Calvary

MEMBERS OF Calvary United Methodist Church, 403 S. Main St., Mount Airy, will hold "An Evening with Tom" to honor Tom Mitchell, former director of programs at Calvary, for his years of service.Everyone is invited to the program at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 in the sanctuary. The evening will begin with music and fellowship followed by refreshments and a social hour in the auditorium.A Memory Book is being compiled from Tom's Calvary family, including church members and friends, youth group and Sunday school members, the bell choir and church volunteers who knew Tom or worked with him.Those attending are asked to write something they remember about their association with Tom or about his involvement at Calvary and take it that evening to be included in the book.

Portraying the Living Stations of the Cross is an annual Lenten ritual that the 13 eighth-grade students at St. Casimir Catholic School in Canton anticipate with as much fervor as the other crowning events that define their last months of grammar school. "I remember seeing this when I was in kindergarten," said Leonard Rulka, who portrayed the Apostle John. "I could not wait until it was my turn to be in it. " Prayers at the 14 stations, which are typically sculptures adorning the side walls of the sanctuary, are a customary Lenten observance for Catholics.

CANADIAN PHYSICIAN Sir William Osler opined, "No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher."His remark fits Margaret Haugh of Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lisbon.After 34 years as a Sunday school teacher for Calvary, Haugh, known as Miss Margaret, retired from her Sunday school duties in June.Church members honored her at a festive celebration, which she called a "joyous day." She claims to have had many helping hands in her endeavor."When I look into the faces of Calvary's little and young ones, I see hope for a brighter, better world tomorrow," she said.

On July 25, 2009, SHONTE' ELLIS. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Ave. on Friday after 9, where family will receive friends from 5 to 7. Family will also receive friends on Saturday at Mt Calvary FWB Church, 1607 E. Oliver St, 10:30 followed by funeral services at 11:00. Interment King Memorial Park.

The clangs of cookie sheets and closing ovens were drowned out by the high-pitched banter of late-night sleepovers: teenage romances, school rivalries. At Calvary United Methodist Church on Saturday, several dozen teenagers had gathered early on a cold morning to raise money for service projects they will take on this summer. The fundraising plan was typical: They were going to sell cookies. What was not typical was that they baked them, too. In a four-hour stretch, the volunteers baked 15,600 cookies, or 1,300 dozen, packaged in a plastic bag with a personalized message.

On November 30, 2004, VERCIE. Services at the Joseph G. Locks Funeral Home, 1302 N. Central Avenue. Tuesday 11 A.M. Wake, 11:30 Service. Interment Mt. Calvary.

On October 6, 2006, MRS. HUNTER. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Friday, 2-5 P.M. and Saturday 10 A.M. to 3 P.M.. The family will receive friends at New Calvary Life Temple, 1911 Bloomingdale Road on Sunday at 2:30 P.M. Funeral at 3.

On July 25, 2009, SHONTE' ELLIS. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Ave. on Friday after 9, where family will receive friends from 5 to 7. Family will also receive friends on Saturday at Mt Calvary FWB Church, 1607 E. Oliver St, 10:30 followed by funeral services at 11:00. Interment King Memorial Park.

On October 23, 2006, MR. ELLIOTT GEORGE BURGESS; loving husband of Shirley Brewer Burgess. Mr. Burgess is survived by five children, Chaka, Ukali and Olujimi Burgess, Tishawna and Brinden McGowan and a host of other loving relatives and friends. On Friday, Mr. Burgess will lie instate at Mt. Calvary A.M.E. Church, 300 Eudowood Lane, Towson, Maryland where the family will receive friends from 7 to 7:30 P.M. On Saturday services will be held at Mt. Calvary A.M.E. Church, 300 Eudowood Lane.

On April 4, 2004, THERESA. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Wednesday, after 3 P.M. The family will receive friends at Mt. Calvary Free Will Baptist Church, 1607 E. Oliver St. on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. Funeral Services will follow. See www.marchfh.com

On June 10, 2009 JOSEPH N. Friends may visit at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at Mt. Calvary Freewill Baptist Church, 1607 East Oliver Street on Saturday at 10:30 A.M. Funeral Service will follow at 11 A.M.

On February 2, 2009, daughter of the late Alice and Gordon Holmes. A memorial service will be held at Mt. Calvary F.W.B. Church, 1607 E. Oliver Street on February 13, 2009 at 11:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at the church from 11 to 11:30 A.M.

On November 30, 2008; DAWN MARIE STEWART On Friday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road where the family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at Mt. Calvary A.M.E. Church, 300 Eudowood Lane, where the family will receive friends 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410)433-7500.

Downtown Baltimore's Mount Calvary Church, with a renovated nave and sanctuary, reopens today after an eight-month, $1 million refurbishment, which features the restoration of an altarpiece by American artist John LaFarge. A solemn high Mass beginning at 10 a.m. today will be followed by a reception and tours of the historic church at Eutaw Street and Madison Avenue. Beginning in the spring, the 100-member Anglo-Catholic congregation moved into a temporary worship space so the church could be renovated.

An 1883 altarpiece glows after a painstaking restoration at a downtown Episcopal church. The mother of pearl, the gold-leafed opalescent glass, the colors of an Impressionist painting were there all the time, hidden under four layers of retouching and crude repainting. The sculptural panel depicting the Virgin Mary and St. John is the centerpiece of a six-month refurbishment at Mount Calvary Church, Eutaw Street at Madison Avenue. "Before I started, the figure of St. John resembled actor Tony Curtis.

On August 21, 2008, JOHN ELVIS BRIDGES, SR., loving husband of Mrs. Mary Bridges. On Thursday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Friday, services will be held at Mt. Calvary Star Church, 1725 Milton Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 11:00 to 11:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

On August 18, 2005, YVONNE. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Ave. on Monday 10 A.M. to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at Mt. Calvary UM Church, 1236 Jones Station Road, Arnold, MD, on Tuesday at 11:30 A.M. Funeral at 12 P.M.

On June 25, 2008, RONALD GROSS. Friends may visit the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Tuesday after 8:30 AM. with the family hour from 4 to 6 P.M. Further services will be held at the Mt. Calvary Star Baptist Church, 1725 N. Milton Ave., on Wednesday at 11A.M. with services to follow at 11:30 A.M.

On June 13, 2008, LILLIE WEST. Friends may call at THE CHATMAN- HARRIS FUNERAL HOME EAST, 4210 Belair Rd., Thursday 1-8 p.m. The family will receive friends Friday, 10 a.m. at the Mt. Calvary Freewill Baptist Church, 1607 E. Oliver St. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Interment Loudon Park Cemetery.