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Sacred Journies: Women's Retreat
Posted on January 16, 2012
On Saturday, February 4 from 9:00 am - 12:00 noon, Rev. Rachel Young Binter will lead a women's retreat in the Calvary sanctuary entitled, "Sacred Journies". Retreat materials and light lunch are provided free of charge. All women are welcome - please call the church office at 414-271-8782 to reserve a place.
Taize Worship January 25
Posted on January 5, 2012
Calvary will host a Taizé style music worship service in the sanctuary of the big red church on Wednesday, January 25 at 7:00 pm. This is a free service and all are welcome. The Taizé community originated in France and is a group of brothers devoted to peace and justice through prayer and meditation. The music of the Taizé worship emphasises simple phrases, usually lines from psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon. It is very peaceful and reflective and anyone can participate, even if you do not know the music.
Labyrinth Open New Year's Eve
Posted on December 13, 2011
The Calvary labyrinth will be open from 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm this New Year's Eve, December 31. If you are looking for a unique, quiet way to leave 2011 behind and welcome in the new year, consider walking the indoor labyrinth. Volunteer hosts will provide guidance if you are new to the experience. The "burning bowl" will be available for those who wish to offer into ashes anything they write on paper and let go in the flame.
Christmas Services at Calvary
Posted on December 13, 2011
Christmas Eve service at Calvary is at 6:00 pm on December 24. The service includes readings and music celebrating the birth of our Lord Christ Jesus. On Christmas Day, December 25, we will have our regular Sunday service at 10:00 am with the addition of the eucharist. All are welcome to worship at Calvary Church on Christmas weekend!
Calvary Church on Doors Open Milwaukee tour
Posted on September 9, 2011
Doors Open Milwaukee
September 24th and 25th (11am-5pm)
Historic Milwaukee, Inc. invites you to the first Doors Open Event in Downtown Milwaukee. This backstage pass will allow you to explore and experience places like the locker room at the Bradley Center, backstage at the Pabst Theater and the organ pipe room at Calvary Church! All tours are free and open to the public.
Calvary Worship Returns to 10:00 AM
Posted on September 9, 2011
With summer officially behind us, Sunday Worship Service at Calvary returns to 10:00 am. So hit the snooze button one more time or have an extra cup of coffee before heading off to worship!
Combined Pentecost Service at Our Savior's Church June 5
Posted on May 24, 2011
On Pentecost Sunday (June 5, 2011) Calvary Church will join with some of the other member congregations that make up Central City Churches for a combined worship service at OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3022 W. WISCONSIN AVE. The service will begin at 10:30 am and will be followed by a lunch.
No services will be at Calvary that day! Please join us for worship and lunch at Our Savior's.
To learn more about Central City Churches and the Outreach Ministry there, please visit www.centralcitychurches.com. Calvary Church is a founding and contributing member of this vital organization.
NEW SUMMER WORSHIP TIME!
Posted on May 24, 2011
Beginning June 5, Calvary's summer worship time will be 9:00 am. We initiated this time change a couple of years ago to take advantage of the cooler morning temperatures in the sanctuary. It also gives everyone a longer day to enjoy summer time activities with family and friends.
The earlier 9:00 am worship time begins the Sunday following Memorial Day weekend and continues through the Labor Day weekend. This year we return to the 10:00 am worship time on September 11, 2011.
No Labyrinth Wed April 20
Posted on April 20, 2011
The labyrinth, normally open every Wednesday evening, will be closed JUST FOR TONIGHT (April 20) to accomodate a prayer & music service for the area college campus students.
The labyrinth will be open again next Wednesday, and is available for use at other times by calling the Calvary office : 414-271-8782
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE AT CALVARY
Posted on April 15, 2011
CALVARY HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE 2011
April 21, Maundy Thursday
POTLUCK SOUP & BREAD SUPPER 6:00 P.M.
CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER TO FOLLOW
Please see Bekki Schmitt to sign up to bring soup or bread.
Spring Spruce Up!
Posted on April 15, 2011
Spring is waivering its way into Wisconsin! It's time to get out and clean up those forgotten outdoor beds at home and around Calvary Church. On SATURDAY, APRIL 23 at 10:00 AM, a crew is gathering to trim back & clean up the winter leavings, and make way for the new spring growth.
Sue Martin and family are providing breakfast and tools. Please join us if you can!
Irish Second Table, Sunday March 13
Posted on March 8, 2011
At Calvary, we gather around tables. In worship, in each other's homes, for fellowship and meals.
The "first" table at church is the one around which we celebrate the sacrament of communion together on the first Sunday of each month.
Calvary Work Day, Saturday March 12
Posted on March 8, 2011
Join the "Calvary Cavalry" for a morning of work and fellowship at the Big Red Church!
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 - 9:00 AM
Lenten Book Study
Posted on February 18, 2011
Sundays from March 13 through April 17, we will offer discussions after worship of the book, What’s the Least I can Believe and Still be a Christian?, by Martin Thielen (published by Westminster John Knox Press). In 150 pages, Rev. Thielen covers 10 things Christians don’t need to believe and 10 things Christians do need to believe. John Buchanan, Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, writes of Thielen’s book, “Martin Thielen’s whimsical title disguises a very serious issue every clergyperson deals with daily: how to help Christians navigate through myths and misunderstandings and faulty assumptions about our faith. This is a fine resource for clergy and laity alike, particularly those who have wondered, ‘Do I have to believe that?’” Here are two of the ten things Thielen says Christians do not need to believe, God causes cancer, car wrecks, and other catastrophes, and true Christians can’t believe in evolution.
If you plan to make some or all of the discussion, please purchase your own copy of the book and give it a read through before Sunday, March 13. We’ll spend the first three Sundays on things we don’t have to believe and the remaining three Sundays on things we need to believe. Even if you cannot make the discussions, this book is worth reading. We’ll meet in the upper classroom/nursery after the fellowship time that follows worship (approximately 11:15 - noon).
Labyrinth Closed Due to Snowstorm Feb 2
Posted on February 2, 2011
Due to the snowstorm, the Calvary labyrinth will be closed tonight, February 2, 2011. Stay home, stay warm, stay safe. The labyrinth will open next Wednesday as usual from 5:30pm-7:00pm, weather permitting!
Annual Meeting and New Members
Posted on January 20, 2011
Sunday, January 30 is a big day at Calvary! During worship, we will be blessed to receive 10 new members to the Calvary family! In addition, our Annual Meeting of the Congregation will take place following the worship service, and will be accompanied by Second Table. The "first table" happens on the first Sunday of each month, when we gather around the communion table to share the bread and wine by which Christ calls us to remember him. For Second Table, we gather to share food and fellowship with one another. Around both tables, we invite all of our brothers and sisters to join in, as Christ welcomed all to his table.
New Year's Eve Labyrinth Open 4pm-9pm (12/31/10)
Posted on December 28, 2010
This New Year's Eve (Friday, December 31, 2010) the labyrinth at Calvary Church will be open to the public from 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Many walkers find the experience to be a peaceful and moving one. The sanctuary is lit by candles and the light from six Christmas trees lining the perimeter of the labyrinth. Prayerful music plays quietly in the background. A long-time tradition, the "burning bowl", will be available. A single candle sits in the center of a sand-lined bowl with slips of paper and pens & pencils nearby. Some people find it helpful to let go of old ideas, thoughts, habits, etc., by writing them down and burning them at the bowl, leaving room for new ones to come into their lives.
Advent: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Posted on November 22, 2010
To help us celebrate Advent and Christmas together as a church family, Pastor Mark suggests three ways to participate in this year’s Advent and Christmas seasons.
Stewardship
Posted on November 10, 2010
This Sunday, November 14, is Consecration Sunday at Calvary, when the congregation pledges its time, talents and financial resources to the church for the coming year and shares a meal (Second Table) together. Leading up to this important day on each of three Sundays before, various folks from the congregation shared their thoughts about what Calvary Church and stewardship means to them. Although every one of the speakers did an awesome job, one of them in particular, Anna Martin, 10-year old daughter of members Sue and Tom Martin, stood out. Everyone was extremely moved by her thoughtfulness and appreciation of the people at Calvary she has come to call "family". Anna has graciously agreed to share her words with everyone who couldn't be there that day to hear her. To read Anna's wonderful speech, click HERE.
This Sunday, Kelcey Kalumbula will speak and Bekki Schmitt, Don Thomas, and Anna will give a brief summary of their talks. After they have shared their reasons for pledging, Sue Martin, this year’s chair of Stewardship, will distribute the pledge forms. The forms will ask for contact information, so we can keep that information up-to-date in the church office, ways you would like to participate in the life and ministry of our church with your time and talents, the amount of money you are pledging for 2011, and how you wish to make your contributions: weekly, monthly, quarterly, or a lump sum for the year.
CROP Walk, Sunday, October 10
Posted on September 14, 2010
CROP Walk on Sunday, October 10 (10/10/10!)
Join Calvary Church walkers to help end hunger on Sunday October 10 at the lakefront! The Greater Milwaukee CROP Hunger Walk begins at 1:30pm, with registration taking place at 12:30pm at McKinley Marina... For 25 years, the CROP Walk has been striving to end hunger one step at a time. For more information, visit http://www.interfaithconference.org/CROPWalk.htm, or contact team leader Derrick Regalia at regaliad@gmail.com.
Acolytes and Nursery Care
Posted on September 2, 2010
CALVARY WORSHIP IS AT 10:00 AM STARTING SEPTEMBER 12!
There are a few exciting changes afoot for the fall at Calvary.
Camp Calvary
Posted on August 13, 2010
Laurel United Methodist Church in Springfield, Illinois "camped" at Calvary Church while building Milwaukee homes with Habitat for Humanity. Eleven youth and seven adult mentors brought all their gear, including all the tools for the job, to Milwaukee for the week of August 8-13 to work on building two houses on the near north side. To help reduce the costs, church groups doing volunteer work with Habitat stay with other local churches. The Laurel UMC group found Calvary through Rev. Bill Johnstone, a retired minister active with Habitat--who also happens to be Pastor Mark's father-in-law! They slept on air mattresses at night, showered next door at the Marquette Rec Plex in the Straz dorm building, and ate three meals a day prepared and served at Calvary by Laurel's own kitchen crew. Thanks to their wonderful contribution, two new homes were added to the Milwaukee landscape. God bless their work!
Calvary Waypoint for Bicyclists
Posted on August 2, 2010
Recently, Calvary was home for one night to Garri George, Sr. and Garri George, Jr., whose mission in 2008 and again in 2010 is to ride bicycles across the U.S. to raise money for a group called Youth for Christ in East-Central Indiana. The father & son team contacted Calvary to arrange for a night's stay before heading out over Lake Michigan and the last leg of their two month trip that began this past May. Check out their blog HERE. Calvary got a mention and a photo!
New Summer Worship Time
Posted on June 28, 2010
Sunday Worship has been scheduled for 9:00 am throughout the summer.
