Sunday, September 13, 2026

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

5 p.m. - The Holy Eucharist, Rite II

A service at the Crossing in the Church

with music for choir, organ, and congregation

[This service will be Livestreamed]

On Sunday, September 13, Calvary will have no morning services because of Rosh Hashanah. Instead, we will have one service, in person and livestreamed, at 5 p.m. We welcome our friends from Tree of Life Congregation during the Jewish High Holy Days and are happy to share our worship space with them. They will be using our building for their services on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, from the evening of September 11 through 13, and for services on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, from the evening of September 20 through 21.

We will return to regular service times of 8, 9, and 11 a.m. on Sunday, September 20.

Online Worship

Follow this link for the livestream:

www.calvarypgh.org/live 

The bulletin and readings may be viewed 

on the Calvary website as PDFs at 

www.calvarypgh.org/bulletins-and-readings-archive

Visit our YouTube page where you will find an archive

of our services, sermons, and classes at

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAsWoq8c-yqHDFay_hWtkyQ

The deadline for submission of news and notices for the next issue of our newsletter is Friday, September 11, 2026. Please email your text to calvary@calvarypgh.org or deliver it directly to the church office.

Celebrating the Reverend Jonathon W. Jensen

Our rector, Jonathon, is retiring and his last day at Calvary will be Sunday, September 27. Please join us that day if you can. Jonathon will preach at all three services. After the 11 o’clock service, we will celebrate Jonathon and his service to Calvary during the Parish Picnic.

To thank Jonathon for his service to Calvary, we are collecting a financial gift, often called a purse, to present to him on September 27. If you would like to make a financial donation to Jonathon’s gift, please write a check to Calvary Church with a note for “Jonathon’s purse.” As well, we have created a large “farewell” card for everyone to sign. Look for it on the table in the Parish Hall. If you can’t sign the card in person, you can mail a card of your own to the church or send an email to Kim Pieratt, Parish Administrator (kpieratt@ calvarypgh.org) and we will present it to Jonathon that day.

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Join us as we celebrate Calvary's many ministries! The Ministry Fair is the perfect opportunity to discover new ways to get involved, connect with fellow parishioners, and learn how Calvary members serve our parish and the greater community. Representatives from each ministry will be on hand to chat at tables in the Parish Hall following each of the three services. Enjoy some breakfast treats as you browse the tables and pick up a brochure summarizing each ministry.

it’s Time for the Parish Picnic!

Mark your calendar and join us for our annual parish picnic in the Swan Garden and Parish Hall on Sunday, September 27, the day of our patronal feast, St. Michael and All Angels. This is also our Rector’s last day before his retirement, and we will be celebrating Jonathon and his service to Calvary at the picnic. The parish-wide picnic and celebration will begin immediately after the 11 o’clock service (about noon). Everyone is welcome.

Calvary will provide fried chicken, hot dogs, drinks, and a cake to celebrate Jonathon. We’re asking that attendees provide a salad or a side dish for the picnic. Please bring enough to serve 8-10 people.

Many hands make light work. We’re looking for people to help with set up, food preparation, grilling, and clean up. Please contact Kim Pieratt, kpieratt@calvarypgh.org or 412.661.0120 ext. 111 to volunteer.

In the meantime, pray for good weather! We’ll still have the picnic if it rains, but a sunny day would be such a bonus.

20s, 30s, and 40s: Frick Museum: The French Moderns

Join us for a tour of the Frick to see the exhibit of the French Moderns! On Sunday, September 20 at 1:30 p.m., our own Don MacLeod will give us a tour of the exhibit. RSVPs are required to purchase tickets. Please RSVP  here.

You may have noticed that we have added a petition for the healing of Creation in the prayers of the people this month. That prayer was added because this is the “Season of Creation,” an ecumenical effort, celebrated from September 1 through October 4 each year. It is a time during which Christians around the world are urged to pray for our common home and renew our commitment to its care and stewardship. 

Supporting Trinity Cathedral Walk-In Ministry



The Walk-In-Ministry needs women's and men's underwear in all sizes. The drop-off box is located in the reception area.

Feeding Our Neighbors

Calvary Church continues to contribute non-perishable food to the food pantry at the East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) throughout the year. These donations continue to be important, as the shelves aren’t always full. Particularly needed items this month are: peanut butter, jelly, canned corn, ramen, cold cereal, and any type of baking mix.  Thank you for continuing to fill the grocery carts in the lobby and for helping our neighbors in East Liberty and the surrounding areas of the East End. 

Register here: https://forms.gle/wJHg72muCodRjwuD6



Youth Confirmation Prep

Calvary is offering in-person Confirmation Preparation classes beginning Sunday, September 27th. Sessions will meet on Sundays from 10:00–10:50 AM at Calvary. Confirmation Preparation is open to students 13+ years old (8th grade and up).

Visit https://www.calvaryfaithformation.org/confirmation-prep.html to learn more.

Nursery Care Registration

Nursery Care at Calvary is offered on Sundays, 8:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. starting September 20. Registration required. Learn more at calvaryfaithformation.org/nursery



Sunday, September 20

10:00–10:50 a.m. · In the Refectory

All families registered for Children's Programming are invited to our Parent Meeting and Open House. We ask that at least one parent or guardian from each family be present. We'll gather in the Refectory, where we'll share everything you need to know about the year ahead, including updates to our program and information about the new children's choir. We'll then move to the classrooms, where you can meet your child's catechist.

We can't wait to begin another year of children’s programming at Calvary. Hope to see you there!



If you despair of the invasive plants choking the roadsides of God’s creation, Joey Santore’s Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance offers a kick in the pants and a roadmap for survival that starts with fostering native plants in our own backyards. This timely and useful New York Times bestseller is now available at the Bookstore.

If you’re looking online for your next great read, we would be delighted if you did it on bookshop.org, where a portion of your sale will benefit The Bookstore at Calvary. Just visit bookshop.org, type zip code 15206 in the Bookstore Near Me box, click on Calvary Bookstore, then the red Support this Shop! link. You can use the Search Bar to order any book at all and part of the proceeds from your order will go to the Calvary Bookstore.

The Bookstore is open Sundays from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you can’t visit, call the Bookstore at 412.661.0120, ext. 133 (please leave a message) or email bookstore@calvarypgh.org and we will contact you.

The Contemplative Prayer group meets for silent prayer and reflection, both in person and on Zoom Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Evans Room. For more info and a Zoom invitation, contact Lucy Weingartner at lweingartner20@gmail.com.

Please note that Contemplative Prayer will meet by Zoom only (no in person meeting) on the following dates: September 14, 21 and 28, and November 9 and 16.

You can still vote by mail!

It’s convenient, and allows more of us to vote. 

Do it today – Don’t delay

If concerned about changes proposed for the Post Office that could compromise mail in voting, Allegheny County residents will have 5 same day satellite voting centers to get a ballot and cast it, and 12 drop boxes for submitting ballots received in the mail. Look for dates and locations at the Vote Faithfully information table coming to the Calvary Parish Hall soon. 

Last day to apply for a mail in ballot is October 27, 2026

You can apply at: https://vote.pa/mail/

Wednesday, October 7 –

“Homing: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist"

Pittsburgh author Sherrie Flick will read from and discuss her recent memoir, which explores her Beaver Falls childhood, her coming of age as a writer in the 1990s, and how place and geography shaped her experience of sexism and formed her feminism. Flick lived on the East Coast, West Coast and Great Plains before circling back to Pittsburgh. Road trips, eight-ball pool, Andy Warhol Gen-X, food, faith, longing and loss are strung together across the 13 essays in “Homing,” published in 2024 by the University of Nebraska Press.

Wednesday, November 11 –

“The Mellons and Their Mansions"

Wednesday, December 2 –

“Pittsburgh Parlor Song”

All talks are at 7 p.m. and free to the public. Join us in the Parish Hall. Use Marchand Street entrance. 

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Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

AA: Alcoholics Anonymous; CLASP: Calvary Lincoln After school Program;

ELL: English Language Learners; FLMH: Functional Literacy Ministry of Haiti

Friday September 11, 2026

Agape Deadline

10:00 a.m.  Set-up for Rosh Hashanah

6:00 p.m.  Reception Area Doors open

7:00 p.m.  Erev Rosh Hashanah

Saturday September 12, 2026

 John Henry Hobart, Bishop, 1830

8:30 a.m.  Reception Area Doors open

9:00 a.m.  Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Sunday September 13, 2026

 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

8:30 a.m.   Reception Area Doors open

9:00 a.m.  Rosh Hashanah Day 2

4:00 p.m.  Acolyte Training

4:00 p.m.  Parish Council Meeting

5:00 p.m.  Holy Eucharist

6:15 p.m.  Stewardship Committee Meeting

Monday September 14, 2026

 Holy Cross Day 

6:00 p.m.  Holy Eucharist

6:00 p.m.  Shadyside Community Partnership Meeting

Tuesday September 15, 2026

 Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510

11:00 a.m.  Staff Meeting

7:00 p.m.  AA Meeting

7:00 p.m.  Spiritual Reflection

Wednesday September 16, 2026

 Ninian, Bishop, c. 430

10:00 a.m.  ELL Conversation Class

12:00 p.m.  Holy Eucharist

3:15 p.m.  CLASP

Thursday September 17, 2026

 Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Scholar, 1179

6:30 p.m.  Mahjong

6:30 p.m.  Evening Prayer

7:00 p.m.  Choir Rehearsal

7:00 p.m.  Prayer and Scripture

7:00 p.m.  Movie Night “The Death of Stalin”

Friday September 18, 2026

 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882

9:00 a.m.  Soup Group Cooking

2:00 p.m.  TOL Music Rehearsal

Saturday September 19, 2026

 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

Sunday September 20, 2026

 The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Ministry Fair in the Parish Hall

8:00 a.m.  Holy Eucharist

9:00 a.m.  Holy Eucharist

10:00 a.m.  Parent Meeting/Open House for Children’s Faith Formation

10:00 a.m.   Acolyte Training

10:00 a.m.  Choir Warm-up 

11:00 a.m.  Holy Eucharist with 

Faith Formation Commissioning

12:15 p.m.  Coffee Hour

1:30 p.m.  20s, 30s, 40s Ministry Frick Museum Tour

5:00 p.m.  Reception Area Doors open

6:00 p.m.  Kol Nidre Instrumental Prelude

6:15 p.m.  Kol Nidre

Monday September 21, 2026

 Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist

8:00 a.m.  Reception Area Doors open

9:00 a.m.  Yom Kippur

4:00 p.m.  Reception Area Doors open

5:15 p.m.  Mincha with Final Shofar at 7:59 p.m.

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may be viewed on the Calvary website at

www.calvarypgh.org