In this Issue:
Celebrating Calvary's Ministries:
Adult Education & Community Connection in 2020

Civil Discourse Series:
Starting Sunday, January 24 during
Virtual Coffee Hour

Calvary Annual Meeting Online
COVID-19 Vaccine Information

Benevolence Fund

Current Worship Schedule:
ONLINE ONLY 10:30 AM

Virtual Coffee Hour Link

Prayer List
Celebrating Calvary's Ministries:
Adult Education &
Community Connection

As we prepare for the Annual Meeting on January 31, we will be looking back on the past year and ways we have continued to do God’s work as a church. In this pandemic reality, it's a miracle that our community has not only continued to be in fellowship with one another, but has grown and thrived.

Calvary’s Adult Education has been bolstered by the capacity to gather online via Zoom. We began 2020 celebrating Reverend Olivia's Advent Prayer Partners & completing the Rector's Book Study on the Way of Love. We began the traditional Lenten program in Hannaford Hall, exploring the foundations of Christian belief. The onslaught of the pandemic ground that to a halt. We pivoted and switched to an online format and were able to explore the following areas of Adult Christian education:

Scripture 
  • Spring Study of 1 Peter (18 participants)

Faith and Culture 
  • Waking Up White with author Debby Irving (100 participants)
  • Subsequent monthly meetings on the topic of Becoming Beloved Community & anti-racism (4 to 22 participants)
  • Youth Group-led Adult Forum on This Book is Anti-racist (27 participants)

Christian Tradition
  • Late Summer Study of Faith Foundations - Baptismal Theology and the Episcopal Church Tradition (5-12 participants)

Theology
  • Advent Study: Advent of the Heart by Alfred Delp (24 participants)

The Rector and Associate Rector teamed up to prepare and teach the lessons throughout the year. We were able to bring Debby Irving, a sought-after speaker and author to Calvary virtually in a way we never would have imagined in pre-pandemic times.

Community Connection

Starting in late March, the Rector assigned all active members of the parish to Calvary Connection Circles. Seven circles of 12-14 households make up the Connection Circles of the parish. Connection Circles members have been calling, e-mailing, “Zooming,” and texting one another ever since.

Intern Nathan Harpine instituted the “Zoom Coffee Hour,” which continues after each worship service on Sunday mornings. Members and newcomers all gather in a Zoom Room and spend 8-10 minutes in breakout groups of 3-4 checking in with one another weekly.

Jane Paraskevopoulos started a vital pastoral ministry of driving the Forward Day by Day devotionals to the doorsteps of parishioners seeking the resource quarterly with her grandson.

Online Worship has provided unexpected ways to connect in community, with around 30-40 households connecting live via Facebook each week. The comment feed has been a way to check in, celebrate milestones, engage the children of the parish, and offer prayer requests on a weekly basis. An average of 120 people view online worship at some point on Sunday either via Facebook or the Website.

Thank you to all of you who have been part of Calvary’s Community, Connection, and Christian Education in the past year. We’ve been brave and bold in continuing ministry in ways we never could have dreamed could be possible!

Becoming Beloved Community at Calvary Church
Civil Discourse
Five-Session Series starts Sunday, January 24
during Virtual Coffee Hour
Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse
Brought to you by the Office of Government Relations and Department of Faith Formation, in partnership with ChurchNext, a ministry of Forward Movement, this interactive, five-part curriculum offers hope that by using the tool of civil discourse, we can find new ways to love our neighbor.

You are warmly invited to join this series at any point, and to invite a friend.
Calvary Annual Meeting Online
January 31, 2021
11:30 am
Mark your calendars!
Join us via Zoom, just like coffee hour.
Hamilton County COVID-19 Vaccine Information
Hoping to get the Covid-19 Vaccine? Go to this LINK to see When, How and Where Vaccines are available for you.
The Benevolence Fund
The Rector and Vestry of Calvary Parish have established The Benevolence Fund.

Please notify the rector of any need for housing, medications, or utilities expenses you will struggle to meet Rev. Allison. The Benevolence Team will blindly review requests and one-time payments will be made.

If you find yourself in a challenging position during this time, please reach out to Rev. Allison. Your conversation and concerns will be held in the strictest confidence.

Funds are available to cover mortgage payments, utility bills, and medical expenses for members of the church.

To donate, please send checks to:
Calvary Episcopal Church
3766 Clifton Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45220
(in memo: Benevolence Fund)

or CLICK HERE to donate.
Sunday: Online Service ONLY 10:30 AM

Due to the rising COVID numbers, the Rector, with the advisement and support of the Re-Open Team, have determined to move to ONLINE ONLY worship for the indeterminate future.

Current Weekly Worship Schedule:
10:30 AM
ONLINE service
Click one of these links: FACEBOOK or Calvary Website
Sunday Virtual
Coffee Hour

Virtual Coffee Hour will take place via Zoom this Sunday, following the 10:30 service. To join the coffee hour follow this link. For instructions on how to access the meeting, click here ,

You can also access a Facebook group to talk with other Calvary members and get updates from the parish. To join that group, click here
This week we pray:

For those on our Parish Prayer List 
Anne Greenwald, Cynthia Bourgeois, Paula Winans, Reed Coen, Nancy, Mary Beth, Roger Percer, Erica Jones, Terrell Lackey, Carol & Lois, Leo & Lisa

For Homebound Parishioners
Mary Ann Bragg, Richard Sininger, Joan Sievers, Paul McCauley, Hazel Ison, Hedda von Goeben

For Expectant Parents
Hannah & Clairice Galey

For the Faithful Departed
Barbara Lindsey

Send your prayer requests to Rev. Allison
Prayer requests are spoken aloud in worship for two weeks / kept on prayer list for two months. Keep us updated for long-term requests.

If you have a pastoral need, please contact the
Rector, The Rev. Allison English at 513-401-5781
or Rector Associate, The Rev. Olivia Hamilton at 513-236-0526.
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