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Special Events and Activities

WinterFest - Think Spring!

Each year in February or March, Calvary hosts a community dinner and evening of entertainment. Fellowship and the upbuilding of relationships with our neighbors, as well as the break from winter doldrums, have made this annual event something eagerly anticipated by both the congregation and the community. At last year's WinterFest, Calvary's members, under the able direction of Choir Director Robert DeMass, offered the evening's entertainment - A Look At Life Through The Eyes Of Broadway.

Maundy Thursday Worship

At 7:30 PM on the Thursday just prior to Easter, the congregation gathers for worship in a traditional Service of Tenebrae. Always a moving spiritual experience, this "service of darkness" recounts in Scripture lessons and hymns the evening of Jesus' arrest. Included is the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at which the congregation comes to the Table to receive the elements.

Anniversary Celebration

June finds Calvary celebrating its anniversary each year. On either the second or third Sunday of the month, Calvary's history and traditions are celebrated in worship and a reception at which persons who have been members of Calvary for 50 or more years are honored. A rose on the lapel identifies those saints among us whose good example and long term fidelity to Christ and Calvary prompt our congregation's special thanks annually.

Deacon Carl Harsh opens the copper box from the cornerstone

during Calvary's Centennial Celebration

Vacation Bible School

Summer also brings us Vacation Bible School, a tradition with a twist. Customarily held for one week in either July or August, VBS combines lessons from the Bible and traditional arts and crafts with more contemporary arts. Woodworking, liturgical dance, and video drama, as well as other class offerings, have helped to make this week something wonderful for children and adults alike. Another break from tradition finds Calvary's VBS carried on in the evenings when families are most likely to attend together and renew their own bonds in the midst of a Christian learning environment.

Carol DeVore and Elder Patti Frohme lead a class of little ones at VBS

Rally Day Carnival

The Rally Day Carnival is held on the first Sunday after Labor Day each year. The KickOff of the Church's School Year is noted in worship where the Sunday School and other educational staff are commissioned. Worship is followed by Calvary's Carnival for the neighborhood. Games, food, fellowship, and fun are the agenda items as young and old join in the merry-making. Children say that they most enjoy whatever game it is "that will get Pastor Morgan wet again this year."

Pastor Morgan gets soaked at the "dunking booth"!

Thanksgiving Eve - Community Interfaith Worship

Begun by Calvary, a sister Presbyterian congregation, and the Reform Jewish congregation, the Community Interfaith Worship each year on the Eve of Thanksgiving offers a unique opportunity for a broad spectrum of religious traditions to come together in thanks to God for our many blessings. In addition to the founding congregations, this service now includes Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox parishes, the Conservative Jewish congregation, representatives of the Bahai and Moslem communities, as well as other Protestant Christian congregations. A different participating congregation serves as host each year when we join with our neighbors in celebration.

Christmas Eve at Calvary

At 7:30 on the eve of Christmas each year, the congregation gathers in darkness to await the annunciation of the Savior's birth. Moving from the darkness of shepherds' fields to the light of choirs of angels, this traditional Candlelight service includes the proclamation of Messiah's birth in word and music. The variety of expression has included brass and precussion instrumentalists as well as ballet and orchestral renditions of traditional Christmas favorites.

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