Calvary Church, United Methodist

Please join us on Christmas Eve as we celebrate Emmanuel, God with us, the birth of our Savior.

December 24 – 5:00 p.m.
Intergenerational Service of Lessons and Carols, featuring choral music and candlelight singing of “Silent Night.” Childcare provided.

December 24 – 7:30 p.m.
Christmas Eve Vesper Service with Communion. Features quiet music of the season and candlelight.

The offering at both services will be donated to the Water Project, providing clean sources of water for villages in need. 100% of the donation goes toward construction of a well.

Vacation Bible School, designed for children ages 3-11, runs from Monday, August 22 – Friday, August 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. We offer an extended day option Monday through Thursday until 3:30 p.m. The morning program is offered free of charge (donations to the church gratefully accepted) – the extended day option has a cost of $20 per child for the week, payable on the first day. Extended day has limited enrollment, so please register in advance.

The theme this year is Hometown Nazareth. We will be exploring the village where Jesus spent his childhood and compare it with our own hometowns. It will be a fun and engaging week, with stories, songs, games, crafts and activities, snacks and service projects for the older children (preschooler time for the younger ones). The extended day program will include walking trips to playgrounds or the sprinkler park as weather permits. Children will bring a lunch from home for extended day.

If you would like additional information or to speak with someone more about the program, please e-mail Susan Stewart, VBS coordinator, or call the church office at 781-646-8679.

Join us for a weekend of relaxing, conversing, knitting, hiking, beading, napping, singing, reading, and being in fellowship with one another!

When: Friday, October 21 through Sunday, October 23; you can stay one or both nights.

Where: Wanakee United Methodist Center in Meredith, NH, about two hours from Arlington. We will stay in the Homestead Retreat, which has three bedrooms (one of which is designated the “snoring room”!), two bathrooms, and capacious dining and living rooms.

Cost: $18 per person for one night, and $36 for both nights. We will prepare and serve our own meals, and each person will be asked to help with/contribute toward one meal during the weekend.

Please sign up on the pink sheet on the bulletin board to the left of the church office. We have space for 20 people, so get your name in early!

Come find some great bargains on Saturday, June 4th from 8:30-11:30 a.m.! The sale will be held in Calvary’s driveway if it’s fair or in the Fellowship Hall if it rains.

If you would like to donate quality goods to the youth table, please contact Susan Stewart. Proceeds from the youth table go toward the Youth Group’s trip to Youth 2011 in Indiana this summer.

If you would like to “rent” a table for a small donation to the Youth Group, please contact Susan Goetcheus ASAP.

We come together on Sunday mornings to worship and praise God. We gather in small groups during the week to learn, grow, share, connect, support and celebrate. Here is a sampling of the small groups for fellowship and study that happen at Calvary:

*  Adult and Children’s Choir
*  Youth Group
*  Book Club
*  Prayer Shawl Knitting (and Crocheting)
*  Helping Hands (seniors/multigenerational)
*  Mission work teams
*  Wednesday Morning Bible Study
*  Hand Drumming Ensemble
*  Living Richly with Fewer Resources (community dinners and discussion)

Read about the efforts of the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s response to the recent, devastating floods in Pakistan. You can also find out how to donate and help the effort.

Please note the following Worship time for the summer of 2010:

9:30 a.m. – Sunday Worship Service from July 4-September 5, 2010

There will be no Adult or Children’s Choir during the summer of 2010.  There will, however, be guest musicians performing special music during July through Labor Day.

Child care for infants and toddlers will still be provided during our worship service.
Junior Church will also be offered after the children’s message for children ages three to ten.

There will be Iced Coffee Hour immediately following the service. You are invited to join us for continued fellowship after the worship service.
Please visit our VBS page to learn about our 2010 Vacation Bible School Program – The Baobab Blast – August 23 – 27.