Save the Date! Fish Bake 2010!

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services during the summer are at 8 & 9:30 a.m. through the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th).  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

HELP NEEDED!!!  Printing & collating the Sunday bulletins!  Training is available.  The printing is done in the office on Fridays, generally in the morning, but later if that is more convenient.  If you can help, you would be sharing the duties with at least two other parishioners, which would mean you would have duty about every two-three weeks.  We have one new volunteer already.  Thank you!  If we can find one more person, printing duties might only be about once a month or so!  Please call Phyllis at the office – 860.535.1181, ext. 10.

Your STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE Invites and encourages you to join a growing group of visitors for this year’s EMC.  There are sign-up sheets in the back of the church OR call Tom Sanford at 860.535.3399 or Bill Hoffman at 860.536.0594 to volunteer.  This is an easy and enjoyable opportunity to get to know others in the congregation and to support this year’s Stewardship Program.  We look forward to hearing from you.

CALVARY ORGANISTS –Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.  Stephen Anderson of Mystic, who has often been at Calvary as guest organist and choirmaster, will be our summer organist in August (except for Aug. 15 when Rick will join us!) and early September.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: We have received materials from all the candidates and have been meeting 2 times a week to review videos and written material.  We also are conducting telephone interviews and identifying those candidates moving on to the next step in the process.  It is very exciting, and the responsibility is huge.  Our target date for submitting final candidates to the Vestry continues to be about September 17.  Please keep us in your prayers. 

THIS WEEK FROM THE PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER:  The Emergency Food Pantry is very low on the following items: sweet cereal (preferred by parents with children), oatmeal (all kinds), canned fruits (all kinds), spaghetti sauce, baked beans, and instant mashed potatoes. They thank alvary for all we do to help them feed our neighbors.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

BOOK SALE AT MYSTIC OUTDOOR ART FESTIVAL!  The Art Sale is on Sat., Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the corner of Broadway & East Main St.  Sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship of Mystic Congregational Church.  If you wish to donate books or have questions, please call the Congregational Church Office at 860-536-4250 for information.

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for July 25

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services during the summer are at 8 & 9:30 a.m. through the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th).  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE OF Ushers, Lectors, Ministers of Communion, Acolytes, etc. for Sept. 12 – Nov. 28 will soon be compiled.  If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone Jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before Aug. 9, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time.

HELP NEEDED!!!  Printing & collating the Sunday bulletins!  Training is available.  The printing is done in the office on Fridays, generally in the morning, but later if that is more convenient.  If you can help, you would be sharing the duties with two other parishioners, which would mean you would have duty about every two-three weeks.  Please call Phyllis at the office – 860.535.1181, ext. 10.

Your STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE invites and encourages you to join a growing group of visitors for this year’s EMC.  There are sign-up sheets in the back of the church OR call Tom Sanford at 860.535.3399 or Bill Hoffman at 860.536.0594 to volunteer.  This is an easy and enjoyable opportunity to get to know others in the congregation and to support this year’s Stewardship Program.  We look forward to hearing from you.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: We have received the names of candidates and mailed each one a packet containing information about us and requesting two essay questions and a DVD of one of their sermons.  We will review the responses as they come in.  Please continue to pray for us.

THIS WEEK FROM THE PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER:  Schools are out for the summer, which puts a greater strain on low-moderate income families to provide more meals at home.  This, in turn, puts a greater strain on our Free Emergency food Pantry.  The items most needed this week are:  soup (100% out) – clam chowder, chicken broth and beef broth, Ramen Noodles, beans (100% out) -–baked beans, dry beans, vegetables – mixed, side dishes (100% out) -–white rice (most popular), instant noodle mix, stuffing, canned meat (100% out) – canned chicken, canned Spam, fruit – canned pineapple, peaches, pears, and mixed fruit cocktail.  Our career & casual clothing closet is in dire need of the following items: bed sheets – lightly used or new (single, double, or larger), blankets (lightly used or new, all sizes, pillows (new only); clothing – girls’ summer clothing, sizes 6 – 10, toddler summer clothing (boys and girls) – sizes 3T, 4T, 5T, and 6T.  The PNC thanks you for your continuing help!

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

TAG SALE at ST. DAVID’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, corner of Routes 12 & 214, Gales Ferry, 860-464-6516, www.saintdavidsgf.org, on Sat., Aug. 7th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

God is Not One book discussion continues

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, July 18

Prayer Spill at the Coast Candlelight Vigil

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services during the summer are at 8 & 9:30 a.m. through the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th).  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE OF Ushers, Lectors, Ministers of Communion, Acolytes, etc. for Sept. 12 – Nov. 28 will soon be compiled.  If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone Jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before Aug. 9, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time.

Your STEWARDSSHIP COMMITTEE Invites and encourages you to join a growing group of visitors for this year’s EMC.  There are sign-up sheets in the back of the church OR call Tom Sanford at 860.535.3399 or Bill Hoffman at 860.536.0594 to volunteer.  This is an easy and enjoyable opportunity to get to know others in the congregation and to support this year’s Stewardship Program.  We look forward to hearing from you.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be July 25, when we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: We have received the names of candidates and mailed each one a packet containing information about us and requesting two essay questions and a DVD of one of their sermons.  We will review the responses as they come in.  Please continue to pray for us.

THIS WEEK FROM THE PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER:  Schools are letting out for the summer, which puts a greater strain on low-moderate income families to provide more meals at home.  This, in turn, puts a greater strain on our Free Emergency food Pantry.  The items most needed this week are:  soup (100% out) – clam chowder, chicken broth and beef broth, Ramen Noodles, beans (100% out) -–baked beans, dry beans, vegetables – mixed, side dishes (100% out) -–white rice (most popular), instant noodle mix, stuffing, canned meat (100% out) – canned chicken, canned Spam, fruit – canned pineapple, peaches, pears, and mixed fruit cocktail.  Our career & casual clothing closet is in dire need of the following items: bed sheets – lightly used or new (single, double, or larger), blankets (lightly used or new, all sizes, pillows (new only); clothing – girls’ summer clothing, sizes 6 – 10, toddler summer clothing (boys and girls) – sizes 3T, 4T, 5T, and 6T.  The PNC thanks you for your continuing help!

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

TAG SALE, TREASURES, AND BOOKS at Noank Baptist Church, 18 Cathedral Heights, Noank, on Sat., July 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Calvary is cordially invited!

God is Not One book discussion continues

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, July 4

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services during the summer are at 8 & 9:30 a.m. through the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th).  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be July 25, when we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: We are making final preparations for receiving the names of candidates on July 8.  All candidates will be sent a packet from us on July 9 containing information about us and requesting written answers to two essay questions and a DVD of one of their sermons.  We will start reviewing the responses as they come in.  We expect a large number of names.  Keep the prayers coming.

THIS WEEK FROM THE PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER:  Schools are letting out for the summer, which puts a greater strain on low-moderate income families to provide more meals at home.  This, in turn, puts a greater strain on our Free Emergency food Pantry.  The items most needed this week are:  soup (100% out) – clam chowder, chicken broth and beef broth, Ramen Noodles, beans (100% out) -–baked beans, dry beans, vegetables – mixed, side dishes (100% out) -–white rice (most popular), instant noodle mix, stuffing, canned meat (100% out) – canned chicken, canned Spam, fruit – canned pineapple, peaches, pears, and mixed fruit cocktail.  Our career & casual clothing closet is in dire need of the following items: bed sheets – lightly used or new (single, double, or larger), blankets (lightly used or new, all sizes, pillows (new only); clothing – girls’ summer clothing, sizes 6 – 10, toddler summer clothing (boys and girls) – sizes 3T, 4T, 5T, and 6T.  The PNC thanks you for your continuing help!

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

2010 Stewardship Program

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, June 20

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services go to our summer schedule beginning on July 4 and ending with the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th) – services will be at 8 & 9:30 a.m..  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: The Profile is complete and on our website.  Names of potential candidates are now being accepted at the diocese.  The deadline for submitting names is June 30.  You may submit names to our Search Committee or have the candidates visit the Diocese of CT website at http://ctdiocese.org., click on Bishop Staff, then click on Transition Ministry for application details.  We will receive our list of candidates on July 8.  We anticipate a very busy summer!

END LOCAL CHILDHOOD HUNGER – The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and The Resident are working together to collect $5.00 from 1,000 people by the end of June to provide 21 meals per week for less fortunate children in Stonington and North Stonington during the summer months when children are not eligible for ‘Free and Reduced Lunch’.  If you would like to contribute to this worthwhile program, a box is in the back of the church.  Questions?  Contact Deb Burgess at 860.535.2236 or at debbgs@gmail.com.

BASKET RAFFLE AT THE CHICKEN BBQ next Friday, June 25, 6-8:00 p.m.: Chicken BBQ and all the Fixin’s.  Filled baskets to add to the Basket Raffle are needed.  If you would like to contribute a theme basket for either children or adults, it would be greatly appreciated.  All funds raised support our mission work at the CHAIN Foundation Orphanage.  A sign-up sheet is in the Parish Hall or contact Barbara Loftus or Mary Hughes for more details. Advanced sale tickets begin today, after both services.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be July 25, when we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

JUNE IS OFFICALLY “LOCAL HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH”.  During the summer months, food insecurity among school-age children spikes dramatically.  The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center’s Weekender Backpack Food Program for Children (an official program of the CT. Food Bank) will see an increase in families needing help to feed their children 21 meals per week, not 5.  We will be conducting a food drive at local grocery stores (to be determined) during the summer to help with this.  In the meantime, these are the items that are NOT on our shelves today:  Clam Chowder (most requested by a landslide!), Chicken broth and beef broth, Ramen Noodles, baked beans, Spam (very popular), Chef-Boy-R-Dee, Grape jelly, canned fruit (pineapple (most popular), peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, and cereals (this is often a meal) – corn flakes, shredded wheat, sweet cereals (Cocoa Pops, Honey Nut Cheeries, etc.), oatmeal, and packages of Dinosaur Oatmeal for Children.  Thank you for all you do to help Feed Your Neieghbor.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

ECW Yard Sale Coming on June 19 - 2010 Stewardship Program

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, June 13

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: The Profile is complete and on our website.  Names of potential candidates are now being accepted at the diocese.  The deadline for submitting names is June 30.  You may submit names to our Search Committee or have the candidates visit the Diocese of CT website at http://ctdiocese.org., click on Bishop Staff, then click on Transition Ministry for application details.  We will receive our list of candidates on July 8.  We anticipate a very busy summer!

END LOCAL CHILDHOOD HUNGER – The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and The Resident are working together to collect $5.00 from 1,000 people by the end of June to provide 21 meals per week for less fortunate children in Stonington and North Stonington during the summer months when children are not eligible for ‘Free and Reduced Lunch’.  If you would like to contribute to this worthwhile program, a box is in the back of the church.  Questions?  Contact Deb Burgess at 860.535.2236 or at debbgs@gmail.com.

BASKET RAFFLE AT THE CHICKEN BBQ on Friday, June 25, 6-8:00 p.m.: Chicken BBQ and all the Fixin’s.  Filled baskets to add to the Basket Raffle are needed.  If you would like to contribute a theme basket for either children or adults, it would be greatly appreciated.  All funds raised support our mission work at the CHAIN Foundation Orphanage.  A sign-up sheet is in the Parish Hall or contact Barbara Loftus or Mary Hughes for more details. Advanced sale tickets begin today, after both services.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be July 25, when we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

JUNE IS OFFICALLY “LOCAL HUNGER AWARENESS MONTH”.  During the summer months, food insecurity among school-age children spikes dramatically.  The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center’s Weekender Backpack Food Program for Children (an official program of the CT. Food Bank) will see an increase in families needing help to feed their children 21 meals per week, not 5.  We will be conducting a food drive at local grocery stores (to be determined) during the summer to help with this.  In the meantime, these are the items that are NOT on our shelves today:  Clam Chowder (most requested by a landslide!), Chicken broth and beef broth, Ramen Noodles, baked beans, Spam (very popular), Chef-Boy-R-Dee, Grape jelly, canned fruit (pineapple (most popular), peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, and cereals (this is often a meal) – corn flakes, shredded wheat, sweet cereals (Cocoa Pops, Honey Nut Cheeries, etc.), oatmeal, and packages of Dinosaur Oatmeal for Children.  Thank you for all you do to help Feed Your Neieghbor.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

FOR YOUR CALENDARS:  Remember that our services go to our summer schedule beginning on July 4 and ending with the Sunday of Labor Day weekend (this year on Sept. 5th) – services at 8 & 9:30 a.m..  September 12th we resume our schedule of services at 8 & 10 a.m.

Upcoming Christian Formation Programs

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, June 6

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE of ushers, lectors, Ministers of Communion, acolytes, etc.for July 1 through Labor Day weekend, September 6, will soon be compiled.  If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before June 7, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: The Profile is complete and on our website.  Names of potential candidates are now being accepted at the diocese.  The deadline for submitting names is June 30.  You may submit names to our Search Committee or have the candidates visit the Diocese of CT website at http://ctdiocese.org., click on Bishop Staff, then click on Transition Ministry for application details.  We will receive our list of candidates on July 8.  We anticipate a very busy summer!

END LOCAL CHILDHOOD HUNGER – The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and The Resident are working together to collect $5.00 from 1,000 people by the end of June to provide 21 meals per week for less fortunate children in Stonington and North Stonington during the summer months when children are not eligible for ‘Free and Reduced Lunch’.  If you would like to contribute to this worthwhile program, a box is in the back of the church.  Questions?  Contact Deb Burgess at 860.535.2236 or at debbgs@gmail.com.

BASKETS RAFFLE AT THE CHICKEN BBQ on Friday, June 25, 6-8:00 p.m.: Chicken BBQ and all the Fixin’s.  Filled baskets to add to the Basket Raffle are needed.  If you would like to contribute a theme basket for either children or adults, it would be greatly appreciated.  All funds raised support our mission work at the CHAIN Foundation Orphanage.  A sign-up sheet is in the Parish Hall or contact Barbara Loftus or Mary Hughes for more details. Advanced sale tickets will begin next Sunday, June 6, after both services.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be July 25, when we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER’S EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY NEEDS:  grape jelly and jam, white rice, stuffing, all kinds of canned fruit, and all kinds of cereal (i.e. cereal straws for children, dinosaur oatmeal, Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Corn Flakes.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

CNS Mayfair 2010 Silent Auction

Weekly Calendar & Prayer List for Sunday, May 30

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE of ushers, lectors, Ministers of Communion, acolytes, etc.for July 1 through Labor Day weekend, September 6, will soon be compiled.  If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before June 7, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: Please visit our Parish Profile online at our website.  The profile was a huge team effort but many thanks to Barb Silver Holt who put it all together. That means names are being accepted for the position of Calvary Church Rector!!! Anyone who would like to suggest a candidate for the position should have that person visit the Diocese of Connecticut website at http://www.ctdiocese.org, click on Bishop Staff, then click on Transition Ministry for application details.  We are on our way so please continue to keep us in your prayers.

END LOCAL CHILDHOOD HUNGER – The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center and The Resident are working together to collect $5.00 from 1,000 people by the end of June to provide 21 meals per week for less fortunate children in Stonington and North Stonington during the summer months when children are not eligible for ‘Free and Reduced Lunch’.  If you would like to contribute to this worthwhile program, a box is in the back of the church.  Questions?  Contact Deb Burgess at 860.535.2236 or at debbgs@gmail.com.

BASKETS RAFFLE AT THE CHICKEN BBQ on Friday, June 25, 6-8:00 p.m.: Chicken BBQ and all the Fixin’s.  Filled baskets to add to the Basket Raffle are needed.  If you would like to contribute a theme basket for either children or adults, it would be greatly appreciated.  All funds raised support our mission work at the CHAIN Foundation Orphanage.  A sign-up sheet is in the Parish Hall or contact Barbara Loftus or Mary Hughes for more details. Advanced sale tickets will begin next Sunday, June 6, after both services.

CALVARY ORGANISTS – Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be Sunday, July 25, during which day, we will celebrate his much-admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fisher’s Island, and St. James’, New London.

PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER’S EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY NEEDS:  grape jelly and jam, white rice, stuffing, all kinds of canned fruit, and all kinds of cereal (i.e. cereal straws for children, dinosaur oatmeal, Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Corn Flakes.

CALLING ALL COOKS!  The Pastoral Care and Prayer Committee provides casseroles and soups to parishioners who are temporarily homebound.  Recipients always enjoy having a homemade soup or casserole delivered to their home.  Please contact Lois Cole at 860.535.2089 for information.  Thank you!

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

Prayer List for 5-23

This Week’s Calendar for 5-23-10

Coming soon! Our Annual Yard Sale

CALVARY ORGANISTS:  Simon Holt’s concluding Sunday at Calvary will be Sunday, July 25, during which day we will celebrate his much admired music and service to this community.  Ralph “Rick” Powers, of Stonington, has been appointed Acting Organist-Choirmaster, beginning in September.  Rick has been guest organist at Calvary on several occasions.  He has also served at St. John’s, Fishers Island, and St. James, New London.  Stephen Anderson, of Mystic, who has often been at Calvary as guest organist and choirmaster, will be our summer organist in August and early September.

SEARCH UPDATE:  Our Parish Profile has been approved by the diocese and should be on our website at this time.  That means names are being accepted by the diocese for the position of Calvary Church Rector!!!  Anyone who would like to suggest a candidate for the position should have that person visit the Diocese of Connecticut website at www.ctdiocese.org., click on the Bishop Staff, then click on Transition Ministry for application details.  We are on our way so please continue to keep us in your prayers.

CNS IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the assistant teacher position starting in September.  Do you know someone who might be interested in joining our talented staff?  Resumes can be sent directly to Calvary Nursery School.

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE of ushers, lectors, Ministers of Communion, acolytes, etc.for July 1 through Labor Day weekend, September 6, will soon be compiled.  If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before June 7, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time.

SAVE THE DATE:  Friday, June 25, 6-8:00 p.m., Chicken BBQ and all the Fixins to benefit the Uganda Mission Programs.  Advanced sale tickets will begin on Sunday, June 6 after both services.

CALLING ALL COOKS!  The Pastoral Care and Prayer Committee provides casseroles and soups to parishioners who are temporarily homebound.  Recipients always enjoy having a homemade soup or casserole delivered to their home.  Please contact Lois Cole at 860.535.2089 for information.  Thank you!

BARNABA INSTITUTE PRESENTATION: The Barnaba Institute will be making a presentation during the May Deanery Meeting at St. John’s, Niantic on Tues., May 25. The Barnaba Institute is a non-profit organization located in Clinton, which raises awareness through education and media about human trafficking as it pertains to sexual exploitation.  They currently run an outreach program to females in New London. The business meeting begins at 6:30 p.m., and the presentation is expected to begin at 7 p.m.  All are invited.

COOKS ARE NEEDED FOR THE WARM SHELTER.  On the third Wed. of every month, Calvary Church provides an evening meal for the WARM Shelter that includes an entrée and salad or vegetable for 50 people and 4 gallons of milk and fruit juice.  You can volunteer to provide all or part of a meal.  You can sign up in the Parish Hall or by contacting Candy Sanford at 860.535.3399 or at cdsanford@sbcglobal.net.

PAWCATUCK NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER’S EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY NEEDS:  grape jelly and jam, white rice, stuffing, all kinds of canned fruit, and all kinds of cereal (i.e. cereal straws for children, dinosaur oatmeal, Rice Krispies, Cheerios, Corn Flakes.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed.  It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service.  If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary.  Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall.  Your help will be appreciated!

CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60.  Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139.  You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund.  Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift.  The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”.  Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin.  Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.

Prayer List for 5-16-10 

This Week’s Calendar for 5-16-10 

The LITURGICAL SCHEDULE of ushers, lectors, Ministers of Communion, acolytes, etc.for July 1 through Labor Day weekend, September 6, will soon be compiled. If you will be away during that time and unavailable to serve, please phone Jean McNutt at 860.535.9455 before June 7, and we will do our best to avoid scheduling you at an inconvenient time. SUNDAY SCHOOL in SPRING: For the five Sundays in May, adults, children, and families, will begin the morning together in church at 10:00. The first half of the service will be child-friends, yet complete, including communion. The Sunday School will then process to the Parish Hall. The second half will include an offertory anthem, a reading and sermon, and prayers. CALLING ALL COOKS! The Pastoral Care and Prayer Committee provides casseroles and soups to parishioners who are temporarily homebound. Recipients always enjoy having a homemade soup or casserole delivered to their home. Please contact Lois Cole at 860.535.2089 for information. Thank you! SAVE THE DATE! The CALVARY NURSERY SCHOOL’S MAY FAIR is scheduled for Sunday, May 23^rd with a rain date of Sunday, May 30^th. We’ll have games, music, food, and lots of family fun. We could use youth volunteers to help with the kids’ games and events. Please contact Therese Alexander for more information at 860-501-0924 or tlcarkealexander@aol.com. Be sure to include a contact phone number. CNS IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the assistant teacher position starting in September. Do you know someone who might be interested in joining our talented staff? Resumes can be sent directly to Calvary Nursery School.

RECTOR SEARCH UPDATE: Calvary’s profile is being finalized. Goals for our new Rector will be presented to the Vestry on May 13. Interview questions are being refined, and we will begin compiling interview packets for candidates.

COFFEE HOUR HOSTS are needed. It is an easy ministry to provide a few simple sweets and to make coffee for those wanting to share fellowship and camaraderie after the 10:00 service. If you could do this just once or twice a year, it would be a tremendous help to Calvary. Please sign up on the sign-up sheet posted in the Parish Hall. Your help will be appreciated! CALVARY CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS FUND – Altar arrangements in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion may be sponsored for a donation of $60. Gift forms are available at the back of the church or you may call Phyllis in the office at 535-1181 or Gill Perry at 535-8139. You may also donate a lesser amount of your choosing toward the Calvary Church Altar Flowers Fund. Your gift will be used, together with those of others, on the Sundays when there is no designated gift. The names of donors will appear in the bulletin or you may mark your gift “Anonymous”. Please mark the memo line of your check “Flower Fund” and mail to Calvary Church or place in the alms basin. Should you wish to join the Flower Guild, please do not hesitate to call.