{"id":459,"date":"2020-02-12T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcqwebdesign.com\/demos\/calvaryumc\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:19:16","slug":"service-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcqwebhosting.com\/demos\/calvumc\/service-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Current Service Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Altar Guild<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arranges for delivery of fresh flowers each week, fills candle holders, and changes the altar coverings as needed. Contact Jeanette Magerman at <a href=\"mailto:jlmagerman@comcast.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jlmagerman@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calvary Care Early Learning Center<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calvary Church sponsors a before and after school childcare program and the Wyomissing Valley Preschool program.&nbsp; Supporters and potential board members are asked to contact the Ministry Director, Stacey Hanley at 610-777-8552 (Calvary Care) or 610-777-1693 (WVP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5em;\">Christian Education<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our goal at Calvary Church is to Raise Up the Next Generation for Christ.&nbsp; Teachers, helpers, mentors, crafters, artists and musicians are all needed.&nbsp; Contact the Director of Christian Education, Justin Thomas, at 610-777-8441 or <a href=\"Jthomas.sitka@yahoo.com\">Jthomas.sitka@yahoo.com<\/a> or <a href=\"christianed.calvmohn@gmail.com\">christianed.calvmohn@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choir<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you love to sing? Would combining your voice with others to give praise to God warm your heart?&nbsp; Adults and youth are invited to join together to rehearse anthems &amp; special music on Wednesday evenings from 7:00PM-8:30PM, meeting in the sanctuary and chapel.&nbsp; Come for the singing, come for the fellowship, and come to have joy fill your heart!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drama Ministry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calvary Church has been blessed with an abundance of talented performers, singers, and musicians.&nbsp; Sometimes we use them in plays, dramas, skits and musicals during worship services. &nbsp;Contact Craig Caltagirone at <a href=\"mailto:ccgirone@comcast.net\">ccgirone@comcast.net<\/a> if you are interested in this ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good Shepherd Mission ~ Our sister ministry in Southeast India<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Serving 1,000,000 of the lost and the least through free health care, resident schools, orphanages, and the witnessing of fourteen village churches.&nbsp; Sending your mission dollars here can change lives for eternity! Contact Helen Hartman at <a href=\"mailto:helena.hartman@verizon.net\">helena.hartman@verizon.net<\/a> or Doug Pearson at <a href=\"mailto:peerk@ptd.net\">peerk@ptd.net<\/a> .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mifflin Area Food Ministry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Held the third Saturday of each month at Zion Evangelical Congregational Church in Mohnton, our goal is to help feed between seventy-five and one hundred local families who are struggling to make ends meet.\u00a0 Four Mohnton area churches\u00a0cooperatively\u00a0provide the\u00a0groceries,\u00a0which supply approximately one week of food per month to\u00a0the\u00a0client families.\u00a0 Food donations may be brought to Calvary UMC at any time and placed in the lower cabinets at the &#8220;Donation Station&#8221; in the narthex.\u00a0 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Trips ~ Local,&nbsp;National &amp; International<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calvary members participate in two long term mission relationships with the Good Shepherd Mission in Puttur, India and with Red Bird Mission in Henderson, Kentucky.&nbsp; We also send teams to coastal areas, rebuilding after hurricanes and respond to other, temporary situations.&nbsp; For more information, contact Pastor Nova at <a href=\"novavillvi@gmail.com\">novavillvi@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Youth Group ~ Middle School and High School<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students fifth through twelfth grades are invited to participate in Calvary&#8217;s Youth Group ministries. 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