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
18, 2004
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 2003
Annual Meeting
on January 19
5.
The Election of the
Vestry, Class of 2006
Tellers
are the four outgoing Vestry members: Will Cary, Don Snow,
Harvey Turner, Clyde Warner
6.
Reports
7.
Resolutions
8. For the Good of the Church
9.
Adjournment
- From the Register of
Services, January 1 – December 31, 2002:
Eucharists: 114
Other services: 55
Total
Attendance: All Services – 9,850
(9,992 in 2002)
- From the Parish
Register:
Baptisms: 6 (6 in 2002)
Nicole Curley, Allister
Brackett, Lyman Brackett, Zachary Kaufman
Marguerite Perryman, William Mercil
Confirmations: 5 (None in 2001)
David Stewart, Deborah Stewart, John Speed Meyers,
Sandra Mercil, Stephen Wogaman
Marriages: 7 (5 in 2002)
Jeremy Brabant - Katherine Mastrolis
Steffen Erler – Michelle Bodner
Robert Delaney – Rebecca Greenwell
Paul Mickler - Vivian Smallwood
Marie Racine - Jorge Montilla
Kendra Kremer - Rob Patterson
Cynthia Racine – John Tran
Burials: 11
(4 in 2002)
Virginia Pirtle, Ida Deetsch, Edward Scales, Geraldine Jessee,
Margaret Lindsey, Wilbur Duvall, Anne Carter Speed, Elleanor
Blakemore,
Marjorie Strater, Zilpha Stovall, Hilton Wallace
- Transfers In: 5 ( 1 in 2002)
Hildegarde Temple, Catha
Hannah, Michael Patterson, Todd O’Bryan,
Burrel Farnsley
- Transfers Out: 12 (10 in 2001)
Carroll DeHart, Courtney
Kidd, Douglas, Jason, and Jacqueline Fresh, Susan, Hillary, Henry, and Samuel
Hunt, Stephanie Fabrizio, Corbin Crutcher, Colley Bell
The Rev. Marc and Leticia Vance
1709 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne, Florida 32901
321-951-3485 vanceclan@cfl.rr.com
January 9, 2004
My Dear Friends at Calvary Church,
I do not believe I can find adequate words to express the depth of my sorrow at the situation in which we find ourselves. We had such excitement, hopes, and dreams. I told my congregation here that, even while I continue to love and serve them, I was already thinking into the third year at Calvary. Unfortunately, because of completely unanticipated circumstances that occurred just prior to Christmas, resulting in a devastating family crisis, as you are aware, I am unable to move forward and accept the call to serve as Calvary’s next rector.
Knowing Calvary’s recent history, it is all the more painful to have gotten so close to beginning a new era and to watch the Holy Spirit renew and revitalize Calvary, only now to have to enter into yet another period of reflection and patient search. Calvary has been in my constant prayers since we had our first conversations, and will continue in these coming weeks.
Even in the midst of turmoil in which Calvary has been thrust, the outpouring of support that we have received from Calvary and Bishop Gulick in this most difficult time in our lives has been overwhelming. Truly, the Holy Spirit is at work in the people of Calvary. It is this reliance upon the Spirit of God as the source of strength and guidance which convinces me that Calvary will continue to attract sound leadership, be an attractive place for those seeking depth of faith, and through it all reflect the glory of God in its life and ministry.
And now may the peace of God rule our hearts. In deep sorrow and trusting in hope, I remain
Faithfully yours,
The Rev. Marc Vance
REPORT
FROM THE PRIEST IN CHARGE
I
think I will rent a video of “The Man Who Came To Dinner” one of these days to
see if my life has some similarity to the life of the man in the film. It never occurred to me, when I wrote this
same report for last January’s Annual Meeting, that I would be writing one
again the next year; and it was only after Margaret reminded me that this
report was overdue (!), that I realized I needed to write something.
Despite
a major disappointment at the end of the year it has been a good year for
Calvary Church, particularly when one considers that Calvary has been living
once again in an interim time. The two
pieces of hard data to which I can refer, namely attendance and
pledging/giving, while not exceptional by any means, have not been in decline;
and that in itself is something for which to be grateful.
A
significant part of parish life, however, is not measured by hard data and so
is more difficult to come by. A
full-time priest would have the pulse of the parish better than I and would be
more aware of those things that are not so easily measured as dollars and
attendance. I am referring to such matters as growth in loyalty, a deepening
understanding of the Christian Faith, a desire to bring others to a commitment
to Christ within the Church, and a more mature personal spiritual life. I certainly believe that these things are
true for some people at Calvary, but because I am not as involved in the life
of the parish as a rector would be, I cannot measure them as well.
Many
parishes in the Episcopal Church have been in controversy following the action
of General Convention this past summer to ordain as a bishop a man who is gay
and living in a long-term committed relationship with another man. People at Calvary have differing views on
the wisdom and rightness of this decision, but we have not seen ourselves torn
apart by these differences. That speaks
very well for the prevailing spirit at Calvary Church.
As
the year drew to a close, there was excitement at Calvary about the arrival of
a new rector at the beginning of the new year.
And then we were informed that this would not be the case after
all. Your search committee and vestry
did everything they could have done to assure that the right person would be
called as rector of Calvary Church, and there was no way that they could have
foreseen this difficulty.
What
does a parish do when something like this happens? Just what you do in your own life: you pick yourself up and move on. Plans are being made to continue the search, and you will be kept
informed about it as time goes on.
I
have agreed to stay on at Calvary through February. Joan and I have plans to be gone during March, but I will come
back for Easter and stay through May.
That will give your vestry and the Bishop time to make plans and it will
also allow me time to think about the summer months. The bottom line is this:
Calvary will be just fine because it has committed leadership and
faithful people.
Thank
you for your support and your many kindnesses.
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 40th time I have reported on the state of music at Calvary!
Permit me to reflect for a moment on the past 40 years. When I arrived (as a
youngster fresh from two years in Germany!), I inherited a disgruntled, small
choir. The rest had been “fired” by the rector, who refused to continue paying
them $3 a week for taxi fare and $2 for lunch money. Those singers who stayed
were not active in any part of the life of the parish except singing in the choir.
After a long tenure by Ruth Ewing (23 years), there had been a succession of
four music directors, none lasting more than a year. Obvious challenges
awaited! The most exciting thing was that a new pipe organ was to arrive soon.
The old 1903 organ was torn out right after I arrived, so the memory of my
first Christmas at Calvary was playing in the balcony on a rented electronic
device that picked up the radio signal from the 800 building across the street.
During a silent moment, the organ speaker suddenly blared forth with Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer!
The very first Bach Society concert was at Calvary
in 1964, but in 1966, the rector decided we needed to move to the Cathedral
(long story!), where the LBS made its home until Ben Sanders became rector and
invited us back, and even joined the group as an accomplished tenor. A
stipulation of Mary Bingham’s gift for our choir loft, built in 1994, was that
the Bach Society be given a permanent home at Calvary, and we are grateful.
As the
years ensued, the choir grew, and the members became more active in all aspects
of lay ministry. When Melvin Dickinson joined us in 1979 as a volunteer choir
director, a post he still holds, the choir really took off, and has remained a
willing, talented and able part of the fabric of Calvary Church. Members serve
on the vestry, as chalice bearers, lay readers, volunteers, flower deliverers,
hospitality hosts, and in many other ways. We’ve progressed a lot from taxi and
lunch!
An
important thing to recognize is 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, as well as
those who live in the neighborhood. 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
the last four or so years has brought us closer together as a family and as a
congregation that values excellent music as an integral part of our worship. At
this writing, there are big challenges yet to be met, but with God’s help, we
can weather the storm and know that the light at the end of the tunnel is not
an oncoming train!
This is
the fifth 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 Montilla, Marsha Webb,
Anne Marie deZeeuw, James Racine), viola (Beth Rudwell, Nina Racine), cello
(Judith Hamilton, Cynthia Racine Tran), and harp (Julia Richardson). Through
marriage, we have added a clarinet to the Racine family and ours – Jorge
Montilla. 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 become good enough to form a children’s
orchestra and further develop a children’s chorus, thanks to the continued
efforts of Judy Wilson and Elyse Hensley. 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 2003 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 22. We had a
group of 61 people in the Bach Haus, and enjoyed the fellowship. Little did we
know that on Christmas Eve the flu would hit the soprano and bass soloists! Our
thanks to Kathy Cantrell and Michele Wogaman for doing superb jobs of singing
the solos without rehearsal, and to Alex for toughing it out.
The 17th
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 295 people attended the five Wednesday concerts.
The recitals generated donations of $862.76 that were used to buy food for the
needy who come to Calvary’s doors every day. We’ll miss Zilpha Stovall this
year. Other concerts and recitals included one by the Louisville Bach Society,
violin recitals by students of Judy Wilson, and various tour demonstrations. A
special highlight was the annual Bach Society Children’s Concert on May 11,
when Calvary was filled with children.
As to what
I do …. for six days a week , 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 volunteers; 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, Jim Barnes (our
librarian), and the Calvary staff, I would like to express extreme gratitude to
Fr. Dick Humke, with whom it’s wonderful to work.
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. We live in
challenging times!
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 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. Musicians who have performed
with us during 2003 include Mary Jane Booker, Mary Gail Richardson, Anne
Richardson, Haley Hensley, Kelsey Hensley, Audrey Hensley, Rosemary Wilson,
McKenna Webb, Katherine Gruneisen, Elizabeth Walton, and Christian Hannah. We
keep growing and improving.
Judy Pease Wilson
ACOLYTES
The
acolyte program continues to prosper, despite the lack of seniors in the
current lineup. Bedrock performers like
Tori Long and Haley and Kelsey Hensley are anchoring nearly every 11:00
service, with regular participation as well by Mary Jane Booker, Griffin Brown,
Pinkney Wiggins, and Rosemary Wilson.
Will Cary and Grant and Grey French continue to reinforce when they’re
able. This solid experience base has
helped sustain the program, and its contribution to the Calvary experience,
through a lengthy period of leadership transition and uncertainty. The usual two-team structure is still in
place, following the rotation that suits most participants best: serving every
other week. The heroes who serve every
week simply belong to both teams.
Levels of participation and enthusiasm remain solid, and with these
factors at work, proficiency has advanced.
Acolytes
can still plan their service with a frequency and choice of specific dates that
best meet their needs. Some serve every week, some once a month, and anywhere
in between. The schedule is composed
every quarter to take on the latest preferences, and avoid conflicts. It balances the number of people slated for
each service, and gives a basis both for bulletin listings, and for regular
team reminders. We are now at the stage
where all serving acolytes have access to email, so Saturday reminder notices to
the next day’s team are an integral part of our routine.
Charts
are posted in the vesting room each Sunday morning that lay out individual
acolyte positions in the procession and roles during the service. Last-minute decisions on who does what only
need to be taken when changes are needed to cover absences or unscheduled
add-ins.
Acolytes
have taken on the full range of their traditional roles and
responsibilities. Processing with the
full appropriate range of celebratory gear, deploying to help people move in
and out of the chancel and sanctuary during communion, and participating in
special services are some of the ways acolytes have worked to enhance their
contribution to the dignity and order of the liturgy.
Feedback
from parents and other parishioners is as critical as ever. Suggestions, ideas, recollections, and
reassurances that have come from so many sources have been a welcome
affirmation that people care what acolytes do, and see their contribution as a
meaningful one.
Most
of all, acolytes continue to enjoy the satisfaction of playing an important
part in worship. In its essence,
acolyting is a coming-of-age thing.
These are people who are learning the liturgy first-hand, committing
themselves to helping smooth its practice, and making themselves active
participants. This is a group, in
short, from which the Calvary congregation can take justifiable pride.
Thanks,
everyone, for all the wonderful support this past year. See you in church.
Respectfully,
Dorn Crawford
LAY READERS
We
currently have a roster of 30 lay readers for the 11:00 services, plus others
who do earlier services. It has been a pleasure to hear these multiple voices,
and to work with this most cooperative and responsive group of people. In
addition to the usual operation of having readers on hand each Sunday, this
year we have also prepared for the vestry a ministry statement with a detailed
description of our work, and instructions for readers, together with a mailing
list. This should improve communication on all levels for the future. Our
thanks to all the lay readers for their contributions to our worship.
Jonathan
Smith and Jim Barnes, co-chairs
TAPE
AND WORD MINISTRY
The year 2003 marked the 21st year of the Tape
Ministry. We have distributed over 1,907 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.
he sermons by Fr. Humke are a weekly offering on our
web page, as well as the Calvary
Connection. Bookmarks describing our many Calvary programs are also
available, as well as bulletins (that seem to be mini newsletters each week!)
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 has also cleaned up and
catalogued all of the tapes, and continues to monitor those each week. (They
are now all in the library bathroom!)
You can also check out books in our library. Do remember, however, if
you check out a book, to return it!
Margaret
Dickinson
FLOWER
DELIVERY
We currently have 25 family units involved in flower
delivery. Most of these faithful volunteers have served for many years, and we
are grateful for their willingness to participate in this ministry. The flowers
are delivered after the 11:00 service to parishioners and others who are
hospitalized or housebound due to illness. The deliverers also help to
distribute the lilies on Easter and the poinsettias after Christmas.
Current
deliverers are: Nancy Anderson, Nick and Susan Baker, John Bugbee and Huyett
Hurley, Sandra Cherry, John Cunningham, Art and Jean Dietz, Beverly Dugan,
Larry Frederiksen and Anne Marie deZeeuw, Dean and Linda French, Marshall and
Whitney Hardy, Barret Hill, 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.
We
would like to thank these people who make our job so easy, and we welcome
others who would like to participate in this rewarding service. Just speak to
either of us or let Margaret know of your interest.
Mike and Wilma Wilson
CHALICE
BEARERS AND LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
During 2003, the following persons served as Chalice
Bearers: Jim Barnes, Carolyn Snow, Sarah Baker, John Cunningham, Art Dietz,
Phil Fabrizio, Carla McCarty, Willem Wiese, Meg Scharre, Lynne Lyndrup, Eugene
Roberts, Judy Pease Wilson, Beverly Haverstock, Mary Fewell, Don Snow, and
Clyde Warner. Many of these people have served in the past, but 2003 marked the
“debuts” of Sarah Baker, Mary Fewell, Meg Scharre, Lynne Lyndrup, and Don Snow.
We are delighted to have their service at the Altar Rail and in the Nave.
During
the same period, Jim Barnes, Art Dietz, and Ned Reiter served as Lay
Eucharistic Ministers, taking Holy Communion to several confined or
hospitalized members of the congregation.
Ned Reiter
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
GREETERS MINISTRY
It has
been my pleasure to re-institute the Greeters Ministry this year at Calvary
Episcopal Church. This ministry is committed to providing a friendly atmosphere
for all who enter through our red doors. Welcoming people, both old and new, to
Calvary Church is a very important thing to do. A smile and a verbal greeting
go a long way in making people feel welcomed into our faith community. Greeters
now welcome all people at the front and north doors before the 11:00 service.
They can easily be recognized by their blue and white badges. They welcome
newcomers as well as regular parishioners and invite them to coffee hour,
breakfast, or whatever activity applies. Our greeters this past year have been:
Harold and Marion Six, Paul Price, Terry Meade, John and Huyett Bugbee, Suzanne
Long, Tessa Long, Nick and Susan Baker, Shirley Leach, Stewart and Ellen Joy,
Beverly Dugan, Lillian Mercil, Walter and Andrea Morris, and Leslie Dame.
Sandra Cherry
Altar Guild
The
Altar Guild is responsible for preparing the Altar for Communion for each
Sunday service. This includes purchasing and arranging flowers, sweeping and
dusting the Altar area, and setting out the “instruments of Communion” for each
service. The flowers donated by the
congregation are selected and arranged by the some of the Altar Guild team
members while other members go about the business of preparing the Altar for
Communion.
Calvary’s
2003 Altar Guild was blessed with 12 members; Michele Wogaman, Lea Davis, Corky
Sachs, Ruth Robins, Hildegarde Temple, Nancy Anderson, Glenna Harris, Meg
Scharre, Deborah Stewart, Kathy Hendon, Larry Brown, and myself. Unfortunately, Ruth’s busy schedule requires
her to rotate off the Altar Guild for 2004.
I hope that one or two of Calvary’s congregation will be interested in
serving on the Altar Guild this year to fill Ruth’s place.
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
USHERS 2003
As a general practice, four-person teams of ushers
serve Calvary at the 11:00 Sunday services for one month each year. This calls for 48 parishioner/ushers plus substitutes. Unfortunately in 2003 we were well short of
a full roster and scheduling suffered.
My apologies to those of you who were given only short notice of your
pending month in the rotation.
The
good news is that all of the duties expected of our usher teams were performed
well, thanks to excellent team leaders, new recruits, old hands and some help
from young hands. On numerous occasions
our Church youth served us very well as ushers. I hope to continue involving our young people in this ministry
and encourage any of your children to volunteer. Just catch me in church or call me.
Again, thanks to all of you that served as ushers
this past year.
Jerry Lyndrup, Usher Chair
CARE
SENIOR WARDEN
The year got off to a start with a casual get together
at the home of the Lyndrups. The following day at the retreat at the
Presbyterian Seminary, the new vestry formed a formal search committee and were
introduced to our search consultant, The Rev. Mark Linder of Christ Church,
Bowling Green. He explained the process and made a strong impression with the
group. The search committee is comprised of six non-vestry and five vestry
members. At this point Fr. Richard Humke offered to stay on as interim through
August of 2003. Remaining time was dedicated to visiting our short-term and
long-term goals. This was revisited later as John Bugbee assisted the vestry in
formulating a strategic plan for Calvary’s future. The document is to be
reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis.
In
March the vestry voted to recommend to the Trustees that the $215,000.00
remaining on the Parker Hall note be repaid with $143,000.00 in cash holdings
and a prudent sale of securities to cover the rest. Kate Crawford, a trustee,
also researched the numbers for refinancing this loan which has a balloon
payment due in August, 2004. Rob Beard of Stites and Harbison was hired by the
vestry to determine the status of the Calvary endowment funds, and it was
determined that indeed a “trust” was established. The trustees, who are legally
responsible and liable for the prudent oversight of this trust, have been asked
by the vestry to fund the restoration of the church facility. Also a new account was established to
represent the existing “active” designated funds to better track expenditures.
Highlights
of the year include a great season for our new softball team, recruited and
encouraged by Sandra Cherry, and a great church picnic at Carl and Ginger Ray’s
farm on Buckeye Lane. The greatest highlight of the year, however, is the
outstanding preaching and leadership of Fr. Richard Humke. Also his adult forum
on the American Episcopal Church’s ordination of a gay Bishop and its many
ramifications was the best attended in recent history. Fr. Humke has graciously
offered to stay through May 2004!
The
two things I wanted most to happen on my watch were the calling of a new Rector
to lead Calvary into a bright future and the streamlining of our financial
report. I want to thank Sally Reisz, Harvey Turner and our bookkeeper Susan for
putting the time and effort into making the numbers on our reports reflect
reality. Sadly our biggest hope and dream has come to a crashing, painful halt.
My heart goes out to Marc Vance and his family as he responds to personal turmoil.
But my heart is extremely heavy as I ponder the exhausting work put in by John
Bugbee and our search committee, and the failure of this call. We have voted to
resume the search process and they will have already met as you read this.
I
had hoped to leave this four year ride on the vestry on a high note. As I write
these final sentences, I do feel excited for our future and God’s plan for
Calvary. This experience has expanded my “family” in ways I couldn’t have
imagined and enriched my life. I appreciate your confidence in me, and I hope I
have helped move Calvary forward as we seek God’s path for this congregation
and this church.
Respectfully submitted, Will Cary, Senior Warden
JUNIOR WARDEN
A wise cleric once told me that a church’s strongest asset was its
congregation. The people who are there
on a regular basis willing to roll up their sleeves and pitch in when needed
make for a viable church. I have
certainly found this to be true at Calvary Church. Not only do we have such a congregation, we are also fortunate to
have an excellent interim (at this point I use the word interim loosely)
minister who has stood by this congregation for longer than any of us could
have imagined. Father Humke’s unfailing
care for us during turbulent times for Calvary Church will always be remembered
and greatly appreciated. As a
congregation in transition, we are also mindful of the cadre of consistent
volunteers who continue to assist staff in the day-to-day operations of this
church. A warm thank you to the many
volunteers for their invaluable service to Calvary Church. In addition, our staff, Margaret Dickinson,
Callie Hausman, and Susan Watts are to be commended for the jobs they do. This report gives me the opportunity to say
thank you and to express my appreciation to Margaret, Callie, and Susan for
jobs well done. As a congregation we
owe them all a debt of gratitude.
As Junior Warden and a member of the Rector
Search Committee this past year, I feel that most of my energies were spent on
the rector search process. The
culmination of this process came with the calling of the Reverend Marcus Vance
in early November. Since that time
Father Vance has informed the Bishop and the Vestry that a severe personal
crisis has surfaced in his life and that a delay in his coming is
necessary. The Vestry, Search
Committee, Staff, Father Humke, and the Bishop met on December 21, 2003, to
discuss the issue and to establish a plan of action. Hopefully, by the time you receive this report the aforementioned
issue will be resolved. The Senior
Warden plans to make an announcement at the annual meeting regarding these
events. I ask that everyone keep Father
Vance and his family, along with Calvary Church, in their daily prayers.
This past year Calvary, for the first time,
participated in the Diocesan Softball League.
This afforded a number of sports enthusiasts in the congregation
to participate in an activity with other area Episcopal Churches. Withstanding a few minor injuries, we had a
great time playing softball and enjoying one another’s company. This activity was envisioned by, and brought
to fruition by, Vestrywoman Sandra Cherry.
Way to go, Sandra.
Calvary Church, through its Outreach
Program, continues to serve many of the areas poor and hungry by providing food
and other resources. It was especially
heartwarming to witness how the members of Calvary came together this spring to
provide a furnished apartment, clothing, and food for one of its own
members. Although Lilamani Perera
decided to return to her homeland after many years in the United States, I
think she appreciated all that was done for her.
I would personally like to thank Michele
Wogaman and the Stewardship Committee for their work in this year’s Stewardship
Campaign. They have done an
extraordinary job and continue to follow up on those who have not yet pledged
for this coming year. Please be mindful
that in a time of transition your financial support and your time and talent
support are very much needed in order to continue the outreach and other
programs we value deeply. If you have
not pledged for 2004, please see or call Michele or a member of the Vestry
soon.
As we move into another calendar year, let
us be ever thankful for all of our blessings.
The people of Calvary have much to be thankful for and to
celebrate. Mostly, we can be thankful
for and celebrate the opportunity to worship God together in a beautiful
setting with a talented and caring congregation.
Respectfully
submitted,
Art Dietz, Junior Warden
BUILDING,
HOUSE AND GROUNDS
The main
focus this year was to underline the need to weather-proof the exterior of our
grand church and then repair the plaster and paint the interior. We were able
to get this process started in September as we hired Louisville Metalcraft to
repair our roof tiles and flashing. The work was done and completed under
budget. $15,588.00 was spent for the crane, the labor and materials. Guy
Raymond of Louisville Metalcraft also supplied us with a detailed set of
digital photographs of the work done. The next phase will begin in the spring
of 2004. John Campbell will graciously assist the vestry in determining the
best way to proceed. Clyde Warner has received bids on the plaster work from
Schnurr Bros., and he and Will Cary will continue to provide guidance on this
project.
In April
the committee walked through the facilities to take notes on its current
condition. Dreary restrooms, plumbing and plaster work were noted. Members of
the committee repaired some of the plaster and restrooms. Aztec Flooring was contracted to replace the
carpet in the nursery with a combination of carpet and linoleum. The carpet in
the Godly Play room was also replaced
for a total of $2,467.00 in October. Also on the second floor, the fluorescent
fixtures behind the Tiffany Ascension window were modernized and given an
on/off switch. The work was done by Meiners Electric in for $598.86 in March.
A
persistent problem was the narthex restroom. A hand drier was installed by
Meiners Electric for $383.22 on July 22. Paper towels were being disposed of
and clogging up the toilet. Repairs were performed by Rouck Plumbing on the
Rector’s W. C. and the antique W. C. (twice) in the library. Also there were
two major leaks in the basement. Walker Mechanical repaired a frozen waterline
last March for $654.81. Several other leaks were repaired at minimal cost.
It should
be noted that Barney, the belligerent homeless man who was befouling our burial
ground, was removed by the senior warden on mother’s day with the help of the
police.
A plan to
stripe over the parking spot closest to the north entrance was not accomplished
but was voted on by the vestry. The Dietzes and the Hardys volunteered to
replant the areas around the front door in the spring of 2004. We are grateful
to the church school students for planting flowers on earth day and to Deborah
Stewart for planting attractive flowers in the area around the north entry in
late summer, and then keeping them watered.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jeff Webb, Chair and Will
Cary Co-Chair
BURIAL GROUND
There
are brochures available in the church office and in the tract racks on the west
wall of the nave, should you wish to have information about procedures for
interment of ashes in the Calvary Burial Ground.
Although
we have not had an interment this year, like any cemetery or burial ground, this
dedicated area must always be well maintained out of respect for the families
of those interred.
I
had hoped that members of the committee would periodically walk through and
pick up debris, but no one has mentioned doing this. The money in the Burial
Ground account, which comes from donations or money prepaid by those arranging
interment, is spent for maintenance. Fairleigh Brooks has been paid from this
account during the growing season, but the account is rather low and needs some
contributions. I thank all those who have shown interest in and served on this
committee in the past.
The
members of the Burial Ground Committee are: Nancy Anderson, Will Cary, Dorn
Crawford, Jim Barnes, Margaret Kulp, and Lois O’Hara.
Whitney Hardy, Chairman
CRISIS CARE
During
the past year, Nancy Anderson and Jean Dietz have limped along with a very
small committee. Therefore, Crisis Care meals have been limited to people who
are truly in need. At Jean’s suggestion, she contacts the church office every
Wednesday to find out who is in the hospital or otherwise in crisis. Jean then
has sent notes to people or called upon Nancy to deliver a meal, if that is the
appropriate response.
The
main goal is to keep in touch with members of the congregation who are
suffering or lonely. Won’t you please join us as we endeavor to hold this
wonderful group of people called our church family together through this time
of crisis for all of us?
Nancy
Anderson (425-9679) and Jean Dietz
HOSPITALITY/COFFEE HOUR
In
2003, we had 63 people help serve our Coffee Hour after the Sunday 11:00
service. Some of the people were quite
familiar with this program but there were also a lot of new faces. We want to especially thank Marion Six, Michele
Wogaman, Susan Baker, Ginger Grizzle, and Laina Brown. Coffee Hour is fun and
working with family and friends you can do whatever you wish. Choices range from homemade sandwiches,
soup, cheese or fruit or veggie trays to potato chips, cookies, donuts and
coffee cake. It is a nice time to snack
and talk with friends. We need still
more people this coming year to join in and help offer this program to
Calvary.
Louisa Henson, Chair
PP&V
The
PP&V (personnel, planning and volunteers) is a standing committee of the
Vestry and as such gives a monthly report to the Vestry on tasks undertaken for
the good of the Church. The following
is a summary of our initiatives:
1.
Job descriptions: Under the leadership of
Ginger Grizzle, two notebooks have been organized outlining the duties and
responsibilities of each committee/ministry of our Church as well as those of
the paid staff. If you are the chair of
a committee please give your 2004 roster to Ginger with the names and phone
numbers of those scheduled to serve this calendar year. A spreadsheet format can be provided for you
by either Ginger or Sandra Cherry. The
notebooks are ready to be given to the vestry and new rector. Thanks to all who have been willing to serve
as chairs and committee persons to serve the Lord.
2.
Greeters Ministry: This
ministry was formed again and began on Easter Sunday 2003, under the leadership
of Sandra Cherry. The purpose was to
give fellow parishioners and newcomers a smile, verbal greeting, and a
handshake as they enter the Church and become part of our faith community. Hopefully, this will also help set a
friendly tone for our service of worship.
Greeters can be recognized by their blue and white badges. In addition
to our 2003 “greeters” we also welcome David and Deborah Stewart this year to
our roster. If you would like to serve please see Sandra.
3.
Softball: Last spring saw the organization of Calvary’s first softball team
to be part of the Diocesan Softball League.
Under the inspiration and motivation of Sandra Cherry, a team of 31
adults and a handful of cheerleaders were found. Jerry Lyndrup became manager, Bob Forbes became coach, and Harvey
Turner became assistant coach. We
donned our heavenly blue T-shirts with the appropriate scripture verse, “For many are called, but few are
chosen.” (This was not our year to be
chosen to win any games, but we
played hard and certainly improved by season’s end.) There was even a close game or two! Our diocesan team spirit trophy was presented to the church by
Coach Bob Forbes on Sunday, July 27. It has been given a place of honor inside
the north entryway as you look into the bookkeeper’s office. Our coach bestowed
upon us his praise for our stellar performance in our first season. This year’s
team will be coached by Alex Redden. The
purpose of this activity was to increase fellowship and fun in an environment
outside of formal worship. Thanks to
all who participated. Marion Six was our head cheerleader and
she reports her squad is ready for this year’s games. Our players are automatically signed up for Spring 2004. If you are interested in joining the team,
see Jerry or Alex.
4.
Easter Basket: An Easter Basket of personal
toiletries was made and given by the Easter Bunny to a parishioner in
transition.
5.
Easter Pageant: Twenty-four choir, vestry,
and other parishioners attended Southeast Christian’s Easter Pageant. The purpose was to share in another
denomination’s spiritual outreach program by observing a quality,
professional-like production.
6.
Parish
Clean-up Day: On Saturday, June
14th we co-sponsored with the Building and Grounds Committee the
parish clean-up day. Many jobs were
accomplished. The participants were
downright “dirty” when they left, but the parish house looked a lot better!
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 and 2003, and already into 2004. 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
OUR
REFUGEES
As you all know, Calvary
adopted a family from Kosovo on September 3, 1999. The report booklet for 1999,
as well as various Calvary Connection articles,
contain detailed descriptions of the arrival of Ridvan, Maki, Dita, and Teuti
Sherifi and the contributions of more than 65 Calvary parishioners as we
settled them in their new country.
The
year 2003, therefore, marked their fourth complete year in Louisville. Although
Calvary continued to assist them financially until the end of August, 2000,
with rent, electric, and telephone bills, they are now totally independent in
those regards. As you see in the outreach financial report, we did assist with
some car expenses this past year, but we are so proud of this family for adapting
so well to a new homeland. Lou Henson has continued a close relationship with
the family, for which we are all grateful.
The Lost Boys of Sudan, an outreach project for 2001, have settled in
nicely, and still atend Calvary occasionally. So, in 2003, it was time to take
on another family! Thanks to the continued efforts of Jerry and Lynne Lyndrup,
the Lasu family (mother, father, five children, also from the Sudan) have
become part of our Calvary family. They attend services here, and have received
assistance from time to time. The front page of this report booklet shows part
of our Pageant group, with the smallest Lasu children as angels (!), and the
biggest one as a wise man!
Let
me emphasize that any financial outlays were from direct gifts by Calvary
parishioners earmarked for the refugees. Nothing
was budgeted, or taken from the budget! This is also true for our extensive
food program and other outreach projects such as the Clothes Shops and Book
Aid. The generosity of Calvary people is overwhelming.
LILAMANI PERERA UPDATE
Lilamani is mentioned in the
PPV report, and she can’t exactly be classified as a refugee! (She has always
eluded classification!) An e-mail was recently received from her niece,
Premilla, that gives a nice report on what she is doing back in Sri Lanka.
Lilamani is now living with her sister, who is Premilla’s mother. We reprint
the e-mail here, with pleasure:
Aunt Lil and my mom are doing fine. They are really
happy together and had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Aunt Lil is the
official reader at our community church. She is much loved by everyone. We are
very grateful to you all for making all this happen. She is under the care of a
kidney specialist. Her eyes are also being taken care of. I have been having
long conversations with both of them. They are fine.
Again, we must thank all of
you who assisted in the entire process
of getting Lilamani where she needed to be. Special thanks go to Sandra Cherry
and all those who assisted in furnishing the Puritan apartment. As you can
gather from the e-mail, it was the right thing to do. The whole project did
lend a considerable amount of spice and adventure to the summer of 2003!
Margaret
Dickinson
Kitchen/Housekeeping
The Housekeeping Committee is responsible for making sure the Calvary kitchen is supplied with needed items such as paper products and cleaning supplies, for checking the overall neatness and hospitable condition of the physical plant, and for keeping donated clothing neatly stored and ready. My right foot broke in May (and again in July, September and November, a “domino-effect” series of stress fractures), permanently taking away my ability to do the walking necessary to continue doing these jobs myself So my first item to report is that the Committee is in great need of help! Joyce Tichenor and Leslie Dame have both been stalwart helps in my absence, but illness has kept both of them from being more active, and this has meant that Margaret Dickinson has had to provision the kitchen in addition to her many other tasks.
Who in the parish
would wish to be my arms and legs in this humble but curiously satisfying
ministry of tidiness and 
cleanliness? I would so welcome any help, ladies and
gentlemen! People without little ones at home, I’m talking especially to you!
Please contact me at 245-6495 or rueckert@bellsouth.net
if you can spare two to three hours every other week. Whatever time you do
have, I will be thrilled to accommodate for your convenience. The work is
simple, and to see the church looking its best is a real joy. Duties include
walking the church and physically looking into all public spaces with an eye to
snagging coffee-cup dogies, putting things away and fluffing pillows, going to
Sam’s to acquire needed supplies, hanging and storing excess donated clothing against
future use, cleaning things, and keeping an inventory of supplies and needs. I
have lots of information in my head about where things are and how various
things work, which I should be delighted to pass on to any and all new members!
It is interesting to me that, perhaps 10 years ago now, I had a dream where I
was sitting in the kitchen on one of the high stools, helping a small crew of
people who were cleaning the kitchen. Please help make this dream come true!
Volunteer, please!
In 2003, the
Kitchen Committee emptied, spring-cleaned and re-stored the most often-used
cabinets and drawers in Calvary’s kitchen, and kept the refrigerators in
kitchen and pantry cleaned out. Many thanks to the Hospitality crew for working
so hard to keep the kitchen tidy and clean in my absence. Joyce Tichenor worked
faithfully in the Library to neaten storage of service tapes and archives, and
her efforts have greatly improved that room’s appearance. Leslie Dame lovingly
cleaned and sorted our supply of antique coffee cups and saucers, which were
collected under Mary Rob Kagin’s leadership in the early 90s, and did a great
job.
Targeted for work
in 2004 are the spring-cleaning of the rest of the kitchen spaces and a
thorough cleaning and reorganization of the Parish Hall supply closet.
Carla L. Rueckert
McCarty
Calvary Intercessory Prayer
Group
The
Intercessory Prayer Committee offers to parishioners the service of daily
intercession on behalf of themselves or those for whom they would wish prayers.
Requests come in from the staff and from individuals. We are glad to pray for
all manner of concerns, and it may be done anonymously.
Our
set-up is as follows: When prayers are requested, the committee prays daily,
usually for a period of several weeks.
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I generally call those who request prayers once every two months to determine
if prayers are still needed.
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All member prayer lists and other communications are done through e-mail and
snail-mail. No committee meetings.
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As updates come in, they are sent to the individuals involved. Each recipient
is on two members’ lists, in the remembrance of “when two or three are gathered
together.” Collectively, the group is always up to date.
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A new prayer list comes out about six times a year, with a prayer letter
from me humbly intended to help members with their daily practice.
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Prayer
notes are written to recipients, when the person for whom we are praying is
known to us. Often, we receive anonymous and confidential requests and have no
human contact to make. With this annual report we follow the tradition of
honoring members who have left the group. Victoria Dempsey took over the prayer
note writing for me a decade or more ago. She has been the faithful writer to
those souls on our list for all that time- hundreds of souls touched with a
gentle touch of honest love. Thanks you, Victoria, and may you be happy as you
move ahead to another church. I do not know who the next prayer angel shall be-
but the notes will continue to come when appropriate.
To
make a prayer request, you may contact Margaret Dickinson at the church office,
or place a request in the offering plate, noting that you want the daily
intercession list (which is separate from the Parish list remembered on
Sundays), or call me at 245-6495, or
write me at rueckert@bellsouth.net.
Our
current statistics are: 18 members, six prayer letters, hundreds of souls
prayed for. This is a way of service that is entirely personal and straight
from the heart. We had a great response to our request for more members back in
the fall. However, there is always room for more people to help keep the
candles lit in Calvary’s house of prayer. Please consider joining us. It is a
beautiful service to the church and a really helpful daily practice. There’s
something different in a day that has prayer in it. Since members, except for
me are anonymous, this does not obtrude into the public life. Carla McCarty
EDUCATION
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Calvary
Church School invites children and youth to participate in the stories and
lessons of the Christian Faith. Classes
are offered 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 covenant through
instruction and guidance on the Scriptures, Sacraments, Liturgy, Church History,
Prayer, and Community Building. Lessons
are taught through story telling, 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 includes: Darlene & Jake Clay in the Nursery; Gail
Richardson, Kathy Booker, and Sandy Mercil in Preschool/Primary Godly Play Class; Kate and Carrie Crawford in Intermediate;
Franklin Starks, Suzie Egger, and Tessa Long in the Youth Class; and Father
Humke leading the adult class. Elyse Hensley
is the Children’s Music Ensemble Director, accompanied by Will Cary, and Judy
Pease 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!
Throughout
the year we had approximately 60 children and youth who participated in classes
and/or special events, such as the Christmas Pageant. During the summer we
offered Godly Play classes for children, led by Gail Richardson, including
several special lessons led by Ned Reiter about the Sacristy and Baptism. Special events continued with the tradition
of the Advent Event, Lenten Event, Easter Celebration, and the Children’s
Ensembles singing and/or playing at various services, including Palm Sunday and
the Christmas Pageant.
The
annual Christmas Pageant included over 40 children and youth who participated
as cast members, musicians, and readers.
We thank all those who took part and/or assisted to make the Pageant
such a success.
Callie
Hausman, Director of Religious Education (Christian Formation)
YOUTH GROUP
Throughout
the year the Calvary Youth Group participated in service and entertainment
events. Some of the highlights
included: participating in and contributing to the Hunger Walk, Kids Café, and
Wings. Thanks to Suzie Egger, Kit
Llewellyn, Tessa Long, and Franklin Starks, our youth leaders, for their
devotion to Calvary’s youth members!
Callie
Hausman, DRE
http://www.calvaryepiscopal.org
I want to thank Bob Forbes
for the great job he did in establishing the foundation for our website. During
the past year the site has been greatly expanded and at this writing has had
4200 hits since March 2003, some of which were from prospective rectors. A few
of the additions/expansions include: Breaking
News (current announcements and other news); Contacts (who are and how to contact the staff and program heads;
also contains lists of members of each program, where made available, and
Sunday ministry assignments); Vestry (pictures
and list of Vestry members and minutes of meetings); Episcopal Links (links to other Episcopal sites and to local and
state websites of interest to Kentucky Episcopalians); Information (links to Calvary’s special events calendar, activities
and to information relative to Episcopal beliefs and teachings); Faith Formation (links to Church
School/Faith Formation activities including weekly study guides for Godly Play and Youth Class lessons). The
Weekly Bulletin has been expanded to include the appropriate Book of Common
Prayer text as well as links to the Collect and readings of the day and to a
site on which the hymns of the day may be heard. All of Father Humke’s sermons
are available. The website may also be used to e-mail any of the staff, program
heads, Vestry members and other sites by clicking on their name/e-mail address
provided. These are but a few of the links one may experience when one “clicks
on” our website address above. It is obvious that many folks are looking at the
site; however, the site is intended primarily as a source of information for Calvaryites,
so please let us know if anyone in the Calvary Family thinks the links are
useful.
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CALVARY CONNECTION
The CALVARY CONNECTION operates by committee!
The Editorial Board determines what will go into the next issue, and who will
do it. To Margaret Dickinson falls the task of putting it all together and
running it all off. Various people throughout the year have assisted with proofreading,
and we are grateful. With the help of a digital camera, we can now insert
pictures directly into documents, and try to meet the challenges of the
computer world in facilitating our work. Now if we could only print in color…
2003 marked the sixth year that we printed the
issues according to the liturgical year. The newsletters, therefore, did not
come out monthly, but were produced seasonally. This system has
worked well, and we intend to keep that format. Observing deadlines has ranged
from angels like Downey Gray always being early all the way to those who
habitually are always late. (I will have mercy and not name them!) Putting the
newsletter together is really a very time-consuming deal, and I appreciate
those who respect the deadline as a necessity for sanity and efficiency.
We are grateful for the people who help put the
newsletter together for mailing - they are affectionately known as "The
Assembly Line." Bill Adams, John Cunningham, Jim Barnes, Joyce Tichenor,
Downey Gray, Barret Hill, Larry Brown, David Hanna, and others have assembled
the newsletter in 2003. Zilpha Stovall was a charter member of this group from
its inception until her death in December, 2003. We shall miss her very much in
the many ways she served Calvary. Thank you! Walt Morris has been wonderful
about taking the finished product to the Post Office, a task I find most
disagreeable! I would especially like to recognize those members of the
Editorial Board, who meet before each deadline for brainstorming sessions to
formulate each issue. They are: Downey
Gray, Barret Hill, John Bugbee, Sally Meigs, MLD, and Carl Hausman. We welcome
Deborah Stewart as a new member, and thank Norman McKenna, who resigned.
Writers who have consistently contributed to the 2003 editions, in addition to
the Editorial Board members, are: Dorn Crawford, Callie Hausman, Art Dietz, Jim
Barnes, Richard Humke, and Will Cary.
For the CALVARY CONNECTION to function as a
source of church news, and as a sounding board for Calvary members, we must
continue to pursue comments and contributions from all parishioners. Our goal
is to be a network and conduit of information; a newsletter for, and by, every
member of Calvary. Many people have said that our newsletter is one of the best
in the Episcopal Church - and it is certainly unique. We are proud of that
designation, and will strive for even better excellence in 2004. Our newsletter
is also a chronicle of Calvary history. Issues dating back to 1993 are
carefully preserved in the library, thanks to Joyce Tichenor. They make for
good reading, and help to create a Calvary profile. Check them out! We also
have a CONNECTION link to our website.
Margaret Dickinson
OUTREACH
In 2003,
our many outreach programs continued to serve those countless people in our
area. The needs in our immediate neighborhood seemed to increase every day.
People have come to depend on us, not only for the basics in life, but also for
the friendship and understanding that we can and do offer. Many of these people
have become our friends. We know when they have crises, and we try to respond.
We know when something goes “good” for them, for they come back to tell us. I feel we have the most rewarding job in the world – the ability to
give out food, clothing, and friendship to our neighbors in need. We serve
people of all sorts and conditions, and the sorts of conditions are sometimes
of crisis proportions. Yet, the clients we serve, with the exception of a few,
are cheerful, grateful, uncomplaining, and wonderful. We serve single people,
families, homeless, unemployed, those who almost can make it, and those who do.
Some have mental problems and are unemployable, while others just need a slight
boost – all are grateful that we care. We must always remember that these are people
– less fortunate than we are, but like us in many ways. Whatever we can do to
make life just a tad easier for them, we can and must do. WE are the better for
it. I am proud to be able to be a part of the outreach mission of Calvary, and
I thank you for the opportunity, and for all the help you provide for us to do
so.
Margaret Dickinson, Outreach Director
Special reports on many of
our outreach ministries follow:
CLOTHES SHOPS
The Calvary Clothes Shops, founded in 1994, continue to serve those who lack clothing. We provide different types of clothing for various needs of women, children, and men who come to our door.
We have available both dressy items as well as
casual, but have found that the greatest need lies in the casual clothing
department. The donated clothing is
available in the Choir Loft for women, and for children in both the men's and
women's vesting rooms. Since
the middle of the summer of 2002, however, we have been bringing clothing
downstairs into the north entry area to display during food closet hours. We can bring clothing down, maintain the
area, and can direct people to clothing they might need. Also, the downstairs Clothing Closet Corner
concept does not necessitate any of our staff leaving the office area to
accompany people to the various clothing areas upstairs. This has worked out beautifully because we
not only serve the ones who come specifically for clothes, but also those
coming for food who are able to “shop” for things they need. Furthermore, parishioners who drop in during
the week see the display, and, being aware of the clothing needs, bring more
items in! This has resulted in more
men’s clothing being donated, so we have been able to serve more men than
before!
Our paid receptionist resigned in April due to a
family crisis. We responded to this void by inviting volunteers to fill the
position, and it has worked wondrously well. AND IT’S FREE! I cannot say enough
about our volunteers who come each day from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. to help –
not only with clothing, but also with food distribution, phone and door
answering, food deliveries, and all of the many unexpected things that happen
at Calvary. Special thanks go to Lois O’Hara, Larry Brown, John Cunningham, Ned
Reiter, Bill Adams, Joyce Tichenor, Judy Wilson, Jim Barnes, and LaNell Barnes
for all they do to minister to those in need.
In 2002, we clothed 397 people. In 2003, we more than doubled that total,
clothing 429 women, 174 men, and 153 children. That makes a grand (literally!)
total of 756 people who received clothing from Calvary. At this writing it is 16 degrees outside,
and we are almost out of warm clothing. HELP!
Margaret Dickinson
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 23,826
food bags since we started keeping records in 1988. Those food bags have fed
41,252 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. In 2003, the
Help Ministries of Central Louisville was forced to move from the Kling Center
because the Center needed the space for a new Health Clinic. The only
possibility was to move to Christ Church Cathedral. Although it was very
gracious of them to offer to house the HMCL, the Cathedral is not in a highly
populated area, and the numbers prove that. The stats for 2003 are
1,951 food orders feeding 3,231 people. That’s still tremendous, but in our old
location, we were able to do more. The needs are still there. In addition, CCC
is charging rent that is almost three times what HMCL paid at the Kling Center.
Again,
we are grateful to the volunteers who help to maintain this ministry. In addition to the volunteers named in the
Clothes Closet article, we would like to thank those who helped with our
tremendous Thanksgiving turkey project: Harold and Marion Six, Walt Morris,
Anne and Rucker Todd, Holly Gray, Judy Lawson, Linda Klein, Molly
Isaacs-McLeod; our HMCL volunteers Bill Mootz, Bill Adams, Pam Evans; St.
Matthew’s Church; AND all of the Calvary and other people who donated food and
money.
In
addition to the Lenten Lunch Series that generated $862.76 in 2003, 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 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.
FOOD ORDERS and PEOPLE FED 1988-2003
|
Orders |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
January |
34 |
40 |
47 |
69 |
75 |
123 |
95 |
112 |
164 |
181 |
197 |
178 |
158 |
229 |
227 |
239 |
|
February |
38 |
44 |
49 |
55 |
68 |
98 |
74 |
82 |
135 |
155 |
183 |
148 |
112 |
130 |
173 |
176 |
|
March |
33 |
42 |
47 |
58 |
92 |
166 |
118 |
102 |
167 |
158 |
177 |
166 |
148 |
152 |
214 |
211 |
|
April |
30 |
39 |
37 |
58 |
87 |
111 |
75 |
95 |
152 |
196 |
181 |
150 |
113 |
80 |
169 |
193 |
|
May |
40 |
36 |
49 |
55 |
72 |
116 |
126 |
98 |
167 |
166 |
145 |
147 |
110 |
182 |
154 |
173 |
|
June |
50 |
39 |
35 |
67 |
88 |
127 |
112 |
88 |
172 |
161 |
178 |
153 |
139 |
117 |
179 |
131 |
|
July |
45 |
45 |
54 |
62 |
95 |
120 |
91 |
126 |
190 |
162 |
172 |
143 |
144 |
155 |
194 |
99 |
|
August |
51 |
46 |
51 |
82 |
88 |
130 |
101 |
151 |
130 |
176 |
172 |
163 |
138 |
154 |
162 |
99 |
|
Septem. |
42 |
28 |
38 |
70 |
113 |
128 |
109 |
105 |
145 |
179 |
179 |
151 |
137 |
160 |
204 |
124 |
|
October |
36 |
38 |
39 |
63 |
122 |
109 |
99 |
130 |
172 |
185 |
168 |
144 |
131 |
198 |
218 |
108 |
|
Novem. |
30 |
53 |
45 |
74 |
116 |
117 |
94 |
148 |
168 |
179 |
219 |
212 |
243 |
291 |
358* |
216 |
|
Decem. |
33 |
51 |
35 |
67 |
116 |
117 |
116 |
120 |
141 |
209 |
215 |
183 |
198 |
254 |
347 |
182 |
|
TOTAL |
462 |
501 |
780 |
780 |
1132 |
1462 |
1210 |
1357 |
1893 |
2098 |
2186 |
1935 |
1771 |
2102 |
2460* |
1951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
People |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January |
|
93 |
122 |
111 |
145 |
242 |
195 |
195 |
249 |
301 |
334 |
331 |
243 |
400 |
416 |
397 |
|
February |
No |
106 |
89 |
96 |
130 |
212 |
123 |
151 |
192 |
246 |
292 |
263 |
168 |
195 |
280 |
264 |
|
March |
Stats |
85 |
99 |
112 |
199 |
336 |
202 |
176 |
269 |
253 |
261 |
281 |
257 |
254 |
337 |
327 |
|
April |
For |
79 |
74 |
128 |
167 |
190 |
125 |
160 |
233 |
316 |
331 |
251 |
170 |
140 |
276 |
330 |
|
May |
This |
83 |
102 |
128 |
168 |
238 |
219 |
167 |
260 |
243 |
215 |
224 |
179 |
271 |
270 |
275 |
|
June |
year |
79 |
79 |
132 |
181 |
230 |
218 |
147 |
262 |
259 |
306 |
255 |
235 |
195 |
292 |
211 |
|
July |
|
109 |
108 |
139 |
178 |
227 |
188 |
209 |
315 |
230 |
282 |
201 |
245 |
238 |
336 |
159 |
|
August |
|
115 |
114 |
149 |
182 |
236 |
219 |
239 |
201 |
249 |
307 |
311 |
245 |
287 |
276 |
156 |
|
Septem |
|
71 |
68 |
119 |
241 |
259 |
186 |
158 |
223 |
307 |
303 |
256 |
235 |
269 |
317 |
221 |
|
October |
|
89 |
77 |
146 |
223 |
193 |
180 |
219 |
281 |
311 |
283 |
227 |
202 |
320 |
369 |
183 |
|
Novem |
|
97 |
109 |
154 |
251 |
237 |
179 |
237 |
269 |
301 |
395 |
371 |
222 |
566 |
638* |
401 |
|
Decem. |
|
115 |
76 |
131 |
223 |
161 |
179 |
191 |
252 |
342 |
392 |
348 |
426 |
470 |
347 |
307 |
|
TOTAL |
|
1121 |
1117 |
1545 |
2288 |
2770 |
2213 |
2249 |
3006 |
3358 |
3701 |
3339 |
2955 |
3605 |
4154* |
3231 |
|
These |
Stats |
Show |
Food |
Given |
From |
Calvary |
In |
The |
Last |
16 |
Years! |
Thanks |
To |
All! |
*Record |
|
HELP MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL LOUISVILLE
HELP
MINISTRIES OF CENTRAL LOUISVILLE is a coalition of downtown churches formed to
minister to the needs of the inner city. Calvary is the “Food Arm” of this
agency, and we continue to hear good things from Director Khara Kincade as to
our vital role in keeping things going there, especially in the areas of food
distribution and volunteerism. We (and they) are so very grateful to Bill
Mootz, Pam Evans, Bill Adams, and David Hanna for volunteering to make sure our
clients have the help and encouragement they need. Pam Evans and I (as
secretary) also serve on the HMCL Board of Directors. Please study the food
chart found elsewhere in this booklet to realize the enormity of the food
distribution program that would not be possible without your help.
Margaret
Dickinson
OUTREACH GIFTS TO OTHERS in 2002 and 2003
A Comparison
