Calvary United Methodist Church-Philadelphia
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Bringing Spirituality and Justice Together

Calvary Calendar

 
FEBRUARY: Black History Month
 
Thursday, Feb. 2-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Feb. 5-- 11:00 am-- Worship and Holy Communion  (Pastor John, preaching)
          Special Offering for BEBASHI, a full-service HIV/AIDS case management agency with a special interest in serving low-income people of color with HIV
                    disease; their mission is to provide culturally sensitive health related information, direct service, research, and technical assistance to the
                     urban community.
               following worship-- Council Meeting
 
Thursday, Feb. 9-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Feb. 12-- 11:00 am-- Worship   (Pastor John, preaching)
          Special Offering for BEBASHI, a full-service HIV/AIDS case management agency with a special interest in serving low-income people of color with HIV
                    disease; their mission is to provide culturally sensitive health related information, direct service, research, and technical assistance to the
                     urban community.
               following worship-- 12:30-1:30 pm-- Justice Luncheon-- light lunch and discussion of POWER (Philadelphians Organized to Witness,
                         Empower, and Rebuild) issues and meeting with Councilwoman Blackwell
               1:30 pm-- Staff-Parish Relations Committee meeting
 
Monday, Feb. 13-- 6:00 pm-- Trustees Meeting
                              7:00 pm-- POWER Southwest Regional Cluster Meeting   (Calvary-St. Augustine's   841 N. 41st St.)
 
Thursday, Feb. 16-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Feb. 19-- 11:00 am-- Worship   (preaching-- Rev. David Brown, chair of Board of advisors for WURD Radio, the only African-American
                              owned independent station in PA; frequent guest columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer; part of the ministerial staff of
                              Camphor UMC)
                    Special Offering for Camp Sojourner, a leadership training program to help teen girls take control of their lives and become agents
                    of positive change in their communities.
 
Wednesday, Feb. 22-- Ash Wednesday
          7:00 pm-- Service of Ashes and Commitment, joint with West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship
 
Thursday, Feb. 23-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Feb. 26-- 11:00 am-- Worship    (Pastor John, preaching)
                    Special Offering for Camp Sojourner, a leadership training program to help teen girls take control of their lives and become agents
                    of positive change in their communities.
 
Wednesday, Feb. 29--7:00 pm-- Lenten Worship with nearby United Methodist Churches-- details TBA
 
MARCH: Women's History Month
 
Thursday, Mar. 1-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Mar. 4-- 11:00 am-- Worship and Holy Communion    (Pastor John, preaching)
              following worship-- NOW meeting   (Nurture, Outreach, Witness)
 
Wednesday, Mar. 7-- 7:00 pm-- Lenten Worship with nearby United Methodist Churches-- details TBA
 
Thursday, Mar. 8-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Mar. 11-- 11:00 am-- Worship    (Preaching-- Rabbi Isabel de Koninck, director of Hillel at Drexel Univ and director of Suburban Campus
          Initiatives at Hillel of Greater Philadelphia.  She is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she also completed a graduate
          certificate in Jewish Gender and Women's Studies)
                    following worship, 12:30-1:30 pm-- Justice Luncheon
 
Tuesday, Mar. 13-- 7:30 pm-- RUM-EPA meeting  (Reconciling United Methodists of Easter PA)-- Arch St. United Methodist-- Broad and Arch
                    Sts.
 
Wednesday, Mar. 14-- 7:00 pm-- Worship Committee meeting
                                   7:00 pm-- Lenten Worship with nearby United Methodist Churches-- details TBA
 
Thursday, Mar. 15-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Mar. 18-- 11:00 am-- Worship     (Pastor John, preaching)
 
Wednesday, Mar. 21-- 7:00 pm-- Lenten Worship with nearby United Methodist Churches-- details TBA
 
Thursday, Mar. 22-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
Sunday, Mar. 25-- 11:00 am-- Worship     (Pastor John, preaching)
 
Wednesday, Mar. 28-- 7:00 pm-- Lenten Worship with nearby United Methodist Churches-- details TBA
7:00
Thursday, Mar. 29-- 7:00 pm-- Choir Rehearsal
 
 
LOOKING AHEAD:
 
Sunday, April 1-- Palm and Passion Sunday--
          10:30 am-- Joint Worship with West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship--
                    A service of Palms and Stations of the Cross
 
Thursday, April 5-- Holy Thursday Worship-- a service of Tennebrae
 
Friday, April 6-- 12:30-2:00 pm-- Good Friday worship--  with nearby United Methodist Churches-- detai  (The Council on Amerils TBA
 
Sunday, April 8-- Easter Sunday--
          7:00 am-- Sunrise Service-- Cedar Park (50th and Baltimore)-- Joint with West Phila. Mennonite Fellowship
 
          8:30 am-- Bring-A-Dish Breakfast-- all invited
 
         11:00 am-- Easter Worship and Holy Communion
 
 
Sunday, April 22 to Sunday, July 1-- 6:00-8:00 pm-- Understanding Islam and Muslims through History and Jurisprudence-- a ten-session study
     on Islam led by Iftekahr Hussain, chair of the Board of Directors of CAIR   (The Council on American-Islamic Relations, in Philadelphia)