Saturday morning, October 1st, volunteers from All Saints' met in our kitchen to prepare meal supplies for the lunch served to people from the neighborhood of St. Mark's Church. St. Mark's is located in the 4400 block of Frankford Avenue. It is an area where the need for nutritious meals is great. Joining our volunteers - and they are frequent helpers - were women from the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. Our thanks to All Saints' helpers and to the LAOH volunteers: Michelle Haberle, Nancy Ryan, Diane Laidlaw, Walt DeWitt, Adge Martin, JoAnn Tempest, Nora Perry, Rosalee Rush, Tom Shand, Lynn Duffy (LAOH), Marie Murphy (LAOH) and Caitlin Murphy (LAOH). And a special thanks to Michelle and Nancy who were our organizers for this important outreach. 

All Saints' New Nursery      

 All Saints' new and improved nursery. How nice is this? You are seeing new carpet, new paint, new curtains, new crib ... changing table ... rocker and chairs. No, the waste basket isn't new but the monitor on the wall is! If your little one is tired of being in church on Sunday or wants to compete with the Interim Rector for speaking time, moms & dads and infants can camp out here and still be a part of the service! The monitor screen and sound are focused on the service in the church. So much work went into providing this comfortable space. We hope parents will take advantage of it when necessary. Thanks so much. And thank you to Donna Carrick and John Breccia for the hours and hours of work they provided to make our new nursery a beautiful space.  

The Baptism of

Brenna Eleanor Capozio 

Seen her with her smiley Big Sis and Mom & Dad, Jason and Staci Capozio, is little Brenna whose Baptism we celebrated during the 5:30 Eucharist on Saturday October 15th. Jason's work for the Daily News includes Sundays so mom & dad have been finding a church home at All Saints' on Saturday evenings. Congratulations and God bless Brenna in her new life in Christ.

Tracey and Bill Noble

On Saturday October 15th Tracey Smyth and Bill Noble were joined in Holy Matrimony by the Rev. Robert Betts at All Saints' Church. Tracey began attending All Saints' last year at the invitation of Tracey Parsons-Thomas. She joined Bill in Florida where he works as a civilian employee for the United States Navy. Both returned to All Saints' to celebrate the beginning of their life together. Many thanks to Bob for stepping in for Steve who was away for a previous commitment. Congratulations and God bless to Tracey and Bill who now make their home in the Sunshine State. 

Now that we have hot water again and gas to the stove, this month's breakfast should be 'more better'! Join us in Friendship Hall on the 12th. Oh, right. Bring 5 bucks with you! Thanks. See you there. 

The Congregation and clergy of All Saints' Church will convene our Annual Parish Meeting following the 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist on Sunday November 13, 2011. Please be on hand to take part in this important event if the life of the church.   

Now, for some boiler plate:  

Vestry nominees from the Nominating Committee:

          Ella Cunningham

    Robert Morck

      David Thomas

Nominated by Petition:

  Alan Martin 

Vestry members whose terms expire:

Ella Cunningham (eligible for re-election)

Nancy Edwards (not eligible for re-election)

Dave Thomas (eligible for re-election) 

The Members of the Corporation qualified to vote at elections of members of the Vestry and on all questions which may come before any meeting of the Corporation shall be those persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or upwards who shall appear by the books of the Corporation to have contributed to its support not less than twenty-five dollars($25.00) per year during each of the two successive years immediately preceding such election or meeting.

Additional persons may be nominated by a voting member of the church in writing to the Secretary at least five days prior to the time fixed for the election.

Having said all of that, come even if you're not eligible to vote! Come be a part of the discussions and see how an Episcopal parish organizes itself for another year of ministry. Hope to see you in Friendship Hall on November 13th!