I hope this email finds you and your family well. Please see the information below about upcoming events for the Calvary family.
Office Hours
Current office hours are Monday - Thursday, from 10am to 3pm. The office will be closed for Presidents Day on Monday, February 15th.
Annual Meeting, Thank You!
According to your feedback, the 2021 annual meeting was a success. Thanks to all who gathered and participated.
The winner of the knock knock joke was Rich Treat with this groaner: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Nobel. Nobel who? No-bell, that’s why I knocked. Thanks, Rich.
Thank you to all our great ministry leaders who contributed to stories of God’s work in the last year, annual reports, and to the 2021 annual meeting. Thanks to all who participated and shared feedback. And then special thanks to those who produced our videos: Becky Buckley, Rachel Geiger, Josh Ryken, Craig and Joy Moseley, Kim White, Craig Horlacher, Millennials in Fellowship, Bethany Thomas, John Middleton, Erik Jackson, and Kate Buckley. Thanks to our great technical crew: Ben Bader, Eric Jensen, and Josh Ryken, and for those who planned the event: Rod Killian, Isaac McLean, our vestry, and our staff!
While the annual meeting failed to record, the reports, presentation PDF, and video stories are all on the annual meeting website at calvarygolden.net/annualmeeting.
In-person Youth Group & Parents Meeting
In-person youth group will resume next Sunday (February 14th) at 3pm at Calvary! Please note the time change to 3pm - this is to allow us to meet outside when the weather allows. There will be no Youth Group this week (February 7th). Instead, we’ll have a parents meeting on Zoom to discuss plans for this semester at 12:30pm. Check your email for an email from Josh with a link to the meeting; if you didn’t receive one, contact him HERE.
Ash Wednesday, February 17th
Ash Wednesday services will be offered for in-person attendance in the Great Hall at 7:00am, 12:00pm, and 7:00pm. Attendance will be limited to 50 people per service, due to current COVID precautions. Everyone who wants to attend in-person will need to pre-register using a form that will be sent out next week. The 12:00pm service will be available as a livestream and the recording of that service will be available on Calvary’s website at any time after 12:00pm. Those observing Ash Wednesday from home can come to the office starting Tuesday, February 9th during office hours to pick up ashes before Wednesday, February 17th.
Lent Program
As the people of God at Calvary, let us all join together for a time of Bible reading, discussion and prayer this Lent. The staff is putting together resources for individuals, families and small groups that will be posted on our website and emailed to everyone each week. Our starting point will be a series of videos, Scripture readings, and discussion questions from the Bible Project that anyone can access for free each week. Our topics will start with God’s character and range from exile to sin to sacrifice and atonement. We’ll end up with conversations about Good Friday and Easter. Beginning February 21st, the Sunday Morning Adult Formation Zoom group will be doing the studies each week, and any small group that is currently meeting, either in person or online, can also do these studies together. All Lent program resources will be posted on calvarygolden.net/lent when they are published. Stay tuned for more information!
Sunday Worship, Sunday February 7th
A quick reminder that this Sunday’s worship service will be available for in-person attendance for up to 50 people at 8:30am and 10am, as well as through livestream at 10am. Please pre-register by clicking HERE if you want to attend in-person and have not yet registered. The Coffee Hour and the Adult Formation class will continue to be offered virtually only at this time.
The livestream can be accessed via our homepage (calvarygolden.net) or via the link below. Virtual Coffee Hour follows at 11am, giving us a chance to connect with one another and have some fun. The Adult Formation class will also be held at 11am and will be completing a Bible Study through the Bible Project.
Join Livestream Worship Service: https://youtu.be/Fl71wbJ-O6E
Join Zoom "Coffee Hour": calvarygolden.net/coffeehour
Join Zoom "Adult Formation": calvarygolden.net/formation
Lots of Love and God Bless,
Tim Phenna
Senior Pastor