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The Rector has written to us and sent along more photos. View the photos and read his postings here.

We will have popcorn, cotton candy, and hot dogs in the Swan Garden after the 11 o'clock service. You will be given the opportunity to explore Calvary’s wonderful and extensive ministries. Representatives from all groups will give you a chance to learn about what they do and also sign up to join them. Group leaders are encouraged to process behind the choir for the 11 o’clock service. Bring an item to represent your ministry.
A picnic lunch will follow the service. Calvary will be providing the beverages, desserts, and hot dogs, skillfully prepared by Chef James Knight.
Last names beginning in letters A – L please bring a side dish.
Last names beginning in letters M – Z   please bring a salad.
Entrée selections are welcomed by any alphabet letter.
Please RSVP to 412.661.0120, extension 40 so we know how many will be coming. See you there!

Read about Calvary's EfM classes here.

Uniform shirts, pants and shorts are the most needed items as the children return to class. Read more here.

Events and Hapenings at Calvary. Click here!

The Calvary Choir sang five services at Washington National Cathedral on July 16-19. A webcast of the 11:15 a.m. Sunday service may be accessed here. The Service Leaflet is available on the same page in .pdf format. The music for the service includes "The Call," by Alan Lewis, "Jubilate Deo," by William Walton, and "O sacrum convivium," by Thomas Tallis, with Cathedral Artist-in-Residence Jeremy Filsell at the Great Organ. Photos from the visit may be viewed here.

Take a look at photos from Vacation BibleSchool, held June 21-25, 2010.

Christian Formation classes for adults and children will resume on September 19, 2010.  I hope that if you are not traveling, you will come to Calvary to worship.  When you are traveling you may want to check out an Episcopal Church near your vacation destination.  You can locate a church by going to www.ecdplus.org/parish/  “Parish Quick Find” will enable you to locate Episcopal churches in that area   Please check out “Summertime” for some additional activities that can be done as a family.  

Adele Eley, Coordinator for Christian Formation, 412-661-0120 x 16, aeley@calvarypgh.org

L’Eglise Episcopale d’Haiti is the largest missionary diocese of The Episcopal Church, with more than 80 congregations. I have visited Haiti several times, most recently in March of 2008, to preach on the Feast of James Theodore Holly, founder and first bishop of the church there, who, like Sam Shoemaker, has been recently added to the church’s calendar.

We can only begin to imagine how the devastation of the earthquake will impact life in a place which is the poorest nation in the hemisphere. I am asking that you prayerfully consider making a special contribution to Calvary which we will forward to the Haiti Relief Fund which has been established by Episcopal Relief and Development. Checks should be sent to Arleen Walter at Calvary and marked “Haiti Relief.”   Merci beaucoup.             –H.T.L.

You may also call 800.334.7626, ext. 5129, or visit www.er-d.org.

For the latest news, visit the website at www.episcopalpgh.org.

Read the Bookstore's Newsletters here.
Summer Hours:
In August, we are open on Sundays only, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

View selected copies of past newsletters:
The Parish Advocate: June, 1911
The Parish Advocate: October, 1949
The Parish Advocate: December, 1949
The Parish Advocate: November, 1950
The Parish Advocate, December, 1950
The Parish Advocate, October, 1951
The Parish Advocate, May, 1952
Agape: October 23, 1975
Agape: March 11, 1981

The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, visited Calvary on 2 November 2008. Click here to view photos from that day.

Young men and women in East Africa face significant obstacles to their education and future well-being. AIDS, the lack of economic opportunity, the high cost of secondary education, and the sub-standard facilities of most secondary schools combine to prevent many young Africans from rising above a subsistence level of living.
Read more here.

A new page designed for parishioners who have lost their jobs and who are desirous of securing new positions.

In October 2003, following a Special Convention of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Calvary Church, together with its rector and senior warden, brought suit against Bishops Robert Duncan and Henry Scriven, and other officials of the Diocese. St. Stephen's Church, Wilkinsburg, and Mr. Herman S. Harvey, a parishioner of St. Stephen's Church, Sewickley, later joined Calvary in the action as plaintiffs. Click here for the story.