From the Rector
July 18th Book Study and Author Debby Irving Zoom Event Tomorrow
Habitat Update
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Benevolence Fund
New Forward Day By Day Available
Tentative Phased Return Date
Virtual Coffee Hour Link
Sunday Stories for Children
Prayer List
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From the Rector
Dear Calvary Members,
What a joy it is to see so many of you have signed up for Saturday's event with author Debby Irving. Many of you saw this as a chance to invite your friends and share what Calvary is doing to promote and participate in the work of dismantling systemic racism. We have
over 100 people
signed up for Saturday's gathering!
There are still a few slots available for you to join via Zoom. See below the registration link.
We are out of books!
Please purchase your book from a local bookseller or online to obtain a copy.
Whether you read
Waking Up White
, participate in Saturday's event, or both, the content will lay the groundwork for a continuing conversation about the work we have to do both individually and as a church community to promote systemic change and live into God's dream for all people.
This is challenging work. We will walk with each other. I urge you not to stop if things "heat up" a bit for you. I offer encouragement from Monday's online Morning Prayer service as we enter this time of work and reflection. The reflection was from the late monk Thomas Merton, who wrote:
“SOULS are like wax waiting for a seal. By themselves they have no special identity. Their destiny is to be softened and prepared in this life, by God’s will, to receive, at their death, the seal of their own degree of likeness to God in Christ. And this is what it means, among other things, to be judged by Christ.
The wax that has melted in God’s will can easily receive the stamp of its identity, the truth of what it was meant to be. But the wax that is hard and dry and brittle and without love will not take the seal: for the hard seal, descending upon it, grinds it to powder.
Therefore if you spend your life trying to escape from the heat of the fire that is meant to soften and prepare you to become your true self, and if you try to keep your substance from melting in the fire—as if your true identity were to be hard wax—the seal will fall upon you at last and crush you. You will not be able to take your own true name and countenance, and you will be destroyed by the event that was meant to be your fulfillment.”
In the name of our true selves and the fulfillment God has prepared for us all,
Allison+
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Author Debby Irving Zoom Event
Tomorrow's Event:
Registration near capacity
'
Waking Up White and finding myself in the story of race
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Saturday, July 18 - via ZOOM
Morning Forum
- 10am-Noon
Q&A/ Deeper Dive
- 1pm - 2 PM
Thank you to everyone who has shared this special opportunity with friends.
We have had a great response and still have a few spaces remaining.
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We are beginning to volunteer in Lower Price Hill on Storrs Street, near the Oyler School.
Please arrive around 8.30 so we have time to sign in and have our temperature taken.
Bring gloves, hard hat, and mask -- if you have any of them. They will be given to you if you don't.
We look forward to seeing you!
To volunteer contact John Yates
HERE
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Introducing
John and Kerrie Yates
Habitat for Humanity Calvary Volunteer Coordinators
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In Fall 2019, Kerrie reached out to Calvary desiring preparation for Baptism. At the time, she was homebound as a caregiver for her mother, advancing with dementia. Intern Nathan Harpine and the Reverend Allison English welcomed Kerrie into the Body of Christ in November 2019.
In the past months, her mother has received increased professional care. Kerrie and John showed interest in Habitat for Humanity. John plans to coordinate his co-workers to volunteer on site, along with any interested Calvary volunteers. Kerrie will help to coordinate the delivery of lunches when that is possible.
Contact
Kerrie Yates
HERE
or
Welcome Kerrie & John!
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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.
UPDATE
: We have received over $8000 from our most generous parish family and have been able to offer assistance three times, covering both mortgage payments and utilities for parishioners in a financial crunch due to COVID-19. 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)
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Forward Day by Day to your Door
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The August-October Edition of Forward Day by Day is here.
Would you like a copy of this daily devotional guide?
Please e-mail or call Jane Paraskevopoulos
HERE
your name and delivery address to receive one.
Please also indicate if you prefer large print.
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Per Bishop Breidenthal's instruction, the re-opening of churches in Hamilton County is ON HOLD until further notice. Please plan to continue to worship online each Sunday morning.
Worship is live on Facebook and our website starting with announcements at 10:20 AM. Look for the Online Worship Guide in your inbox each week.
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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
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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
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This week we pray:
For those on our Parish Prayer List
Teachers, Students, and School Administrators
Kate, JL Caldwell, Elizabeth Bible,
Reed Coen, Anne Greenwald, Kate Smith, Abby, Jill, Chip Montrose, Amanda O'Bannon, Roger Percer, Mary Springer, Eddie, Kerrie Yates, Emily, Grace, Richard Jacobs
Thanksgivings
For the birth of Peggy & Dan’s new grandchild, Eugene
For Homebound Parishioners
Mary Ann Bragg, Richard Sininger, Joan Sievers, Paul McCauley, Hazel Ison, Hedda von Goeben
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
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Donate to Calvary Episcopal Church
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