YAM: Young Adult Ministries
The YAMs are a community of seekers within Calvary Episcopal Church, who are 20-35 years of age, without children. The YAMs strive to have inquiring and discerning hearts. We believe in questions more than answers, pilgrimage as a spiritual practice and engagement as a way of life. Come worship with us or participate in a pub theology discussion!
Sunday
Pub Theology and Outings: Every third Sunday the YAMs
get together for a Pub Theology discussion (usually) at Westy's on Main
St., OR an outing.
Here the group is studying The Spiritual History of Brewing in the British Isles with the Rev. George Yandell. From serious to lighthearted, the group tackles the topics.
Tuesday Night
Book Study: 
A couple times throughout the year, the YAMs will get together on Tuesdays
at Quetzal's on
Union Ave. to discuss a book. Studies have included a theological discussion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; a Lenten discussion of The Last Week by Marcus Borg and John Dominic
Crossan, which is a look at Jesus' last week as told by the gospel
of Mark; and Brian McLaren's A Generous
Orthodoxy.
Retreats,
Canoe Trips and Parties: We make time for special
events and parties several times a year, like the Lenten retreat,
the August canoe trip on the Spring River and the Christmas Party.
Special Worship: Several young adults are involved in envisioning an alternative and evolving worship experience that will be "come as you are." If you are interested in being involved contact Bonnie Malone or Andy MacBeth.
Community
Service: 
The
YAMs participate in a variety of outreach projects from mission trips
to Mississippi or Honduras, to tutoring in the Memphis City Schools,
to ministry with the homeless. Here a couple of the young adults
are helping to prepare soup to sell on Soup Sunday to raise money
for hunger ministries throughout Memphis. The YAMs also sponsor
the new recycling ministry for Calvary Church, which may
serve some of the apartment dwellers in downtown Memphis.