May 09 2008
This Week’s Notes
Save the Date! Annual Yard Sale & Silent Auction
The Rector’s Professional Development Leave
Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for May 11
WE WELCOME ON SUNDAY THE REV’D DR. DANIEL R. HEISCHMAN, Director of the National Association of Episcopal Schools. We are blessed to have him with us this morning as the Rector continues his Professional Development Leave.
DON’T MISS EVENSONG AT CALVARY, SUNDAY, MAY 11, at 5 p.m. This will be the last Evensong before the summer season begins. Calvary Singers will lead the worship with a set of Versicles and Responses by Smith, the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C major by Vaughan Williams, William Harris’s anthem Come down, O love divine, the set Psalm and two hymns. The service will open with the Introit O Holy spirit, Lord of Grace by Christopher Tye.
CNS ANNUAL MAYFAIR! Please join us next Sunday, May 18th, 11:30 - 2:00 for our Annual CNS Mayfair. There will be Children’s Activities, BBQ and Live Music, a Bake Sale, Toy Sale, and Plant Sale. Don’t miss it!
The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE for Ushers, Lectors, Ministers of Communion, Acolytes, etc. for July 1 – September 1 will soon be compiled. If you will be away during those times and unavailable to serve, please phone Jean McNutt at 535-9455 before June 9, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you to serve at an inconvenient time.
AMJAD J. SAMUEL, Parish Worker/Minister for Christian Formation, will be joining the Calvary staff on May 15. The children will have a welcome time with Amjad (pronounced Um-judd) in Calvary House during Church School time on May 18. Juice and snacks will be served. Amjad is looking for a place to rent or house-sit through December. “As I will be coming on as Parish Worker/Minister for Christian Education, I will need a place to live! Just one bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and a living area is all that I need. If gas prices keep climbing at this rate, I will consider a camel for in-town pastoral visits! If you are aware of a place to stay or rent, please alert me at amji71@hotmail.com or call me at 860-706-6998.”
DEANERY FUND RAISER FOR ECUADOR MISSION TRIP – Navigator game on Sun., July 13 at 1:00 (or whatever game is convenient for you). Cost is $8./ticket with $4. benefitting the Ecuador trip. To purchase tickets, see our Deanery Rep., Deb Burgess.
HABITAT NEWS! Visit Habitat of Southeastern Connecticut’s newest undertaking – Restore! This retail outlet accepts donations of new or used materials and fixtures and sells them at very reasonable prices. All proceeds go toward building more homes in New London County. Now you can finish that home improvement project and help someone in need. Restore is located at 400 New London Rd., Salem, CT (next to Salem Country Gardens). For more information and store hours, phone 860-892-9553. Bloomin’ to Build: Habitat of SECT is hosting a Rose Sale. Order a dozen roses (or more/$12.00) now until June 1. Enjoy the sweetness of roses for your graduate, bride-to-be, friend, or yourself and support Habitat. Pick up will be on June 19th from noon – 6 p.m. at Calvary. Order forms/sign up are on the Outreach bulletin board in the Parish Hall. Any questions, please contact Lori Taylor at 599-1715 or Juliet Leeming at 535-0767.
OUTREACH NOTES: As part of an economic stimulus package, many of us will receive a tax rebate this spring. What better way to stimulate the economy than to share it with the less fortunate among us? This winter has been particularly difficult for some due to rising fuel costs, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and a slowing economy. Please consider donating a portion of your tax rebate to a local charity such as the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center or W.A.R.M. Shelter, and indicate the “Calvary Tax Share Program” in your memo. Thank you for spreading the wealth!
ECW SPRING YARD SALE ON JUNE 14: Some of the items we need for the Yard Sale are BOOKS. We love paperbacks, especially mysteries and current fiction, as well as hardcover books of recent vintage. TOYS and CHILDREN’S CLOTHING up to age 6 are also very popular. So please go through your bookcases and closets for items that we can sell at the Yard Sale. Items may be brought to the Parish Hall on Wed., June 11, Thurs., June, and Fri., June 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Helpers are also needed to work at a booth on June 14, any time between 9 and 1. Call Julia Stapleton at 245-3647 if you can volunteer some time. Remember that all profits go to outreach programs, both local and international.
SAVE THE DATE – FRI., JUNE 20 FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. for our annual Chicken BBQ with all the fixins in the church yard to raise funds to support Uganda Mission Programs.
Photos, taken for our 2004 & 2006 Pictorial Directories, are in a box in the back of the church! Please check the box and pick yours up! Photos remaining after June 15 will be discarded.