Worship Schedule

Sundays 8:00 & 10:30am

Wednesdays 5:30 pm

Other Educational Opportunities for Adults

The Library

The Library Committee had a very productive year. We conducted our annual book sale, which generated almost $725 to support our activities. With these funds, 33 new titles have been added to the collection. Subscriptions to six periodicals were continued. Additionally, through donations, 40 titles were also added.

We were able to help rebuild the library collections in two Episcopal churches that suffered destruction by acts of nature. One was Long Beach, Mississippi, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The other was closer to home, St. Luke and St. John, at Caruthersville, Missouri, (in our Diocese), destroyed by a tornado. After the sale, a large number of surplus books were donated to the Columbia Public Library.

It was another unusual year, because once again, the collection grew at about three times its normal rate. While we cannot expect to equal that growth every year, the Library Committee will attempt to increase the value of the collection to the parish by careful selection of new books as they become available.

Thursday Bible Study

The Thursday bible study meets on Thursdays at 1:30 and is open to anyone who is free at that time. We generally have six to eight people attend. Each semester (we break for the summers) we pick one book in the Bible and read it together in class. This year we read Psalms in the fall and in the winter picked up Romans.

Newcomer/Inquirer Class & Confirmation

Each year Calvary offers an Inquirer’s class for those seeking to know more about the Episcopal church. Members of this class may be received or baptized into the church if they chose to do so. Likewise, many of our youth choose to participate in a Confirmation class and join the church at its conclusion.

Daughters of the King

Daughters of the King is a prayer and service organization for women in the Episcopal Church. A short ceremony was held during church in July of 2006 to charter our chapter, install the new officers (that we recently elected) and then install our new members. Our St. Agatha chapter was chartered with 8 members. We meet monthly on the fourth Thursday of the month at the church. Members recently helped with the Stewardship dinner and are directed in their service as needed at the request of the Rector.

Education for Ministry - EFM Homepage

Education for Ministry continues strong in its 21st year at Calvary. The group is diverse in age and gender as well as ecumenical, with two members from outside Calvary. The group continues to meet on Thursday evenings for class and continues its shared ministry of serving at the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen the third Sunday of each month.

Calvary Men’s Group

We meet every Saturday morning at 11:00 for a one-hour session in Room 101. Attendance has run from a high of 7 to a low of 3.

The purpose of the Calvary Men is to provide a forum, strictly for men, to meet in fellowship and talk about spiritual and personal matters. We have read, among other books, Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures by Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. We think about what we are reading, air our views, share our experiences, argue with the author, and find Christian guidance. It is a good place to develop new friends and relationships.

Red Tent Women

The Red Tent Women, a book discussion group for women, opens the tent flap each fall for a great semester of reading, discussion and fellowship! Recent books have included Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and Barbara Brown Taylor’s Leaving Church.

The Red Tent meets the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the church. Contact Michelle Anderson for more information at