Vacation Bible School 2012
August 20 – 24
9 a.m. to 12 noon, extended day option available to 3:30 p.m.
For ages 3 – 11

Join us for a fun-filled week exploring the miracle of God’s creation and Jesus teaching through miracles. The week will include songs, storytelling, crafts, games, snacks and service projects. Our mission focus this summer will be on hunger and food.

Contact the Calvary office to sign up or e-mail for registration materials. Donations gratefully accepted for morning program. Fee for extended day program is $25, due upon registration.

Follow the links below to view the full Position Announcement and Description of Duties. The Position Announcement includes instructions submitting an application.

Administrative Secretary Position Announcement

Administrative Secretary Duties

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.

The event raised $600 which will be donated to The Water Project and to the UMCOR Clean Water/Sanitation Advance. Donations to The Water Project will assist in building a well in a needy community in Kenya or India. Several families are continuing the fundraiser by taking the Water Challenge. They have pledged to not buy any bottled water or other luxury consumer beverages for two weeks and donate the savings to the fundraiser.

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.

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!

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.

Please join us for our special services during Holy Week.

Palm Sunday, April 17
10:00 a.m. – Palm Parade to Meet the Donkey – gather on the front lawn.
10:30 a.m. – Palm Sunday Worship Service.

Maundy Thursday, April 21
6:30 p.m. – Walk Through Holy Week. This is a special program designed for children ages three and up which explains the different events of Holy Week in an age-appropriate way. We will provide child care for those parents wishing to attend the Maundy Thursday service

7:00 p.m. – Maundy Thursday Service . A contemplative service marking the Last Supper. This service will include communion.

Good Friday, April 22
12 Noon – Ecumenical Good Friday Service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant Street, Arlington.

7:00 p.m. – Service of Tenebrae (shadows) with dramatic readings from the passion of Christ

Easter Sunday, April 24
5:45 a.m. – Easter Sunrise Service at Robbins Farm in Arlington (across from the Brackett School)

10:30 a.m. – Easter Sunday Worship Service. Come and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord!

*  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)