There are various ways to engage with us during Advent and Christmas this year, along with a few non-Calvary offerings. Scroll down the page for full details.
Sunday Worship (click here for details about worship at Calvary)
Our Spiritual Reflection Group will again be participating in Jan Richardson's online Advent retreat, Illuminated 2022: An Online Journey Into the Heart of Christmas. The group will gather weekly during Advent (Sundays, 7:30-8:30 pm, November 27 - December 18), though you're also welcome to participate in the retreat on your own - without joining the group.
PLEASE NOTE that advanced registration is required for the retreat. Cost is $60. Contact Amy to sign up, with questions or to request scholarship assistance.
Calvary Kids / Youth Group Christmas Party
Blue Christmas Service
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols
Other Offerings
Sunday Worship (click here for details about worship at Calvary)
- November 27, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 1st Sunday of Advent (HOPE)
- December 4, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 2nd Sunday of Advent (PEACE)
- December 11, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 3rd Sunday of Advent (JOY)
- join us following worship, 1-2:30ish pm, for pizza and our white elephant gift exchange
- bring money for pizza, OR bring a salad, drinks or Christmas cookies to share if you can; and bring a cheap (maximum $5 - thrift-store items encouraged!) or no-cost wrapped gift if you can
- December 18, 11:15 am (hybrid) - 4th Sunday of Advent (LOVE)
- December 25 (Christmas Day) - NO WORSHIP
Our Spiritual Reflection Group will again be participating in Jan Richardson's online Advent retreat, Illuminated 2022: An Online Journey Into the Heart of Christmas. The group will gather weekly during Advent (Sundays, 7:30-8:30 pm, November 27 - December 18), though you're also welcome to participate in the retreat on your own - without joining the group.
PLEASE NOTE that advanced registration is required for the retreat. Cost is $60. Contact Amy to sign up, with questions or to request scholarship assistance.
Calvary Kids / Youth Group Christmas Party
- Sunday, December 18, 5 pm (location TBA)
Join us for some game-playing, cookie-decorating and Christmas card-making for Calvary members! Contact Pastor Tim for details and to RSVP.
Blue Christmas Service
- Monday, December 19 (in-person) / Wednesday, December 21 (virtual)
Quiet, contemplative service to hold space for the grief and pain, the heaviness, that many experience during the holiday season.- for in-person service (12/19), please use 48th Street entrance; click here for current COVID protocols
- for virtual service (12/21), please use the Sunday worship link to connect
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service of Lessons & Carols
- Friday, December 24, 7 pm (hybrid, with West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship)
- for in-person, please use 48th Street entrance; click here for current COVID protocols
- for virtual, please use the Sunday worship link to connect; you're also encouraged to have a candle ready to light at the end of the service
Other Offerings
- Saturday, December 3, 10:30 am-12:30 pm: Peace on Earth and the Politics of Christmas (virtual)
Program exploring a liberating understanding of the biblical “nativity narratives., sponsored by The Alternative Seminary. Registration fee is $10 or whatever you can afford. Click link above for full details and to register. - Tuesday, December 13, 8-9 pm: Community Conversation - How Do We Practice Anti-Consumerism in the Christmas Season? (virtual)
Part of a free, online monthly conversation series hosted by Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, facilitated by Kateri Boucher and Lydia Wylie-Kellerman. - Thursday, December 15, 7:30 pm: Advent Study with the First Nations Version (virtual)
A conversation with Terry Wildman (Ojibwe and Yaqui), lead translator, general editor and project manager of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament. The conversation, hosted by the Center & Library for the Bible and Social Justice, will explore the book's rendering of some beloved Advent texts.