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All Saints' Episcopal Church
Announcements for the week of July 25, 2010
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Staff Contacts
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Episcopal Church
Parish Office Phone:
773-561-0111
The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry,
Rector:
bonnie@
allsaintschicago.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Associate Rector:
fran@
allsaintschicago.org
The Rev. Beth Taylor,
Transitional Deacon:
seminarianbeth@
allsaintschicago.org
Margaret McCamant,
Music Director and
Organist:
margaret@
allsaintschicago.org
Beau Surratt,
Parish Administrator:
beau@
allsaintschicago.org
Jack Clark,
Seminarian:
jack@
allsaintschicago.org
Ravenswood
Community Services
Office Phone:
773-769-0282
Wendy Vasquez,
Executive Director:
wendy@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Program Director:
fran@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
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Assisting in
Sunday's Worship
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Ushers:
9am: Glenn Brown
11am: Beth Lee and Lisa Russell
Chalice Bearers:
9am: Nina Wilfred, Karen Howe
11am: Lucy Leety-Wheeler, Beth Taylor
Prayers:
9am: Carol Reese
11am: Beth Taylor
Reading(s):
9am: Nina Wilfred
11am: Sarah Burns (1st) and Lucy Leety-Wheeler (2nd)
Acolytes:
9am: Katie Roberts, Andrew Lantz, Trevor Hughes
11am: Morgan Kinsley, Sam Wischnewsky
Post-9am Coffee Hour:
Mike Burke and Caty Norman-Burke
Counters:
Beth Lee and Lynda Hazen
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Dear Friends,
Please join us for an ecumenical prayer vigil on Thursday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m. All Saints' is standing in prayerful opposition to SB1070 with faith communities across the country. SB1070 will go into effect on July 29 in Arizona and targets undocumented immigrants. Join us as we work for and pray for justice for all God's people. Please invite your neighbors, family and friends to attend this important vigil.
I hope that all of you are having a good summer and finding rest, relaxation and fun. On that note, I want to extend an invitation to everyone to join us for an outdoor Eucharist followed by a picnic and swimming on the beach. This event will happen on Sunday August 8th at 11:00 a.m. at a picnic area near the Foster Avenue Beach. The hospitality committee will be providing hotdogs and hamburgers. Please bring a dish to share. If you wish, bring lawn chairs, swim suits, blankets and towels. Please note that we will have an 8 and 9:00 a.m. service at the church. The 11:00 a.m. service will be held at the beach.
Volunteers are needed at our Tuesday night meal program and pantry this week, so please come by if you have some time. We need baggers, and people to help serve and clean up following the community meal. Email me at fran@allsaintschicago.org for more details or to let me know you're coming.
Blessings,
Fran Holliday
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Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for Immigrant Justice
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7 p.m.
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|  Join us as we stand in faithful protest of Arizona's SB1070, and in prayerful solidarity with the undocumented immigrants in Arizona and across the country. Following the service, guests are asked to sign petitions demanding our elected officials take action now, and before the November elections!
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 7 p.m.
All Saints' Episcopal Church
4550 North Hermitage Avenue, Chicago, IL
Click the graphic below to see this event on Facebook and share it with your friends:
For more information, contact Matty at matthewzaradich@gmail.com.
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ECW Meeting, Wednesday, August 4 |
|  Join us in the Parish Hall on Wednesday, August 4th at 7 p.m. for
conversation,
connection and planning as we look forward to fall. On September 18th
we are
planning to attend the Chicago ECW Fall Forum, "Christians and Muslims: Common
Words Between Us," and Saturday, October 23rd will be our own All
Saints' ECW retreat. Save these dates and join us on the August 4th to learn more. Please let us know if you'll need childcare by emailing us at ecw@allsaintschicago.org. We hope to see you then!! |
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Funds received by Ugandan students |
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Union Club) have received the tuition money sent by All Saints'. Assistant headmaster and sponsor of the Scripture Union Club, Aluma Alex, sent photos and wrote to say that 20 students received
approximately $120 each to put toward payment of their school fees. The students and Aluma are very pleased and thankful for this continued support of the educational opportunities provided by All Saints'.
Also, recently, Aluma emailed to share his and his country's concern about the bombing in the nation capital of Kampala (Nile High School is in Arua which is part of the North that is affected by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks). He says,
"...taking Uganda as a whole, we are not happy. This is because of the terrorist attacks which took place July 11 in our capital city of Kampala. At least 74 innocent civilians were killed when they were watching the world cup finals. The incident has shocked the whole country and we are worried about our securite in social places."
Please continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in both Uganda and Sudan who live in fear of attack and endure ongoing lack of necessitates that we so take for granted.
Connie Wilson
Friends of Africa
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Do you forget to make your pledge contributions when you're not in church as often during the summer?
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|  If so, then you might think about having your pledge payments automatically charged to your credit or debit card.
Click here to set up a recurring payment to All Saints' or to make a one-time payment online.
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Big, big thanks! |
|  Thank you to everyone who helped make Team RCS' participation in the Greater Chicago Food Depository's 25th Annual Hunger Walk such an amazing success! More than 40 Team RCS members joined 7,000 other Hunger Walkers at Soldier Field on Saturday morning to raise awareness and funds for local hunger issues. Team RCS and its supporters raised more than $7,600, all of which will go directly to the purchase of food for our Tuesday night Food Pantry and Community Kitchen. (Online donations will continue to be accepted until July 31 at www.chicagosfoodbank.org/goto/rcs.)
Because Team RCS participated at such a high level (lots of walking team members, plus lots of money raised!), the Food Depository will contribute a "bonus" amount to the money raised by our team. It will likely be August before we have the final, final tally for Team RCS, but in the mean time, RCS will continue to provide hunger relief to more than 300 families and individuals each week. |
News from Padre César and the people of Santa Maria Virgen
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|  E-Pen Pal Opportunity
We are looking for All Saints' people who would like to get to know individuals at Santa María Virgen better - without even leaving their homes.
Padre César has sent us a list of people from Santa María who would like to correspond with people at All Saints. This is a great chance to practice your rusty - or beginning - Spanish, but even if all you can say is "más cerveza, por favor" there is hope. There are a number of not-bad on-line translators to help you (and your Mexican correspondent if you write in English).
This "commitment" requires only a little time and is a great way to develop a more meaningful relationship with some of our brothers and sisters around the world.
Right now we have the names and e-mail addresses of a diverse group of people from the ages of 16-45 and Padre César has promised to send me more names and addresses.
Let Karen Howe know if you would like to take part by sending her an email at mexico@allsaintschicago.org and she will get the rest of the information to you.
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All Saints' Book Group
Reading Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
August 12th at 7:15pm
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|  The All Saints Book Group will be meeting the second Thursday of August, August 12th, 7:15 pm at Caty and Mike Burke's house off the Belmont "L" Stop (email Aubrey at bookgroup@allsaintschicago.org for directions). We will be reading Fun Home, a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel .
For more information please contact Aubrey at bookgroup@allsaintschicago.org or in Church during coffee hour.
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Outdoor Eucharist followed by a picnic and swimming on the beach.
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Sunday, August 8 at 11am |
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on Sunday August 8th at 11:00 a.m. at a picnic area near the Foster
Avenue Beach. The hospitality committee will be providing
hotdogs and hamburgers. Please bring a dish to share. If you wish,
bring lawn chairs, swim suits, blankets and towels.
Please note that we will have an 8 and 9am service at the church.
The 11am service will be held at the beach. |
Did you lose something at church?
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There is a lost and found box just outside the door where you exit the Sanctuary going toward the Parish Hall. Items in the lost and found will be given away or disposed of after July 31, so please claim any items you might have in there by then.
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Food Pantry and Community Kitchen Volunteer Opportunities
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|  Is God calling you to be a part of the Bread Hauling Ministry?
Ravenswood Community Services, the food pantry and community kitchen here at All Saints', is looking for some volunteers to help with its weekly bread pickup.
Every Tuesday, someone or a team of people goes to the Aldi near Montrose and Broadway to pick up over 200 loaves of bread and deliver them to All Saints'. The minimum time commitment is one Tuesday per month and the job usually takes between 1 hour and 1.5 hours. Having a large vehicle is helpful.
Contact Fran Holliday at fran@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org to volunteer or for more information.
Not called to be a part of the bread hauling ministry, but feel God calling you to volunteer some other way?
RCS is seeking volunteers to help with a number of other tasks including washing aprons and kitchen towels and sorting canned goods. Contact Fran at fran@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org to volunteer or for more information of you could help with one or more of these tasks once or twice a month.
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All Saints' Directory Update Coming Soon!
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|  Work is starting this summer on an updated All Saints' directory and we need your help!
Now is the time to update your information or to secure your spot in the not-so-exclusive, but really cool, All Saints' Directory.
Please, pretty please, take a moment to click here and provide or update your information (don't forget to click "submit") and, if you'd like to have a (new) picture included, email it to directory@allsaintschicago.org.
Contact Beau Surratt at 773-561-0111 or beau@allsaintschicago.org if you have any questions. |
Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving If
you'd like to have someone included in our community prayers, please
email prayerlist@allsaintschicago.org or call the Parish Office at
773-561-0111.
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| | Maureen, Suzanne, Fred, Michael Diakoumis (serving in Afghanistan), Ken Brewer, Joel Jenkins, Patricia Fitzgerald, Jim, Kath, Rosemarie Wojciechowski, Andrew Mauro, Angelica Juarez, William J. Goins, and his sisters Jean, Becky, and Glada, Debbie & Carl, Dominic Lester, Rev. Joan McPherson and her family, Stan McConnor, Millie Nanda, John Gilbert, Ken Carmen Julian, Michael Cullen, Beverly Basso, Joan Elbert, and Beth Cawley, Violet Lantz, Gene and Fran Boese, Carolyn Cooney, Elouise Piper, Sofia Cavalletti, Pat Ford, Bruce, the Fitzpatrick family, Moy and Cassy, Diane Kavanaugh-Black, Juan S. Cruz, Nancy & Gary Olson, Ginny Ubik, Margaret McHugh, Ed Malling, Meredith Ponder
And also
For those whose lives have been affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
We pray for all individuals and families in our city affected by violence
The people of the Middle East
The people of St. Luke's, New Orleans
The people of the Diocese of Renk, Sudan, especially St. Peter's, Geiger
The people of the Diocese of Southeast Mexico, especially Santa Maria Virgen, Xalapa
Blessings
Birthdays
7/25- Natalie Becker-Stevens
7/28- Jessica Russell
7/29- Noah Hanna
7/30- Tim Libretti, Matt Mankowski
7/31- Lynda Hazen, Sheri Reda
Anniversaries
7/24- George Thiruvathukal and Nina Wilfred
7/25- Dan Crowley and Jeffrey Georlett
7/25- Ken Jones and Jane Schaefer
7/29- Jeff and Molly Catalano
7/31- Ashley and Win Thom
For Those Who Have Died
We remember Alma Berghausen, grandmother of Christy Drackett, who died on July 16.
We remember all of the people killed in Southern Sudan this week.
We remember all of the people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan this week.
May their soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Calendar for the Week
All people are welcome at all scheduled meetings at All Saints'.
Calendar items indicated in red refer to miscellaneous space use rather than scheduled All Saints' meetings and events. Items in blue refer to office information and deadlines.
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| Our Rector, The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry, will be on vacation/sabbatical through July and August. In the event of a pastoral emergency, The Rev. Fran Holliday, our Associate Rector, can be reached on her cellphone at 312-401-2058.Friday, July 237:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish HallSaturday, July 24Sunday, July 25- Ninth Sunday after Pentecost8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church) 8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under until 12:15 (Nursery) 10:00a Coffee Hour (Parish Hall) 10:00a Building our Future: Worship Committee Meeting 12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room) Monday, July 26
Tuesday, July 27 10:30a Staff Meeting (Parish Office)
5:00p Community Eucharist (Church)
5:30p Community Kitchen/Pantry (Food Pantry, Kitchen, Parish Hall)
7:30p Vestry (Area Outside Rector's Office)
Wednesday, July 28 5:00p Deadline for Friday Email and Sunday Bulletin Submissions
Thursday, July 29
7:00p Ecumenical Immigration Prayer Vigil (Church)
Friday, July 30
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, July 31
Sunday, August 1
8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church)
8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under until 12:15 (Nursery)
10:00a Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room)
Please contact Beau in
the Parish Office beau@allsaintschicago.org or
773-561-0111 to have an event or meeting added to the church's
calendar. All meetings/events must be added to the calendar to ensure
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beau@allsaintschicago.org
Announcements need to be received by close of
business on Wednesdays to make it into the next
Sunday bulletin. We reserve the right to edit all
announcements. Not all announcements will be
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