Calvary Episcopal Church

You are invited to:

Calvary Community Service Day Kick-Off
Saturday, October 17 at 9:00 a.m.
Come for Blessings and Bagels!

Bag lunch will be available for pick up!

Come join Father Harry at the Church to kick off Calvary's First Community Service Day. He will give a blessing for your service and the day ahead. Bagels and beverages will also be provided!

Special thanks to our friends at Shop-Rite for their donation of food for us for the event. Extra special thanks to Kim Conover for her outstanding job organizing this wonderful day!

Calvary Community Service Day, Saturday, October 17. Calvary is setting up a team of volunteers to reach out to the needs of our community. We would like to start with the needs of our Parish first. If you find yourself in need of help with light chores, the need for a handyman, a ride to the store, your gutters cleaned, heavy boxes moved, yard work etc., please contact either Kim Conover or Janet Carlson. We will do our best to pair up the talents of our volunteers with your specific need on that day. Please contact Janet or Kim by Sept. 12, 2009.

An annual favorite, our Progressive Dinner is back again! Appetizers will begin at the Parish Hall, and then on to dinner at “Host” home. We'll wrap up the evening with coffee & dessert at the Parish Hall. Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship! Sign up sheet in the Parish Hall. Childcare provided at the Church until 9:00pm!

Calvary's Silent Auction Fund Raiser is this Saturday, September 26 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in the Parish Hall. The silent auction benefits ministries of the church. Don't miss out on this great event! It will be a great time for fellowship and to benefit our church and community.

If you have signed up to donate an item for auction, please deliver your item to the church between 10:00am and 12:00pm (noon). Setup will be from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. If you have an inclination to help, sign up sheets are in the Parish hall or contact Mary Jane Petercsak or Natalie Whiting.

This coming Sunday is Rally Sunday. This is the first day of Christian Formation classes. At the 9:00am and 11:00am services there will be a Commissioning of Teachers.

At 10:00am Pre-K through 8th grade children will meet in the Parish Hall at their class tables. Then they will move quickly to their classrooms. Adults can stay for an orientation about the various programs at Calvary for adults, parents, children and junior youth.

The Parish Picnic held on June 14th was a huge success! Blessed with fine weather and warm fellowship, this year's picnic saw over 130 parishioners in attendance - a new Calvary record! Thanks to everyone who attended this special event.

Shop Rite Gift cards is on-going fund raiser to benefit Calvary Church. Calvary receives 5% of each card.

Options to purchase the cards:

1. Fill out a form (available in the Parish Hall and Office) and submit form and check, payable to Calvary Episcopal Church, to Ray Malley or Karen Sammer (contact the church office for their contact info). The cards will be available for your pick up on the following Sunday. This is the recommended method for large dollar amount orders.

Great job! Calvary youth and Calvary Church collected 118 Easter baskets, 39 Easter goody bags, 6 bags of jelly beans and chocolate Easter eggs, 1 stuffed bunny, and 1 bag of Easter grass and delivered them to the Flemington Food Pantry to benefit the areas needy children.

It is time for our annual Easter Basket Outreach program to benefit th Flemington Food Pantry. We'll be collecting every Sunday in March with the final collection on March 29th.

SOUP, BREAD, FRUIT & CONVERSATION:

Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm

This year, our discussions will center around the Promises of God made
in the great Old Testament stories about Noah, Abraham, and Moses.
Please join us for soup and study, ending with the Eucharist at 7:00pm
Sign up sheet on the Lectern in the Parish Hall.