Home meals with Calvary folks from Dec. 1-24. Contact connect@calvarychurchmpls.org to check availability.
On the Brink of Everything Study book study on Grace, Gravity, & Getting Old. Meets in McGarvey Room. Contact connect@calvarychurchmpls.org to get involved.
Opportunities for youth etc. Check your weekly Happenings email to learn about adult bible studies, children, youth programming & more!
Calvary is hosting a holiday market is 6-9pm with a break from 7-8pm for Calvary’s annual Christmas concert! There will be local music, tasty appetizers & treats with artisan wares & Global Grounds coffee. All ages welcome. Nursery care is available during the concert
WANDER is a unique advent adventure for Calvary families and folks of all ages honoring the Mexican tradition of La Posada.
We expect a cold Sunday evening for WANDER. Amy has shortened the walking route and will have a mostly inside option available if you are worried about the cold. But, the outside is part of the fun. So, come bundled and brave the cold as we walk together through Whittier seeking room for the baby Jesus to be born.
Please register by Friday, December 5 by emailing connect@calvarychurchmpls.org.
Are you interested in taking the next step with Calvary. Dig into Calvary's history, examine our church values, and explore membership at Calvary at our annual membership meeting over dinner from 5-7pm.
Communion Sundays offer the chance for us to extend the celebration of Community to a community meal. Bring a topping, side dish, dessert, or your very own favorite hot dish recipe to share in Glanton Hall immediately following worship.
Visitors new to Calvary are invited to enjoy a casual lunch with church leaders and other new folks. Lunch will be at church or a local restaurant immediately following the worship service. Let us get to know you more and ask your questions about the church. Sign up at connect@calvarychurchmpls.org or the Welcome Window.
Calvary parents are invited to join for good food and conversation while youth care for your kids. This month's conversation is surrounding how faith development is a part of your family life? Do you read any Bible you like together? Worship in any special ways? Serve together? Let's talk.
Communion Sundays offer the chance for us to extend the celebration of Community to a community meal. Bring a topping, side dish, dessert, or your very own favorite chili recipe to share in Glanton Hall immediately following worship.
Calvary's youngest (POP) and oldest (SAGE) are headed to the apple orchard together on Thursday, October 2. Meet at the orchard at 10am. Contact amy@calvarychurchmpls.org if you plan to come so that we can look for you.
Plan to stay after worship and tour the church to find out more about opportunities to connect and grow in our community. Delicious food along the way. Place to submit questions for pastoral candidate. See Cowmeadow library. Sample Global Grounds new "Refresher" drink. Try Pastor Amy's newest Plum BBQ Pork Sliders...
GARDNERS & MAKERS - bring your extra produce or a delicious homemade treat to share. McGarvey room will have produce extras, jams, kombucha, flowers, and other goodness Calvary folks have to share with you. Fellowship Hall will have foods you can try right now.
BAPTISM OPPORTUNITIES
Baptism is a way for you and/or your kids to make a bold community statement that they are on the journey with the rest of us following Jesus' way. Late this summer, there will an opportunity to be baptized either in Lake Superior at Family Camp (August 17) or at a special outdoor service at William O'Brien State Park with the entire church community in Sept.
JOIN US SEPT 7 AT WILLIAM O'BRIEN STATE PARK FOR OUTDOOR SERVICE, BAPTISM, & CHURCH PICNIC
The park is fully accessible with ample bathrooms, a fishing dock, lake and beach, lovely campsites, and boat rentals. We will arrange rides (or a bus) from Calvary to help folks attend this special day away together.
CAMPING OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested in camping for the weekend at William O'Brien, book your site now. A few families have already reserved sites in the Riverway section.
We have room for everyone to join for camp this year with expanded housing options and excellent facilities, food, and fellowship. Folks can choose remote and rustic camping above the shores of Lake Superior or stay near more modern facilities near at the main camp where we will host group meals.
VBS registration is open for summer 2025. Calling all detectives to come get a clue about what to do as Jesus-followers. Your early registrations are so helpful in planning. And, we need as many volunteers as we do kids to make it a fun few days. We can find the right fit of jobs for everyone!
VBS REGISTRATIONVBS VOLUNTEERS (5th grade - 99 years)
Kids registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeisPpfa4W_Kmlj5lv1fHzOibmx9UvonF0uRU7_H96NfxKOPA/viewform
Women’s retreat May 9 at 6pm through Saturday, May 10 at 3pm at Shepherd’s Hill Farm & Lonsdale, MN. Contact Amy@calvarychurchmpls.org for more information & to get signed up.
Breakfast at 9am with Easter service at 10am. Calvary provides ham, hot crossed buns, juice, & coffee. Please bring a brunch item to share.
Maundy Thursday communion service. Childcare provided.
April 13 at 10am. All children & youth should report directly to the nursery/CKV area by 10am so we can be ready for the parade.
Volleyball at Whittier Park Gym on both April 12 and May 3 from 9:30-11:30am. Childcare provided by youth raising money for their summer mission trip.
Email Amy@calvarychurchmpls.org to get signed up.
In the McGarvey Room. Meeting on March 12, 19, 26, April 9, 23, 30, & May 7. All are welcome ANY week you are available.
During this Lent Season, help Emerson Village's Family Room. Drop off items to the Welcome Window from March 9 - Easter What can you donate? 1) Gently used and new books for ages 0 - 18 2) Gently used and new blocks and games (not Legos or tiny pieces) 3) Gently used and new toys for quiet play +
REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH COMMITTEE WITH QUESTIONS!
Kids are being served lunch during the meeting & pizza provided for adults after the meeting.
Adults-only walk to three different neighborhood restaurants for appetizers, dinner, and dessert. Super fun childcare provided by a youth as fundraiser for their summer mission trip.
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXmm79njpayImMQu8gwGaas4jAeuWC7AC_GMg5LVvts/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Brought to you by the Black Justice Working Group of Calvary’s Faith & Justice group.
6-6:25 is dinner and 6:30-7:45pm speaker. Childcare available with advance RSVP to amy@calvarychurchmpls.org.
Topics:
-Feb 12 topic from Dr. Tanden Brekke: "Becoming Human"
-Feb 26 topic from Rev. Dr. Curtiss DeYoung: "Rescuing the Bible from the Captivity of the White Gaze"
Starting Feb. 5 on Wednesday mornings through April 9.
We’ll provide the main dish, you bring your favorite soul food side.
Dig into history, examine values, & explore membership.
Regular Wednesday night programming goes Jan. 22-April 9 from 6:30-7:30pm. Learn more in your weekly Happenings emails. Not connected? Email connect@calvarychurchmpls.org.
Guided by Revs. Jill & Tim Geoffrion at Hope Haven in Wayzata.
Questions & sign up: connect@calvarychurchmpls.org
