March 17h, 2024 Announcements…
Weekly Worship Schedule:
Monday – Friday 6pm Online Evening Prayer. (www.calvarydc.net)
Wednesday:
Noon Bible Study — (www.calvarydc.net)
6pm Bible Study — (www.calvarydc.net)
7pm Young Adults Bible Study (email: info@calvarydc.net)
Friday:
12pm In-Person Stations of the Cross
6pm. Online Stations of the Cross. (www.calvarydc.net
Sunday
9am Morning Prayer — (www.calvarydc.net)
10am In-Person Holy Eucharist — (www.calvarydc.net)
We invite you to join us this Saturday for the Free Community Breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
Calvary Will Host Our Annual Fish Fry on March 29, 2024, from Noon to 7pm. Dinners are $15, all proceeds go to support our monthly Free Community Breakfast. We welcome all volunteers to help.
Seven Last Words– On Good Friday we invite seven lay members of the Church to offer re- flections on the seven last saying of Jesus on the Cross. The sayings are: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”; “Truly I say to you, Today you will be with me in paradise”; “Woman, behold your son. Son behold your mother”; “My God, my God, why have you forsak- en me?”; “I thirst”; “It is finished”; and “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” If you are interested in offering one of the meditations, or in reading a part for the passion play, please contact the office at: info@calvarydc.net
During this Lenten Season, we invite you to join us in walking the Stations of the Cross every Friday, in person at noon, or on line at 6:00pm
We invite your donations of Clean Clothes, in Good Repair, for those in need in our community. Long Johns are a especially needed.
It is time to order your beautiful Easter Lilies. They are $29 for each pot. Make your check payable to Calvary Episcopal Church with “Easter Lily” on the memo line. All payments to Eleanor for your Lilies are due now.
We’re asking Calvary Members to report a section of broken sidewalk at 820 6th St NE to the district government for repair. This section of sidewalk has caused tripping and injuries. You can call (202) 737-4404, or go online to https://311.dc.gov/citizen/request/S0361/location and enter 820 6th St NE to make a repair request. Thank you.
Calvary’s Choirs have resumed rehearsals, before services at 9:15am, in the parish hall. All members are invited to attend, no knowledge of reading music is required:
1st Sunday-Contemporary Choir
2nd Sunday-Parish Choir
3rd Sunday-Men’s Choir
4th Sunday-Parish Choir
5th Sunday-Combined Choirs
Calvary’s Vestry
C. Michael Livingston (Senior Warden, ‘24)
Ken Davis (Junior Warden, ‘25)
Monai Lowe (Evangelism, ’25)
Edna Martin (Worship and Music, ’24)
Michael Sherman (Stewardship, ’24)
Dianne Slaughter (Personnel, ’24)
Gwen Turner (Communications, ’26)
DeVonde Wiggins (Pastoral Care, ’24)
The Now and Forever Windows at Washington National Cathedral
The Cathedral’s Now and Forever Windows were officially installed and consecrated
on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023. They can be viewed, in person, any weekday.
The windows were commissioned to replace the shameful windows honoring
Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Those windows were ultimately removed in 2017, in response to tireless pressure from The Revs. Robert Hunter and Vince Harris, and ongoing lobbying from the Union of Black Episcopalians in this Diocese.
The windows were designed by noted Black artist Kerry James Marshall and are
intended to capture the resilience, faith and endurance of African Americans and
our nation’s struggle with the original sins of racism and slavery.
The following poem “American Song, was written by Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, and will be inscribed in stone beneath the windows:
Imperfect in struggle, contested more than one voice at a time. Onward, multi- American song, American psalm
A single voice raised, then another. We must tell the truth about our history.
How did we get her and where do we go?
Walk toward freedom. Work toward freedom. Believe in beloved community.
We are not yet close enough to heaven.
Aspire to song. Aspire to the lift of voices raised to make a mighty noise.
What are the luminous words.
Courage, evolve, freedom, community, truth, trust, love, peace, yes, why, agape.
American song, American prayer.
All of our voices combined into song. Sing sacred words, true and just.
May this portal be where the light comes in.
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Calvary 20's and 30's
Discipleship discussion group and Bible Study for young adults, every Wednesday evening at 7PM
Interested young adults should contact us at info@calvaryd.net.