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Easter Egg Hunt It’s Almost Easter! Please consider picking up, and bringing to church before Thursday, April 13, a pack of plastic Easter eggs and a little wrapped candy for our Easter Egg hunts following worship on Easter! If you’d like to help with this lovely celebration or have questions, please talk with Beth ([email protected])
Lent and Easter Offering Support Those in Need This year's Lenten offering will go to support One Great Hour of Sharing: used to support administrative costs of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). This year’s Easter offering will go to support those in need in Arlington.
A Circle of Caring Do you enjoy cooking? Can you prepare a meal for someone else? We are forming a list of people who are willing to share their cooking talent when there is a need in our community. IF you can provide a meal (we are NOT setting up a schedule at this time) please contact the church office. You will be added to a list that will receive an invitation to participate in a Meal Train, when the need arises. This is not an obligation to provide a meal, but is a way for you to be invited to participate. Please contact the church office at [email protected] for more information or to have your name / e-mail added to the list. Thank you.
For the week ending Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017 Volume 49 Number 16
The Calmeth News (USPS 555560). Published weekly, free of charge by Calvary United Methodist Church, 2315 S. Grant St., Arlington, VA
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Our Mission: Through worship, education, service, and
fellowship, we'll share with all people Christ's message of faith, hope, and love.
What’s Going on at Calvary This list reflects activities for members and friends of Calvary UMC. There are several other meetings and activities that happen each week. Please check with the church office to schedule an event or activity.
Monday, April 10 Elementary Spring Camp
Tuesday, April 11 Elementary Spring Camp
Wednesday, April 12 Elementary Spring Camp
6:30pm—Wednesday Night Dinner: Meatloaf RSVP before noon to 703-892-5185 ($7 adult / $5 children)
Maundy Thursday, April 13 Elementary Spring Camp
6pm—Last Supper Worship and Dinner in Harris Hall Good Friday, April 14
Elementary Spring Camp 7:30pm—Good Friday Worship in the sanctuary
Easter Sunday, April 16 8:30am—Worship with Holy Communion —Easter Egg Hunt following worship 9:45am—Learning for All Ages (some groups will not meet on
Easter—please check with the group leader) 11am—Worship with Holy Communion —Easter Egg Hunt following worship 12:15pm—Coffee Hour
Monday, April 17 Church Office Closed
Tuesday, April 18 7:30pm—Church Council in Harris Hall
Wednesday, April 19 6:30pm—Wednesday Night Dinner: Shish Kabob RSVP before
noon to 703-892-5185 ($7 adult / $5 children)
Help Support Kairos With Cookies John Ashley is preparing for the Kairos Prison Ministry 3 day weekend. He will be going into a maximum security prison as part of a 25 man team to spread the gospel to the inmates. Each team member is responsible to bring 100 to 125 dozen homemade cookies. Please consider making cookies for this ministry. They have a very powerful effect on the inmates as they experience the Love of Christ and the atmosphere of the whole institution changes over this weekend. John needs to collect all the cookies on Easter Sunday April 16. Please leave them (well-marked for Kairos) in the kitchen on April 16 or contact John for direction. If you need the specifics on how to prepare and store the cookies or have questions about Kairos please contact John or Amy Ashley at (703) 646-4144 or [email protected]. Further information on the cookies is also available at http://kairos-bkcc.org/ under “documents”.
Mission Event, Saturday May 13 Join in Helping to Make a Difference Call for Donations! This Mother's Day weekend, Calvary will be assembling care bags and crafts for women and mothers who were victims of homelessness or domestic abuse, so we need your donations! They have requested the following items for the 25 women currently in the shelter's care: umbrellas, planners, face wipes, pens, shampoo (Full size), conditioner (Full size), lotion (Full size), gift cards - Target/Amazon/Old Navy. There is a donation box in the Prayer Chapel by the Narthex outside the sanctuary.
Opportunity to Serve! On Saturday, May 13 at 9am There will be two parallel service events serving women’s shelters for victims of domestic abuse. Activity one will be led by Marcia Grenell and will take
place in Calvary’s Fellowship Hall. This will involve assembling care bags and crafts for women at the shelter. This activity is open to all ages and activity levels (including children!). It will take ~1 hour. Sign-up on the sheet above the donation box in the Narthex or email [email protected].
The second activity will be led by Chris Haley and will take place at Bethany House in Alexandria. We will be removing an old wooden fence and laying mulch down in a flower bed. This activity may require moderate labor and would not be suitable for young children. We will need shovels, one or more sledgehammers in case the fence is anchored in concrete, hammers, saws, and a pick-up truck to bring the mulch and remove the fence, so please email Chris if you have these things. Confidentiality waivers must be signed in advance of the event. Sign-up on the sheet above the donation box in the Narthex or email [email protected].
Calvary Meal Packaging Event Calvary has partnered with Outreach, Inc. to pack 13,000 meals in Harris Hall on Saturday, June 24, 2017. These meals will be sent to Haiti. We need at least 60 volunteers to pack the meals. Teams of 8 – 10 people form assembly lines to fill the bags with ingredients; then weigh, seal, and pack them in shipping boxes. Families are invited to participate with parents supervising their children. A video of an Outreach event can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GNU-WT7-VI. Volunteers who can help unload and move bags of ingredients into Harris Hall are needed at 8:30am. The event will be held 9am–12pm. Please plan to arrive at 8:45am. Late arrivals can also participate. Please notify Max Westmoreland at [email protected] or telephone 703 819-6949 by June 17, 2017 that you will join us at the event.
Communion Servers Participate in Worship in a Very Meaningful Way There is a need for volunteers to serve as communion servers about once-a-month during worship. We need at least two for the 8:30am service. The 11am service is scheduled online and will be explained to any volunteers. If you feel called to assist please contact Charlie or Bonnie Crouch, 508-341-7893. There will be a meeting with all communion Volunteers on Sunday, April 23 at 12:15pm to meet everyone and go over the schedule and answer any questions you may have.
Have something to post in Calmeth News? Deadline is THURSDAY 12 noon to submit your articles or announcements, please contact us by email: [email protected], or simply call the church office: (703) 892-5185. Due to limited space we can only publish a limited number of articles. Articles or announcements that are lengthy may be edited. Thank you for keeping our family and friends up-to-date.
Pastor: Matthew Smith [email protected] Church Admin.: Molly Sessions [email protected] Family Ministries: Beth Posey [email protected] Financial Admin.: Barbara Harslem [email protected] Lay Leader: Keith Sessions [email protected] Music Director: Mickey Fuson [email protected] 8:30am Music Dir.: Wayne Kemp [email protected] Organist: Joseph Arkfeld [email protected] Custodian: Thuan Tran
Prayer Corner If you would like to add a name to this list (please check to be sure it’s okay to share), please submit it in writing by using a prayer card during worship or sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Names will be kept on the list for one month unless a written extension or removal is requested. This week we pray for: All those affected by terrorism and terrorist attacks (here
and all over the world) Cindy Lersten June Brown We continue to pray for: A woman with serious health and family concerns The family of Tucker Christen who passed away March 8 A woman facing surgery
Lifted in Prayer Send Someone a Card for Encouragement Did you lift up someone during prayers during Sunday Worship? In the back of the sanctuary you will find free note cards that you can send to them to let them know that we are praying for them.
Learning For All Ages Sunday Morning—Walk-ins Welcome!
Children’s Sunday School Children meet in the Preschool building Sunday mornings. For information, contact Beth [email protected].
Classroom 1 (9:45am): The Classroom 1 group is now studying C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, and will resume on April 23. For information, please contact Chris Haley at [email protected]
Classroom 2 (9:45am): The Adult Bible Study Class is reading for Lent, Brian D. MacLaren's book, We Make the Road by Walking. Please contact Rev. Dr. Natalie Houghtby-Haddon at [email protected] for information.
Online Book Group WITH, by Skye Jethani, is the current study. If you would like more information contact Beth at [email protected].
Praying Wives Every morning, wives can receive an e-mail guiding towards loving God and loving our husbands. To get more information e-mail Beth at [email protected].
Memorial Hall Improvements Work Continues The major improvements to Memorial Hall have taken place and air quality has been successfully verified by Envirotex. The drop ceiling will now need to be replaced—so please excuse the work-in-progress. Thank you.
Bishop’s Bible Reading Challenge March Reading List In January Bishop Lewis suggested making a resolution to read the Bible together this year. Below is the list for the next two weeks. The link backtothebible.org/reading-guide/15/1 will give the reading for each day.
April 10 2 Samuel 19-21 April 17 1 Kings 12-14
April 11 2 Samuel 22-24 April 18 1 Kings 15-17
April 12 1 Kings 1-2 April 19 1 Kings 18-20
April 13 1 Kings 3-5 April 20 1 Kings 21-22
April 14 1 Kings 6-7 April 21 2 Kings 1-3
April 15 1 Kings 8-9 April 22 2 Kings 4-5
April 16 1 Kings 10-11 April 23 2 Kings 6-8
