A faithful Episcopal Church welcoming all in the name of Christ

Christmas DayDecember 25, 2013

9:30 a.m. The Holy Eucharist, Rite II

CALVARYEPISCOPAL CHURCH

Participants in Today’s Service9:30 a.m. –The Holy Eucharist, Rite II

Celebrant . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Reverend Jonathon JensenPreacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Reverend Leslie G. ReimerAcolyte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adrian O’SullivanLector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne JacksonChalice Bearer . . . . . . . . .Douglas ChaffeyAltar Guild . . . . . . . . . . . .Melissa Crimmins’ Team

The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ:Christmas Day

25 December 2013

■ WELCOME TO CALVARY CHURCH

NEWCOMERS AND GUESTS are always welcome at Calvary Church.Our service uses the three books located in the pew: The Book of CommonPrayer, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and The Hymnal 1982. Directions in theservice bulletin indicate where it is customary to stand or kneel. We inviteyou to participate as you are able. We hope you will take a moment to readand complete the Welcome Card in the pew, and place it in the offertoryplate as it passes.

Children of all ages are welcome in worship services. Packets of materials for children are available from the ushers.

The Next Step Group of theSam Shoemaker Communitywelcomes all every Saturday from 10:30 –11:30 a.m. in the Conference room. Visit the Calvary website at www.calvarypgh.org for details.

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Our Parish Life

The Envelope Please...Offering envelopes for those who have requested them are available in theParish Hall. Please pick them up to help defray the unnecessary costs of mailing.

Electronics Recycling EventOn Saturday, December 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. we will hold another ElectronicsRecycling Event. We will accept any time of electronics, such as computers, printers,telephones, cassette and record players and small appliances. [Tube televisions are NOTaccepted, but these can be recycled for free at Construction Junction, located at 214 North Lexington Street, just off Penn Avenue in Point Breeze.]

Celebrating BaptismHoly Baptism will be celebrated at Calvary Church on Sunday, January 12, 2014during the 11 o’clock service. If you have a child to be baptized on that day, or are anadult interested in baptism, please call the church office to let us know.

Save The Date:Saturday, February 8, 2014 will be the Chili Fest. All parishioners and their children are invited to this event. And especially, we invite new members of the church. Watch for more information and the posted sign-up sheet.

Soup SeasonWe will meet again on January 3, 2014 in the Calvary kitchen at 10 a.m. to make moresoup. Please join us. If you have a favorite recipe, bring it along. Email the ingredients to me,and I’ll be happy to do the shopping. –Adele Eley, 412.371.6921, adele.eley@gmail.com

Sisterhood MeetingsOn Sunday, January 5 the Sisterhood is invited (including husbands) to a luncheon atmy house, 6337 Jackson Street after the 11 o’clock service. Sisters are asked to bring acreche if they would like to share it with the group. I will have my collection of crecheson display. –Charlotta Ross, 412.361.3862

Seasonal DisplaysPlease visit the seasonal displays in the elevator lobbies on levels B, E, and F. Next year we hope to display crèches belonging to Calvary families.

Altar FlowersHelp us keep the church in full bloom by donating flowers in memory of, or in honorof, someone special. If you would like to place a memorial listing, please contact Marsha Morris in the church office at 412.661.0120, ext. 130.

Deadlines for PublicationsThe deadline for submissions for the next issue of Agape is on Friday, January 10, 2014.Please e-mail your text to calvary@calvarypgh.org or deliver it to the church office.

Announcements for the Sunday service bulletin must be received by the end of the dayon Wednesday.

*To make reservations for starred events, for which a meal is being prepared, please telephone the church office, 412.661.0120, extension 140.

Wednesday December 25, 2013The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

9:30 A.M. Holy Eucharist

Thursday December 26, 2013Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

The church & offices will be closed this day.

Friday December 27, 2013Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist

The church & offices will be closed this day.

Saturday December 28, 2013The Holy Innocents

9:00 A.M. E-Waste Re-cycling Event10:30 A.M. The Next Step

Sunday December 29, 2013The First Sunday after Christmas Day

7:30 A.M. Coffee8:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist9:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist9:00 A.M. Bible Study11:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist 12:15 P.M. Hospitality Hour

Monday December 30, 2013Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934

The church & offices will be closed this day.

Tuesday December 31, 2013Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Bishop in the Niger Territories, 1891

The church & offices will be closed this day.

Wednesday January 1, 2014The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The church offices will be closed this day.12:00 P.M. Holy Eucharist

Thursday January 2, 2014Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, First Indian Anglican Bishop, Dornakal, 1945

9:30 AM Beginnings Staff Work Day9:30 AM EfM7:30 P.M. Adult Choir Rehearsal

Friday January 3, 2014William Passavant, Prophetic Witness, 1894

10:00 A.M. Soup Group

Saturday January 4, 2014Elizabeth Seton, Founder of the American Sisters of Charity, 1821

9:00 A.M. Centering Prayer for Peace10:30 A.M. The Next Step

Sunday January 5, 2014The Second Sunday after Christmas Day

7:30 A.M. Coffee8:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist9:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist9:00 A.M. Choristers’ Warm-Up9:00 A.M. Bible Study10:00 A.M. Adult Forum10:00 A.M. Christian Education Classes10:00 A.M. Adult Choir Warm-Up11:00 A.M. Holy Eucharist 12:15 P.M. Hospitality Hour1:30 P.M. CYG3:30 P.M. Informational Meeting

for trip to Kenya

The Calendar

Christian FormationThere will be no Adult Forum or classes for children and youth on Sunday, December 29.Classes for all will resume on Sunday, January 5, 2014.

ADULT FORUM: January 5, 2014 – Epiphany: A Season of Light for the World.Beginning with the arrival of the Wise Men at the stable, we see that the birth of Christis meant for all the peoples of the earth. How do we live that reality as Christians today?The Rev. Leslie Reimer will offer reflections for the season of Epiphany.

Memorial FlowersThe flowers at the altars are given to the glory of God

and in loving memory of:High Altar Charles Clifton Altman, M.D. and Susan Degnan Altman,

by their son, Charles R. Altman, their great granddaughters Anne Powers Bumsted, and Katherine Reed Bumsted.

Thomas and Lauren Deis, by their family.

Henry Dobson and John Iverson Dixon, by Margaret Dixon.

Oliver McClintock, by his wife.

Tommy and Florence Nimick, by Locky, Kit and Vikki.

Thomas and Elizabeth Harmar Searson, Richard Greville Searson, and Thomas Raymond Searson.

Walter N. Wilson, M.D., and L. Jane Wilson, by their family.

C. Holmes Wolfe, Jr. and Suzanne O. Wolfe, by friends.

Lady Chapel Bart and Virginia Shakarian, by his family.

All Saints John and Ellen Smonski, by their family.

Columbarium Nancy Gay Bateman and Dupuy Bateman, Jr., by Mr. and Mrs. Dupuy Bateman III, and Dupuy Bateman IV.

Peace Cross Richard Mather Marshall, Elizabeth Taylor Marshall, Major Richard Mather Marshall, Jr., and Major John Ashby Marshall, by their family.

Calvary Youth GroupLooking ahead: following the January 5 CYG meeting from 1–3:30 p.m. we ask CYGparents join us at 3:30 to discuss planning for the trip to the Elewana Education Projectin Kenya in 2015. There is more information about Kenya available on Calvary websiteor contact Geoff or Julie Dixon-Ernst.

At each of our gatherings there is always time for sharing a meal together, making newfriends or enjoying the fellowship among the group. If you haven’t come to CYG or ithas been awhile make a New Year’s resolution to join us in January. A calendar of eventsfor the coming term is on the Calvary website: www.calvarypgh.org, choose YouthGroup from the “Programs” drop down menu.

Christmas DayDecember 25, 2013

A Reading from the Book of Isaiah [52:7-10]

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messengerwho announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for inplain sight they see the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forthtogether into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lordhas bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Reader: The Word of the Lord.Congregation: Thanks be to God.

A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews [1:1-12]

Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways bythe prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exactimprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat downat the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as muchsuperior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellentthan theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are mySon; today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be his Father, andhe will be my Son”? And again, when he brings the firstborn intothe world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.” Of the angelshe says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire.”But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, andthe righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. You have lovedrighteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, hasanointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”And, “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but youremain; they will all wear out like clothing; like a cloak you will rollthem up, and like clothing they will be changed. But you are thesame, and your years will never end.”

Reader: The Word of the Lord.Congregation: Thanks be to God.

The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to John

[1:1-14]

Response before the Gospel: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, andthe Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All thingscame into being through him, and without him not one thing cameinto being. What has come into being in him was life, and the lifewas the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and thedarkness did not overcome it. There was a man sent from God,whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light,so that all might believe through him. He himself was not thelight, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, whichenlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in theworld, and the world came into being through him; yet the worlddid not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children ofGod, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh andlived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’sonly son, full of grace and truth.

Response after the Gospel: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

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The Clergy, Wardens, Vestry, and Staff of Calvary Episcopal Church

wish you peace at Christmas

and throughout the New Year.

– The Parish Council –

– The Calling Committee –

– The Vestry –2016

Catherine DavidsonAnne Kamstra Keeler

Tim RandallNevin Woodside

2017Karen Clay

Matt MuldoonGreg Norton

Kenneth Stiles

2014John AllisonCharles Oke

Sharon RiddlerThomas Schmidt

2015Nancy BromallGordon Fisher

Jamie McMahonMargaret O’Rourke

2016Jennifer De Rosa

Ann GouirandStephen Shandor

2017Pam HessBob King

Colleen Sari

2014John Horchner

G. Frederic Roth, presidentRoslyn Stone

2015Stephen Bloomburg

Pat Standring

The Reverend Leslie G. Reimer, Interim RectorThe Reverend Walter Szymanski, D. Min.,

Assisting PriestThe Reverend Carol Henley, Assisting PriestThe Reverend Ruth Bosch Becker,

Assisting PastorThe Reverend John J. Fetterman,

Theologian-in-ResidenceThe Reverend Zachary Drennen,

Missionary to KenyaDr. Alan Lewis, Director of MusicBill Gesin, Assistant OrganistJoseph D. C. Wilson III, Senior WardenTom Schmidt, Junior WardenRobert Eley, Treasurer

Adele Eley, Coordinator for Christian FormationArleen Walter,

Director of Finance and AdministrationMary Lou Southwood,

Chair, Stewardship CommitteePeggy Morycz, Director, BeginningsLouise Wells, Events CoordinatorKenneth Smith, Director of CommunicationsPenny Hunt, Administrative AssistantJeff Rutkowski, Head SextonMarsha Morris, Parish SecretarySherry Bloom, Manager, Bookstore at CalvaryRobert Dilts, Rebecca Randall, ArchivistsThe Reverend Harold T. Lewis, Ph.D.,

Rector Emeritus

■ CALVARY’S CLERGY AND STAFFCalvary Episcopal Church

315 Shady Avenue ❖ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206telephone: 412– 661–0120 ❖ facsimile: 412–661–6077

email: calvary@calvarypgh.org ❖ website: www.calvarypgh.orgOffice Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday

Jean AdamsFlorence AtwoodRuss Ayres, chair

Greg BradleyMichael Braxton

Kathleen Farrington

Lee HicksBecky Randall

Mark Rust

Susan ShaferWilliam Stevens

Joseph D. C. Wilson III