Calvary Baptist Church 120 W. Pennsylvania Avenue Towson, Maryland Telephone 410-825-3360

From the Pastor:

As we begin June we have several very important events coming up. First on June 8^th we will be celebrating Toan Dang’s 25 years here as our custodian, and some of the children of the congregation will be taking part in this celebration. Toan has been so faithful to this congregation and all of the programs we have hosted over these years. He has cleaned up after our congregation and Daycare children, as well as setting up for hundreds of dinners, Christmas Eve celebrations, and outside groups like AA/NA, and while making the church clean he has also made it green with his plants. Thank you all for your generosity in giving to the gift which we will present to Toan on June 8^th; at the time it appears the gift will be $2,500.

The second important activity coming up is the Church Picnic at Rocky Point Park, on June 14^th. This year we will be sharing the picnic with the members of the Horizon Church. The Horizon Congregation was planted, four years ago in the Towson community, by the Southern Baptists, and its membership is predominately young adults. I met their pastor during the Towson Festival and he indicated his congregation would like to meet some more ‘experienced’ Christians… (I guess that could be us.) To this end Horizon’s pastor, Mark Stephenson, a graduate of Baylor Divinity School, suggested we have some activities together, and I thought the Church Picnic might be a nice, non-threatening, way for us to first meet each other. I hope that you will be able to come… enjoy the picnic… and also enjoy meeting the members of Horizon. We will be having the picnic in the pavilion, so you can come rain or shine… bring board games if it is rain.

One matter of concern which we will need to address in short order has to do with a problem in our air conditioning unit. We were told, during our annual change-over from heating to cooling, that our chiller unit was leaking and could not be repaired. At the present time we are awaiting a proposal from Flotron, our servicing agency, and they are having difficulty finding a unit matching the one which we have. Replacing this unit will be expensive and will require us to have a special congregational meeting. We will discuss this matter and hopefully have a price to discuss in our June 15^th meeting. So these first few weeks of June will be an important time for your active participation.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wednesday Evening Programs June 4^th and June 11^th. The season for these programs ends June 11^th and will resume in the Fall, on Wednesday, September 3rd.

June 1st Communion

MONDAY June 2nd: 6:00 p.m. Needles and News will be having a supper meeting at Towson’s Best Restaurant. We will meet and park our cars at the church parking lot, then walk to the restaurant.

JUNE 8^th The Children will be participating

in our service at 11:00 a.m. During and after that Worship Service we will celebrate the 25^th Anniversary of our custodian Toan Dang.

June 11^th 8:00 p.m. Deacons Meeting

June 12^th THURSDAY 3:30-6:00 p.m. Preparation for Shelter Meals.

Saturday June 14^th 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

at Rocky Point Park.

This year we will be having the picnic with the members of the Horizon Congregation which meets here in Towson, so make a special effort to come… rain or shine (we will be in the pavilion.)

Call and let us know how many will be coming 410-825-3360;

will you bring a salad, vegetable or dessert?

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June 15^th Fathers’ Day

There will be a Congregational Meeting on June 15^th following the worship service. This meeting is to receive reports from the program officers of the Congregation. If you are a program officer please have these in to the Church Office by June 1st.

The Adult Classes will meet together during the summer, beginning June 15th at 9:45 in the social room. Everyone is invited to attend.

June 25^th 10:00a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Sarah’s Hope. Please come when you can.

June 29th Pick-up cakes for Our Daily Bread and return by Saturday July 5^th.

3:00 p.m. Service at Pickersgill Retirement Home.

Congratulations to our Graduates:

Patrick Coughlin Veterinary School

Ruth Kulkarni St. Mary’s Seminary

Amy Morris Gettysburg College

Emily Weimert Salisbury University

Drew Wright Lock Raven High School