Scarborough Fair

by Eyleen Farmer, Associate Rector

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme.Remember me to one who lives there;

She once was a true love of mine.

Who among us does not remember the lovely old Simon and Garfunkel ballad from the 60's? Even if you are very young the tune will likely come

to mind, unbidden, whenever you hear the words of the refrain. The lyrics—some versions at least—are quite old, dating back to a 17th Century riddle:

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt...Without no seams nor needlework...Then she'll be a true love of mine.

The riddle begs the question, can broken love be restored? It seems as impossible as sewing a shirt without a needle! And yet...

As people of faith our claim is that brokenness of all kinds can—in defiance of the most overwhelming odds—be healed. We believe that love heals, that there is no hurt beyond the strength of that healing power. This is an astonishing claim—naive sounding to some—when we look at the brokenness that surrounds us, when we pay

Continuing a Legacyby Christopher D. Girata, Rector

I recently watched the 2004 WKNO-produced documentary about churches in Memphis,

featuring Calvary’s early history. The segment is filled with images of the church that scroll by on the screen as historians talk about Calvary’s important roots in the city and how it planted many other churches that continue to serve the

people of Memphis today. It reminds me how profound our legacy is and how important our role is in continuing that legacy for the future.

Legacy can seem like an outdated, dusty idea, but the heart of a legacy is a story. Calvary’s story is inspiring for countless reasons. Here is what some of the historians have to say about the earliest days of our church:

“Calvary Episcopal Church became the third congregation in Memphis. It thrives today in its original home, the city’s oldest public building in continuous use…The Rev. Thomas Wright arrived in Memphis on August 3, 1832. Over the next two days, he preached four sermons and assisted ten gentlemen in the founding of Calvary Church…The true builder of Calvary in every sense was the Rev. Phillip Alston.

In just five years, he built the m e m b e r s h i p from just 15 to 96, and began work on the church building that still stands today. He was an optimist: he designed a church that could seat 600 people

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Inside this Chronicle• All Saints’ Day Evensong• Ben Robertson Accepts Call to Madison, MS• Calvary Cycle of Prayer Begins 13th Year• Silent Retreat• The Buzz Around Calvary• Vestry Update• Volunteer Opportunities and Festivities for

Diocesan Convention• Welcome to Calvary Place

Christopher D. Girata

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Pledge online or

bring your pledge to

church on October 5.

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102 N. Second St. • Memphis, TN • 38103(901) 525-6602 • (901) 525-5156, fax

www.calvarymemphis.orgParish Offices Open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sunday Worship: 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on second Sundays

E-mail clergy and staff with initial of first name followed by full last name@calvarymemphis.org

Example: Chris Girata, cgirata@calvarymemphis.org

CLERGYThe Rev. Christopher D. Girata (x138) RectorThe Rev. Eyleen Farmer (x117) Assoc. RectorThe Rev. Audrey Gonzalez Deacon The Rev. Ben G. Robertson IV (x124) Assoc. Rector

CLERGY IN OUR MIDSTThe Rev. Senter Crook 324-3607The Venerable Mimsy Jones 685-6916The Rev. Canon Bill Kolb 438-0751

VESTRYWarden’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 • Kathryn Jasper, Clerk

Alison Boeving (2) • James Dowd (2) • Celeste Herburger (1) • 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 STAFFKayla Bartosch (x103) Minister to YouthIssiah Carroll (x152) Kitchen AssistantHilary Chipley (x105) Dir. of Youth & Children Lynda Gayle Deacon (x119) Music Admin &

Event CoordinatorFred Goldsmith (x115) Information OfficerJason Kindel (x120) St. Cecilia Choir DirectorKristin Lensch (x120) Organist-ChoirmasterRobyn Mauldin (x108) Dir. of CommunicationsMary O’Brien (x123) Parish ChefKatie Owen (x109) Parish AdministratorEbet Peeples (x138) Assistant to the RectorBill Webster (x137) Facilities ManagerCindy Yeager (x139) Financial Assistant

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The Chronicle deadline is the 15th of each month.

Calvary Cycle of Prayer Begins its 13th Year

by Ebet Peeples, Assistant to the Rector

At Calvary, we recognize that our parish’s greatest gift is its people. For this reason, in 2002 we created The Calvary Cycle of Prayer as a means of

giving thanks for and celebrating the life and ministry of all our members. Over the years, week-by-week, we have prayed our way through the parish list by highlighting a few members of our parish family in our prayers each week. We thank God for their presence among us—for their participation in our worship life, for their financial support, for their commitment to grow in faith and understanding, and for their involvement in church and community ministries. And we give thanks for the good things that God accomplishes through them.

In order that other parishioners may include them in their personal prayers during the week, their names are listed in the monthly Chronicle and the Sunday service sheet alongside other prayer lists. Their names are read several times during the week: by the Intercessor during the Prayers of the People on Sunday morning and by members of the Daughters of the King. When we pray for each other, we are reminded how blessed we are to be a part of this community of Christ. The Cycle of Prayer helps to remind us that it is the people of Calvary that make this historic, sacred space at the corner of Second and Adams so special.

The Rev. Eyleen Farmer offered the invocation at The Economic Development Forum, sponsored by Memphis Minority Business Council Continuum, at the Cook Convention Center on August 28.Pictured are Tim Wise (author of White Like Me & several other books), Blair Taylor (president of Memphis Tomorrow & daughter of the Rev. Senter Crook), and Luke Yancey, president and CEO of the MMBC Continuum.

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Ben Robertson Accepts Call to Madison, Mississippi

by Christopher D. Girata, Rector

I have the privilege of sharing the wonderful news

that the Rev. Ben Robertson has been called as rector of Chapel of the Cross in Madison, Mississippi. Chapel of the Cross is a healthy, vibrant parish in one of the fastest growing counties in the state and is vital to the life of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Mississippi. It is a great opportunity for Ben and Ellen and their family and a great match for the people of Chapel of the Cross.

While we are sad to see Ben go, we are so grateful for everything he has done and all that he has meant to Calvary. In the four years that Ben has been among us, he has made quite an impact. He has loved us, laughed with us, cried with us, and inspired us, and now he will share his considerable gifts and graces with our Episcopal cousins in Madison. Although Ellen and their children will remain in Memphis through the end of the year, Ben’s final sermon will be on Sunday, October 5, and a farewell reception in honor of the Robertson Family will be held after formation classes at noon on Sunday, October 12.

Whenever priests leave a parish, it is customary to make a love offering to them in appreciation for their ministry among us. If you would like to make a contribution to Ben’s gift, please make your check payable to Calvary Church and designate “Robertson gift” in the memo line and please send your gift no later than Monday, October 6.

I hope you will join me on Sunday, October 12, in celebrating Ben and his family as they begin this new journey and send them forth with our love and prayers as they continue to spread the Good News of the Gospel!

attention to the bad news coming at us from every direction, even when we search our own hearts for the deep woundedness there.

Furthermore, as people of faith, we are called, not only to proclaim, but to participate in—to be agents of—that healing power. The work of making God's love visible in the world is done by us. Which brings us back round to Scarborough Fair.

On a Sunday afternoon in October, Calvary and Church of the Annunciation will be hosting a tea party—part social event to share what our volunteers have been up to, part fund-raiser to support our shared ministry, part competition to identify good-tasting herbal teas and treats. Here are the headlines:

• The ministry is "Friends of Thistle Farms," an herb garden and bee farm in Cordova, created to become Good News to survivors of prostitution, trafficking, and life on the street.

• The Community of St. Terese of Lisieux is up and running. Come to learn more.

• Included in the festivities will be a "brew off " featuring herbal creations in four categories. Go to www.calvarymemphis.org/herbsandbees for details and to enter the contest.

• The party is for everyone! Come for

tea and other party fare, including a children's tea party. In addition you will have an opportunity to taste the brew off entries and vote for your favorites. Honey from the Calvary-Annunciation apiary will also be for sale.

Scarborough FairSunday, October 19, 4-6 pm

at the home of Fred and Jill Piper3342 Waynoka

$20 donation suggested

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and at that time, the total population of Memphis was about 1,700.”

From the very beginning, the spirit of the Calvary community was optimistic. I knew the church was large for its time, but to know that our founders built a church that could seat one-third of the total population of the city is astounding. The vision of Calvary then, as a sacred presence and a beacon of God’s spirit in the city, is the same as our vision now, over 180 years later.

In so many ways, Calvary is a unique church. The people who fill our pews each week and who fill our hallways with sounds of joy come together with a purpose and vision to be a church of the city. Our membership is drawn from around the Mid-South and with each person comes the hopefulness that together, we can spread more love, more hope, and more grace into the world that needs it all so desperately.

Each day, each week, each month, the people of Calvary serve one another and our neighbors in countless ways. From prayer groups to Bible studies, from hospitality ministries to pastoral visits, and from the intimacy of friends to the glorious hundreds at worship, we have inherited the legacy of our founders through the Spirit of God in Christ in this holy place, and we continue that legacy today. Calvary has meant so much to so many in this city, means so much to each of us, and can mean even more to those who join us in the future.

Over the past few weeks, I have been inspired by the hundreds who have joined me in living the Calvary way of life together in worship, small groups, and ministries both inside and outside the walls of our church building. The relationships that have been started and the ones that have been deepened build upon the foundation of the past with an equal hopefulness in the future. As more and more of us join the movement, I am witnessing the hope that began more than 180 years ago lived out in our lives. And our vision grows larger each day.

In this newsletter, you will see that we are more active each month, engaging more people each month, transforming hearts and minds every day. Our established ministries of worship, music, and formation thrive. Our gifts to the community continue to grow and touch hundreds of lives every week. And there are plans for the future that will invite and inspire those who need to be touched by the love of God — and we are just the

ones who can reflect the deep love of God for them.

All of this calls my attention and moves my heart, but I do not take this Calvary family and our impact on one another and our neighbors for granted. Each year, we are invited to consider how we will walk the Way of Christ together, and each year we commit ourselves to walk together in old and in new ways. This year is no different. I have heard the voice of God in this Calvary family, I’ve seen God at work in our hands and feet, and I believe that I walk closer to God when I walk with each of you. And so I have committed, with my family, to support this community with our time, talent, and treasure.

I recommit myself each year because I know that my support means my heart and mind will continue to be transformed as I walk with you. When we walk together, we invite the Spirit of God to move in and among us, touching every part of us and spreading to those around us who are in desperate need of God’s love and peace. Whenever we share a laugh or a hug or a tear with one another, God is there. Whenever we share a meal or a song or a word of hope with one another, God is there. Whenever we are present, participate, and invest ourselves in this Calvary family, God is there.

Each of our journeys with God is unique, but each of our journeys is made more whole when we walk with one another. I invite you to imagine how you will deepen your commitment to one another and to our Calvary family next year, and then pledge your commitment to our walk together. Nearly 200 years ago, a small group of Christians imagined that one day, we would be here, continuing to grow the legacy they could only imagine. Today, that torch of hope has been passed to you and to me. I hope you will join me in committing ourselves to one another once again as we walk the Way of Christ, side-by-side, at Calvary.

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Whit Deacon and Bill Haltom strike a pose at the second annual seersucker flashmob that Bill organized at the Peabody Hotel. Whit and Bill have been studying the Bible together for years during the Thursday Men’s Bible Study at LaBaguette.

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Save the Date: Diocesan Dinner at the RendezvousFriday, November 21 at 6:30 p.m.

after the Diocesan Convention Festival EucharistThe Rendezvous Party Room

$40 for Buffet, Beer, and Soft DrinksHosted by: Allison & Andy Cates • Lucia & Hal Crenshaw • Jennifer & Chad Cunningham • Margaret & Hall Gardner • Rose Johnston • Leslie & Brett Norman • Gwen & Penn Owen •

Nino & Charles Shipp • Clay Woemmel & Brooks Terry

More details and reservation information coming soon.

Volunteer Opportunities and Festivities as Calvary Hosts 33rd Annual Convention

of The Diocese of West Tennessee: November 21-22by Lynda Gayle Deacon, Events Coordinator

As Gwen Owen once said, “If there is one thing Calvary knows how to do, it is to throw a party!” Calvary, known for hospitality and good food, is

delighted to be the host parish for the diocesan convention on Friday, November 21 (7:30 a.m. through the Eucharist or party that evening) and Saturday morning, November 22, (8:00 a.m. through noonday prayers).

We have many opportunities to participate including volunteering, partying and attending sessions. There will be a Festival Eucharist at 5:00 on Friday afternoon to which everyone is invited. Following the Eucharist is a party at the Rendezvous in the Party Room. Tickets are purchased in advance ($40/each, more info to come later). Secured parking will be at Calvary and we will walk to The Rendezvous or drive those needing transportation.

Check the list and see if anything appeals to you and please contact the person listed for details and times. I have responsibility for seeing that all the moving parts keep moving, so contact me if you have any questions, ldeacon@calvarymemphis.org.

Volunteer opportunities for Diocesan ConventionRegistration and packet prep: Contact John Denton, 870-1370Greeters and hosts: Contact Cash Shields, 756-4536Great Hall Team: Contact Madge Deacon, 871-7380Vendor Liaison: Need a Point Person: assisting with setup on Thursday and Friday and take down on Saturday. Contact Lynda Gayle, 596-9443Signage: Need a Point Person putting up and taking down signs inside and outside the church. Contact Lynda Gayle, 596-9443Drivers: A couple of people to be ready to haul people around in an emergency or to pick up something. They could double with other activities. Contact Lynda Gayle, 596-9443General Gofer: A couple of people each day to run interference or assist the Diocesan staff or whatever. These people need to be able to go up and down stairs, lift and carry 20 lbs, and grin a lot. Contact Lynda Gayle, 596-9443

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Vestry Updateby Hall Gardner, Senior Warden

The vestry class of 2014 is about to graduate! This class includes: Rose Johnston,

Bob O’Connor, Charles Shipp, Clay Woemmel, and myself. The focus of our first year (2012) was completing the rector search and welcoming Chris Girata as our new rector. Year two (2013) focused on how best to structure the vestry so that we could implement the visioning of the Strategic Planning group formed during the interim period. This organizational structure has led to a better understanding of our various ministries and programs. Also during year two, the vestry completed the entire budgeting process for 2014, which required significant cost elimination. During the third year (2014), a Mutual Ministry Review was conducted. This process involved looking back to the Parish Profile and subsequent Strategic Plan to evaluate the progress made since that time. Another goal was to restructure the annual parish meeting and vestry election process. With these changes, a meaningful vestry transition will occur, allowing newly elected members to be involved in the budgeting process and electing of vestry leadership.

The vestry is made up of three classes of five members that rotate through three-year terms. The congregation will elect five new members this month. And the work of providing transformational programs, engaging worship services, maintaining our building and grounds and approving budgets that prioritize our financial resources will continue. If by chance you read this article and ask what you can do for Calvary, the answer is quiet simple: be involved. Come to church on Sunday, find a program where you would enjoy volunteering your time and make a meaningful pledge. God will take care of the rest. Let’s do more. Together.

Balls in the Airby Debbie Balling

Stacy’s Story: Our little sons were behaving themselves quite well in what my Dad always called the “junk shop,” aka the Museum Gift Shop.

My sister and I, however, caused a bit of a ruckus.

You see, we were rooting about and looking for some little trinket to buy the boys when we happened upon a wonderful jar filled to the brim with all manner and color and size of super balls.

The specific details of what next transpired are long forgotten...but somehow we managed to topple that jar...and then tried in vain to chase and capture the bouncing balls as they pin-balled off the walls, the floor, the ceiling, the shelves...it took only a few moments for us to realize the futility of the effort, and for us to dissolve in helpless laughter...much to the chagrin of the store clerk. I do recall her pleading with us to just stop chasing the balls and to leave them to her to collect once they stopped bouncing.

I was trying so hard to keep all the balls in the air, to not drop any of them, to not let them fall...And then this question dawned on me clear as can be: Why?

Why must all the balls be kept up in the air? What is the harm, really, with letting them fall where they may? If you are trying to keep too many balls in the air and you are ready for relief, please consider this year’s St. Clare Silent Retreat Weekend for Women. It will be held October 24, 25 & 26, at St. Columba Conference and Retreat Center in Bartlett, TN, and the Rev. Eyleen Farmer will be this year’s leader.

If you have questions about the retreat please email debbie.balling@gmail.com. If you are ready to register for the retreat please go online to www.saintcolumbamemphis.org/calendar/st-clares-retreat/. We hope to see you there.

St. Francis Outdoor Chapel at St. Columba Conference and Retreat Center

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by Kristin Lensch, Organist-Choirmaster

Calvary’s Boys and Girls Choir and St. Cecilia Choir both use the

RSCM America program. RSCM is the branch of the Royal School of Church Music in the United States. The RSCM supports a world-wide network of over 8,000 churches, schools and individuals. They are committed to achieving the best use of good music in worship—whatever the resources, whatever the styles. Through education, training, publications, advice, and encouragement, RSCM aims to support church music today and to invest in church music for the future.

The Voice for Life curriculum is as much about Christian education as it is about musical education. It reinforces healthy singing practices, teaches music theory, and supports many discussions about liturgy and biblical texts. As choristers absorb and demonstrate these concepts, they are rewarded with medals on different colored ribbons, ranging from white to light blue to dark blue to red to yellow. Regular rehearsing and Sunday service leading helps them to progress more quickly, and helps to instill leadership qualities. It also gives them an important role on Sunday mornings!

The St. Cecilia Choir is focusing on achieving the white level, with the Boys and Girls Choir progressing to the light blue, dark blue, red and yellow levels.

If you would like to know more, or would like your child to participate in one of our children’s choirs, contact me at klensch@calvarymemphis.org or 525-6602, ext. 120.

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Saints and angels delight: A service of Choral Evensong

for All Saints’ Day

Sunday, November 2 at 5:30 p.m.The Calvary Choir and St. Mary’s Cathedral Choir come together again to commemorate the Feast of All Saints’ in a service of prayers, light, and soul-stirring music. Based on the services held daily in the medieval church, Choral Evensong, as arranged in the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church, has been sung regularly since the sixteenth century. It is a time to offer prayers at the end of the day. The necrology (the list of those who have died in the last year) will be read, and the congregation will have an opportunity to come forward and light a candle in memory of their own

loved ones. Music selections include works by T. Tertius Noble, Richard Ayleward, Edward Bainton, Tomas Luis de Victoria, and Howard Helvey.

Pet BlessingSaturday, October 4 • 4 pm • Overton Bark

Music Notes

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by Christopher D. Girata, Rector

There’s been a lot of buzz around Calvary since the relocation of more than 150,000 honeybees from the walls of our nave to the garden we share

with Church of the Annunciation in Cordova in early September. The giant hive has been reconstituted and continues to grow. Those Calvary honeybees join two other hives that were established in the spring to create honey that, along with many herbs also planted there, will be used at this month’s Scarborough Fair event.

The relocation of the honeybees caught the attention of major media outlets in the city, including multiple television news reports and a cover story in the Local section of the Commercial Appeal. An event like the relocation of giant bee hives is interesting in and of itself, but the story of the bees and the work beginning at Calvary was most compelling.

David Waters, columnist for the Commercial Appeal, told the story of the Rev. Eyleen Farmer’s formative experience accompanying the Memphis Police

Department’s vice unit on a prostitution sting. Here is an excerpt from David’s cover story:

At one point, [Eyleen] climbed into a police holding van to learn more about the women who were being arrested. “When I got in the van, one of the women who had been arrested said, ‘Who are you? You ain’t no prostitute. You look more like Martha Stewart,’ said Farmer… “I looked at her and said, ‘Martha Stewart went to prison.’ …All of these women are products of violence and loss. All of these women had suffered from domestic violence and rape, and the death of a child or someone close to them. Some people say prostitution is a victimless crime. That night I met six victims inside that van.”

Studies have shown that most women arrested for prostitution have been victims of rape, incest, or domestic violence. Most were or are homeless. Most ran away or were turned away from home in their teens. Most are dealing with substance abuse. …The women in the van were taken to Jail East, but Farmer believes they should be taken

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to a safe place where they can escape the cycle of poverty, abuse, addiction and violence.

Supporting women who want to escape the cycle of poverty, abuse, addiction, and violence is just what Calvary hopes to do. There are far too few options for women to break those cycles in Memphis, but Calvary is looking to change that, and we are doing so in two major ways.

This month, Calvary will host the first Lives Worth Saving event in partnership with District Attorney Amy Weirich’s office and many non-profit organizations around Memphis. This monthly event will offer women an opportunity to commit to changing their lives, to breaking the cycles they are in, rather than simply going to jail. Each month, women will spend the day at Calvary, learning about the support and opportunities in the city that are healthier and safer than life on the street. It will be the hand-up that they need which can be so hard to find.

In addition to this excellent partnership with the DA’s

office, our partnership with Church of the Annunciation has given us the opportunity to raise bees and grow herbs and that can be the foundation on which we provide women with the support they need to break the cycles they are in and transform their lives. This ministry has the promise of providing real, meaningful work for women hoping to break their cycles, as well as giving them job skills for the future.

This initiative is necessary and will help change lives of women who are in desperate situations—it can literally save their lives. Although this initiative is still in its infancy, the promise has moved the hearts and minds of many at Calvary and in our city. I hope you will join us for Scarborough Fair on Sunday, October 19 at 4 p.m. This event will be official launch of our exciting new ministry and where you can learn much more about how you can get involved. This ministry can change the lives of so many in desperate need in our city, and it can change your life, too. For more information or to get involved, please contact Eyleen Farmer at efarmer@calvarymemphis.org. It is an exciting time at Calvary, where we can be more and do more, together!

The Buzz around Calvary

Photos by William DeShazer of the Commercial Appeal

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Welcome to Calvary Place!by Debbie Kallaher, Executive Director of Calvary Place

Calvary Place is a nationally accredited, state licensed three-star child care center located on the first floor of Calvary Episcopal Church. During

the 1992 capital campaign, which led to the extension of the education wing, former Rector Doug Bailey declared, “Let us not build classrooms that are dark six days a week. Rather let us build spaces that can be used all week long.” Thus, Calvary Place has been nurturing children from all socio-economic, religious, ethnic, and racially diverse backgrounds since its inception in 1993. We provide a supportive environment which allows both parents and staff caregivers to effectively nurture children. The curriculum is developmentally appropriate and encourages the development of motor, language, cognitive, and social-emotional skills.

Calvary Place was created out of Calvary’s commitment to serve the community and to support families. Approximately 50% of the 24 Calvary Place staff have been here for more than nine years, with five having been here 16 to 20 years. The staff is committed to the families and children in our program. Calvary Place staff has provided continuity of child care during Wednesday and Sunday church services. The relationships formed while families are at the center continue after children move on to further their education. Calvary members volunteer to read to the children and share donations of books and toys.

Calvary Place inspires both children and parents alike to share God’s love and grace with others. Parents and children see examples of Christian kindness being lived out at Calvary Place and find themselves enabled and encouraged to serve others within the greater community of Memphis, as well as within the Calvary Place community. We offer scholarships to help support families who want quality child care and education for their children. We also help to support our staff with a living wage and education assistance. Each family brings its own values and beliefs to the Calvary Place program and those values are supported and accepted. We believe that we can help each child build a foundation of faith through our trusting relationships and our safe environment.

The Calvary Place Board includes professionals in early childhood education and care, communications,

healthcare, finance, law, and clergy. Some are members of Calvary. Their love of God and dedication to providing the best care for children and families, including our staff members, enables Calvary Place to thrive.

Calvary Place holds several annual celebrations and meals that enable parents and children to enjoy community with one another. We would love to share these celebrations with you.

• Friday afternoon, October 10, from 4 until 5:30, Calvary Place will have our annual Harvest Festival with pony rides, a petting zoo, train rides, and a hot dog supper. We ask for a $6 family contribution to help offset costs.

• On Tuesday, November 25, from 11:30 until 12:30, we will have our annual Stone Soup Luncheon with Mrs. Rosemary’s famous vegetable soup and sandwiches for our families.

Please come and share some of these celebrations with us, and stop by anytime to visit and see what Calvary Place is all about.

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Calvary Parish Retreat and Fun DayCalvary hosted a parish retreat and fun day at St. Columba on September 26 and 27. A fantastic time was had by all!

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Children and Youth Making God’s Love Visibleby Hilary Chipley, Director of Children and Youth Ministries

Calvary’s stewardship campaign encourages each of us to commit to year-round service to our church and community. We’ve asked our

children to support their church and their community of Memphis, too. We, Calvary adults, can instill a mind toward service in our young people early in life if we give them the opportunity and support to do so.

This summer, Calvary’s EYC worked several weeks on the “backpacks for the homeless” project. They were able to make 30 dozen pans of homemade cinnamon rolls, sell them to the congregation, use the funds to purchase toiletries and non-perishable food items, prepare 27 individual backpacks, and distribute the backpacks to our homeless brothers in Calvary’s neighborhood. This project took time and commitment. Over 50 individuals—youth, parents, and adult volunteers—helped make this project happen. It was by far one of my proudest moments as a staff member at Calvary.

Our children and youth can support Calvary’s mission of making God’s love visible in downtown Memphis. They will have the opportunity to serve on two “Emmanuel” projects this school year. Every year, Calvary provides a Christmas meal for approximately 300 people on a Monday in December. If I had to guess, I would bet that most, if not all, of our Emmanuel Meal guests will not receive a wrapped present this Christmas. This fall, children and youth will work on a three-month service project to prepare 300 individually-wrapped Christmas presents to distribute to our guests at Calvary’s Emmanuel meal. The gifts will include hats, gloves, travel size toiletries, and homemade cookies.

On Saturday, October 18, beginning at 10 a.m., we will have a cookie making party in the Calvary kitchen

and prepare project advertising materials in the Mural Room. Our children will have two more workdays in November and December to prepare the gifts.

In November, our youth will be asked to participate in a Push/Sit-Up-A-thon to raise funds to support the Emmanuel Meal gift project. Students will find sponsors to donate money based on how many push-ups or sit-ups they do in 10 minutes. An example would be 5 cents a push-up/sit-up.

Our second Emmanuel project will begin in January and will support the Emmanuel Center Carnival, an event that Calvary’s Episcopal Church Women sponsor every April at the Emmanuel Center. Games, prizes, food, dancing, and bounce-houses are the highlight of the Carnival each year. This spring, our children and youth will create and construct genuine carnival booths and games that can be used from year to year.

Separate from the “Emmanuel” projects, children and youth will have opportunities to serve Calvary and the community by working as the pew crew, raising funds for Community Breakfast by hosting a Fat Tuesday meal, help during parish clean up days, and participate in a Lenten United Thank Offering collection. Our Confirmation class completed one of the first opportunities of this campaign on Sunday, September 7, when they made a spaghetti lunch for guests at the Ronald McDonald House.

Calvary adults can support our children’s service projects! Please contact me if you’d like to be involved or if you have a project idea that I can help you facilitate and make a reality.

Calvary youth walk along Main Street handing out backpacks to our homeless brothers during their “backpacks for the homeless” project.

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Second Sunday Blues Worship

Sunday, October 12 5:30 p.m.

featuring The Red Door Bandunder the coordination of David Lee

This evening service features Memphis blues musicians and Eucharist in a casual,

comfortable style.

Bring a friend!

Calvary Episcopal Church Women Dinner Honoring Jane Barton and Shirley Browne

by Molly Polatty, ECW President

It has been a number of years since Calvary’s Episcopal Church Women have hosted an annual dinner. We are thrilled to revive this tradition on Thursday, October 23! We will be honoring the Power of Women at Calvary in general and specifically two very special women who gave selflessly for decades as co-chairs of our venerable

Waffle Shop: Jane Barton and Shirley Browne.

Best selling author Courtney Miller Santo will be our guest speaker. As the author of two wonderful books celebrating the power of women, Roots of the Olive Tree and Three Story House, we are delighted to welcome Ms. Santo. Courtney Miller Santo teaches creative writing at the University of Memphis, where she received her MFA. She has a BA in journalism from Washington and Lee University and although born and raised in Portland, Oregon, she’s spent most of her adult life in the south.

Mixing and mingling will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6:15. Tickets are $25 per person, and space is limited to 150 people. You can reserve your place at this wonderful event at calvarymemphis.org/ecwdinner. We also will be selling tickets on a few Sundays before the

event. Feel free to contact Katy Leopard, kmleopard@gmail.com or myself at mcpolatty@hotmail.com or 237-7038, with any questions.

Trunk or Treat & Monster Mash

WednesdayOctober 29

6 p.m.

Admission to the Monster Mash is one can of food to benefit MIFA. Hotdogs, chips, and drinks will be served at the Monster Mash for $3 per person starting at 6:30 p.m.

We need your trunk! If you and your vehicle would like to sponsor a trunk, please contact Hilary Chipley at 525-6602 or hchipley@calvarymemphis.org. Best Trunk in the Lot Award will be awarded to the best decorated vehicle! Voting will take place from 6:15 p.m. - 6:34 p.m.

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Calvary Cycle of PrayerWe give thanks for the many blessings of the gifts and talents of our parishioners.

October 12: Seddon Allen • David Armbruster • Lee Cagle and son Nat J. • Martin Jellinek & Bill Branch • Reggie Mason • Mike Orr • Bob Owens • Charles & Nino Shipp • Jerry & Wendy Stiles • Rob Waldo & Bonnie Binkley

October 19: Mary Baird • Chris & Helen Bird and children Lil, Christpher, & Gloria • Sam & Merrill Ann Cole • Rose Johnston • John & Palmer Jones and daughters Sarah & Mia • Ann Saccomano • Charles & Jane Slatery and son

Jack • Greg & Ryan Simth-Landwehr and children Barrett & Ava Louise • Dexter & June Varnell • Tom & Melissa Young and daughters Jordan & Riley

October 26: Ann Agee-Gates • Rod & Bobbi Alward • Frank Anthony • Daniel & Lara Breen and son Jake • Jim & Weezie Calandruccio • Anne Connell • David Lusk & Carissa Hussong and daughters Grayson & Phoebe • Bruce & Melody Taylor • Robert Williams • Rene & Mary Wolf

In your prayers at home, please remember those on the Calvary prayer list.

Kinzie BirdJohn BlaylockMichael BoyerMargaret BrownKathleen ChandlerPaul Craft, Jr.Michele CrumpMimi DannTommy DennisTerry FoxLaura GarretsonHolly Potter GilbeyDonald HowdeshellJim JohnsonSue JohnsonSally JonesGail Kirkland

Nancy LivermoreGerri LoganNeely Mallory, IIIAl McCrawAndrew P. McLeodEvelyn MillsSissy NickelsDavid OussetJim PeeblesJo PotterJane PropsonLucy SandsTommie SaxonNino ShippBeecher SmithCraig SmithWally Smith

Jo SpeakMaureen StonemanPhilip StrubingDavid SullivanThe Tigrett familyJean VandiverJulia VelascoSam ViarJoshua WallaceEileen WatsonKatherine WellfordElizabeth WhitlockTrisha WoodGene WoodsBrendaDiane

Great ExpectationsMelissa & John GwinKathryn & Jake Jasper

New LifeCharlie Gray Flint, grandson of Ellen & Charlie Rodgers

Cole Alexander, son of Lisa & Todd Whitney

WEDDING BELLSLaura Marie Ledford & Christopher Stephen Knipper Wait,

September 27

Saints DepartedGrace Brannon, grandmother of Susan Clement

Doyle Gibson , father of Angie FordElise Grice, mother of Len Grice

Jim Kennedy, grandfather of Keith CouncellJoyce Richardson Laws

Mickey Neff, brother of Dana Sue PercerJane Cutting Smith, mother of Donovan Smith

Zelma Whitlock, aunt of Paige WhittleDonna York, friend of Sarah Squire

To have a loved one or yourself added to any of the Calvary Prayer Lists, please contact Ebet Peeples, 525-6602 ext. 138 or epeeples@calvarymemphis.org.

Calvary Prayer List

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October 5The Altar FlowersIn loving memory of Phoebe Ann Smith, by Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith and family

In loving memory of Mary Anne and Michael Capadalis, by their children, George Tidwell, Martha Plummer Williamson and John Plummer

In honor of the Baptism of Phoebe Kathryn Owen, by her parents, Katherine and John Owen

In honor of the marriage of Audrey Lemmons and Jeremy Grammer

The Aumbry CandleIn loving memory of Kathryn Etienne, by Debbie and David Balling, Hallie and Stephen

October 12The Altar FlowersIn loving memory of Jayne Conway Field Leech by Anne W. Connell

In loving memory of Howell Norfleet Turner and Megan Dunbar Turner by Wilson Turner Robbins

The Aumbry CandleIn loving memory of John Hooser and Donna Matlock, by Ann Hooser

In loving memory of Philip Hwang by Joanna Hwang

October 19The Altar Flowersin loving memory of James Gist and Laura Locke Green, Henry Holmes and Louise McIntyre Wallace, Cecil Bradley and Edith Green Weddington, and Patrick and Glenda Wallace Sullivan by Dee A. Wallace

October 26The Altar FlowersIn loving memory of Ruth and Lee J. Chase, Jr., by Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. King III

In honor of the marriage of Destiny Doxy and Dominic Ferrari

The Aumbry CandleIn loving memory of Ruth M. Chamberlain and Robert L. Chamberlain by Joanna Hwang

Altar flowers given to the glory of God

THIS MONTH

October 3 FridayBarristers’ BreakfastCome have breakfast at Calvary! The annual Barristers’ Breakfast is sponsored by the law firm of Baker Donelson to support breast cancer awareness.

October 4 SaturdayPet BlessingBring your loveable four-legged creatures to Overton Bark at 4 p.m., for a special blessing.

October 5 SundayWelcome ClassA welcome class with the Rev. Eyleen Farmer will be held at 11:15 a.m. in the Library.

October 8 WednesdayNo KoinoniaKoinonia will not be offered. Enjoy Fall Break!

October 12 SundaySoup SundayEnjoy Roasted Cauliflower Soup and Autumn Chicken Stew for $5/pint and $10/

quart at the Information Desk on the first floor. All money raised from the sale of soup supports Calvary’s Community Breakfast, an outreach ministry that serves a hot breakfast to our homeless brothers and sisters every Sunday. Soup will be prepared during two shifts in the Calvary kitchen on Saturday, July12. Contact Merrill Ann Cole to sign up, merrill.ann1@gmail.com or 767-7179.

October 18 SaturdayChildren’s Service EventChildren will begin a three-month long service project to prepare 300 individually wrapped Christmas presents to distribute to our guests at the Emanuel Meal. Learn more on p. 12

October 19 SundayScarborough FairA traditional afternoon tea from 4-6 p.m., at the home of Jill & Fred Piper. Learn more on p. 1

EYC Corn MazeThis DYC event will be a great way to get in the fall spirit, meet some new people, and have some fun with friends. The EYC will meet Kayla Bartosch at the Agri Center at 3:48 p.m. There is a $10 admission at the door.

October 23 ThursdayECW DinnerThis dinner in the Great Hall will celebrate the Power of Women at Calvary. Dinner will begin at 5:30 and tickets will be $25 each. Learn more on p. 13.

October 24-26 Fri-SunSilent RetreatThis fall retreat will be led by the Rev. Eyleen Farmer. The cost of the weekend, which begins Friday at 5 p.m., and ends Sunday at noon, is $240. Learn more on p. 6.

October 26 SundayAnnual Parish Meeting and Vestry ElectionsFive new vestry members will be elected at Calvary’s annual parish meeting and vestry

elections which will be held following the 10 a.m. worship service. Children and youth classes will be offered.

October 28 TuesdayCalvary Book GroupCalvary’s Book Group will discuss Under the Magnolias, Frances Mayes’ memoir about growing up in the south. The discussion will take place on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 p.m, at the home of Molly Polatty.

October 29 WednesdayTrunk or Treat and Moster MashWe’ll start in the parking lot at 6:00 p.m. for the Trunk-or-Treat and then move to the Great Hall for the Monster Mash at 7:00 p.m. Learn more on p. 13.

UPCOMING

November 2 SundayAll Saints’ EvensongA service of choral Evensong will be offered at 5:30 p.m. Learn more on p. 7

Calendar of Events

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Jim Bailey Book Signing“A looming menace lurks within the towers of American

medicine. One young doctor is determined to uncover the truth. Enter the inferno with him on a journey you will

never forget.” ~ from Amazon.com

The first U.S. book signing for Dr. Jim Bailey’s new book, The End of Healing, was held in Calvary’s Great Hall on Friday, September 26. Attended by people from all over the city of Memphis, the evening included an opportunity to purchase the book, as well as a book signing and reading by Dr. Bailey. Guests mingled over a delicious spread of appetizers and enjoyed festive beverages.

If you are interested in hosting an event at Calvary, contact Event Coordinator Lynda Gayle Deacon at ldeacon@calvarymemphis.org or 525-6602, ext. 119.