Parish Life at Calvary
As a spiritual oasis, Calvary Episcopal Church offers the living waters of faith to those who call Rochester home. As a parish family, we seek to grow together in faith to the new life of grace. We welcome new members, new ideas, and new energy.
Parishioners' active involvement keeps Calvary a dynamic outpost for the work of Jesus Christ. Leadership is spread among members of the congregation through a structure of committees and cores. Adult and youth volunteers assist at worship through serving as acolytes, lectors, chalice bearers, crucifers and ushers; and on Altar Guild.
Christian Education
We welcome volunteers to teach Sunday School (preschool through grade 12). Our teachers work in teams, so no one is committed to teaching every Sunday. New members are always welcome! Contact the church office.
Youth Groups
Our energetic youth groups welcome adult volunteers! Contact the church office.
Hospital Visitation Team (Epsicopal Pastoral Services)
Episcopal Pastoral Services is a hospital-visitation ministry undertaken jointly with St. Luke's, our sister parish in Rochester. Volunteers from both parishes regularly visit Episcopal patients at the Mayo hospitals, to chat and arrange for communion or clergy visits if desired. With our unique location across the street from the Mayo Clinic, this hospital-visitation service is a central part of Calvary's mission. For information, contact Sandy Berndt, EPS director, at 507-282-0583.
Outreach
Our outreach efforts include help for the Hope Lodge cancer-patient residence, Channel One food shelf, and Dorothy Day Hospitality House in Rochester; migrant workers' hospitality; resettling refugees in Rochester; and knitting prayer shawls.
Fruitcake
Calvary parishioners bake a ton of fruitcake every year for sale locally and nationwide. The cakes have been baked with a secret parish recipe since 1939.
Calvary History Project
A committee is reorganizing the church archives and writing an updated history of the parish.