March - Calvary Episcopal Church

March 2014 • Vol. 59 No.3
Chronicle
The Newsletter of Calvary Episcopal Church
102 N. Second St. • Memphis, TN 38103 • 901-525-6602 • www.calvarymemphis.org
For more than 90 years, Calvary Episcopal Church has offered an
amazing opportunity to journey through the season of Lent by hearing
diverse, world-class preachers, and eating delicious, classic, Southern
food. And we want you to experience it with us this year!
Calvary’s Lenten Preaching Series features daily inspiration from
preachers whose perspective will challenge and inspire us on our journey toward Easter. And
Calvary’s Waffle Shop celebrates first-rate Southern cuisine, made from scratch daily, and served
by some of the city’s finest volunteers.
Lent at Calvary is an experience that you will never forget and is sure to become one of your favorite Memphis traditions.
See you there — you’ll never think of fish or pudding the same way again.
~The Rev. Christopher D. Girata, Rector
March 6 - April 11, 2014 • Mondays - Fridays 12:05-12:40 pm
March 6 & 7 – Thursday & Friday
The Rev. Dr. Marcus Borg
Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral,
Portland, OR
Internationally known in both
academic and church circles as a
biblical and Jesus scholar, Borg
was Hundere Chair of Religion
and Culture in the Philosophy
Department at Oregon State
University until his retirement in
2007. He is the author of nineteen
books, including Jesus: A New Vision and the bestseller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. He also
wrote The God We Never Knew; The Meaning of Jesus:
Two Visions; Reading the Bible Again for the First Time,
and The Heart of Christianity. Other books include:
Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a
Religious Revolutionary, a New York Times Best-Seller;
Conversations with Scripture: Mark, and three books coauthored with John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week,
The First Christmas, and The First Paul. His novel, Putting
Away Childish Things, was published in April 2010.
March 10 – Monday
Elder Davin Clemons
Pastor of Cathedral of Praise Church and member of
Memphis Police Department, Memphis, TN
Elder Davin Clemons has a passion
for standing up for the oppressed
and ministering to the needs of
all God’s people who are treated
unfairly. As a minister of the newly
formed Cathedral of Praise Church,
Elder Clemons already has begun to
step up to the challenge of speaking
up for the marginalized. He became a member of
“Clergy Defending Rights of All,” an interfaith group
comprised of roughly thirty clergy members from
the Greater Memphis area, and supported the nondiscrimination ordinance in Memphis, rallying for
equality for all City of Memphis employees. His
educational background includes a Master of Divinity
from Memphis Theological Seminary, a Master of
Science in Operations Management from the University
of Arkansas, and a Bachelor of Art in Criminal Justice
Administration from LeMoyne Owen College.
Ash Wednesday: The Rev. Dr. Marcus Borg
Calvary will offer Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5.
In addition, The Rev. Dr. Marcus Borg will be Calvary’s guest preacher at the 6:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday Eucharist.
Children’s Chapel and childcare will be offered for this service. Invite a friend!
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The Rev. J. Lawrence Turner
Pastor of Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church, Memphis, TN
The Rev. J. Lawrence Turner accepted
the call to serve as the senior pastor
of Mississippi Boulevard Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) in
Memphis, TN, in January 2013.
For seven years prior to coming to
Mississippi Boulevard, he served
the Community Baptist Church in
New Haven, CT. A native of Nashville, TN, the Rev.
Turner is a 2003 magna cum laude graduate of Fisk
University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion
and Philosophy. He received his Master of Divinity
degree from Yale University Divinity School and
was awarded the prestigious H.H. Tweedy Prize for
exceptional promise for pastoral leadership. Currently,
the Rev. Turner is pursuing the Doctor of Ministry
degree in Transformative Leadership at the Colgate
Rochester Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY.
March 12 & 13 – Wednesday & Thursday
& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
The Rev. Becca Stevens
Author and founder of the Community of Magdalene and
Thistle Farms, Nashville, TN
The Rev. Becca Stevens, one of the
premier preachers and speakers in
the United States, proclaims love as
the most powerful force for social
change. She is an Episcopal priest and
founder of Magdalene, residential
communities of women who have
survived prostitution, trafficking and
addiction. She founded Thistle Farms in 2001, which
currently employs nearly 50 residents and graduates, and
houses a natural body care line, a paper and sewing studio
and the Thistle Stop Café. She is a prolific writer and has
been featured in the New York Times and on ABC World
News, NPR, PBS, CNN, and Huffington Post and named
by the White House in 2011 as one of 15 Champions of
Change for violence against women. She recently was
inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame and
conferred an honorary doctorate by The University of
the South. Her newest book, The Way of Tea & Justice:
Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from its Violent
History, will be released in 2014.
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March 14 – Friday
The Rt. Rev. Don Johnson
Bishop of The Diocese of West Tennessee, Memphis, TN
The Rt. Rev. Don Edward Johnson is
a native Tennessean who has served
his entire ministry in the state.
Don received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Vanderbilt University
in 1972, a Master of Divinity degree
from Seabury-Western Theological
Seminary, Evanston, IL in 1976, and
a Doctor of Ministry degree from Graduate Theological
Institute in Indiana in 1988. His ministry in the Episcopal
Church has taken him to small and large parishes in
the inner city and the suburbs. While at Vanderbilt,
Don attended St. David’s Church, Nashville, during the
time the Rev. Dan Matthews was rector. He began his
ordained ministry as a deacon at St. Paul’s Church in
Chattanooga, and served as priest-in-charge at Calvary
Church in Memphis from 1977-1978. Returning to
Chattanooga, he became rector of Christ Church and
chaplain to the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga,
for eight years. In 1986, Johnson accepted a call to St.
John's Church in Johnson City. In 1996 he became
rector of Church of the Resurrection in Franklin, where
he remained until his election as bishop in March 2001.
He was consecrated the third bishop of The Diocese of
West Tennessee in June 2001.
March 17 & 18 – Monday & Tuesday
The Rev. H. Huey Gardner
Rector at St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church,
Birmingham, AL
Huey grew up in the Birmingham
area and was a candidate for
Holy Orders from the Diocese of
Alabama. He attended Virginia
Theological Seminary in Alexandria,
Virginia and was ordained in 1991.
Since his ordination he has served
parishes in Anniston, AL; Memphis,
TN; and Macon, GA. Before his ordination he was
employed in the financial services industry and sold
commercial real estate. He enjoys traditional liturgical
worship and the Christ-centered mission of St. Mary'son-the-Highlands, and is particularly excited about
the outreach work at St. Mary's and the many young
families associated with the parish.
Calvary Episcopal Church March 19 – Wednesday
& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
Mr. Ray Suarez
Author, broadcast journalist and host of Inside Story on
Al Jazeera America, Washington, D.C.
Veteran journalist Ray Suarez is
the permanent host of Al Jazeera
America’s daily program “Inside
Story.” Suarez came from PBS’
“NewsHour,” where he worked from
1999 to 2013, most recently as its
chief national correspondent. Before
joining PBS, he hosted National
Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation” for six years. Suarez is
the author of the critically acclaimed Latino Americans,
the companion book to the PBS documentary series of the
same name, published in September 2013. He also is the
author of The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America
and The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great
Suburban Migration and has contributed to several other
books. Suarez earned a B.A. in African history from New
York University and an M.A. in the social sciences from
the University of Chicago and has been awarded more
than a dozen honorary degrees. A native of Brooklyn,
Suarez lives in Washington, D.C.
March 20 & 21 – Thursday & Friday
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Amy-Jill Levine holds a B.A. from
Smith College, an M.A. and Ph.D.
from Duke University, and honorary
doctorates from Christian Theological
Seminary, Drury University, the
University of Richmond, the
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
the Southwest, and the University
of South Carolina-Upstate. Her books include The
Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the
Jewish Jesus, the edited collection,The Historical Jesus in
Context, and the fourteen-volume edited series, Feminist
Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian
Writings. With Marc Brettler of Brandeis University, she
has edited the Jewish Annotated New Testament, and
she has written, with her Vanderbilt colleague Douglas
Knight, The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish
Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach us.
A self-described “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in
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a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle
of the Bible Belt,” Professor Levine combines historicalcritical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent
dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating antiJewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.
March 24 – Monday
& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
The Rev. Daniel Matthews, Sr.
retired as Rector Emeritus of Trinity Church Wall Street in
2004, New York, NY
Regarding the approximately 80
percent of Americans who today
define themselves as spiritual, the
Rev. Matthews observes, “The use
of prayer, which is at times almost
universal, defines a person as
claiming to be spiritual. However,
organized
religion
demands
giving, community and loyalty, all of which are losing
popularity in the dominant culture.” Thus, he feels “the
ecumenical, interfaith nature of the Calvary Lenten
Preaching Series is more important today than ever
in its history.” In reflecting on his years of ministry at
Trinity Wall Street there is no doubt about which event
overshadows all others— “9/11. We ran for our lives to
escape the thundering collapse of the Towers 150 yards
away. None of us will ever be the same.”
Sunday, March 23: 8 & 10 AM Worship
The Rev. Dan Matthews, Sr. will preach at both the 8
and 10 a.m. worship services at Calvary and will be in
the Great Hall for An Hour with Dan Matthews (see pg.
8) during Formation.
March 25 & 26 – Tuesday & Wednesday
& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
The Rev. Daniel P. Matthews, Jr.
Rector, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA
A gifted preacher and teacher,
Dan has an empathic disposition
and abiding interest in people.
Before feeling called to the
ministry, Dan studied psychology
at the University of the South
at Sewanee and worked with
adolescents in crisis. He planned
a life in counseling, but the call to
ministry set him on a new course. A graduate of Virginia
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Calvary Episcopal Church Theological Seminary, Dan has previously served as
rector at St. Paul’s in Kingsport, TN; assistant at St. Mark’s
in Jacksonville, FL; and, as a deacon and then curate at
St. Paul’s in Chattanooga, TN. Dan is the enthusiastic
leader of The Parson’s Pickers, a bluegrass ensemble that
performs for non-profit and church fund raisers.
March 27 – Thursday
The Rev. Ellen Roberds
Creative Placemaking Program Director for Livable
Memphis, Memphis, TN
Ellen Roberds is a child of Memphis,
raised and ordained at Idlewild
Presbyterian Church. She cut her
teeth for ministry there and at First
Presbyterian downtown where she
was an associate pastor for eight
years. Early on, her ecumenism led
her to marry a Baptist boy she met
while attending Vanderbilt Divinity School; it later led
her to the staff at Calvary Episcopal. Ellen currently
works as a Tactical Urbanist and Creative Placemaker
with Livable Memphis. She is married to Jarad Bingham
of Shady Grove Presbyterian.
March 28 – Friday
Friends of the Groom
Professional theater company committed to proclaiming
the Christian message with a unique blend of humor, story
and challenging content, Cincinnati, OH
Friends of the Groom is a
professional
theater
company
dedicated to communicating the
Christian message in an entertaining
and challenging format. The interdenominational group is located in
Cincinnati, OH. Since 1980, they
have performed plays, led retreat
weekends, and conducted workshops in thousands of
locations from Anchorage to Athens.
Saturday, March 29: Youth Workshop
Friends of the Groom will hold a workshop for youth
in grades 2-8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Great Hall.
Contact Hilary Chipley for more information, hchipley@
calvarymemphis.org or 525-6602, ext. 140.
Sunday, March 30: 10 am worship
Friends of the Groom will worship with us and offer
special versions of the opening prayer, sermon, and peace.
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March 31 – Monday
Mayor A C Wharton, Jr.
Mayor of Memphis, TN
A C Wharton, Jr. is the 63rd mayor
of the City of Memphis and the
eighth mayor since city government
was restructured into a MayorCity Council form of government
in 1968. Reared in Lebanon, TN,
Mayor Wharton attended Tennessee
State University, where he majored in
political science and graduated with honors in 1962. Six
years later, he entered the University of Mississippi Law
School, where he was one of the first African-American
students to serve on the Moot Court Board and the first
African-American to serve on the Judicial Council.
He graduated with honors in 1971, and three years
later, he became the first African-American professor
of law at University of Mississippi, a position that he
held for 25 years. Following college graduation, Mayor
Wharton worked in Washington, D.C., at the Office of
General Council of Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission for two years and one year at the Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, heading up the
Public Employment Project funded by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
April 1 – Tuesday
Dr. Mark Muesse
Professor at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Mark W. Muesse was born in Waco,
TX, and attended Baylor University,
where he received a B.A. in English
Literature. He also attended Harvard
University, where he earned a
Masters of Theological Studies, a
Masters of Arts, and a Ph.D. in The
Study of Religion. Muesse has taught
at Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, and the
University of Southern Maine, where he also served
as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
At Rhodes, he teaches courses in world religions
and philosophy, modern theology, and spirituality.
In 2008, he received the Clarence Day Award for
Outstanding Teaching, Rhodes' highest honor for a
member of its faculty. He has produced four lecture
series and companion books for The Great Courses:
The Great Religions: Hinduism; Religions of the Axial
Age; Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad; and
Calvary Episcopal Church Practicing Mindfulness. His books include Redeeming
Men: Religion and Masculinities and The Hindu
Traditions: A Concise Introduction. His most recent
book, The Age of Sages: The Axial Age in Asia and the
Near East, was published in 2013.
April 2 & 3 – Wednesday & Thursday
& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
The Rev. Canon Renee Miller
Writer, poet, conference leader and manager of faculty for
CREDO, Monterey, CA
Renee Miller is an Episcopal priest,
author, poet, and entrepreneur. She
received her B.A. from Northeastern
Illinois University in Chicago, IL, and
her M.Div. from Seabury-Western
Theological Seminary in Evanston,
IL. She has been ordained for over 25
years and has served as a priest and
spiritual director and has conducted conferences and
retreats throughout the United States and abroad. She is
the author of eight books, is published in two anthologies
and one hymnal. She has written for www.wildmind.org,
and www.patheos.com. She lives in Monterey, CA, but is
a woman of the desert at heart.
April 4 – Friday
The Rev. Starsky D. Wilson
President & CEO of the Deaconess Foundation,
St. Louis, MO
The Reverend Starsky D. Wilson is
president and chief executive officer
of Deaconess Foundation, a faithbased grant making organization
devoted to advancing a culture of
health and hope for children in the
St. Louis region, especially those
growing up in the grip of poverty.
He also serves as pastor of Saint John's United Church
of Christ. Wilson completed undergraduate studies
in political science at Xavier University of Louisiana
and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Eden
Theological Seminary. He was certified in non-profit
management by American Humanics. He has published
sermons and social commentary in Transitions: Leading
Churches Through Change, in regional newspapers and
in national blogs.
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April 7 & 8 – Monday & Tuesday
The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline J. Lewis
Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church,
New York, NY
Dr. Jacqui Lewis is senior minister
of Middle Collegiate Church in the
East Village of Manhattan. Middle
Church is a dynamic 800-member
multiracial, multicultural, inclusive
congregation in which everyone
is welcome just as they are as they
come through the door. Lewis is
also the executive director of The Middle Project, an
institute that prepares ethical leaders for a more just
society. Lewis believes that when we “rehearse” the
Reign of God in congregational life, we learn lessons
for healing the world. Ordained in the Presbyterian
Church (USA), Dr. Lewis is a nationally recognized
author, activist, speaker, and preacher on the topics of
racial, economic, and gender/LGBTI justice. She has
been interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition, WABC,
WNBC, CNN, GritTV, in Ebony and Forbes magazines,
and The New York Times online. Author of The Power
of Stories: A Guide for Leaders in Multi-Racial and
Multi-Cultural Congregations and a children’s book that
celebrates diversity, You Are So Wonderful!, Lewis has
published numerous articles and sermons, and blogs
for The Huffington Post. She is working on a spiritual
memoir about getting a grown-up God.
April 9 – Wednesday
The Rev. Sarah Taylor Peck
Senior Minister of Community Christian Church,
North Canton, OH
The Rev. Sarah Taylor Peck was
called in January 2014 to the position
of senior minister of Community
Christian Church in North Canton,
OH. Before accepting that call,
she served as associate minister
at Lindenwood Christian Church
in Memphis, TN, where her work
included preaching, leading worship, and pastoral care.
Originally from Spokane, WA, she attended St. Olaf
College in Northfield, MN, and Harvard Divinity School
in Cambridge, MA. Sarah's husband, Andrew, is also a
Disciples of Christ Minister and serves at Lindenwood
Christian Church as the associate minister for youth
and families.
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& Wed. at 6:30 pm: Waffle Shop After Dark
Rabbi Micah Greenstein
Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel, Memphis, TN
Rabbi Micah Greenstein has served
Temple Israel since 1991, first as
assistant, then associate, becoming
senior rabbi in 2000. In 2012 and
again in 2013, he was named as
one of America's Top 50 Rabbis
by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. In
December 2011, Rabbi Greenstein
was awarded the Memphis City Council Humanitarian
Award, and in February 2012, he was awarded
the Memphis Theological Seminary’s President’s
Humanitarian Award. Rabbi Greenstein has been
named by Memphis Magazine as one of the city's most
significant leaders. He is a two-time President of the
Memphis Ministers Association, is on the Executive
Board of the National Civil Rights Museum, and is
past-president of the Southwest Association of Reform
Rabbis, covering six states. A graduate of Cornell
University and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy
School of Government, he studied and was ordained at
the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati. He received his Master of Arts in Hebrew
Letters at the Los Angeles Campus of HUC-JIR.
Parking & Shuttle Service
The Waffle Shop Menu
The Waffle Shop at Calvary Episcopal Church is open from
Thursday, March 6 through Friday, April 11, Mondays through
Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in conjunction with the Lenten
Preaching Series.
Entrees
(See Daily Specials)
Spaghetti & Rye Bread...............................................................7.00
Chicken Noodle Soup................................................................ 3.00
Waffles
Waffle & Syrup.............................................................................3.00
Waffle & 2 Sausages.....................................................................5.00
Waffle & Chicken Hash..............................................................5.00
Extra 2 Sausages..........................................................................4.00
Extra Chicken Hash....................................................................4.00
Salads
Calvary Salad Plate....................................................................10.00
Chicken Salad..............................................................................7.00
Tomato Aspic w/ Chicken Salad...............................................7.00
Tomato Aspic...............................................................................3.00
Tomato Aspic w/ Cottage Cheese............................................ 4.00
Pear & Cottage Cheese.............................................................. 3.00
Cottage Cheese & Rye Bread.................................................... 2.00
Side Salad w/ Ranch.................................................................. 3.00
Desserts
(See Daily Specials)
Boston Cream Pie.......................................................................4.00
Vanilla Ice Cream..................................................................... 3.00
Peppermint or Praline Ice Cream............................................ 4.00
Chocolate or Caramel Sauce.....................................................1.00
Peach Frozen Yogurt...................................................................3.00
FREE Parking and shuttle service is available daily
at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 692 Poplar
Ave., with shuttle vans leaving every 10 minutes
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The city also will allow free
parking on the east side of Second St. between
Washington and Jefferson each day of the series
from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Parking in the Best Park
Lot behind Calvary is $6.
Waffle Shop Specials
Monday
Chicken Giblets and Rice..........................................................5.00
Lemon Chess Pie........................................................................4.00
Lunches to Go
Wednesday
Fish Pudding..............................................................................10.00
Schaum Torte...............................................................................4.00
In addition to providing a sit-down lunch experience
with friendly table service, the Waffle Shop also offers
both take out orders and “Lunches to Go.” “Lunches
to Go” orders may be placed in the Great Hall from
11:30 a.m. to noon. Prepaid orders will be bagged and
ready for pick up in the Great Hall after the preaching
service.
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Tuesday
Seafood Gumbo...........................................................................7.00
Turnip Greens..............................................................................5.00
Shrimp Mousse............................................................................7.00
Tennessee Bourbon Pie..............................................................5.00
Thursday
Corned Beef and Cabbage.........................................................8.00
Shrimp Mousse............................................................................7.00
Fudge Pie..................................................................................... 4.00
Friday
Fish Pudding..............................................................................10.00
Chocolate Bourbon Cake...........................................................5.00
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WAFFLE SHOP AFTER DARK
CAN’T COME DURING THE DAY? BOO.
COME WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, A DATE?
5:15-6:15 Eat dinner. Same good food; same lunch prices.
6:30 Hear the speaker.
MARCH 12: THE REV. BECCA STEVENS
MENU: fish pudding, potatoes, slaw, corn bread • spaghetti, rye bread
• chicken noodle soup, corn bread • waffle, sausage • chicken salad •
lemon chess pie
MARCH 19: MR. RAY SUAREZ **A copy of Ray Suarez’s book, Latino
Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation, will be given to the first 75
attendees**
MENU: chicken giblets, rice, corn bread • spaghetti, rye bread • chicken noodle soup, corn bread •
waffle, sausage • tomato aspic, chicken salad • Tennessee bourbon pie
MARCH 26:
THE REV. DANIEL P. MATTHEWS, JR. & THE REV DANIEL P. MATTHEWS, SR. (it’s a father/son duo!)
MENU: fish pudding, potatoes, slaw, corn bread • spaghetti, rye bread • chicken noodle soup, corn
bread • waffle, sausage • tomato aspic, cottage cheese • fudge pie
APRIL 2: THE REV. CANON RENEE MILLER
MENU: seafood gumbo • spaghetti, rye bread • chicken noodle soup, corn bread • waffle, sausage •
shrimp mousse • fudge pie
APRIL 9: RABBI MICAH GREENSTEIN
MENU: fish pudding, potatoes, slaw, corn bread • spaghetti, rye bread • chicken noodle soup, corn
bread • waffle, sausage • pears, cottage cheese • lemon chess pie
Wednesday Evenings for Children & Youth
Ages 0-5 • Nursery • 5:30-7:30
Childcare for children ages 0 – 5 is available in the
Orgill Room from 5:30 p.m. until the end of classes at
7:30 p.m.
Grades K-5 • Children’s Activities
From 6:15-7:30 p.m., children will have the opportunity
to work on homework, arts and crafts, and other
activities. Led by Hilary Chipley and Emily Smith.
Kindergarten-5th grade • Children’s Choirs •
6:15-7 p.m.
Two choirs rehearse simultaneously on Wednesdays
from 6:15 – 7 p.m.: the St. Cecilia Choir for K-1st grades,
and the Boys and Girls Choir for Grades 2 and up for
unchanged treble voices.
6th-8th Grades • Genesis Maker Lab • 6:30-7:30 p.m.
This class is designed for middle school students in
grades six through eight. The purpose of GML is to
mentor youth who would like to create things in a group
setting, understand how things work and how to make
their own ideas work, learn how to turn their ideas into
reality, build courage and confidence to create, and
promote fellowship.
Contact Kristin Lensch, [email protected],
for more information, and to sign-up for either choir.
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Sunday Morning Classes
for Adults
March 2: Stories of Faith (Great Hall)
Author and essayist Barry Lopez once
remarked that “All that is holding us together is stories
and compassion.” In this three-part series we will hear
stories of how faith inspires and animates a life of
compassion for others.
We might discover that those words have not only the
power to comfort, but the power to stir us out of our
comfort zone. In this three-week series Mitzi Minor,
professor of New Testament at Memphis Theological
Seminary, will guide us through a fresh and challenging
look at this beloved prayer.
• March 2: The Rev. Elaine Blanchard is
passionate in her belief that healing comes
when we are empowered to tell our stories. A
consummate story-teller herself, Elaine will
give us a preview of Inside Story, the recently
completed documentary about her work
with incarcerated women.
March 16, 23, 30 & April 6: How the Light Gets in:
Contemporary Poetry & the Spirit, with Suzanne
Henley (Emison)
Any poem worth its salt is spiritual in essence. Like
scripture and liturgy, it attempts to communicate the
ineffable. Although many of us run away at the mere
mention of the word “poetry,” or think it left the building
with The Wasteland, there is a trove of truly exciting,
March 2: Meet the Speakers (Emison)
Jill Piper will help partcipants get better acquainted contemporary “spiritual” poetry being written today.
This nonacademic exploration of what’s out there—from
with our Lenten speakers.
knee-slapping irreverence to bring-you-to-your-knees
spiritual recognition—is easily accessible to the lay
• March 2: Ray Suarez is a respected news
reader. Poems will variously delight and provoke and,
correspondent and author whose assignments
ideally, bring insight and relevance that linger beyond
have included hosting Talk of the Nation on
this four-week exploration of favorites such as Billy
NPR and working as correspondent for The
Collins, Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and many others.
NewsHour on PBS. Connoisseurs of LPS may
want to read his book, The Holy Vote: The
March 23: An Hour with Dan Matthews
Politics of Faith in America to sample Ray’s take
(Great Hall)
on timely issues such as demographics, race,
The Rev. Dan Matthews, former rector of Trinity Wall
religion and the evolution of American life.
Street in New York City and a fixture of Calvary’s
March 9: Ever Wonder What Godly Play is Lenten Preaching Series, gives us a rare opportunity to
see inside the mind and heart of one of the Episcopal
All About? (Emison)
Godly Play is the innovative curriculum used in the Church’s most illustrious leaders. From following a
children’s formation program for ages 4 through grade hunch to support an unknown fledgling priest in South
3. It’s an open, engaging, and creative way to discuss Africa (now Archbishop Desmond Tutu) to watching
biblical stories and characters, the church calendar, and the collapse of the Twin Towers from his office window,
our weekly liturgy. Godly Play teachers will introduce Dan has a perspective like no one else. Come listen to
the basic components of every class, share a sample the wisdom he has to share—you may find that you will
lesson, and discuss ways our broader church family can be inspired to “live large” yourself.
understand and reinforce this weekly celebration of
faith. Come see what it’s like to learn through play!
March 9, 16, 30: The Lord’s Prayer Revisited,
Mitzi Minor (Great Hall)
The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples is so familiar
that most of us can recite the words without even
thinking. But what if we were to pay deep attention to
the words as Jesus may have intended them to be heard?
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Key:
Church: enhance your understanding of our own
community
World: open windows into a vast world of what faith
makes possible
Heart: tend your own heart
Calvary Episcopal Church The Great Litany
by Ben Robertson, Associate Rector
On Sunday, March 9, at the beginning of the 10 a.m.
worship service, we will mark the transition from
Epiphany to Lent with The Great Litany. A litany is
a series of petitions, thanksgivings, or prayers, often
alternating between a leader and a congregation. Our
Prayers of the People each Sunday is a litany.
The original Litany contains some delicious (and
scandalous) turns of Middle English phrase, including
"spare us Good Lord ... from all evill and mischiefe,
from synne, from the craftes and assaultes of the devyll,"
and, "from all sedicion and privye conspiracie, from the
tyrannye of the bishop of Rome and all his detestable
enormities, [and] from all false doctrine and herisy,"
the latter being a vestige of the Church of England's
contentious split from the Roman Catholic Church
only ten years before. The language softened by the
publication of the first Elizabethan prayer book in 1559
and the Litany has continued to evolve into the version
in our 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
Calvary will offer the Litany as part of the First Sunday
in Lent, chanted by the clergy, in procession with the
choir around the nave in a formation lovingly referred
to by our vergers as "the holy pretzel." Incense will be
part of the procession as well. For some the Litany may
be laborious, for some it might be mediative, for some
it might be powerful, but we hope the Litany will be a
historic and dramatic event in the worship life of Calvary.
Recovery Book Study
Sunday Evenings: March 9, 16, and 23,
from 5-6:30 p.m. at Calvary
The Recovery Commission of West Tennessee will host
a book study at Calvary in March. Join friends from all
walks of recovery to study Richard Rohr’s outstanding
book, Breathing Underwater, Spirituality and the Twelve
Steps. The book is a guide for bringing 12 step spirituality
to the world and strives to uncover ways we can further
connect to a deeper relationship with the God of our
understanding.
March 2014 Chronicle
Second Sunday
Evening Worship
Sunday, March 9
5:30 p.m.
featuring The Red Door Band
under the coordination of David Lee
This evening service will
feature a full Eucharist
in a casual, comfortable
style.
Bring a friend!
Parish Clean Up Day
On Sunday, March 2, from 12:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., we
will have a parish clean-up day to prepare our building
to welcome all our guests to the Waffle Shop and the
Lenten Preaching Series. A pizza lunch will be available
in the Mural Room after formation for all those who
are helping. Facilities manager Bill Webster has created
a punch-list of projects around the church that will be
tackled during this time. Projects include giving the
kitchen a thorough pre-Waffle Shop cleaning, tidying the
pews in the nave, and sprucing up the church grounds.
We hope to have at least 50 people (of all ages!) here to
tackle these important projects. Bring a change of clothes
and your cleaning supplies and work gloves.
Registration for this study is not required but to let us
know you are planning to come, or for more information,
contact Shannon Tucker at [email protected] If you are able to join in the fun, contact Ebet Peeples,
[email protected] or 525-6602, ext. 138.
or 901-281-0785.
Please come—we need your help!
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Calvary Episcopal Church March 2014 Chronicle
In your prayers at home, please remember those
on the Calvary Prayer List.
Pat & Russ Abernathy
Angelee Akin
Shirley Allen
Ciera Blackburn
John Blaylock
David Case
Patrick Crump
Linda Dana
Terry Fox
Holly Potter Gibley
Fred Goldsmith
Garrett Helms
Donald Howdeshell
James Al Johnson
Sally Jones
Gerri Logan
Stephen McCoy
Al McCraw
Margaret Moffett
Sissy Nickels
Jane Propson
Reece Ruud
Craig Smith
Jane Smith
Great Expectations
Katie & John Owen • Heidi & Dave Rupke • Jennifer &
Paul Sciubba • Michelle & Brian Vernon •
Lisa & Todd Whitney • Beth & Matt Yarbrough
New Life
Lena Walker Koelsch, daughter of Emily & Joe Koelsch
Wedding Bells
Mary Elizabeth Werner Viser & Wesley Robinson
Mary Alice Snowden
Ranel Spence
Duane Spiese
Maureen Stoneman
Philip Strubing
David Sullivan
Robert Tayloe
The Tigrett family
David Trammel
Louise Turley
Julia Velasco
Joshua Wallace
Eileen Watson
Katherine Wellford
Kenneth Orgill White, III
Annabelle Whittemore
Felder Williams
Trisha Wood
Amelia
Brooke & Donnie
Charles
Diane
Saints Departed
David DiScenza, son of Tim DiScenza • Tim Doyle,
friend of Molly, Kelli, and Mills Polatty • George Freeman,
friend of Kendra Martin • Jeanette Haas • Mike Hazard,
brother in law of Connie Ross • John Heuer, nephew of
Stella Blocker, and uncle of Beau Snowden • Ben Martin,
brother of Henry Sullivant • Carolyn McCaughan,
grandmother of John Gwin and Katie Gwin Jenkins •
Harry Roenick, grandfather of Nicole Girata • Margery
Tanksley, friend of Kendra Martin • Melva Jean Wallace,
grandmother of Brie Wallace
To have a loved one or yourself added to any of the Calvary Prayer Lists, please contact Ebet Peeples, 525-6602 ext. 138 or
[email protected].
Calvary Cycle of Prayer
We give thanks for the many blessings of the gifts and talents of our parishioners.
March 2: Curtis Burkett • Janey Campbell • Margaret
& Bill Craddock • Pat Morgan • Peggy Owen • Ebet &
Clayton Peeples and children Ella & Jack • Tom Prewitt
• Leslie & Les Smith and children Elizabeth & Benjamin
• Sarah Squire • Sharon & Edwin Thorpe
March 9: Kathleen Caldwell • Sarah Henley • Julie &
Dave Leigh and daughter Piper • Kendra & Jim Martin
and sons Jacob & Matthew • Katy & Chris Piecuch and
daughters Hannah & Elise • Ginny & Philip Strubing
• Jane Twist • Cheryl Cox & Elbert Wall and son Ben •
Margaret Weakley • Noell & Gary Wilson and children
Elliott, Winnie & Hugh
March 16: Pat & Newton Anderson and children Alicia
& Blake • Elaine Colmer • Susanne Darnell • Melissa &
John Gwin • Jim Cole & Suzanne Henley • Kathryn &
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Jake Jasper • Owene Lewis • Té Moore • Dorothy Pugh
• Christy & John Sharp and children Marshall, Mimi,
& Owen
March 23: Kay Cohen • Kate & Coleman Connell and
children Gil, Alex, & Kate • Michele Crump • Richard
Hendricks • Bill Henry • Neil Loftiss • Charlotte & Todd
Robbins • Heidi & Dave Rupke and daughters Rosie &
Marilla • Pat Tigrett • Lucy Turnbull
March 30: Dee Wallace • Allison & Andy Cates and
children Stephen & Frances • David Cocke • Desi
Franklin and son Alex • Camille & Al Gamble and
daughters Caroline, Maggie, & Olivia • Dottie Hartsfield
• Laurence Ritter • Werner & Wesley Robinson • Rhoda
& Curtis Smith and daughter Anne • Peg & Dan Wahl
and son Jeffrey
Calvary Episcopal Church Sunday, March 2
March 2014 Chronicle
The Aumbry Candle
C
alvary Episcopal Church
making God’s love visible in downtown Memphis
Sunday, March 9
102 N. Second St. • Memphis, TN • 38103
(901) 525-6602 • (901) 525-5156, fax
www.calvarymemphis.org
Parish Offices Open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
is given to the glory of God and in honor of
Thom Thomley on his birthday
by Mary Ann and Kent Graham
The Aumbry Candle
is given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for
the joyous life of Raymond Spence on the occasion of his
birthday by Jimmie and Elizabeth Spence Madden
E-mail clergy and staff with initial of first name followed
by full last [email protected]
Example: Chris Girata, [email protected]
The Aumbry Candle
CLERGY
The Rev. Christopher D. Girata (x122)
Rector
The Rev. Eyleen Farmer (x117) Associate Rector
The Rev. Deacon Audrey Gonzalez
Deacon
The Rev. Ben G. Robertson, IV (x124) Associate Rector
Sunday, March 23
CLERGY IN OUR MIDST
The Rev. Senter Crook
324-3607
The Venerable Mimsy Jones
685-6916
The Rev. Canon Bill Kolb
438-0751
Sunday, March 16
is given to the glory of God and in loving memory of
Robert Franklin Logan on his birthday
by Madge Logan Clark
The Aumbry Candle
is given to the glory of God and in loving memory of
Frances H. Vandiver by Jean H. Vandiver
Sunday, March 30
The Aumbry Candle
is given to the glory of God and in honor of
George William Johnson III on his birthday
by his family, Madge Logan Clark, Alicia Kitts Johnson
and George William Johnson IV
During the season of Lent, our altar will be bare. If you
would like to make a contribution towards the purchase
of Calvary’s Easter flowers, please send the printed names
of your loved ones you wish to honor or memorialize, and
your checks made out to Calvary Episcopal Church, by
Friday, April 4.
Wi-Fi Available
Did you know that wireless internet
access is available throughout Calvary’s
building? The Calvary network can be
accessed with the password: cec1832w.
VESTRY
Warden’s Committee: Hall Gardner, Sr. Warden (3) •
Leslie Atwood Smith, Jr. Warden (2) • Allison Parker,
At Large (2) • Terre Sullivant, At Large (1) • Peg Wahl,
Treasurer • Celeste Herburger, clerk
Alison Boeving (2) • Tom Chamberlain (1) • James
Dowd (2) • Nicky Hitching (1) • Rose Johnston (3) •
David Leigh (1) • Mike Nelson (2) • Bob O’Connor
(3) • Charles Shipp (3) • Raymond Spence (1) • Clay
Woemmel (3)
PARISH STAFF
Issiah Carroll (x152)
Kitchen Assistant
Hilary Chipley (x105)
Dir. of Family Ministry
Lynda Gayle Deacon (x119)
Music Admin &
Event Coordinator
Fred Goldsmith (x115)
Information Officer
Jason Kindel (x120)
St. Cecilia Choir Director
Kristin Lensch (x120)
Organist-Choirmaster
Robyn Mauldin (x108) Dir. of Communications
Mary O’Brien (x123)
Parish Chef
Katie Owen (x109)
Parish Administrator
Ebet Peeples (x138)
Assistant to the Rector
Bill Webster (x137)
Facilities Manager
Cindy Yeager (x139)
Financial Assistant
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Chronicle
Calvary Episcopal Church
102 N. Second St.
Memphis, TN 38103-2203
(901) 525-6602 • Fax (901) 525-5156
www.calvarymemphis.org
The Calvary Church Chronicle (USPS 085-900) is published
every month by Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second St.,
Memphis, TN 38103. Periodicals postage paid at Memphis,
TN. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Calvary Church
Chronicle, 102 N. Second St., Memphis, TN 38103, (901)
525-6602, E-mail [email protected]. Robyn
Mauldin, Editor.
©2014 Calvary Episcopal Church
DATED MATERIAL DELIVERED TO POST OFFICE ON: February 26, 2014
Calvary Episcopal Church • Making God’s Love Visible in Downtown Memphis
Fat Tuesday
Celebration!
Picnic at
My Big Back
Yard!
Tuesday, March 4
5 - 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 15
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Waffles ∑ sausage links ∑ fruit ∑
red beans and rice
Come out and play!
Children nursery age to 3rd
grade and their families
There also will be an ice-cream and
ice-cream topping bar!
All proceeds will be donated to
The Hospitality HUB.
Bring your picnic lunch
to the spider web area
at 11:30 a.m.
for fellowship and fun.
Cost: $8/adult; $4/child; $25/max
(older siblings welcome)