
The Bazaar committee has already had a meeting and is planning the return of all your favorite tables – holiday flowers; handmade goods; linens and boutiques; jewelry, baked goods, and gourmet foods. The silent auction, Attic Treasures and the New to You room will also return. As you clean out your closets, put aside any donations you may have for the cause. Or if you have some spare time, knit some mittens for the Handmade Table or pull out your favorite jelly recipes for the Gourmet Table
For years, Women of Calvary headed up the Bazaar. But this spring the group transitioned to the name Calvary Community, which is open to men and women of the church. Everyone is welcome to be involved in all aspects of the Bazaar – both in its planning and on sale day. New volunteers are always welcome. Contact Kathy Farrington farringtonk@me.com for more information.
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Guide Book & Directory Advertising Opportunity
We are in the process of updating our annual Guide Book & Directory for the church. This book is being provided and direct-mailed to each family at no cost to our church, and it is again being subsidized by local businesses that advertise. If you own or manage a business and would like to find out about advertising in our book, please contact Kim in the Church office at 412.661.0120, ext. 111 or by email - kpieratt@calvarypgh.org.
Update Membership Information
Does Calvary have YOUR family membership record correct? Here is your chance to update YOUR record for our annual Guide Book & Directory (if you haven’t already done so). It is time for us to update our database with any changes, additions, or deletions that may have occurred in YOUR family over the past year. Have you changed your phone number? Have you moved? Are you preparing to move soon? Are all of your children still at home and are they all included in your membership record? Do you want your record published?If you have not already informed the Church Office about changes to your record, please let us know now so that the information in the Guide Book & Directory is correct. Please contact Kim in the Church office. Thank you for your help!
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Spiritual Reflection –
Kate Bowler
Adult spiritual formation may be described as the step-by-step discovery of God’s presence in our lives and our personal transformation along the way. Calvary’s Spiritual Reflection meetings continue to be a regular and familiar forum for small group sharing and prayer.
For this term we use Kate Bowler’s Good Enough. Bowler is a Duke religion professor best known for her book, Everything Happens for a Reason (and other lies I've loved), written after her Stage IV cancer diagnosis at age 35. Good Enough is a collection of devotionals and prayers "overflowing with grace, good humor and clear-eyed counsel," says one reviewer.
Meetings are held in the Evans Room from 7-8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday evening of each month. The meetings are hybrid, allowing “in person” conversation while others join remotely using Zoom. Our next meeting date is August 6.
Email Matt Muldoon (mattmuldoon@msn.com) or Sondra Krimmel (sskrimmel@gmail.com) for information or to be added to the email list. Please feel welcome to join us at any time.
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The Contemplative Prayer group meets for silent prayer and reflection, both in person and on Zoom Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Evans Room. For more info and a Zoom invitation, contact Lucy Weingartner at lweingartner20@gmail.com | |
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2024 Sacred Ground Dates
Sacred Ground is part of the Beloved Community Initiative, the Episcopal Church’s long-term commitment to racial healing, reconciliation, and justice in our personal lives, our ministries, and our society.
There will be sessions of Sacred Ground going on at various locations throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh this year. Please encourage friends, family, fellow parishioners and other congregations or faith based groups to participate.
There are some very positive changes to Level 1 based on feedback from the surveys from participants. This will give us time to implement some of the new initiatives (less readings, more up to date articles, more discussion time, and only 8 sessions). We are also adding a "Sacred Ground" Level 2 for those who took Sacred Ground and want a deeper dive into the content, more research and/or more action oriented programming. The level 2 sessions consist of 6 sessions.
New Level 1 Session for Sacred Ground on Tuesdays at St. Thomas Church, Oakmont, at 6 p.m. Dinner will be provided.
New Level 2 Sacred Ground Sessions on Thursdays at St. Thomas Church, Oakmont, at 6 p.m. Dinner will be provided.
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Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
AA: Alcoholics Anonymous; CYAM: Calvary Young Adult Ministry;
ESL: English as a Second Language
Friday July 19, 2024
Macrina of Caesarea, Monastic and Teacher, 379
Saturday July 20, 2024
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman, Social Reformers
11:00 a.m. Dakota Boring Baptism
1:00 p.m. Brant Family Visitation
2:00 p.m. Fran Brant Funeral
2:50 p.m. Funeral Reception
Sunday July 21, 2024
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Garden Eucharist
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Monday July 22, 2024
Saint Mary Magdalene
9:00 a.m. Mon Valley Boys’ Academy Staff Retreat
5:00 p.m. Capital Campaign Team
6:30 p.m. Guitar Recital
7:00 p.m. Contemplative Prayer
Tuesday July 23, 2024
John Cassian, Monastic and Theologian, 435
9:00 a.m. Mon Valley Boys’ Academy Staff Retreat
11:00 a.m. Staff Meeting
7:00 p.m. AA Meeting
Wednesday July 24, 2024
Thomas à Kempis, Priest and Mystic, 1471
9:00 a.m. CLEAR Meeting
12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist
12:00 p.m. ESL Class Lunch
Thursday July 25, 2024
Saint James the Apostle
Friday July 26, 2024
Joachim and Anne, the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9:00 a.m. Capital Campaign Project Management Team Meeting
Saturday July 27, 2024
William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
3:00 p.m. Ginny Spangler Committal
Sunday July 28, 2024
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
9:00 a.m. Garden Eucharist
11:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist
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An archive of the past months weekly email blasts
may be viewed on the Calvary website at
www.calvarypgh.org
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