Easter Celebration & Egg Hunt Review

Thank you to all who helped with this successful event! Many hands make light work! Thank you to those who donated candy, eggs, and cookies and those who took time to stuff eggs, or were able to assist on the event day. The church was covered in thousands of eggs and we had a wonderful turnout of over 200 kids and their families!

Volunteer Orientation

New Tiny Town Volunteers: Just a reminder that if you signed up recently to assist in Tiny Town and you received a letter from KidsLife staff you will need to attend one of our orientation dates. We will be going over crucial information about our KidsLife serving policies and emergency procedures. 

The following dates are scheduled for Volunteer Orientation: 

Sunday, May 4 from 9:00-9:20 am or 10:30-10:50 am

Sunday, May 18 from 9:00-9:20 am or 10:30-10:50 am

Please plan to attend one of these times. We will meet with you in Room 129.

If you are unable to make one of these dates, please call Tiffany at the church office at 708.429.2200 or email her at children@calvaryop.org.

2014 VBS Weird Animals   June 23-27 from 9am-12pm

Calling all volunteers who know that Jesus' loves is one-of-a-kind! We are busily preparing to serve 400 kids for VBS and we cannot do it without the help of our amazing volunteers! Visit our website to sign up as a volunteer!

Are you unable to serve the week of VBS but would like to help in another way? We have many items needing to be donated to help offset the cost of VBS. Look for the VBS Donations board in the lobby starting May 18th.

Kids, pre-registration will begin Sunday, May 18 in the lobby or sign up online now at www.calvaryop.org/vbs!

May in KidsLife

KidsLife on Sundays will be having their end-of-the school year party on Sunday, May 18. The LOFT WILL NOT be open on Memorial Weekend, May 25; however, our Tiny Town nursery will still be offered. Our LOFT and Tiny Town summer programs will begin on June 1.    

S.O.S. - Save Our Staff! 

Want to do more than just help out two or three times this summer? Contact Tiffany to see where you can get plugged in for the upcoming Fall programs!  

We have a men's team going to Brookport, IL for a Disaster Relief trip for construction and clean-up. It is not too late to sign up! We need both unskilled workers and skilled construction workers. This trip is for men 18 or older. We will be staying in a church in Paducah, Kentucky. The cost is $250 per person. (A hotel is available for those that need it, at an extra cost.) If interested please contact Pastor Ron Ovitt, Gary Deckinga, Randy Kosar or Steve Goreham. There is a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. at Calvary if you are interested in going!

The team going to Guatemala this July is looking for a few more members. Have you been hearing God's call to join? There is still time to sign up! Turn in your application to the Welcome Center on Sunday morning or mail it to the church office. For an application, or if you have other questions, contact Donna Doff at hnddoff@yahoo.com.

Help Us With Eyeglass Donations!

If you can't go on the trip, you can still help us with it! The Guatemala Team is collecting used prescription eye glasses and reading glasses. These glasses will be distributed in remote villages through the free vision clinic this summer. Please consider donating your old eyeglasses to help people with eyesight difficulties who cannot afford to buy them. You may bring your used prescription eyeglasses and reading glasses and place them in the box in the lobby near the Welcome Center. Thank you!

Girlfriends' Night Out 

Girlfriends' Summer Book Study

Join us in the first week of June for a 9-session DVD Bible study, The 7 Experiment: Staging Your Own Mutiny Against Excess.

Come honest and ready to untangle the clutter in your life.  Discover how temporarily disengaging from excess can allow God's heart to break through your stuff and open your eyes to the things that really matter.

Mark your calendar for Sunday, July 6 and experience the music of Christian singer/songwriters Nick Flora, Eric Peters, Waterdeep, Burlap to Cashmere, and JASON GRAY right here in our worship center! Tickets will soon be available in the lobby at an early bird discount of $12 VIP (includes a meet & greet with all artists) and $8 general admission (reg. $24/$16). For more info or to volunteer the day of the concert, contact Deb Jennings jenningsdeb@gmail.com.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-based approach to recovery aimed at all "hurts, habits, and hang-ups," including but not limited to, drug and alcohol addictions, sex addiction, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and people who have been sexually abused. The goal is to become free from our hurts, habits, and hang-ups through an in-depth step study program and God's healing power in our lives. This occurs through study, action and commitment to Jesus Christ as we understand the eight recovery principles (based on the Beatitudes in Matthew) and the 12-steps with their Biblical comparisons. As these principles are applied to lives, people begin to grow spiritually and become free from addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors.

Come and find out how you can become involved in helping us get this program started here at Calvary. Any questions, please contact Pastor Ron Ovitt at 708.429.2200 or ron
@calvaryop.org.