The
June 2015
Chronicle
Each month, this newsletter of Calvary Church is published to provide news
and information about upcoming events and ministries in the life of Calvary
Church, and to celebrate people and happenings in what God has done, is doing,
and will do in us. Typically, this has been a printed item, mailed out to members
and regular non-members, with a few email recipients. Beginning with the JULY,
2015 edition, we will be sending the Chronicle by email to you (except for those
without email addresses or those who specifically request paper copies – who will
continue to receive paper copies mailed to them via surface mail). Full copies will
also be available in the Main Lobby for visitors and guests. This transition to electronic mailing will significantly reduce paper, copying, and mailing costs, and also
allow us to include pictures and other visuals in color, variety, and number. If you
have an email address, please make sure that you provide it to the church office
([email protected]) to receive the Chronicle, weekly e-news, and other items
which are sent electronically. Look for it arriving to you soon!
Worship by the Water
Beginning June 21, the 8:45 worship
service will be held outside, weather
permitting. Bring a chair or a blanket
and join us out back by the creek!
A moment with Mernie...
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13)
A fresh summer breeze is blowing through Calvary United Methodist Church. It follows the mighty wind of
Pentecost that each year reminds us of the birth of the church. Just as birth brings new life, opportunities, and
expectations, so, too, does the breeze we find blowing through our congregation. Summer brings fresh opportunities to get together, ask questions of faith, and engage in a different way. We can discover new expectations God
has for the call on our lives. Will you open the window to let in the breeze or will you stay in place?
Many of you, if we are honest, have grown up with the idea that summer is a time to take off from church.
Perhaps it is due to the lengthening of daylight hours or change in work and study routines. Perhaps it is vacation
time or seasonal commitments with family and friends. There is a problem with this---not with the daylight hours,
changing routines, vacation or commitments, but with the idea of taking a season off from your faith. What happens when we don’t nurture a relationship? The relationship withers and, if left too long, can even die. The same
holds true for our relationship with God and each other. What happens to the childlike faith that never asks questions? It never grows into the fullness of understanding intended for it. The same holds true for our understanding of God and what it means to be God’s people.
The concern is nothing new. It reminds me of the apostle Paul’s passionate plea to the Galatians that begins, “My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you...” (Galatians
4:19). The plea shows Paul’s concern over Galatians letting forces come between them and God. Isn’t that what
happens when we permit changing routines, vacation, or commitments to interrupt our devotion and faith formation times?
We are entering the time of year after Pentecost that is sometimes referred to as “ordinary time”. Some
mistakenly equate it with “unexciting” time. Do not let the name fool you! It is called “ordinary”, because we
count the Sundays with ordinal numbers (first, second, third) instead of with cardinal numbers (one, two, three).
This church season may not include Christmas or Easter celebrations, but excitement often comes with contrast.
Consider for a moment what that contrast means in terms of your faith and worship life for this season after Pentecost. The change of pace or schedule that summer brings can give space for visioning and new practices that excite us. It can afford us time to nourish relationships in different ways.
Take this season to be refreshed in the church. Open the window a little wider to let in the breeze.
Peace and joy,
Mernie
Page 2
CONGREGATION NEWS
On April 26, 2015 we celebrated the
Sacrament of Baptism for:
Lauren Elizabeth Riffle and
Ryan Thomas Riffle,
who are the daughter and son of
Melinda and Gregory Riffle
Congratulations to
Kurt Sweely and
Heidi Baumbach
who were married on
May 2, 2015.
Annabelle Lee Dooley
Born April 29, 2015 to Patrick & Regan Dooley. She is
the granddaughter of
Robert & Ken Liddick.
Page 3
THANK YOU!
Dear Calvary Members and
Staff,
Thank you very much for the
prayers, well wishes, visits,
and cards during my recent
hospitalization. Thank you
also to Pastors Mernie and
Kenan for their special care
shown to me. Your love
helped to make my recovery
easier.
Sincerely,
Ashlee Mergler
NEW MEMBERS & CONFIRMANDS
Meet Calvary’s newest members, received May 17, 2015.
Stephen Collins
1915 Towne Centre Blvd.
Unit 611
Annapolis, MD 21401
Rachel C. Brinson
1321 Old Pine Court
Annapolis, MD 21409
Sharry & Don (not pictured)
Reed
Same address as above
Vee Held
555 Osprey Point Road
Crownsville, MD 21032
Donald & Lynn Ogburn
1329 Dickey Drive
Davidsonville, MD 21035
William J. Regan
1903 White Heron Road
Annapolis, MD 21409
Sofia Barkat
Annie Fowler
Brooke Quillen
Sophia Hartman
Ryan Riffle
Page 4
Mac Hutcheson
Samantha Smithson
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jun 14@3:30-7pm Children/Youth Inflatable Extravaganza!
Jun 21@10am
Dad’s & Doughnuts Celebration
Jun 23-24
3rd-5th Gr Mission Lockdown
Jul 13-17@5:30-8pm Vacation Bible School
Jul 19@Worship
Children’s VBS Show
BE COUNTED
ON THE EXPEDITION TODAY!!
July 13-17 from 5:30-8PM (Dinner at 5PM)
July 19 VBS Show at Worship Services
It is time to get your gear together to join the expedition to the
summit. Sign-up today through the our church’s website link.
Then you’ll be able to join us in the incredible Bible experiences &
songs, fun teambuilding games & science gizmos, and tasty
treats. We’ll need expedition leaders for our crews as well. On
July 19, we’ll be leading the Sunday worship services to share
where we met God that week! Meet ya at base camp!
TRIPPIN’ WITH GOD on Tuesdays (3rd-5th Grades)
Jun 30; Jul 7, 21; Aug 4, 11, 18
When we meet we will have thrilling trips, fun fellowship, transforming talks,
meaningful missions, creative crafts, and lunches together. In all the midst of this fun,
we’ll meet God and go deeper learning His ways. Some trips might include: SkyZone,
Laser Tag, Bowling, Go-Karts, etc. For more information, contact Christy Little.
SOAKIN’ IN GOD on Wednesdays (K - 2nd Grades)
Jul 1, 8, 22; Aug 5, 12, 19
For our littlest treasure seekers, we will be discovering God’s love through the life of
Jesus. We will play island games, create colorful crafts, and enjoy tropical snacks all
while becoming richer in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. For more information, contact
Christy Little at 410-268-1776, ext. 115 or [email protected].
WANNA SEE SOME PICTURES?!
MISSION LOCKDOWN!
Moms & Muffins and the Children’s Worship Service pictures are posted on FaceBook. Check
them out!
June 23-24—Times TBA
(3rd-5th Grades)
Be the hands, feet, and word of
God as we do a missions blowout this coming
summer. We’ll lockdown overnight. There will
be many missions we will do; such as, serving at
the Shower Ministry, making cards for shut-in’s,
collecting backpack supplies for needy kids, and
more. Save the dates—more details to come!
Page 5
Coming Up:
6/7/15– Youth Sunday (all 3 services)
Pizza Party after the 11:15 Service
6/14/15– Inflatable Extravaganza
3:30-7 pm
Make sure to wear or bring socks, and bring
a dish to share as we will have a potluck
dinner together at 6 pm.
Stay tuned to the youth weekly updates for
Sunday nights and other events throughout
the summer.
Summer Time Madness:
Confirmation Day Away at West River 2015
Camp at West River– Open to middle and
high school, this is the week that I will be
there to help direct June 28– July 3. Also if
your student is interested in being a Counselor in Training at all during the summer,
please let me know, there is a training on the
weekend of June12-14!
Calvary Vacation Bible School– the week of
July 13.
If you would like to receive the updates
please contact Sarah
at [email protected]
Mission Trip with Urban Promise, to Camden, New Jersey: July 26– August 1.
Page 6
MUSIC & ARTS NEWS
Why isn’t all the new A/V upgrade completed yet?
Well, like most construction projects, there are unforeseen delays while the work sometimes
takes longer than anticipated. However, we are very close to being ready to have all aspects
online. By the time you read this, you hopefully will have noticed an improvement in your
ability to hear in the sanctuary, and all equipment should be in place, if not yet running. The
monitor planned for the leaders in the chancel had to be moved to the balcony lip because
to run wires through the concrete floor to the modesty walls in the front of the sanctuary
proved to be very costly and unfeasible. Sometimes adjustments have to be made for everything to work without greatly escalating the costs, and our installation team, Doug Sweely
and Randy Marshall, have taken great care to stay within budget. We thank them for the
hundreds of hours they have put into this project. We’ve had a few members of the congregation (including youth!) express an interest in training to operate the equipment, and could
use a few more to have complete teams for each service. Please pass along your interest to
Stan Livengood at [email protected].
Thank you for your participation and support!
We have completed a wonderful season of music and arts in our worship services, concert
series, and Fine Arts Festival. Highlights have included hosting the Clare College Choir and
the LSO, great choral and instrumental pieces for special Sundays, and seeing the fantastic
art in the parlor during the Fine Arts Festival. We certainly have some talented artists
among us! We appreciate all those who participate in our music and arts ministry through
choirs, brass ensemble, solos, liturgical dance, concert attendance, and donations to the
concert series. It is a joy to see and hear the talents that God gives to His creation.
-Stan Livengood
Art from the students at
Calvary Center School was
on display in the Church
Parlor during Fine Arts
Week.
Page 7
UM WOMEN
This morning at church I discovered the new presentation on the United Methodist Women’s bulletin board.
Sandy Poland had recently put something new on the
board so this morning I stopped by to check it out.
The heading is as follows; A Christian School teacher
asked her class to look at TV commercials to see if
they could use them to communicate ideas ABOUT
GOD. What they came up with is on the bulletin
board. The responses start with God is like.
As I stood there reading the children’s input a group
gathered around. Soon we were pointing to the ones
we liked best and discussing what timely messages
they have. Stop by the bulletin board. It is located
next to Pastor Mernie’s office. Maybe there will be a
group and a lively discussion just like the one I had on
Sunday.
Just a reminder:
Friendship Circle meets June 16 at 7 pm
Harmony Circle meets June 17 at 1 pm
Always in His Love,
Claudette Cozad
MISSIONS
The Mission Team is sponsoring a Mesoamerican pot
luck dinner and a presentation by the 2015 Guatemala Mission Team. They have returned safely from
their 9 day trip to the Pacific coastal plains of Guatemala. Please join us in the fellowship hall on Wednesday, June 24. Dinner will be at 6 pm with the program
afterwards. For further information please call Nelson
Gardner, Calvary Guatemala Team Coordinator at
443-995-0606.
KASAMBALA MEDICAL CLINIC IN MALAWI - a mission
that Calvary supports, has made a special request for
financial assistance to help provide food and medicines following a severe drought that has dried up the
crops. Children are going hungry, experiencing extreme malnourishment, and dying. Our Missions
Ministry Team has approved an immediate $5,000
donation from our 2015 Endowment Fund Assistance/Support to help with the relief. We are asking
the congregation to match some or all of these funds
so that every dollar will be doubled. Please make
checks payable to Calvary UMC and mark “Malawi
Relief” by June 15. Thank you.
A special thank you to all who contributed to the
Lenten offering this year. Your generosity resulted
in our being able to distribute $3,150.67 equally
among the Lighthouse Shelter, "Imagine No Malaria"
and the Appalachian Service Project.
Page 8
UNITED METHODIST MEN
SAVE THE DATE & TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME with the KIDS & MIDS
Hey, y’all, the UMM is once again sponsoring the baseball event of the summer as
the Bowie Baysox entertain the NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS at PG County Stadium on Friday evening, August 7 at 1835. The evening will feature a picnic buffet,
fireworks, silliness between innings, and 1100 future Naval officers (we call them
Plebes) ) in their whites for the first time. (Pretty snappy salutes for the National Anthem) Please join us and bring the kids and grandkids (great playground available)! We will be upstairs at the Severn Deck, overlooking the first base line and under cover.
Meetings and Missions
The Men of Calvary are invited to gather on Tuesday evening, June 16, for an evening of fellowship and faith.
In honor of the greatest generation and the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, our speaker will be a WWII
vet who was shot down over France and escaped. Please join us to share the adventure and honor one who
served. Dining (a safe bet is pizza) will begin at 6:30 with fellowship to follow.
At the May meeting representatives of the Arundel House of Hope talked about the goals and achievements of
their organization. This included stories relating to the successes of the Shower Trailer.
There UMM will not meet in July, then gather again in August. Representatives from Chrysalis House will join
us on August 18.
The Shower Ministry
Is up and running again every Tuesday evening. If you would like to step up and help those who need a helping
hand, please contact Rob Bibblecomb ([email protected]) or drop by around 5:30 pm in the lower lot.
The Parking Pros
It’s only June, but September is coming along with a whole lot of Navy football fans looking for a place to park,
and for a small donation, said fans can be accommodated. Season opener is September 5 as the Mids host Colgate. (East Carolina comes in on 9/19; the Boys for Boulder on 10/3, the Green Wave on 10/24; South Florida
on 10/31 and the Methodist Mustangs of SMU on 11/14. Good times and good money.) Great way to spend a
few hours on a lovely autumnal afternoon.
God Bless,
Dave Myers
PLEASE REMEMBER:
All men of Calvary are UMM members.
Just share your name and some basic contact info to join our
group or just come to our monthly meeting—we are a friendly
group. You can serve at will and when you can. Contact information can be sent to [email protected] or
[email protected], or you can just say “hi” at church!
Page 9
Page 10
8
12:30 Staff Meeting
6:00 Women’s Cov. Disc.
15
12:30 Staff Meeting
6:00 Women’s Cov. Disc.
7:00 Stephen Ministry
Supervision
22
12:30 Staff Meeting
6:00 Women’s Cov. Disc.
29
12:30 Staff Meeting
6:00 Women’s Cov. Disc.
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
12:30 SNY
5:00 Disciple Ship*
5:00 John Bible Study
14
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
3:30 Inflatable Extravaganza
5:00 Disciple Ship*
5:00 SNY
5:00 John Bible Study
21 FATHER’S DAY
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
8:45 Worship by the Water
Begins
10:00 Dads and Doughnuts
28
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
8:45 Worship by the Water
8:30 Men’s Cov. Disc.
9:00 Trippin’ w/ God
6:00 Shower Ministry
8:00 Men’s Cov. Disc.
30
9:15 Men’s Cov. Disc.
6:00 Guatemala Mission
Potluck
7:00 Book Club
3rd-5th Grade Mission Lockdown
24
8:30 Men’s Cov. Disc.
9:00 Trippin’ w/ God
6:00 Shower Ministry
8:00 Men’s Cov. Disc.
9:15 Men’s Cov. Disc.
1:00 Harmony Circle at
Moorings Bistro
7:00 Book Club
23
17
8:30 Men’s Cov. Disc.
6:00 Shower Ministry
6:30 UMM
7:00 Friendship Circle
8:00 Men’s Cov. Disc.
9:15 Men’s Cov. Disc.
7:00 Book Club
7:00 Chancel Choir
8:30 Men’s Cov. Disc.
6:00 Shower Ministry
7:00 SPR MT
8:00 Men’s Cov. Disc.
16
10
9
9:15 Men’s Cov. Disc.
7:00 Book Club
7:00 Chancel Choir
8:30 Men’s Cov. Disc.
6:00 Shower Ministry
7:30 Chamber Singers
8:00 Men’s Cov. Disc.
12:30 Staff Meeting
6:00 Women’s Cov. Disc.
Wednesday
3
Tuesday
2
Monday
1
7 YOUTH SUNDAY
Sunday
Thursday
9:00 Employment Support
10:00 Prayer Shawl
7:00 Praise Team
25
9:00 Employment Support
7:00 Praise Team
18
9:00 Employment Support
7:00 Praise Team
7:30 Calvary Choir
11
9:00 Employment Support
6:00 Disciple IV
7:00 Praise Team
7:30 Calvary Choir
4
June 2015 Events
Saturday
27
20
7:30 Maintenance Breakfast
13
6
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Friday
Traditional Worship / Worship by the Water
Children’s Sunday School
10:00 Contemporary Worship
Children’s & Adult Sunday School
11:15 Traditional Worship
* Bible Study and Children’s Choirs
8:45
26
19
12
5
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
1
Alice Pollock
Joan Stillinger
2
Alexandra Dickerson
Mark Farrell
Kelly Finnegan
3
Allison Carnes
Kaitlyn Cox
Brenda Donaldson
Michael Lawrence
4
Lisa Womeldorf
5
Patti Heisman
Jay Irwin
6
Allie Cushley
Doris Glover
7
Suzanne Bell
Suzanne Drury
Don Harmon
Brian Kinsey
Kurt Sweely
13
Lillian Eaton
8
Lauren Duncan
Jenna Hiponia
Laurel Riffle
Linda Rodriguez
Adrienne Webber
15
Joyce Hutchins
Debbie Jones
George Smith
9
Dick Engwall
Jeff Erskine
Justin Pacheco
Dick Walsh
10
Dale Magnusson
11
June Catterton
Sally Ehrle
Derek Gardner
Taylor Hill
Kristen Lizzio
14
Pamela Brune
Rachel Stephens
16
Barbara Hughes
Mary Powell
Barbara Yannon
18
Kenan Habetler
Chris Latschar
19
Brennan Knight
May Rynex
Andy Smith
Christy Trapp
20
Jane Chouinard
Jean Deafenbaugh
Jere Glover
26
Tom Faulkner
Melissa Kerr
David Sealey
21
Earl Anthony
Thelma Eves
Tommy Gateau
Cheryl Lincoln
Juliana Mazza
Syble Morales
27
Dan Shearer
22
Sean Hart
23
J. Howard Beard
Cynthia Conner
Brian Edington
Joan Walsh
24
Brian Blank
Victor Gardner
Penny Gladwell
25
Katie Hart
Mike Titgemeyer
Page 11
28
Stephanie Barnett
Brian Berger
Lyne Bush
Rob Friedrich
Shirley Rogers
Jean Taylor
29
Rusty Wright
30
John Rosacker
Lori Tamulevich
Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
PAID
Annapolis, MD
Permit 207
Calvary United Methodist Church
301 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Ph: 410-268-1776 Fax: 410-268-5283
E-mail: [email protected]
www.calumc.org
As a committed United Methodist community, we
strive to know and worship God, the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit; to grow in faith and love through
ministry, discipleship, and fellowship; and to go
into the world to bring others to Christ through
mission. We at Calvary Church are committed to
making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Know….Grow…Go...
JUNE HIGHLIGHTS
June 7
June 13
June 21
June 23
June 24
Youth Sunday
Maintenance Breakfast
Father’s Day
Worship by the Water begins
Trippin’ with God begins
Guatemala Mission Pot luck