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This Week @ All Saints'

6/18/2012

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Dear Friends in Christ,

On Saturday the Alcoholics Anonymous groups that meet at All Saints’ will hold their fourth annual Gratitude Mass.  This is a service giving thanks for the founding of AA, and for the gift of sobriety and healing.  Please pray for the ongoing work of AA, for those still struggling with addiction, and for the success of this important event on Saturday.  This is one of the ways All Saints’ extends our ministry of hospitality in the community, as God works in and through AA.

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Father’s Day, June 17 – On Sunday we’ll have special prayers and white carnations to remember and honor our fathers.  Come to church that day and pray with or for your father!

Sing Hymns! Send Choristers to Choir Camp!  On Sunday, June 24 @ 4 pm we'll have a Hymn Sing.  Come and sing all your old favorites.  We'll take requests. The event is open to all, and a free-will offering will be taken to help underwrite the cost of sending two of our Junior Choir members to the Royal School of Church Music week-long Summer Course in Wilkes Barre, PA.  Besides having fun, our choristers will boost their music and leadership skills.   When they return to choir in the fall, their strengthened skills will be shared with the whole choir.

Christian Arts Camp – June 25-29, 9 am to noon, for kids age 4-Grade 4.  Cost is $40 per child.  The theme of the week will be Noah’s Ark.  Music, drama, arts & crafts, games, snacks, worship and fun!  Middle school, high school and adult helpers are needed.  Registration forms are available in the Narthex.  Invite your friends and spread the word!

Thank You!
…to Tim and Barbara Erday for hosting last Sunday’s Parish Picnic – it was fun and delicious!
…to Maria Stapperfenne for the beautiful countertop on the coffee serving cabinet in the Parish Hall.
…to Boy Scout Michael Larkin for the work he is doing on the Memorial Garden for his Eagle Scout Award.
…to Cub Scout Pack 56 for their donation of $1000 towards the wheel-chair lift that will go in the new Parish House entryway.
…to the Girl Scouts of Long Hill Township for their contribution of $150 in thanks for Girl Scouting’s 100th Anniversary Celebration which was held in the Parish Hall; this money has also been applied to the wheel-chair lift.

Picnic & Praise/Summer Mid-Week Worship – Away on summer weekends?  Need a mid-week faith boost? Come for a simple, outdoor service of Eucharist on Wednesday nights!  Bring a picnic supper to the Parish House lawn at 6 pm (if you like), we’ll supply cold drinks. The service starts at 7 pm and lasts 30 minutes. This will start on June 27 and run through the end of July.  And please note that the Wednesday and Thursday morning services are on break until September.

Women’s Book Group – Wednesday, June 27 at 7:30 pm in the Rath House.  This month’s book is A Land More Kind Than Home, by Wiley Cash.  Come for a fun evening of fellowship and discussion .

Rummage Sale Meeting–Mark your calendar: Rummage Sale will be Saturday, September 22.  1st Rummage Drop Off: August 5 from 8 am to 2pm in the Parish House. All items should be clean and in good repair.  Please remember we don’t take clothes, shoes, tires large appliances or books (other than children’s books). There’s a sign-up sheet with many different jobs waiting in the Narthex for you to put your name on it!  If you have questions, please speak to Kimberly Celeste.

Summer Refreshments Hosts Needed – on summer Sundays we gather on the Parish House Lawn with iced tea or lemonade and cookies following the 10 am service.  This is a fun and easy opportunity to host your fellow parishioners.  Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex.  If you have questions about what’s involved, please speak with John McGrath. Thanks!

Sing Hymns - Send  Choristers to Choir Camp!  On Sunday, June 24 @ 4 pm we'll have a Hymn Sing.  Come and sing all your old favorites.  We'll take requests. The event is open to all, and a free-will offering will be taken to help underwrite the cost of sending two of our Junior Choir members to the Royal School of Church Music week-long Summer Course in Wilkes Barre, PA.  Besides having fun, our choristers will boost their music and leadership skills.   When they return to choir in the fall, their strengthened skills will be shared with the whole choir.                                    

Welcome to the Beach Family on July 8!
Some of you remember Mark, Annabel, and Ellie Beach from the time Mark served here as a sabbatical priest back in 2000 when our rector Richard Wrede was on a clergy exchange to England.  Since you last saw him, Mark has become the Very Rev. Dr. Beach, Dean of Rochester Cathedral.  Rochester is the second-oldest cathedral in England, established in 604 AD.  Mark and his family will be here at All Saints’ on Sunday, July 8 for a visit.  Anyone who knew the Beaches is invited to Jean and Geof Kimak’s house after the 10 am service on that day.  We are looking forward to Mark’s visit!

Summer Discussion Group – Join us for a discussion of the book Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard Swenson, M.D.  Whether or not you are able to participate in the Discussion Group, the book will be helpful to you.  You can sign up for the book and/or the group on the sheet in the Narthex. The group will meet on Wed. July 11 & 18 @ 7:45 pm in the Rath House.

Summer Food Donations for Kids Needed – School is almost out, and that means that school lunch and breakfast programs for kids from low-income families also take a break for the summer.  The need for kid-friendly lunch items increases in the summer: peanut butter, jelly, tuna, whole wheat crackers, juice boxes, individual milk boxes (Parmalat), raisins, canned fruit, granola bars, dry cereal (Cheerios).  When you go shopping, please consider purchasing a few items with children in mind to go into our Food for Friends basket.  Thank you!  Your contributions mean so much for so many hungry families!

Stewardship – Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you. ~ Alexander McCall Smith, Love Over Scotland

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For the Victims of Addiction
O blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look
with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost
their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of
your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset
them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to
those who care for them, give patient understanding and
persevering love.  Amen. ~ Book of Common Prayer, page 831

Blessings,
Vicki McGrath+
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This Week at All Saints' - February 3, 2011

2/7/2011

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Dear Friends in Christ,

Egypt has been much in the news this week.  While we know that Islam is its majority religion, at least 15% of Egyptians are Christians, mostly belonging to the Coptic Church – one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.  Alexandria was the site of the first Christian school for advanced learning (in the second century), and in the third century Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert.  We remember that Joseph took Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod’s murderous intentions until they could go safely to Nazareth.  There are Anglican Christians in Egypt, as well; the Diocese of Egypt is part of the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

The Most Rev. Mouneer Anis is the Bishop of Egypt.  As the pro-democracy protests and the pro-government protests have come into conflict, Bishop Anis issued this statement: 

“….I called upon the people of Egypt to give time for the new government to achieve the needed security, justice and democracy. We meet every day at the cathedral to pray for the situation. We thank God because all our churches and institutions are safe.

We, with many other Egyptians, are very sad because of the violence and destruction within our beloved country. Egypt is known in the region as "the mother of the world." Now, the mother is wounded by its own children, which is harder than wounds of outside wars.

Please pray so that God may give wisdom to all those who are in authority to put an end to this unacceptable violence. Pray for the demonstrators in order that they may go back to their homes and wait for the new government to act. Pray for the medical teams who are dealing with the wounded.

Pray especially tomorrow, as people tend to gather and demonstrate on Fridays. Pray for God's protection for all the people of Egypt. We have hope in God who is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”

Do pray for Egypt, its people and the Church there.
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Announcements
Family Service this Sunday @10 am
– children’s homily, birthday and anniversary prayers, all kids in worship with their parents.

High School Studentswill be meeting with Beth Sciaino on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 11:30 am to discuss plans and directions for the spring.  There will be pizza and things to drink.  Please RSVP to Beth at bethrs@mac.com .

Women’s Book Group is meeting Wednesday, January 16th at 7:30 pm in the Rath House.  We’ll be discussing Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bouret.  Come and be part of this fun group.

Our own Dr. Jody will be performing in the opera “Carmen” (sung in English) with the Stony Hill Players in Summit on Feb. 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20.  Friday and Saturday  performances start at 8 pm; Sunday performances at 3 pm.  For tickets go to www.stonyhillplayers.org

Flower Memorials – A new chart for donating altar flowers is up on the door in the Narthex. Please be sure to indicate your name, and the name(s of the person(s) you are giving flowers for on the Sunday you wish.  If someone's nmae is already on the date you want, by all means add your name also; we can accomodate more than one flower designation on a single Sunday. The cost is $48; make a check to the Church and put “Altar Flowers” in the memo line.  Thanks!
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Prayers from the Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil
DEACON: Pray for the safety of the world and of this city of ours and of all cities, districts, islands and monasteries.
CONGREGATION: Lord have mercy.  Kirie Eleyson.
PRIEST: And those who dwell therein in God’s faith.
PRIEST: Graciously accord, O Lord, the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the waters of the rivers, the seeds, the herbs and the plants of the field this year, bless them.
DEACON: Pray for the air of heaven, the fruits of the earth, the rising of the waters of the rivers, the seeds, the herbs and the plants of the field, that Christ our God may bless them, bring them to perfection in peace without harm, and forgive us our sins.
CONGREGATION: Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
PRIEST: Raise them to their measure according to your grace. Give joy to the face of the earth. May its furrows be abundantly watered and its fruits be plentiful. Prepare it for sowing and harvesting. Manage our life as deemed fit. Bless the crown of the year with your goodness for the sake of the poor of your people, the widow, the orphan, the traveler, the stranger, and for the sake of us all who entreat you and seek your holy name. For the eyes of every one wait upon you, for you give them their food in due season. Deal with us according to your goodness, O you who give food to all flesh. Fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we too, having sufficiency in every thing always, may abound in every good deed.
CONGREGATION: Lord have mercy.     
Blessings,
Vicki McGrath+   

 

 

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