Teacher Appreciation Day
2024-05-05 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Parents, please save the dates of May 4, 2024, at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and May 5, 2024, 11:30 – 12:30 pm. We are planning a special meal to say thank you to the teachers who have worked so tirelessly over the past school year and who have so willingly volunteered their time for the children/teens at our church. Thus, the Middle Schoolers and any High Schoolers who want to join in will be meeting on May 4th at 1:00 pm in the kitchen to make food for the next day, and will supervise the younger kids in setting up and serving the teachers, class helpers, and their significant others if they choose. The menu will be: soup, salad, homemade bread or dinner rolls and a dessert. May 5th will also be the End-of-Year party for the kids, so it will be a busy day! Will be sending out a Sign-Up for ingredients next week so keep an eye out for it!

Spring Fling Happy Hour
2024-05-10 16:30 - 18:30 | Beetle’s Bar and Grill, 230 20th Avenue SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States
Celebrate spring with Calvary’s Fellowship Committee and your fellow parishioners. We will be hosting a happy hour on Friday, May 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Beetle’s Bar and Grill, located two blocks west of Saint Marys Hospital on 2nd Street SW.
The secret code is SIITAAC. Be the first person to tell us what this stands for and you get a free drink! The happy hour is very informal. Popcorn and water are free. You are welcome to purchase other food and drinks. Please don’t miss this opportunity to visit with Calvary friends.

Parish Meeting
2024-05-12 09:30 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
All are invited to a parish meeting from 9:30 to 10:15 am on Sunday, May 12, in Crawford Hall. This will give everyone time to grab a cup of coffee and a doughnut and head upstairs for an update on the parking plan during the initial stages of the Mayo Expansion project, as well as a few other updates from the “Nuts and Bolts” Team of the Calvary response. The meeting will not be livestreamed.

Oasis Garden Planting
2024-05-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
The Oasis Garden planting is a long-standing tradition at Calvary. Each spring, parishioners of all ages gather to plant and mulch the hundreds of flowers that help make our churchyard a welcoming oasis for our congregation, for Mayo patients & staff, and for all in the community.

This year, we’ll plant from 9:00 am to noon on Saturday, May 18. No gardening skill is necessary, and the needed tools will be available. Plant a few flowers or spend the whole morning – all contributions of your time are welcome.

Questions? Contact Joan Rabe at (507) 269-3162 or joan.rabe@icloud.com.

Lay Weeders
2024-05-24 09:00 - 11:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
We gather to tend Calvary’s Oasis garden (watering, weeding, trimming, etc.) each Friday morning from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, through August. All are welcome to join in – no reservation or gardening skill required! Come once in a while or come every week, just as you like.
Questions? Contact Joan Rabe at (507) 269-3162 or joan.rabe@icloud.com.

Healing Service
2024-06-06 17:15 - 18:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Join us in the church each week for a lay-led service of quiet prayer focused on healing and hope.
All are welcome!

Pop-Up Adult Forum: Listening to Our Neighbors - How Do We Do That?
2024-06-09 09:15 - 10:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
All are invited this Sunday, June 9, to Crawford Hall at 9:15 to talk together in a pop-up discussion with our guest preacher, Canon Blair Pogue, Missioner for Vitality and Innovation for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. One of Rev. Pogue’s many gifts is inviting people into spiritual practices that teach us about ourselves and about ways we can faithfully listen to the stories of others – our fellow parishioners and our neighbors. As we continue in our work of discernment of the future of Calvary, we will be listening to one another, but also to our neighbors – those who live and work right around us, and those who visit for a day or a season, seeking healing and compassion at Calvary. Bring a cup of coffee to Crawford this Sunday to engage in some rich and faithful discussion around the vital topic of listening.

The Forum will start with a special video message from a Calvary friend at Trinity Church, Wall Street in New York.

Summer Splash It Out!
2024-06-09 09:15 - 12:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Although Formation is officially on break until the fall, it doesn’t mean the fun has to stop!

On June 9, 2024, at 9:15 am, we will be having a Splash It Out Event! Come join us as we clean out the downstairs classrooms in preparation for the fall. When you participate in this event, you will gain a ticket for entry into the Splash It Out Water Balloon Fight after the 10:30 am service! If you would like to participate in the Water Balloon Fight, simply follow these steps:

Help clean out the classrooms from 9:15 am to 10:15 am.
Bring a sack lunch to be eaten directly after church – warriors need their energy!
Bring appropriate apparel for a water fight, dry clothes for afterwards, and a towel.
Present your ticket from the morning clean-up and be divided into teams. When all is ready…. Water Fight!!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Homes for Our Neighbors
2024-06-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Peace United Church of Christ, 1503 2nd Ave NE, Rochester, MN, 55906, United States
Isaiah MN invites you to think about this: What if we treated housing like a human right? In 2020, Olmsted County was forecast to need 18,000 additional units of housing by 2030. With higher growth due to Mayo Clinic’s expansion, the need will be even greater.
On Thursday, June 13, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at Peace United Church of Christ, come learn more about what progress is being made on housing in Olmsted County, and call on our county commissioners and local partners to dream even bigger to address our community’s urgent need for affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly homes.
Please see the above flyer for sign-up information or contact Colleen Spillers with any questions.

Breakfast with the Graduates
2024-06-16 09:15 - 10:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Help us celebrate our 2024 Calvary graduates on Sunday, June 16 from 9:15 to 10:30. (By the way, it’s also Father’s Day, and we love our fathers, too.) The menu will include egg bakes, fruit, and croissants. There’s no need to bring anything except your family and your Calvary friends!
Please sign up in Brackenridge, with this link, or by calling or emailing Cindy Heins at (507) 993-5824 or heins.cynthia@gmail.com. When you sign up, indicate how many in your party are vegetarian and/or gluten-free. You must sign up by the end of the day on Sunday, June 9!

Family Promise Forum
2024-06-23 09:15 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Calvary Outreach invites you to a forum on Sunday, June 23 at 9:15 am. Erin Sinwell from Family Promise will be here to share with us what Family Promise is, how Family Promise serves people in our community, and how Calvary can help them. Calvary Outreach has committed to sponsoring a room in their new house. All June special offering envelopes will go to this effort.

Adult Enquirers Class
2024-08-04 09:15 - 10:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
If you are interested in confirmation or reception into The Episcopal Church, or reaffirmation of your faith journey, an adult enquirers class will be offered by the rector on Sunday mornings in August from 9:15 am to 10:15 am, in anticipation of Bishop Loya’s visit to Calvary on Holy Cross Sunday, September 15.

Please let Rev. Beth know if you are interested in this offering as soon as possible by emailing her at rector@calvary-rochester.org or calling the church office at 507-282-9429. If you would just like to learn more about The Episcopal Church, this class is for you, too.

Confirmation Class
2024-08-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Bishop Loya will be making his official visit to Calvary on Holy Cross Sunday, September 15. Part of our worship celebration with the Bishop will be the liturgy of confirmation, reception, and reaffirmation.
A confirmation class for all 9th – 12th graders who have not yet been confirmed will be offered on the four Sundays of August: August 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (with snacks!) in preparation for the bishop’s visit. If you would like your young family member to be a part of that class, please email Rev. Beth as soon as possible at rector@calvary-rochester.org, or call the church office at 507-282-9429.

August Happy Hour
2024-08-09 16:30 - 18:30 | Beetle’s Bar and Grill, 230 20th Avenue SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States
Hip Hip Hooray! We’re having another happy hour on Friday, August 9, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm! Looking for a reason to socialize with your fellow Calvary parishioners? You’ve found it!
This is a “come as you are” gathering. No need to dress up. Just finished gardening and no time to change? Come as you are! Just woke up from a much-needed afternoon nap? Come as you are! Harried after an afternoon at the pool with the kids or grandkids? Come as you are (although you may want to put on a cover-up and sandals 😂 ).
We will meet at Beetle’s Bar and Grill, located three blocks west of Saint Marys. The first person to arrive and tell us what WLBAWLCP wins a free drink. Popcorn and water are on the house. Other food and drink are available to purchase.

Stained Glass Windows Forum
2024-08-11 09:15 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Join us Sunday, August 11, at 9:15 am in Crawford Hall for an update on efforts to protect Calvary’s stained glass windows during Mayo Clinic’s Bold, Forward, Unbound project. Al Palmer, owner of Gaytee-Palmer Stained Glass Studios in Minneapolis, will provide an overview of the process for removing, conserving, and restoring this important part of Calvary’s heritage and worship experience.

Blessing of Backpacks and Briefcases
2024-08-25 08:30 - 09:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
School is starting in late August and Calvary will be entering a new and exciting program year. At both the 8:30 am and 10:30 am services on Sunday, August 25, we will be blessing our children as they head back to school, and blessing their backpacks as symbols of their work. We will also be blessing the briefcases and all other symbols of the work of adults – cell phones, iPads, knitting needles, gardening, carpentry, and cooking tools – please bring any symbols of your work, and your children and their backpacks, to church on August 25 so that we can send one another out into the world to do the work God has given us to do with the blessing of this beloved community, and the assurance of God’s presence, for the months ahead.

Parents Meeting - New to Formation
2024-08-25 09:15 - 10:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Welcome back from all your summer ventures! I hope you have all had a restful time! We will be resuming children’s formation on Sunday, September 15, at 9:15 am with Sunday School registration on September 8, also at 9:15 am. For parents new to formation or those who have questions, I will be holding a parent meeting on Sunday, August 25, in Crawford Hall at 9:15 am. We are excited to see everyone after our summer away!

San Jose Obrero Mission Day
2024-09-01 13:30 - 17:00 | San Jose Obrero Mission, Montgomery, MN, United States
The San Jose Obrero Mission is a long-standing diocesan tradition of celebrating the Eucharist and providing a meal with migrant workers in Montgomery, Minn. Calvary and St. Luke’s will be collaborating on this mission again this year. We need your help to make it a success like it has been in the past! This is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Please see the flyer below for all the information you will need. Even more information is listed in the Sign-Up Genius here. Please sign up to donate; it helps us keep track of what we are bringing.
If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Spillers at (507) 421-6946. Thank you for supporting Episcopal Mission and Outreach efforts!

Motet Choir Rehearsal
2024-09-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
🎶 Join the Calvary Motet Choir! 🎶
Calling all singers: the Calvary Motet Choir is excited to welcome you! This is your chance to be part of an incredible community of music lovers. We’re open to both adults and enthusiastic students eager to lift their voices.
Rehearsals kick off every Wednesday at 7:00 pm, so don’t miss out! Come share your love for music and enrich our choir.
Interested? Reach out to our interim Music Director, Jeff Daehn, to learn more. You can call the church office at (507) 282-9429.

Formation (Sunday School) Registration
2024-09-08 09:15 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Have you noticed that life as a kid/teen (and a parent) can be tough sometimes? Want something more for your family? Well, look no further than Calvary Formation!

With fun activities, a loving and safe community that builds self-esteem, resilience, spiritual health, and an opportunity for learning and character development, this is the place for your kid/teen! For more information and to register your kids/teens for the 2024-2025 formation year, arrive at church between 9:15 am and 10:15 am on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

There will be a cereal bar for the kids/teens (because why not try a whole bunch of different cereals at the same time?!), a name badge creation corner, and fun activities. We will look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
Michelle McKean

All-Parish Picnic
2024-09-15 11:45 - 13:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
It’s that time of year again! Musician Bob Schlief will be back to entertain us, and we have a new caterer. HyVee Barlows will be providing boxed lunches with ham, turkey, and veggie sandwiches, potato salad, chips, and an apple. If you choose the gluten-free option, your sandwich will be on gluten-free bread. AND, we will have homemade pie for dessert! There will be a wooden box out for free-will donations to help defray the cost. Please use this link to sign up online. You can also sign up on the sheet in Brackenridge, or you can call, text, or email Cindy Heins at (507) 993-5824 or heins.cynthia@gmail.com. We will be in the courtyard (inside if it is raining) following the 10:30 service. Please bring a lawn chair for yourself and one to share if you can!
**THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.**
And announcing:
In conjunction with the picnic…
The Third Annual Great Calvary Pie Bake-Off
Come one, come all to the third annual Great Calvary Pie Bake-Off on September 15! All homemade pies baked by Calvary parishioners are welcome. The Greatest 2024 Pie Baker at Calvary will be crowned in the courtyard following the picnic! Then, we will all be able to sample the delicious fruits of our pie bakers’ labors. To enter, just have your pie at Calvary by 10 am the day of the picnic with your name on the bottom of your pie plate. We are going to judge the pies starting at 10 am to give our panel of celebrity judges time to finish before the 10:30 service, so please don’t be late. The rules are simple. Your pie must be homemade by you. There is no age limit for our bakers! We welcome all pies! Let the baking begin!

Informed Voter Forum
2024-09-29 09:30 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Learn about voter registration, early voting, finding your polling place and how to print a sample ballot. We will print sample ballots as we have time!
9:30 – 10:15 am in Crawford Hall

Parish Listening Session – Director of Music
2024-10-06 09:15 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
As part of the process for hiring our next director of music, we will host a parish listening session at 9:15 am on October 6th in Crawford Hall. We are seeking input from the congregation to inform the drafting of an updated job description for the role. Questions we are seeking input on include:

What should the scope of the role be beyond the requirements of planning liturgical music, directing the choir, and serving as organist?
What role should the position play in outreach, fellowship, and other pillars of parish life?
What could this position do that we are not currently doing and how will that enrich our faith community?

The listening session will be hosted by vestry member Michelle Ackerman and co-treasurer Darren Cooper, who, along with vestry member Anne High and Reverend Beth, are leading a workgroup to discern the future of the director of music role at Calvary. Please come with your ideas and aspirations for the director of music role. Your input is crucial and we look forward to hearing from you.

Adult Forum
2024-10-13 09:15 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
We welcome the Very Reverend Cindi Brickson, dean of the southern region of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, as our preacher and forum speaker on Sunday, October 13. Rev. Brickson was most recently our guest along with Bishop Loya on Holy Cross Sunday, and she is a good friend of Calvary. She will preach at both services and facilitate a forum in Crawford Hall between the two worship services, where she will update us on the plans for the diocesan convention in November and other items of interest from the bishop’s office, including news of what is happening in the southeast region of our diocese.

RPS Referendum Forum
2024-10-20 09:30 - 10:15 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Please welcome Dr. Kent Pekel and School Board President Cathy Nathan as they share information about the RPS referendum that will be on our Nov. 5 ballots. This is a great time for personal questions!

Calvary Scones, Stones, and Halloween Bones
2024-10-27 09:00 - 10:30 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
It’s time for Calvary Scones, Stones, and Halloween Bones, a.k.a. Eat, Compete, and Dress Up!
Fall is in the air, and it is time for Calvary’s Annual Stone Throw. Legend has it that ownership of Calvary’s corner lot rested on a bet made by George Head, Rochester’s first mayor, and Henry Benjamin Whipple, Minnesota’s first Episcopal bishop: whoever threw a massive stone farthest would become the owner. Every year, we celebrate Bishop Whipple’s historic win with a recreation of the event. Come and see if you are the parishioner who will win the stone throw this year. Many thanks to the Mueller family for organizing the Stone Throw.
And that’s not all! We are excited to announce that we will be serving homemade scones (probably just like the ones served to Mayor Head and Bishop Whipple) with coffee, cider, and hot chocolate. If you would like to contribute homemade scones, please let Cindy Heins know. Call or text (507) 993-5824 or e-mail heins.cynthia@gmail.com.
But wait, there’s more! It is the Sunday before Halloween, so we encourage you to wear your Halloween costume to eat, compete, and of course attend the 8:30 or 10:30 service.

Oasis Garden Clean Up
2024-10-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Calvary Episcopal Church, 111 Third Avenue SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
On Sunday, October 27, from noon to 2:00 pm, Calvary youth will be pulling up the flowers in our Oasis garden to take them to the city compost. All adults are welcome to join them. Wear gardening gloves and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Pickup trucks and wheelbarrows are also welcome. Contact Joan Rabe if you have questions ((507) 269-3162, joan.rabe@icloud.com)

Middle School/Youth Escape Room
2024-10-27 14:30 - 16:00 | MN
Join us for an afternoon of fun on Sunday, October 27, 2024! After helping with the Church Fall Clean-up, we will head out for a fun time at Unraveled Escape Room at 2:30 pm. We will spend 90 minutes working together seeking the famed Jewel of the Nile in the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun’s tomb! There are only 10 spots available so register soon! The cost is $10 per person, and sponsorships are available. Contact Michelle McKean faithformation@calvary-rochester.org to reserve your spot or learn more.

Veterans Day Happy Hour
2024-11-15 16:30 - 18:30 | Beetle’s Bar and Grill, 230 20th Avenue SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States
Calvary’s Fellowship Committee is hosting a Veterans Day happy hour on November 15, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Join your fellow parishioners at Beetle’s Bar and Grill, located several blocks west of Saint Marys Hospital on 2nd Street SW.
Can you figure out this acronym: OVDHHITBE? The first person to arrive and tell us what OVDHHITBE stands for gets a free drink! This will be very informal. Stay for as long as you can. Popcorn and water are free. You can purchase other food and drinks.

Salvation Army Bell-Ringing
2024-11-23 09:00 - 19:00 | MN
Salvation Army Bell Ringing Buddies are here. To sign up, use this link for an opportunity to volunteer and help in aiding Salvation Army’s genuine efforts in assisting those in need.

November 23 – HyVee Crossroads – 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
December 21 – Andy’s Liquor Crossroads – 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Inquiries can be sent to Martha Mangan at mart188@charter.net or (507) 261-3286.
