05/20/2026
THIS SUNDAY IS RISE AND REMEMBER SUNDAY AT CALVARY!
Join us Sunday May 24th for a special Pentecost worship service as we welcome Janelle Austen into the pulpit and Katherine Fried on bass. Remember to wear your Holy Spirit red as we celebrate and praise! Learn more about our guests below.
Janelle Austin was born and raised in South Minneapolis. The fourth of seven children, her parents built their home through a Bryant Neighborhood program where neighbors came together and put in the sweat equity to keep the home affordable. She learned how to play on the hot sands of Phelps park back in the day when the slides were metal, the swings made of black rubber, and the 2-foot kiddie pool provided joyful relief from hot summer days. She was a beneficiary of free lunches, government food, and the Fare Share program run out of Pillsbury House & Theatre. For most of her childhood, her mother was a stay-at-home mom and an ordained Christian minister. Her father, who passed away after a cancer journey, worked for the State of Minnesota and also served as an ordained Christian minister. He believed in youth and education so much that he would give every kid on the block 50 cents for every A and a quarter for every B earned on our quarterly report cards. She was raised with strong moral values rooted in justice and community service.
May of 2020 she reintroduced herself to Minneapolis by tending to the memorial of George Floyd and picking up garbage in the streets because the community was saying that the intersection was sacred, and sacred spaces is something that she understands. Janelle is now the Executive Director of Rise & Remember.
Over the past 6 years she has coordinated mutual aid, answered the call to support our youth, raised funds to support our neighbors, spoke out against injustice, and stood on the front lines with her neighbors to protect us. I have spoken across the country and in multiple countries to testify to the kind of community we have built in Minneapolis because we have chosen to love our neighbors. She is proud to be from Minneapolis.
Katherine Fried is a musician, actor, and arts educator from Minneapolis. In addition to performing regionally in various mediums, she composes original music in her solo work and for theatre. Katherine enjoys teaching voice and piano to artists in training as well as speech and vocal technique for professional performers and speakers.
Come and join us Sunday May 24th 10 am for this special Rise and Remember Pentecost weekend! Let us worship and praise together the gift of the Holy Spirit!
