CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH

821 South Fourth Street

Louisville, Kentucky 40203

TEL: 502-587-6011; FAX: 502-587-6012; E-MAIL: Calv821@aol.com

WEB: http://www.calvaryepiscopal.org

Annual Meeting

January 19, 2003

10:00 a.m.

AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Opening Prayer

3. Election of the Secretary

Appointment of the

Parliamentarian

4. Minutes of the 2002

Annual Meeting

on January 13

5. The Election of the Vestry

Tellers are the five outgoing Vestry

members: Susan Baker,

Bill Crawford,

Dorn Crawford, Jamie Hendon,

Beverly Haverstock

6. Reports

7. Resolutions

8. For the Good of the Church

9. Adjournment

STATISTICS

1. From the Register of Services, January 1 – December 31, 2002:

Eucharists: 129 Other services: 32

Total Attendance: All Services – 9,992 (11,370 in 2001)

2. From the Parish Register:

Baptisms: 6 (4 in 2001)

Simon Chandler Fewell, Colley Wood Bell IV, Spencer Lee Robinson,

Cora Hamilton Martin, Jenna Marie Reynolds, Jacob Stephen Spanyer

Confirmations: NONE (5 in 2001)

Marriages: 5 (5 in 2001)

Stephen Joseph Davis-Karen Sue Pearson

Todd Patrick Carbury-Meredith Ann Leathers

Michael Shawn Long-Holli Michelle Johnson

Robert Keith Bussell-Anne Elizabeth Belton

Jeremy Andrew Hayden-Ainslie Elizabeth Carle

Burials: 4, plus two memorial services (8 in 2001)

Burial: Virginia B. Stewart, Larry Church, Harry A. Strater, Jr., Eugene P. Stuart

Memorial: Owen Paul Stovall, Dana Fox

3. Transfers In: 1 ( 5 in 2001)

Robert Calvin Martin II

(Take heart, we have already had FIVE transfers IN in the first two weeks of January 2003 – Hildegarde Temple, Catha Hannah, Michael Patterson, Todd O’Bryan, and

Burrel Farnsley.

4. Transfers Out: 10 (16 in 2001)

Michael, Katherine, and Emma Sims; Mary Ann Johnson, James Dissell,

Carol and Gary Spanyer, Shirley and Joe Beamer, Mary Rob Kagin

REPORT FROM THE PRIEST IN CHARGE

Though I am not the rector of Calvary Church, and though I chose not to become in any official capacity the interim rector, nonetheless I want to add my report to the many others that you will find in this booklet.

First of all, I want to thank you for the warm welcome that I received upon returning to Calvary Church last July. Everyone has been so helpful and desirous of cooperating with me in doing whatever needs to be done for the good of the parish at this time of transition. I have, as you know, committed myself to giving you 20 hours of my time each week. With my hours on Sunday and one week day, as well as the time I spend in sermon and Adult Forum preparation and the occasional pastoral needs that arise, I more than fulfill that commitment. It would be easy for me to let that time increase little by little until I was spending almost as much time as a rector would spend; but I have guarded against that, and I know that you understand why I have done so. Truth be told, I like being retired!

My commitment to you has been in two three-month periods; and I have now offered another four months because Easter comes very late again this year. Toward the end of that time, however, I will need seriously to weigh the future. I encourage your vestry/search committee to work hard in these next months and to move ahead with deliberateness in their search for a new rector for Calvary Church. If I see that progress is being made, I will give consideration to another block of time, though at this point I do not want to commit myself beyond the end of April.

I have tried, with small exceptions, to honor your traditions in worship because I am not your interim rector. But you surely understand (and if not, this is a good place to remind you) that you cannot expect a new rector to continue your liturgical life exactly as it has been. For one thing, were you to go back some years you would find that what you now think to be Calvary's tradition in liturgy has changed from time to time. But also, a rector must shape a liturgy as he or she thinks appropriate to the place and time, always paying attention to people's wishes but not necessarily honoring all of them. No one is going to come as your rector if the expectation, spoken or unspoken, is that all will remain the same. So I offer that thought to you as you begin a new search.

One thing I have observed in this time with you, as I compare it with my last time here, is that some of the energy in the parish seems to have been lost. Decision-making appears to be more and more difficult, and more loose ends are apparent. That is hardly surprising, considering that you have gone through a whole year's search, then welcomed a new rector, and then parted company with that rector a year later. That takes a lot out of a relatively small parish's leadership. But I cannot emphasize enough that you must guard against apathy because it will only damage your ability to attract someone to Calvary Church.

Something else that needs to be placed on the front burner is the whole matter of growth. Calvary has not grown for some years now, and while it is holding its own, that will change considerably over the next five to ten years unless new people are attracted to Calvary Church. It would help to have some measurable and attainable goals in this area, with clearly-stated strategies to reach those goals. In these days it is not enough to have the doors open for anyone who cares to come in. A parish must be proactive in this matter, finding ways to attract people. Visitors must be welcomed and follow-up calls must be made. Names need to be remembered and used. People must be worked quickly into the life of the parish in various ways. Coffee hours should be times when Calvary's leadership looks for faces of persons they don't know, whether newcomers or long-time members, and spends time with them, rather than with old friends.

These are just some observations I make at this time of the Annual Meeting. They are not meant to detract from the many good things that are part of Calvary's life, but I thought they would be helpful observations from someone like me who, though an outsider to Calvary, has spent many, many years leading a parish.

Again, thank you for your cooperation and friendship.

Richard H. Humke

The following reports are grouped according to our FOUR GREAT MINISTRIES of

EXCELLENCE at Calvary Episcopal Church

WORSHIP

CARE

EDUCATION

OUTREACH

(With Finances following!)

WORSHIP

MUSIC AT CALVARY

This is the 39^th time I have reported on the state of music at Calvary. The first part of 2002 was certainly the most traumatic of all of the years I have been here, as we strove against odds to continue the tradition begun back in the 19^th century that Calvary is the place to be for excellent music! As events unfolded, I am both relieved and encouraged to be able to say that the overwhelming desire to continue that tradition was manifested in resoundingly affirmative terms. We were able again to recognize that an inner city church has a special challenge to offer unique programs in order to attract people who have to pass four or five other churches to come from all over to get to Calvary. We have assessed and met that challenge through ambitious programs in music, outreach, communications, and education. While nothing can remain exactly the same, we have a firm foundation on which to build. Calvary can be a wonderful place, and what we have been through in 2002 has brought us closer together as a family and as a congregation that values excellent music as an integral part of our worship. I am pleased to be able to continue serving at Calvary.

This is the fourth year that the Calvary Adult Choir has been joined on many occasions by the Adult Calvary Orchestra, consisting of members of Calvary who play flute (Julio and James Racine), violin (Judy Wilson, Marie Racine, Marsha Webb, Anne Marie deZeeuw, James Racine), viola (Beth Rudwell, Nina Racine), cello (Judith Hamilton, Cynthia Racine), and harp (Julia Richardson). And do not forget our bagpipers, Anne Marie deZeeuw and Larry Frederiksen. We are grateful to them all for giving of their time and talent. We have joyfully watched as our small ones have developed into a genuine orchestra and into a top notch children’s chorus, thanks to the continued efforts of Judy Wilson and Elyse Hensley. Steve Wogaman has added another dimension to our diversity by providing both the piano and the music for the 9:30 service. We appreciate the dedication and expertise that the music brings to the services at Calvary; this is a true application of time and talent! For the adult choir, it means a commitment for the whole morning EVERY SUNDAY – all year long - for we rehearse an hour and a half before we ever get into church. That is a lot, and we are grateful to each and every member for that kind of loyalty.

Special events in 2002 for which the adult choir sang included Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Christmas Eve. We are also grateful to Laina Brown for providing a wonderful dinner for the choir after the rehearsal on December 23. We are pleased to welcome Michael Patterson, Tori Long, and Todd O’Bryan as new choir members.

The 16^th Annual Lenten Listen and Lunch Series this spring was again a real community effort, with excellent recitals and luncheons prepared by more than 40 Calvary volunteers. Over 240 people attended the four Wednesday concerts. The opening Wednesday concert was not held because of a very special honor received that day in Frankfort by Melvin Dickinson, the Governor’s Award in the Arts. The recitals generated donations of $828.92 that were used to buy food for the needy who come to Calvary’s doors every day. Other concerts and recitals included one by the Louisville Bach Society, violin recitals by students of Judy Wilson, a solo recital by Julia Richardson, and various tour demonstrations. A special highlight was the annual Bach Society Children’s Concert on May 13, when Calvary was filled with children.

As to what I do …. For six days a week (Fridays are usually days off, except for weddings, funerals, and unexpecteds), I continue to try to balance a vital music program and all it entails with tons of other things: running the food program; coordinating the clothing clients; serving as board secretary for the Help Ministries; composing and printing the weekly bulletins, the newsletter, posters, and other mailings and chasing after people who don’t understand deadlines; coordinating weddings; coordinating the Lenten Series, serving as cook, organ recitalist and troubleshooter; fighting with the computer; cooking up jobs for others to do; and performing all sorts of janitorial tasks. I even manage to practice now and then! The interim period has presented special challenges of time, talent, and patience for me, and I thank all who have made special efforts to be of help for the day to day operation of our ministries. In addition to being most grateful to Melvin Dickinson, our volunteer choir director, and the Calvary staff, I would like to express extreme gratitude to Fr. Dick Humke, who has been absolutely wonderful to work with. And I emphasize WORK WITH!I would also like to thank Jim and LaNell Barnes, who have made life much easier for us all by volunteering one day a week and sometimes far more. The people of Calvary can give me great joy, and I hope that it is so for you, as well. The involvement I have every day with the people who have much less than we do is a never-ending source of humbleness for me, and I am grateful that, through our many ministries, we can make a difference for them. May we continue to be uniquely supportive of each other and those to whom we minister.

Margaret Dickinson

The Children’s Choral Ensemble

This group meets almost weekly at the end of the Church School hour. We sing four or five times a year at the 11:00 service. We have contributed to the services on such occasions as Thanksgiving, Mother’s Day, Palm Sunday, and the Christmas Pageant. Our singers range in age from nursery to high school! We welcome children of all ages to sing with us whenever they can.

Elyse Hensley

The Calvary Youth Orchestra

Our Calvary Youth orchestra has gotten some new recruits this year, due to some young people beginning violin and cello lessons. We happily welcome them to our orchestra. We have played a number of times, including the pageant and Christmas Eve, and even entertained in the Parish Hall for Coffee Hour. Musicians who have performed with us during 2002 include Mary Jane Booker, Mary Gail Richardson, Anne Richardson, Haley Hensley, Kelsey Hensley, Audrey Hensley, Rosemary Wilson, McKenna Webb, and Christian Hannah. We keep growing and improving.

Judy Pease Wilson

CHALICE BEARERS

This unique lay ministry continues alive and well at Calvary. Serving during the past year were: Carla McCarty, Eugene Roberts, Sally Reisz, Phil Fabrizio, Willem Wiese, Whitney O’Bannon, Clyde Warner, Art Dietz, Joan Wempe, Barret Hill, Beverly Haverstock, Jim Barnes, Judy Pease Wilson, John Cunningham, and Norman McKenna.

Many thanks are due these people for their constancy and commitment to this significant ministry.

Ned Reiter

ALTAR GUILD

The Altar Guild is responsible for preparing the Altar for Communion each Sunday. This includes purchasing and arranging flowers, sweeping and dusting the Altar area, and setting out the “instruments of Communion” for each service.

Calvary’s 2003 Altar Guild is blessed with 13 members; Michele Wogaman, Lea Davis, Corky Sachs, Ruth Robins, Hildegarde Temple, Nancy Anderson, Michele Dreyer, Glenna Harris, Meg Sharre, Deborah Stewart, Kathy Hendon, Larry Brown, and myself. Also, Jerry Lyndrup has been a wonderful help to me again this year and Ned Reiter has provided helpful instruction and support. The flowers donated by the congregation are selected and arranged by the Altar Guild team members. I believe they all have done a wonderful job with the flowers, and I am sure all of you who donate in memory or thanksgiving of loved ones appreciate the beauty and color they bring to the church.

I want to thank all of my Altar Guild members for all that they do and assure them that neither I, nor Calvary, could manage without them. Thank you and God bless.

Lynne Lyndrup, Chair, Altar Guild

TAPE AND WORD MINISTRY

The year 2002 marked the 20th year of the Tape Ministry. We have distributed over 1,885 tapes to people who are not able to attend Calvary for reasons of absence or illness. We also tape all weddings, funerals, and baptisms and give them as gifts to the families involved. We also have a duplicating machine, and are able to make copies of services. Just bring us a tape, and we'll do the rest.

The sermons by the Rector are again a weekly offering on our web page, after a year’s absence. We are grateful to Fr. Humke for reinstating that valuable means of communication. The Calvary Connection is on the web again. Bookmarks describing our many Calvary programs are also available, as well as bulletins from way back up to the present.

As stated, we continue to tape each service. You are invited to check out tapes of services back to 1982, if you wish! We are very grateful to Joyce Tichenor, who has taken on the monumental task of cataloging and rearranging service tapes clear back to 1981. She is also cleaning up and cataloging all of the tapes that have been in disarray for much of 2002 due to the great fall, when the entire bookcase and part of the wall in the library collapsed! You can also check out books in our library. Do remember, however, if you check out a book, to return it!

Margaret Dickinson

USHERS 2002

The year 2002 proved to be a rather challenging year for the Calvary ushering program. For various reasons, several of those who had committed to serve this year passed on the opportunity when their month arrived. That left us shorthanded on more than one occasion. Nevertheless all ushering duties were carried out each Sunday with grace and good humor. Thanks go to all of you who served as ushers in 2002.

We expect most everyone from 2002 to return as ushers in 2003 and hope to recruit a few new candidates in the coming weeks. If you have an interest please contact me.

Jerry Lyndrup

PEW MATERIALS COMMITTEE

This committee’s duties include making sure pencils, prayer cards, and Welcome to Calvary brochures are provided in the pews, and keeping the rack at the rear of the church supplied with Calvary Connections, church history, booklets, information, and tour brochures. Bulletin-stuffing on Saturday mornings is also a major project of this committee.

If anyone has any suggestions that they feel might fit in with this committee, please contact me. Thank you.

Larry Brown

LAY READERS

We currently have a roster of 29 lay readers for the 11:00 services, plus others who do earlier services. The reading of scripture by lay people in their own language and with nuanced understanding is at the foundation of Protestantism in general and Anglicanism in particular; those brief and simple moments in each service where the priest sits and listens while the rest of us take us back to our historical roots. It is important that the readers read well, but just as important that they read with the variety of voices that make up our communion, even within a relatively small community. It has been my pleasure to hear those voices all these years, as well as to work with this most cooperative and responsive group of people. I am happy to announce that Jim Barnes has been named co-chair for Lay Reading (a function he has been performing informally for years) so that there is more likely to be someone present for last-minute changes on a Sunday morning. My thanks to Jim and to all the lay readers for their contribution to our worship.

Jonathan Smith

FLOWER DELIVERY

We continue to have a faithful group of volunteers to deliver the flowers each Sunday after the 11:00 service. The flowers are taken to parishioners and others who are unable to attend services. There are 24 family units involved in this volunteer effort. We welcome any others who would be willing to perform this service two or three Sundays a year. Please speak to either Mike or Wilma Wilson or sign up on the Time and Talent brochure. Current deliverers are: Nancy Anderson, Nick and Susan Baker, John Bugbee and Huyett Hurley, Sandra Cherry, John Cunningham, Art and Jean Dietz, Victoria Dempsey, Beverly Dugan, Larry Frederiksen and Anne Marie deZeeuw, Dean and Linda French, Marshall and Whitney Hardy, Ralph Hirsbrunner, Michael and Elyse Hensley, Ted Mussler and Louisa Henson, Shirley Leach, Alex and Mary Redden, Ruth Robins, Harold and Marion Six, Harvey Turner, Clyde Warner, Robert and Norma Weaver, Ken and Joan Wempe, Harriett Wilson, and Steve and Michele Wogaman.

Mike and Wilma Wilson

CARE

SENIOR WARDEN

This letter marks my last after three years as a warden. I was blessed to serve two terms as junior warden under Jim Barnes. Jim’s leadership and dedication to our church were exceptional. Similarly, I have been blessed to work with Will Cary, our Junior Warden, during the past year. Will’s energy and willingness to take on any task should serve as a model to us all. The latest example of his work is evident in the narthex. Last month, Will and a crew of painters spent a long week plastering and painting this main entry to our church. The result is the final and most visible step in repairing a leak that was first discovered in the south wall years ago. Many noticed the damage, and I hope everyone will notice Will’s work and thank him appropriately.

I would be remiss if I did not mention my fellow four-year vestry members who will retire with me this year. Susan Baker, Dorn Crawford, Beverly Haverstock, and Jamie Hendon have all contributed countless hours of their time and talents for the benefit of us all. The amount of work completed by the vestry during their tenure has been substantial. I need not remind you of the year 2002, but this group has unselfishly served since January 1999.

I cannot imagine what we would have done without Richard Humke these last six months. He stepped into Calvary as an emergency interim priest, providing great wisdom and a unifying presence in a great time of need. Dick, of course, had the help of our dedicated and experienced staff. Margaret, as always, has provided leadership and a never ending willingness to handle any problems on an ad hoc basis. Callie and Susan know their jobs so well that I never needed to worry for a minute about Christian education or our books. Judy Shively came to us last April as receptionist and has proven to be both a positive presence and a tremendous help to both staff and parishioners at Calvary.

As I step down, the major undertaking for the vestry remains finding a new rector. During the past several months, we have followed through on a number of leads brought forward by the congregation and by Bishop Gulick. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, none of these individuals has proven to be a mutually compatible fit. At this stage of the search process, there has been a slight change of focus. The national church in New York maintains a Church Deployment Office (CDO) that, working through the bishop’s office and diocesan deployment officers, assists congregations in their search processes. Each participating parish completes a CDO profile and submits it to the national office. The profile is run through a computer search that matches the attributes a church is looking for in a rector with the background and desires of priests looking for new positions. Just five weeks ago, the national church completed changing their CDO system to a new format. and our parish profile is in that system Will Cary and Don Snow are acting as our primary Diocesan contacts, and we have just been assigned a new consultant, Mark Linder, Rector of Christ Church, Bowling Green. He served in the same position for St. Andrew’s, Louisville. He has proven both proactive and professional in his initial dealings with Will and Don. As you know, Bishop Gulick is on sabbatical, but he has made himself available to your wardens.

Once again, I wish to thank Will Cary. He has become a great friend and confidant to me during some very difficult times. When there was no one else to turn to, I could always count on Will. He has taken the lead in the current search process, a position that should make all of us very comfortable. In addition, Will has gladly and ably filled in for me on numerous occasions during the last quarter of 2002. As work and school have taken greater amounts of my time, your Junior Warden has been pulling double duty. I ask that you join me in saying thank you to all members of the vestry. It is a thankless, albeit rewarding, job, and a pat on the back goes a long way in reminding your friends that their work is valued.

Bill Crawford, Senior Warden

JUNIOR WARDEN

We began this year with a new rector and a keen eye towards the future. God has a plan for us all, but none of us could have imagined the journey on which we were about to embark. The calm of January became the turmoil of a bleak February. The vestry had to handle a conflict no congregation would ever wish upon itself. We found ourselves with a situation that required the Bishop and a professional mediator to help us find an answer.

This difficult process entailed the wardens working closely with the Bishop, as the rector is paid by Calvary per canon, but works at the calling of the Bishop. The solution was reached after a process mapped out by the mediator. The congregation had an opportunity to have a voice at an open forum, and the rector was counseled by the Bishop. It was agreed that the rector would resign effective May 26, 2002, and he would receive a year’s compensation, plus $20,000.

The Rev. Whit Soards was able to celebrate the Eucharist for the next four Sundays, and she was a great healer in a difficult time in the life of Calvary Episcopal Church. With joy we received the Rev. Richard Humke on July 1, as he graciously agreed to return to Calvary as interim priest. I want to say that just as I was embarrassed at some of the gossip that flew around during this difficult time, I am equally proud of the way this congregation has stuck together. I believe we became closer as we weathered this storm.

Together we have raised the money to satisfy the Rector Transition Fund. This year’s stewardship campaign was/is being run with great zeal by Ruth Robins, Meg Scharre, and Ginger Grizzle. Our Time and Talent Sunday was a great success, not to mention Ora Ferguson’s classic punch. We’ve also had our share of losses. But Calvary is a resilient and vibrant community. I see a bright future ahead where we can find a spiritual leader with a vision we all can share. We need to finish the final details of protecting and restoring our magnificent facility. Together we can enjoy a Calvary that grows in numbers and strength, a Calvary that pulses with inreach and outreach.

Personally, I want you to know that it has been an honor for me to have served as the peoples’ warden in 2002. My ministry of light (bulbs), watering the grounds during the drought, repairing the marble tiles and the narthex, playing the guitar with the children’s choir, picking up trash, make me feel better about my day. I think that is why we are all a part of Calvary – it makes us feel better about our days. The gospel according to Jesus Christ is our roadmap. But we are now the players.

Yours in Christ, Will Cary, Junior Warden

HOSPITALITY

The Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall after the 11:00 service has become the traditional gathering place for Calvary parishioners to meet, greet, and eat! In 2002, as our Calvary family ran the gamut of joy and pain, these times to come together became increasingly important as we took on the task of caring and nurturing each other. Thanks go to the many who provided food ranging from simple to elaborate. All sorts and conditions were welcomed with enthusiasm. As we enter 2003, we emphasize that your participation in all aspects of coffee hour is not only appreciated, but needed. If you would like to host a coffee hour, please sign up on the calendar posted on the bulletin board right outside the kitchen. The vestry has authorized, and people have contributed to, the purchase of a freezer, so prospects of hosting a coffee hour need not be as daunting as sometimes in the past.

Louisa Henson

BURIALGROUND

The grounds have been well tended by the efforts of several volunteers and the paid help of Fairleigh Brooks.

There are brochures available in the church office or in the window facing the Burial Ground, should you wish to have information about procedures for

interment of ashes in the Calvary Burial Ground.

The ashes of eleven people have been interred to date in the Burial Ground.

The members of the Burial Ground Committee for 2003 are: Nancy Anderson, Will Cary, Dorn Crawford, Jim Barnes, Margaret Kulp, and Lois O’Hara.

Whitney Hardy, Chairman

Kitchen and Housekeeping

With wonderful help from Joyce Tichenor, Leslie Dame, Whitney Hardy, Jim McCarty and Victoria Lyons, the Committee has seen to the cleaning and supplying of the kitchen and the tidying of the church plant in general, bridging the gap between a cleaning service and the feeling of “home”. We make sure the basic kitchen staples are on hand, from cleaning items to serving items to coffee and creamer and so forth, thus complementing the Hospitality and Outreach Committees’ supplying of specific occasions with provender. As well, we have our organizing, neatening nose into closets and cabinets all over the church, wherever there is tidying to be done. The goal is to keep the church “feeling” hospitable and welcoming, and nothing does that more than neatness and cleanliness.

We begin this new year with good things to report: Joyce has made good headway with straightening the mass of fallen and jumbled service tapes, and Whitney has done good beginning organization in the Parish Hall supply closet. Both these projects need completion, and will be worked on during this year. The kitchen itself is halfway through a scrubbing-up, and that, too will be pursued as time permits.

We meet at the church every other Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m., and we welcome with open arms and extra aprons any who would like to join in! Contact Carla L. McCarty for more information.

CRISIS CARE

The Crisis Care Committee chaired by Nancy Anderson has been just limping along for the past couple of years due to a number of factors. The first one is that we don’t have nearly enough members and we would like to solve that problem this year by having more of our congregation willing to write notes, make phone calls and deliver food to all of those in need. The second factor was a lack of organization due to the fact that the chairperson had two years of crisis herself in this period. No excuses, just the facts.

I am happy now to announce that the co-chairs of this committee are Jean Dietz and Nancy Anderson. We hope that together we will be able to bring some order out of chaos and in doing so we hope to entice some more members of this congregation to help us in many ways other than cooking. We need phone callers and note writers as well as people willing to go to the church, pick up the food and deliver it to those in need.

Jean has volunteered to telephone Margaret each Wednesday to find out who needs our help, and we encourage each and every one of you to call one of us whenever you see or sense a need in all members of the congregation.

Nancy Anderson

BREAKFASTS

Calvary has had a long tradition of Breakfast at 8:45 a.m. We are most fortunate to have Laina and John Brown as our creative cooks for a number of years now, ably assisted by their son, Griffin. We have come to expect and enjoy every sort of gourmet breakfast you can think of.

Laina and John also enjoy doing the breakfasts, and in 2000, we expanded to two Sundays a month! Then, in 2001, we received an incredibly generous gift. The Browns decided not to charge for their breakfasts, for they consider them a way in which they can give something back to the Calvary they love so much. This generous gift has continued for 2002. If you wish to make monetary donations anyway, they are given directly to the Dorothy Jones Food Closet to feed the hungry in our neighborhood. Bottom line is that Laina, Johnny, and Griffin are thereby not only feeding us, but are also helping to feed our underprivileged neighbors. Amazing and gratifying!

The breakfasts are usually served on the first and third Sundays of the month, with a couple of exceptions when the schedule demands. Check the bulletin to be sure. We are very grateful to the Browns for providing the breakfast bounty. Be sure and tell them that the next time you partake!

MLD

Prayer Committee- Calvary Intercessional Prayer Group

Our prayer group “meets” daily in the sense of agreeing to pray daily. In outer-world terms, we do not ever physically meet. All communication is done through the mail, and the responsibility of each prayer group member is simply to pray daily for those souls on their prayer list. We keep the members up to date with additions to their lists between official list sendings. This year, we have also kept members up to date with individual letters. In this time of need, Margaret Dickinson has been absolutely invaluable to the Prayer Committee, being a most reliable source of information on the welfare of the parish’s members. I would offer many thanks to the 18 anonymous members of the Prayer Group. They have prayed for over 300 souls during this last year, as well as taking on several general prayer projects, praying for the suffering due to terrorism and war, for our church, for the vestry, and for this time of transition. Special thanks to an anonymous member who takes upon herself the large duty of writing prayer notes on behalf of the group!

We would greatly welcome new members! Please contact Carla L. McCarty for more information and a warm welcome to this much appreciated parish lay ministry.

Carla Lisbeth Rueckert McCarty

EDUCATION

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Calvary Church School invites children and youth to participate in the stories and lessons of God’s calling to us. We offer classes for persons whose ages range from infancy to adult. All classes meet from 10:00 to 10:50 a.m. on Sundays, with music rehearsal during that time. Throughout the year, the Calvary Church School teaching staff supports the students in fulfilling their baptismal covenants through instruction and guidance on the Scriptures, Sacraments, Liturgy, Church History, Prayer, and Community Building. Lessons are taught through Bible study, hands-on activities, discussion, individual and group projects, intergenerational activities, celebrations, etc. Our mission “is to create a lifelong desire in the hearts of our young people to serve God by following the teachings of His Son Jesus Christ.” Students learn of fellowship with their church friends and how to live a Christ-centered life. Teaching staff for the fall included: Darlene & Jake Clay in the Nursery; Gail Richardson, Kathy Booker, Brenda Shelton, Shirley Leach in Preschool/Primary Godly Play Class; Kate and Carrie Crawford in Intermediate; Franklin Starks and Catha Hannah in the Youth Class; Rev. Humke in the Adult Forum. Elyse Hensley is the Children’s Music Ensemble Director, accompanied by Will Cary, and Judy P. Wilson is the Children’s String Ensemble Director. Dr. Carl Hausman is the Family Librarian. Many other people contribute to the mission of Calvary’s Educational programs and we appreciate everyone’s participation!

There are approximately 55 children and youth registered for classes as of the Fall of 2002/Spring 2003. During the summer, we continued the Summer Story Hour with great success, as well as providing some Godly Play stories. Special events continued with the traditions of the Advent Event, Lenten Event, Easter Celebration, Children’s Ensemble singing and/or playing at various services, including Palm Sunday and the Christmas Pageant.

The annual Christmas Pageant included approximately 35 children and youth as cast members, musicians, and readers. We thank all those who participated and assisted to make the Pageant such a success.

Callie A. Hausman, DRE

YOUTH GROUP

Throughout the year, the Calvary Youth Group participated in service and entertainment events. Some of the highlights included: the Progressive Dinner with hosts Suzie Egger, Barret Hill, Dr. Richard Dame, and the Llewellyn family; serving dinner at Wayside Christian Mission; serving Thanksgiving dinner to 75 children at Kid’s Café; preparing and serving pancakes at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper; enjoying a video scavenger hunt; and pizza dinners. We give thanks to Kit Llewellyn and Suzie Egger, our youth leaders, and Sally Reisz, Will Cary, and Craig Brangers, who are always willing to help.

Callie A, Hausman, DRE

http://www.calvaryepiscopal.org

Calvary’s electronic phase continues! E-mail now is used for annual report documents, newsletter articles, news from former parishioners all over the country, address changes, and just to keep up in general with the many Calvaryites who wouldn’t pick up the phone, but can jot a quick note and get a reply in a flash. We have added a great deal to our website in 2002, including reinstatement of the sermon and CALVARY CONNECTION links, a link for vestry minutes, and various current events in the life of Calvary. We are aware also that prospective candidates for rector will peruse this website, and are proud to present it. For those of you who have recently caught the computer bug, we remind you that our E-Mail address is Calv821@aol.com. We also have another address that may not be checked that often: CEC821S@bellsouth.net. The Web address is above. Let us hear from you! As always, we are grateful to Bob Forbes, who monitors, updates, and creates things for the page. Call us up! MLD

OUTREACH

THE DOROTHY JONES FOOD CLOSET

As you can see from the chart, Calvary has been the food arm of the Help Ministries of Central Louisville for so long that we now have to print it sideways to accommodate all the activity since 1988! For those stat-minded freaks like me, you will be interested to know that we have handed out 21,875 food bags since we started keeping records in 1988. Those food bags have fed 38,021 people. Astounding! The 2002 distribution set all time records, both for the number of food bags and the number of people fed. We gave out 2,460 bags that fed 4,154 people, the first time we have broken 4,000. That’s an average of over 30 bags of food a week – ONE BAG AT A TIME - which makes for active days from 9:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon. We did, in November, set single-month records for orders and numbers of people, due to our massive response to the need for Thanksgiving turkeys. This year we gave out 313 turkeys that fed over 600 people. We may say WONDERFUL that we could give out so many bags and so many turkeys to help so many people, until you stop to consider the terrible need in our neighborhood that prompts such attention. We are so grateful to the many people who helped pull off these projects, especially the Sixes, Pam Evans, Burt Smith, Bill Adams, Walt Morris and others who shopped, shelved, and handed out! Life was a little less hectic with the addition of our receptionist, Judy Shively, in April, but the increased numbers kept – and keep - us all hopping every morning.

In addition to the Lenten Lunch Series that generated $828.92 in 2002, we have been well supported by others in the community. Kentucky Harvest has led the way, funneling food from Kroger, Ermin’s, Tyson Chickens, KFC, and various school and business collections. Walt Morris has been invaluable in picking up food from all over the city, and we are greatly indebted to him. We are pleased that St. Francis in the Fields, Christ Church Cathedral, and St. Matthews Episcopal Churches have increased the amount of food they have donated from time to time. The continued stalwarts in our ever-expanding food distribution, however, are always the parishioners of Calvary Episcopal Church! So very many of you help in so many ways. We – and our clients – thank you.

Margaret Dickinson.

CALVARY FOOD DISTRIBUTION

1988 - 2002

Orders

1988