Friday, March 20, 2009

Housing/Sublets: please let me know when your need is filled. Thanks!

One male needed: Bedroom available for rent in two-person, four-bedroom apartment in Historic Lemont starting January 2009. If you're interested, email Matt McKinney at matthew.c.mckinney@gmail.com

One male roommate needed: for Jun '09 - Aug '10 (flexible sublet for the '09 summer, and/or a year lease from Aug to Aug) for a lovely 1700 sq.ft., 3 bedroom town home at 130 Farmstead Ln (http://www.cbeech.com/oakhill). 3.5 bathrooms. Spacious living room. Open kitchen with breakfast bar. Washer & dryer/Energy efficient design and windows/Back porch with grill/basement game room with darts and foosball. Close to bike path. A parking space is included. About 2.5 miles to campus. Rent is about $450/month plus utilities, but I will only charge the summer sublet half of that ($225/mo) if they sign on for the full year lease, Aug-Aug. Live with an Egyptian/Canadian and a bee keeper! Contact: lukewitmer@gmail.com

One room available February 2009 in house located off Whitehall Road, 7 miles to town. $450/mo rent includes all utilities: washer/dryer use, cable, wireless internet, phone, electricity, trash, water, sewer, parking. Looking for pet-friendly, respectful, and clean roommate. Flexible month-to-month lease. Room can be furnished or unfurnished. Please contact Dallas Garner at dallasgarner@hotmail.com

Two female roommates needed: for Aug’09- Aug ‘10 for lovely 3 large bedroom town home in Shellers Bend (off West college/Blue Course Drive). 2.5 bathrooms. spacious living room. Dining room. Washer & dryer/Garage/Back porch/Lots of storage space. Close to bike path. About 2 - 3 miles from campus. Wonderful Neighbors! Contact: lois@calvarysc.org

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

"Thrift N' Bowl": this Friday, March 6th!!


Wear your thrift store best (anything thrifty will do!!) and join us for a fun filled bowling night at Northland Bowl at 7pm...hope to see you there!

After-party: Esli, Tim, and Drew's (229 Canterbury Drive)

RSVP to Lois at
lois@calvarysc.org

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Rwanda Summer Trip Informational Meeting on March 8 at 2pm-4pm at Calvary

Spend time at Umuryango Boys' Home, a home for street-boys, while also serving the surrounding community (children’s ministry, helping the poor, etc.), tutoring English, and more!

Interested in going or want to learn more? There will be an Informational Meeting this Sunday, March 8th in Fellowship Hall at Calvary (1250 University Drive) at 2pm

Can't make it, but interested? Email Lois at lois@calvarysc.org before March 8th please.


Thursday, February 26, 2009

Want to go to Rwanda this summer to serve at Umuryango Boys’ Home for street-boys? Upcoming trip: July 11-July 29!!

Spend time at Umuryango Boys' Home, a home for streetboys, while also serving the surrounding community (children’s ministry, helping the poor, etc.), tutoring English, and more!

Interested in going or want to learn more? There will be informational meetings held this Sunday, March 1 after the 11 am (at the high school) and Encore (at Calvary) services.

***Formal Rwanda Information Meeting on March 8 at 2pm-4pm at Calvary

Links of interest:
Umuryango Boys' Home: http://www.umuryango.org
Global Capacity: http://www.globalcapacity.org
Matthew's blog of Rwanda in 2008: http://matayoheinz.blogspot.com/
Matthew's videos of Rwanda in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/user/globalcapacity
Matthew's pictures of Rwanda in 2008: http://gallery.me.com/heinzmatthew

Please contact Lois if you cannot make any of the meetings or if you have additional questions: lois@calvarysc.org.

Arts/Social Justice/Service Opportunities:

Sunday, March 1, 2009- World premiere of No. 4 Street of our Lady:
A feature-length documentary that tells the remarkable, yet little-known, story of Frncisca Halamajowa, a Polish-Catholic woman who saved 16 Jews during the Holocaust by passing herself off as a Nazi sympathizer. The special screening will be held at 2 p.m. at the State Theatre, on 130 West College Ave. in State College, PA.
Cost: Free! Tickets are available at Box Office only.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 (7:00pm - 9:00pm,112 Walker Building, University Park)- Carl Wilkens: Eyewitness to Genocide, The World Outside My Shoes
The only American to choose to stay in Rwanda after the genocide began in April 1994, Carl Wilkens prevented the massacre of hundreds of children and many adults over the course of the genocide. Featured in Frontline’s Ghosts of Rwanda and The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide, an American Radio Works documentary that aired on NPR, Wilkens’ story reminds us of the profound connection between history and the moral choices we face each day.

The continuing genocide in Darfur Sudan has prompted Wilkens’ multi-city tour in which he asks the questions that challenge audiences to see the human faces of genocide and explores the question: “What can we do today to stop the genocide in Darfur Sudan?”

April 18-19 CityServe Weekend:
Mark your calendars! More info to come. Q’s? Contact lois@calvarysc.org

Housing/Sublets: please let me know when your need is filled. Thanks!

One male needed: Bedroom available for rent in two-person, four-bedroom apartment in Historic Lemont starting January 2009. If you're interested, email Matt McKinney at matthew.c.mckinney@gmail.com

One male roommate needed: for Jun '09 - Aug '10 (flexible sublet for the '09 summer, and/or a year lease from Aug to Aug) for a lovely 1700 sq.ft., 3 bedroom town home at 130 Farmstead Ln (http://www.cbeech.com/oakhill). 3.5 bathrooms. Spacious living room. Open kitchen with breakfast bar. Washer & dryer/Energy efficient design and windows/Back porch with grill/basement game room with darts and foosball. Close to bike path. A parking space is included. About 2.5 miles to campus. Rent is about $450/month plus utilities, but I will only charge the summer sublet half of that ($225/mo) if they sign on for the full year lease, Aug-Aug. Live with an Egyptian/Canadian and a bee keeper! Contact: lukewitmer@gmail.com

One room available February 2009 in house located off Whitehall Road, 7 miles to town. $450/mo rent includes all utilities: washer/dryer use, cable, wireless internet, phone, electricity, trash, water, sewer, parking. Looking for pet-friendly, respectful, and clean roommate. Flexible month-to-month lease. Room can be furnished or unfurnished. Please contact Dallas Garner at dallasgarner@hotmail.com

Lease In May: 2 Bedroom/ 1 office apartment! Located in Boalsburg, available in May. First floor, electric heat, large kitchen, with all appliances plus a washer/dryer. Decent size living room with a gas fireplace. Parking/sewer/water/trash included. $695 a month! Contact Eric or Christine Hart: ericbhart@gmail.com, christinehart711@gmail.com

Two female roommates needed: for Aug’09- Aug ‘10 for lovely 3 large bedroom town home in Shellers Bend (off West college/Blue Course Drive). 2.5 bathrooms. spacious living room. Dining room. Washer & dryer/Garage/Back porch/Lots of storage space. Close to bike path. About 2 - 3 miles from campus. Wonderful Neighbors! Contact: lois@calvarysc.org


Monday, February 23, 2009

"Thrift N' Bowl": First Friday Event (Friday, March 6th)!!

Friday, March 6th: ThirdPlace "Thrift N' Bowl"

Wear your thrift store best (the funkier, the better) and join us for a fun filled bowling night at Northland Bowl at 7pm...
After-party: Esli, Tim, and Drew's (229 Canterbury Drive)
RSVP to Lois at lois@calvarysc.org

Interested in serving in Rwanda this year?

Spend time with boys of the orphanage home, while also serving the surrounding community (children’s ministry, helping the poor, etc.), tutoring English, and more! Upcoming trip is tentatively planned for mid-July.
Interested in going or want to learn more?, please contact Lois for more info: lois@calvarysc.org.

Housing/Sublets: please let me know when your need is filled. Thanks!

One male needed: Bedroom available for rent in two-person, four-bedroom apartment in Historic Lemont starting January 2009. If you're interested, email Matt McKinney at matthew.c.mckinney@gmail.com

One room available February 2009 in house located off Whitehall Road, 7 miles to town. $450/mo rent includes all utilities: washer/dryer use, cable, wireless internet, phone, electricity, trash, water, sewer, parking. Looking for pet-friendly, respectful, and clean roommate. Flexible month-to-month lease. Room can be furnished or unfurnished. Please contact Dallas Garner <dallasgarner@hotmail.com>.

Two female roommates needed: for Aug’09- Aug ‘10 for lovely 3 large bedroom town home in Shellers Bend (off West college/Blue Course Drive). 2.5 bathrooms. spacious living room. Dining room. Washer & dryer/Garage/Back porch/Lots of storage space. Close to bike path. About 2 - 3 miles from campus. Wonderful Neighbors! Contact: lois@calvarysc.org

Friday, January 30, 2009

ThirdPlace Super Bowl Bash!!!

THIRDPLACE ANNUAL SUPER BOWL BASH!!:
This Sunday, February 1st at Calvary (1250 University Drive) @ 6:00pm!!:


Get your game face on and get pumped!! This is a ThirdPlace tradition!!

We have a great big room with a large screen, and lots of munchies!! So come hungry and enjoy the game!! And bring a portable chair to lounge in :)

WHO: ThirdPlace Annual Super Bowl Bash (along with Encore!!)
TIME/PLACE: 6:00PM...big room at 1250 University Drive
WHAT: Last Names, A-M: bring a savory side dish to share. Last Names, N-Z: bring a dessert (or something sweet to share). ALL: bring a portable chair if you would like. The main dish and drinks will be provided!!
RSVP/CONTACT: Esli Feliz (enf104@gmail.com). Please RSVP just so we have an idea of how many to expect.

We hope to see you there!! Feel free to invite your friends, all are welcome!!

Friday, January 16, 2009

Clothing Swap!!

Clothing Swap: Children, Men, and Women’s Clothing Swap (organized by ThirdPlace)

As a way to be good stewards, question our consumption, get rid of stuff, recycle and renew wardrobes of the Calvary community, ThirdPlace is hosting a clothing swap on Saturday, January 24 from 12-3pm at Calvary Baptist Church. Acceptable items to swap/donate are children’s clothing & shoes and/or men and women’s clothing, shoes, and accessories of all ages, shapes, and sizes. Contributions may be made to drop box locations in Calvary or Calvary Midtown high school lobby before/after services January 17-18. All contributions will then be presorted and categorically arranged at Calvary Baptist Church. On January 24 from 12-3pm, swap participants are welcome to browse the contributions and are asked to take home no more than 6 items per woman/child/man.

Excess items will then be donated to Honduras, orphanages in Myanmar, and orphanage in Ethiopia.

Annual Super Bowl Bash: Sunday, February 1st!!

THIRDPLACE ANNUAL SUPER BOWL BASH!!: Sunday, February 1st at Calvary (1250 University Drive) @ 6:00pm!!:
Get your game face on and get pumped!! This is a ThirdPlace tradition!!
We have a great big room with a large screen, and lots of munchies!! So come hungry and enjoy the game!! And bring a portable chair to lounge in :)

WHO: ThirdPlace Annual Super Bowl Bash (along with Encore!!)
TIME/PLACE: 6:00PM...big room at 1250 University Drive
WHAT: Last Names, A-M: bring a savory side dish to share. Last Names, N-Z: bring a dessert (or something sweet to share). ALL: bring a portable chair if you would like. The main dish and drinks will be provided!!
RSVP/CONTACT: Esli Feliz (enf104@gmail.com). Please RSVP just so we have an idea of how many to expect.

Feel free to invite your friends, all are welcome!!

Welcome Back Grad Students!!

Welcome Back Luncheon/Dessert (Jan.18):
Welcome back grad students! Welcome Back Lunch, in the HS Cafeteria, immediately following the 11am gathering at Midtown. Welcome back Dessert, just following the Encore service in the Worship Room.

Serving/Giving Opportunities:

Umuryango Children’s Network: An organization that seeks to see the Rwandan Street Children permanently transformed from isolated outcasts to productive, fully integrated members of the community who are physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually whole. Umuryango takes care of street children in Rwanda by placing them in homes and meet their needs in practical ways. Whether your interested in sponsoring a boy in Rwanda, making a one time donation, or just being more informed...here’s their website (http://www.umuryango.org) and info on how to make a contribution.

Your Financial Contribution:
You can give your monthly or one-time donation by:
1. Sending a check, made out to Umuryango Children's Network (with your child's name on the memo line) to the US Mailing Address.
2. Making an electronic transfer from your bank account to ours. If you wish to do so, send Matthew an email and he will provide you with the routing and account numbers.
3. Paying online via PayPal. The link is here (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=821320).

Contact Information:
Mailing Address in US.
Umuryango Children's Network
PO Box 100701
Arlington, VA 22210

Adopt Boy in Rwanda: Additional sponsors are needed for the Adopt-A-Child program at the Umuryango Boy’s Home in Byimana, Rwanda (www.umuryango.org). For more info contact Matthew Heinz, heinzmatthew@gmail.com.

Housing/Sublets: please let me know when your need is filled. Thanks!

One male needed: Bedroom available for rent in two-person, four-bedroom apartment in Historic Lemont starting January 2009. If you're interested, additional details can be found at http://pennstate.craigslist.org/roo/967442410.html or email Matt McKinney at matthew.c.mckinney@gmail.com