
Dear Friends in Christ,
The Rummage Sale is this Saturday! Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard to prepare for the sale. This is always a wonderful opportunity to meet neighbors, visitors, and folks in our wider community. Keep your ears and hearts open for someone who might need a kind word, a compassionate ear, or to receive the love of God through you – or might have some word of wisdom to offer to you.
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Please take a look at this week’s announcements, especially:
- Parking Lot Watering & Fall Clean Up (Stewardship)
- Register for Breakfast with the Bishop (Diocesan News)
- Sunday Forum (Christian Formation)
- Celebration of Parish Dedication (Worship)
- All Saints’ Cabaret (Parish Life)
RUMMAGE SALE
This Saturday is the Day! 9 am-2 pm. The Rummage Sale is a wonderful community event, an outreach benefit to those who need to shop our sale, a great opportunity to let visitors and passers-by know about our church and our Christian community, a great place to pick up some bargains … and it’s the largest fund-raiser of the year. And visit our “Blessings to Go” tent, staffed by Srs. Monica Clare and Deborah Francis. Your presence, prayers, smiles, and help are greatly appreciated!
DIOCESAN NEWS
Breakfast with the Bishop - Continuing her meet-and-greets around the diocese, Bishop Hughes will be here at All Saints’ on Saturday morning, Oct. 26, 9:30-11:30 am (doors open at 9 am) to meet parishioners and discuss the vision, hopes, and dreams for the diocese. We will host this diocesan gathering with our bishop and our Episcopal brothers and sisters from around the Diocese of Newark. Go to this link on the diocesan webpage to register for the event: https://dioceseofnewark.org/event/breaking-bread-bishop-hughes-millington
Our Diocesan E-newsletter, “The Voice Online” is published twice a month, and includes Bishop Hughes’ reflections/vlog. You can receive it directly into your inbox by following this link and signing up: https://dioceseofnewark.org/publications.
STEWARDSHIP
Parking Lot Watering – our landscaper has let us know we need to continue to water the new grass and tree on the parking lot islands until the end of October. If you can volunteer to take a day of watering (monitoring and moving the sprinklers), please go to SignUpGenius to help us out: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c44acae2eaafa7-parking. Thanks.
Fall Clean-up & Pruning Party - Oct. 5, 9 am – 12 noon. We have shrubs that need pruning, brush in the back corner of the parking lot to go to the dump, and bricks to go to our garage (eventually to make a path on one of the parking lot islands) – all before Bishop Hughes and our guests from around the diocese come on Oct. 26 for Breakfast with the Bishop. Please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex to help!
ShopRite Cards – buy a ShopRite gift card for your own groceries or as a gift for someone else. You pay face value and All Saints’ gets 5%. See Barbara Barbeau.
WORSHIP
This Sunday: Celebrate the 113th Anniversary of Church Consecration and Dedication (Feast of St, Michael & All Angels). We will celebrate this important parish anniversary at 10 am with a service of Festive Morning Prayer. We’ll gather outside at the front door of the Church to begin our service. . Children should participate in this procession and then go to Sunday School. Come and give thanks to God for our one-hundred-and-thirteen-year history!
Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis – Oct. 6, 5 pm in the Memorial Garden. Bring your pet (on a leash or in a carrier or cage for their comfort) for a blessing and a celebration of God’s goodness and love for creation.
Altar Guild Annual Meeting – Oct. 10, 6 pm in the Rath House. Bring a side dish or beverage. Main meal will be provided. And if anyone is interested in the ministry of the Altar Guild, please come to the meeting and find out more about it! RSVP to Liz Gorny egorny@optonline.net.
PARISH LIFE
All Saints’ Cabaret Night is coming on November 23, 7:30 pm in the Parish Hall! Music, dessert, adult beverage (optional). Performances by parishioners and some wonderful local talent. Want to know more or help with the event? Speak to Alison Siener Brown or Melissa Pagliaro. Save the date, invite a friend, and plan to party!
CHRISTIAN FORMATION
Sunday Forum, Oct.13 - “The Anglican Communion’s Best-kept Secret: Religious Communities”. Sister Monica Clare will kick off our new monthly adult Christian formation/education opportunity during Coffee Hour. This month’s presentation and Q&A will focus on Episcopal monks and nuns. Come and learn something new!
Narnia Book Club will be returning October 13. We’ll read and discuss Prince Caspian, from The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. There will be a Facebook-based discussion group, and also an in-person group that will meet during Coffee Hour. Sign-up on the sheet in the Narthex to let us know you’ll be participating, and let us know if you need a book.
Forward Day by Day (FDD) is a daily devotional that comes in pocket-size or large print editions. It is published quarterly, and always available for you to pick up in the Narthex. It’s a great way to read a verse of Scripture and a one-page meditation. It also has some simple and moving prayers for your use. FDD also comes as a podcast! You can find it everywhere you get your podcasts, or on the Forward Movement website, here: https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/podcast.php.
Bible Study meets this Wed. 10/2. We will be discussing Chapter 4 of the Book of Revelation. This group is for anyone interested in learning for about the Bible and its connection to our lives. Questions? Speak to Mother Vicki.
CONVENT CORNER – from Sister Monica Clare
(all events are at Community of St. John Baptist in Mendham)
Centering Prayer - Thursdays 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. Join us for a quiet hour and learn a new way to pray. Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. There is no fee for this group. For info, call Sr. Barbara Jean 973-543-4641 ext. 1 or email her at srbj@csjb.org.
Winter Search Program - Our SEARCH program is for anyone who is hoping to determine God's call in their lives, whatever that call may be; as a Sister or serving God in the world. The Winter SEARCH program dates for 2020 are Friday, Feb. 14-Monday, Feb. 17. Please email Sister Monica at srmc@csjb.org or call 973-543-4641 ext. 2.
PARISH CALENDAR
10/2 Bible Study Rath House, 10:15 am
10/3 Holy Eucharist Church, 7:00 am
Junior Choir Choir Room 5:15 pm
Adult Choir Choir Room 7:30 pm
For a full schedule of our buildings check the website calendar
CHRISTIAN PRACTICES
Way of Love: Pray - For Today (from Forward Day by Day)
O God:
Give me strength to live another day;
Let me not turn coward before its difficulties or prove recreant to its duties;
Let me not lose faith in other people;
Keep me sweet and sound of heart, in spite of ingratitude, treachery, or meanness;
Preserve me from minding little stings or giving them;
Help me to keep my heart clean, and to live so honestly and fearlessly that no outward failure can dishearten me or take away the joy of conscious integrity;
Open wide the eyes of my soul that I may see good in all things;
Grant me this day some new vision of thy truth;
Inspire me with the spirit of joy and gladness;
and make me the cup of strength to suffering souls;
in the name of the strong Deliverer, our only Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Blessings, Vicki+