Christ's words and Spirit are within us. We need to thank God daily for these gifts. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can produce yields of 100, or, 60, or 30 times--in our words and deeds. ...

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Our 2024 Calvary Christmas Community Meal will be after our 10:30 Eucharist on Christmas Day, December 25, 2024. There are sign-up sheets on the bulletin board outside the Calvary kitchen. Here is a copy of the paper sign-up form we are using at church. Online we use Sign-up Genius. Here is the link to sign-up online....

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Our 2024 Calvary Thanksgiving Community Meal was a success. 27 people came and shared conversation and plenty of Thanksgiving food. People had some to take home and the balance of the left-overs made a nice contribution on Thanksgiving to Lazarus House in St. Charles. Thanks to everyone who came and to everyone who donated food. Here are some pictures from the meal as well as a list of donors....

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Sunday, November 24, 2024 Hi, Everyone, Happy Holidays! It is again my pleasure to ask each of you, to pray and to give thought to Christmas gifts for Fr Mike and for our staff, Valerie Budach (our office manager) Ross Neir (Director of Youth Christian Education and Development), Mark Kline, our Interim Organist, and Phil Prior, our Sexton. As we did last year, while your gift is not tax-deductible, you can make your checks to Calvary Special Funds and mark on them Christmas Gift for—then please add the name(s) and amount(s) of......

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. Fr Marcus Johnson’s homily for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, 07/10/2022, Calvary Episcopal Church, Batavia, IL. “Go and Do Likewise”–the parable of the Good Samaritan– Love the Lord. Love your Neighbor as Yourself. Who is my neighbor? This is Christ’s answer to “Who is my neighbor.” (Readings: Amos 7: 7-17; Psalm 82; Colossians 1: 1-14; Luke 10:25-37) YouTube Link: Holistic Eucharist–5th Sunday after Pentecost–07/10/2022 Link: Tithe.ly–Our Online Giving Resource Link: CEB Stewardship 2022 Link: Independent Movie Study 2022      ...

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