Calvary Episcopal Church
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WE BELIEVE a personal relationship with God allows all people to realize and celebrate life to the fullest. Through Scripture, tradition, and reason Calvary Church seeks to be responsive to the challenges of social justice, diversity, and environmental issues facing the world.
WE WORSHIP in a safe and validating church home. Our services, in-person and online, provide depth and variety through ritual, Scripture, music, and conversation. Our congregation is committed to welcoming traditional and same-sex couples and families as well as people of many ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. We are a thoughtful and dedicated parish with strong support from the Diocese of Missouri.
WE SERVE a broad community from our downtown Columbia location. This enables us to engage with the local college and university students, the unhoused, and to provide a meeting place for many community cultural, and support groups that benefit society. We work with other churches on ecumenical efforts and believe in continuing to work toward creating a congregation that represents all of our community.
All are welcome here.
Worship times
Come and worship with us using the traditional language of Rite I in the Book of Common Prayer (p. 323). Or join online through the link on our website (www.calvaryonninth.org) where you can also find a virtual bulletin.
Our RITE PLACE service offers a more family friendly and contemporary/contemplative Holy Eucharist on Sundays at 4:30 pm.
Join us Wednesdays at 5:30 pm in our chapel for a service of prayer, anointing, and eucharist.
A peaceful, prayerful close to the day using one of these forms: the Book of Common Prayer, (p. 127), The New Zealand Prayer Book – Night Prayer, or the Compline for Servant Leadership. Full-service bulletins are linked on the Home page of our website: www.calvaryonninth.org Please contact the church office for the Zoom sign-in information: info@calvaryonninth.org
Rite II in the Book of Common Prayer (p 75). Contact the church for Zoom sign-in information: www.calvaryonninth.org
We pray through a whole work-week of this short, re-centering service using the Book of Common prayer (p 103) and the New Zealand Prayer book (p 147). YouTube sign-in information: www.calvaryonninth.org
Ministries
Blessing Box
"Take What You Want, Leave What You Can." In order to continue to serve the homeless in our area while our churches are closed, Calvary has affixed a box to the wall at the side door to the church (a covered area) which contains water, non-perishable food, personal hygiene items, hand sanitizer, and face masks (when available). The box is unlocked enabling persons to come and take what they need when they need it. Contact the church to offer donations to keep the box supplied: info@calvaryonninth.org
ROOM AT THE INN EMERGENCY WINTER SHELTER
Calvary participates in leadership of this ministry, but is not used as a host facility. the shelter is currently housed in the former VFW Hall during December through March. Calvary provides in-kind and monetary donations and many volunteers.
SATURDAY MORNING CAFE
Calvary provides a significant warm breakfast on Saturday mornings during the months of July-September. We feed approximately 30-60 individuals, and all are welcome to eat at no cost. This ministry is a collaboration among four downtown churches in Columbia, each church hosting the breakfast for 3 months.
AA AND NA
Calvary provides meeting space for multiple Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous groups.
Episcopal Lutheran Campus Ministry (ELCM)
ELCM began in August 2022 as a campus ministry for students in the Columbia, MO area. The ministry represents a partnership between Calvary Episcopal Church and St. Andrew's Lutheran. We seek to follow Jesus together, be a community that truly welcomes all, and advocate for justice, inclusion, and abundance as we are able.
News about Calvary Episcopal Church
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Providing mental health first aid training in response to COVID-19
Episcopal Relief & Development addressed the stigma related to seeking mental health services in rural and Black communities in partnership with the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.
123 S. 9th Street
Columbia, MO 65201-4815
United States
