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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@All Saints'

6/24/2011

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Dear Friends in Christ,

Congratulations to all of our seniors who graduated from high school this week: Corey Cunningham, Nicole DiSarno, Patrick McGrath, Christopher Mederos, and Mark Stapperfenne!  We are proud of you, and offer you God’s blessings as you move into the next stage of your lives (prayers and congratulations for the parents, also).

Also, this week longtime parishioners Kristi and Sandy Bragg have moved from Millington.  They will be splitting their time between Vermont and New York City, but will be back to New Jersey to visit when they can.  Our prayers go with them.
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Christian Arts Camp for ages 4 through Grade 4 starts Monday, June 27 and runs until July 1 (9 am – 12 noon).  It’s a fun week of music, arts&crafts, drama, games and snack.  Cost is $40.  There is still room to bring a neighbor or friend.  We will take walk-in registrations, but it’s helpful for parents to e-mail ahead of time. More detailed information is on the website www.allsaintsmillington.org.  Questions?  Speak to Dr. Jody or Mother Vicki. 

Last Call for Parking Lot Challenge – the final date for contributions (or commitment cards) to our parking lot challenge matching grant is June 30.  If you haven’t yet gotten on board with this effort to help us repair and re-pave the parking lot, there is still time!  You can pick up a commitment card on Sunday if you need one.  This is a major effort to increase the welcome, safety and hospitality of our church grounds as we serve the wider community.  And we’ve had a wonderful response from neighbors and building users, as well as parishioners.  We’ll announce the total raised since May 1st at both services on July 3rd.

And Thank You to All the Car Washers!  At last Saturday’s event we washed 65 cars in 3 hours and made $625 to put towards the parking lot.  Roger Kosempel and Jackie Sullivan did a superb job of organizing both kids and adults.  And we even had a visit from Elvis…did you see him? (Thanks Tom Day!).

Refreshment Hosts Needed for Sundays after 10 am.  During the summer we move our after-Church fellowship time outside and switch from coffee/tea to lemonade, juice or iced tea – and cookies.  Summer is a simple and easy time to host your fellow parishioners for a cool drink and relaxed conversation.  Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex.

Rummage Sale Meeting – Tuesday, June 28 at 7:30 pm in the Rath House.  We need to get organized for September’s sale, and everyone pulling together makes it easy and successful.  If you have questions, please speak to Kimberly Celeste. And save the date: September 17 for the sale itself.

Women’s Book Group – Wednesday, July 20 at 7:30 pm in the Rath House.  The group will be discussing “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese.  Even if you’ve never participated in Book Group before, this would be a great time to drop in and try it out!

Small Saints’ BBQ – Sunday, August 28, 4-6 pm for all families with children in Grade 2 and younger (and their older siblings). Come for some time with other All Saints’ families.  Invitations will go out later, but save the date now.  Questions?  Speak to Leigh Gillespie.

Food for Friends – During the summer when school is closed the need for stocking the food pantry continues.  Children who get subsidized breakfast and lunch at school don’t have that available to them during July and August, making family budgets stretch more tightly.  Please consider bringing non-perishable food items to church and put them in the basket in the Narthex.  In particular the pantry needs: canned fruit, vegetables, tuna, cereal, juice boxes, peanut butter, dried fruit, rice, pasta, canned beans, etc.  Thank you.
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John the Baptist
John is one of those figures in the Bible that we hear about during Advent, at Jesus’ baptism, and sometimes in Lent.  His role in life was to help prepare the way for Jesus and his ministry, but he’s not always an attractive figure – too much of eating locusts and wild honey, and acting the fiery prophet for most people’s taste!  But John had something important to teach us.  He was very clear that his work and ministry was about Jesus, and not about himself.  In a real sense, John’s ministry was about setting things up for Jesus – and then getting out of the way.  We are often called to do that, as well – lay the groundwork for God to act as best we can, but then step aside and let God do what needs to be done.

Today is the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist – Happy Birthday to John, and Happy Community Feast Day to our friends the Sisters of St. John Baptist in Mendham. Pray for them in their work, and pray for us, that we may always know when to step out in front and prepare the way, and then know when to step aside and let God act!

Collect for the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Book of Common Prayer - June 24)
Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Savior by preaching repentance: Make us so to follow his teaching and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and, following his example, constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Blessings,
Vicki McGrath+
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